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Food truck permit cost comparison across US cities
Food truck permit cost comparison across US cities: San Francisco charges $1,193 a year, while New York's two-year permit starts at $200. County fees add $100.
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Who supplies what, at what price, and how that has moved.
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How to write a food truck business quote, with pricing examples
A food truck quote template in twelve fields, with the count deadline, site, weather and overrun clauses that stop a booking becoming an argument.
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Food truck compliance checklist: build your own
A food truck compliance checklist in four day-part blocks, with the blanks to fill from your health department, fire authority and vending office.
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Food truck markets: how to screen one before you commit
A method, not a city list: screen one food truck market with four calls to local offices, a kitchen call, a season check and a Pass or Fail sheet.
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Food truck employee pay: wage floors and labor cost math
Food truck employee pay: federal and state minimum wages, the tipped cash wage, overtime after 40 hours, California's daily rule and labor-cost formulas.
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What Calgary and Montreal festivals look for in food trucks
Festival food truck permits Canada: what Calgary Stampede and Montreal festivals look for in food trucks and how to build an application that gets picked.
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Waterfront vending permits Atlantic Canada: 2 cities
Waterfront vending permits Atlantic Canada: how Halifax and St. John's license mobile vendors, the permits each city issues, insurance limits and filing steps.
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Food truck licences, permits and inspections: LA County and Texas examples
Food truck licensing requirements run on four clocks. Who issues what, with Los Angeles County and Texas permit fees, inspections and terms as examples.
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Food truck tech stack: seven failure tests and four performance metrics
How to choose a food truck tech stack for payments, hardware and records, with seven failure tests and four performance measures to track and export.
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How to structure a food truck business plan
A food truck business plan has four readers. What each section has to cover, from operating questions to money totals, and how to keep it alive.
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Food truck site agreements: clauses to read before signing
A food truck lease read clause by clause: exclusivity, utilities and waste, cancellation both ways, insurance wording, and the trips a site never mentions.
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Food truck pricing: a block test for pitches and events
Food truck pricing for an offer on the table: test the pitch or event against the whole block, then see where each fee structure leaves the risk.
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What a food truck business keeps in stock, and who supplies it
What a food truck carries, how much of it, and the named suppliers that stock it, from broadline distributors to cash-and-carry and restaurant wholesalers.
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Food Truck Customer Acquisition: A Practical Guide
Food truck customer acquisition: use Google, social pages and booking directories, keep schedules current, document permits, and measure service capacity.
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8 things to weigh up on profitable food truck products
Eight food truck products that earn their place on the board, judged on window seconds, cold space and what each one shares with the rest of the menu.