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Tracking Food Trucks Via GPS
• Mayo 31, 2017
Categorías: Food Trucks
Practically anyone following the development and growth of the food truck industry could have seen this one coming: Rather than having to take one’s chances as to which trucks are parked where on any given day – some communities only specify general areas for the trucks, which are then left to fend for themselves when finding a space in which to do businesses – customers can track their favorite trucks by using GPS technology. 
As reported by Canadian Television, residents of Saskatoon, a city in central Saskatchewan, can tap into a locally developed web site – called Snackmap.com – and use Google maps to see where each food truck is located. The site also indicates whether each truck is open for business that day.
A company called Nova-Tek reportedly needed just three weeks to develop the site, which is intended to become a smartphone app. Of course, the GPS tech is only useful when the food trucks are in season, which doesn’t apparently include the winter months of the year. Even so, Snack Map has created a significant buzz among Saskatoonians, as the city’s residents are known.
One of the site’s developers describes the origins of Snack Map this way: “We started by just sitting around the office, wondering, ‘How can we find these food trucks?’ We were trying to following everyone’s Twitter feed. We figured, ‘There’s got t...

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Ready for Food Truck Franchising?
• Mayo 31, 2017
Categorías: Food Trucks
With franchise businesses expected to generate more than 4.5% of U.S. Gross Domestic Product in 2015 – and with restaurants being the largest franchisors – is your food truck concept strong enough to consider joining the big boys in Franc...

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Upgrading Food Truck Equipment
• Mayo 31, 2017
Categorías: Food Trucks
Trying to upgrade kitchen equipment in a concession trailer or food truck can be a daunting task for vendors who don’t carefully plan the process. Just because a Commercial Kitchen operation is mobile doesn’t mak...

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Social Media Engagement for Food Trucks
• Mayo 31, 2017
Categorías: Food Trucks
Parking your food truck in exactly the right spot – provided you can do so without running afoul of any regulations or prior “dibs” on the space – can be a challenge. The location you select might look ideal in terms of its pr...

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Outfitting a Floating Pizzeria
• Mayo 31, 2017
Categorías: Food Trucks
Fans of food trucks have likely gotten used to the convenience and pleasure of strolling down a sunny street, checking out which trucks are present and which specials look appetizing, and then choosing what they’d like to have for lunch or dinn...

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