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Thinking about starting your own coffee truck? In this blog post we guide you through the steps required start a profitable coffee truck or cart business from someone that's already done it. My goal is to give you step-by-step instructions on the startup process from market research to business [...] The post How to Start a Sustainable Coffee Truck in 6 Steps appeared first on Food Truck Empire.

How much income can you expect to make on a hot dog cart? In today's podcast episode we get to the bottom of the "how much can a hot dog cart make?" question with Matt Gladfelter of Bow Ties and Hot Dogs in Knoxville, Tenn. Matt has been operating his business for more than 5 [...] The post How Much Income Can a Hot Dog Cart Make? (My Experience.) appeared first on Food Truck Empire.

It's a fact: The hot dog stand business model is one of the lowest cost and simplest businesses you could start. If you've been researching the topic online, you've probably seen claims that you could get started for less than $1,000 and be operating a profitable business right away. But are those claims of [...] The post Total Cost to Open a Hot Dog Cart Business (+Spreadsheet) appeared first on Food Truck Empire.

In today's podcast episode Matt Gladfelter of Bow Ties and HotDogs shares his list of the pros and cons of operating a hot dog business. As with any business models there are plenty of good things and bad things you should be aware of before getting started. You may already be aware of many [...] The post Pros vs Cons: Are Hot Dog Carts Really a Good Business? appeared first on Food Truck Empire.

Velma's Wicked Delicious Kettle Corn has been popping at farmers's markets and craft shows across throughout New England since 2006. Today, we speak with Eric Bickernicks, the owner of this kettle corn business to discuss how to start this type of business, what it's like to be an operator, how much it will cost [...] The post How to Start a Profitable Part-Time Kettle Corn Business appeared first on Food Truck Empire.

Interested in starting a food truck? You're about to discover what it's really like to build a mobile food business from scratch. If you're starting out on your own food truck journey and wondering if this is the right path for you then this is the episode for you. In today's audio lesson we share [...] The post The Ultimate Food Truck Case Study for 2022 appeared first on Food Truck Empire.

Thinking about launching a KickStarter or IndieGogo campaign to raise funds for your business or project? Our goal is to help you avoid the crowdfunding mistakes we're seeing everywhere in 2021. First a little background about today's audio lesson brought to you by Gusto. Malcolm Bedell successfully launched one of the biggest food truck campaigns [...] The post Four Epic Crowdfunding Mistakes That Kill Campaigns (2022 Edition) appeared first on Food Truck Empire.

Planning to conduct a SWOT analysis for your food truck business? That's really smart! Going through the process of identifying your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) will help you be more prepared for the realities of operating a mobile food unit. The SWOT analysis offers a deeper understanding of what makes you different locally [...] The post My Ultimate Food Truck SWOT Analysis Template: Free Download appeared first on Food Truck Empire.

Thinking about starting a burger restaurant or truck? We conduct a deep dive into the $100+ billion dollar burger restaurant industry in the United States, the estimated costs to get started, and profit potential for this massive food business opportunity. The companion podcast for this market analysis is brought to you by our sponsor Gusto. [...] The post Market Analysis for the $100+ Billion Per Year Burger Business appeared first on Food Truck Empire.

Have an idea for a food business, but are short on funds to make it happen? One of the best ways to put your business in front of angel investors is with a pitch deck. On this page, we break down everything you need to make a pitch deck that can be presented to investors, [...] The post Download My Pitch Deck Template for Food Businesses (Free) appeared first on Food Truck Empire.

I got a question from one of our food business academy premium members last week that I felt would be valuable to share with all the readers / listeners of this podcast. She asked about the best ways to test market her new food products and get feedback. The answer is in the notes below [...] The post 6 Smart Tips to Test Market Your Food Product appeared first on Food Truck Empire.

Your 25 Step Plan to Starting a Food Business. A lot of wanna-be food entrepreneurs sit at their kitchen table with their head in their hands wondering what to do next. Where do they start? What about finding kitchen space? Recipe approval? A logo? Man, there's a lot. If you're stuck with starting [...] The post 25-Step Plan to Make Your Food Company a Reality appeared first on Food Truck Empire.

This is an emergency podcast episode for restaurant owners that need more customers right now. In these challenging times, people are staying at home, watching Netflix, and spending even more time on their phones than ever before. Much this is being spent scrolling through Facebook and Instagram feeds. Is your restaurant advertising on Facebook [...] The post How to Run Social Media Ads for Restaurants in 2020 appeared first on Food Truck Empire.

Trying to figure out how profitable a new menu will be? Not feeling confident about ingredient costs? We've got you covered with the release of the Menu Recipe Upscale and Food Costing Spreadsheet (patent pending). Using this cost and recipe scaling tool couldn’t be simpler, but there are a few details we wanted to [...] The post Menu & Recipe Cost Template: Download Free Spreadsheet appeared first on Food Truck Empire.

Renee Kleiner joins on us on the podcast to share some of the common mistakes restaurants make when preparing their taxes and specific ways to avoid them. It's the time of year when most business owners are starting to think about filing taxes so this is a timely discussion. Renee is the owner of Kleiner's [...] The post Five Restaurant Tax Mistakes and How to Avoid Them appeared first on Food Truck Empire.

Want to look inside the business plan of a real food truck business? We've organized detailed business plan templates from successful food trucks and made them available to you in PDF and Word doc in this post. In addition to offer templates, we give you detailed instruction how to complete each section of the [...] The post How to Write a Food Truck Business Plan – Download Template appeared first on Food Truck Empire.

In today's episode of the podcast, we catch up with Natascha Hess of The Ginger Pig in Colorado. Natascha was in our first ever Food Truck Academy program a few years back and has gone on to have tremendous success, including being awarded the Best Food Truck in Denver. Natascha Hess of the Ginger Pig. [...] The post Catching up with The Ginger Pig appeared first on Food Truck Empire.

Jennifer Jacobs is the owner and founder of Wandering Whisk Bakeshop in St. Petersburg, Florida. Jennifer owns a boutique bakery studio with an emphasis on custom-work for weddings, corporate events, and catering. Jennifer Jacobs, Founder of Wandering Whisk Bakeshop. But it wasn't always this way. Jennifer had extremely humble beginnings. In fact, she operated the [...] The post The 6-Step Marketing Growth Plan for a Home-Based Bakery appeared first on Food Truck Empire.

Want to start an in-person or online class teaching students about baking or even cake decorating? Today's guest Michelle Green has done both successfully for years and will teach you to transform your baking expertise into a class in today's lesson. Best of all you can adapt Michelle's approach to teach in any setting [...] The post How to Teach a Cake Decorating or Baking Class from Home and Online appeared first on Food Truck Empire.

Our goal with this episode is to help you identify which frozen desserts and ice creams could become the next megatrend that you start seeing on Instagram or long lines forming outside retail shops. And I promise you're going to learn about some up-and-coming dessert options, along with key insights and industry statistics you've [...] The post 47 Frozen Dessert Industry Statistics and Future Trend Analysis appeared first on Food Truck Empire.