Protecting your food truck recipes: Trade secrets & patents

by Richard Traylor — Writer, WebstaurantStore

Food trucks offer unique fare, often borne from family recipes and special ingredients, and are a valuable asset of the food truck operation. Find out how to…

Food truck 'frenzy' back for second year in New York community

June 29, 2020

The Food Truck Frenzy event, being held for a second year, is back but with some operational caveats.

Connecticut food truck expands to brick-and-mortar space

June 29, 2020

The Yoko Loko food truck, which operates on Route 12 in Ledyard, Connecticut, is expanding its brand with a brick-and-mortar eatery in Gales Ferry.

Partial single-use packaging trend turnaround with COVID-19

June 26, 2020

In the wake of COVID-19, many, if not most, restaurants have gone back to single-use products to provide customers with clean, first-use packaging and utensils…

Food truck race winners opening brick-and-mortar location

June 26, 2020

Steve Klatt and Brandon Lapp, owners of the Braised in the South food truck and winners of Season 8 of The Great Food Truck Race, are opening a physical…

Birmingham home to new food truck

June 25, 2020

The newest food truck operating in Birmingham, Alabama, is Eat at Panoptic Food Truck, which will launch July 3.

Newport mulls amending of food truck rules

June 25, 2020

The Newport City Council, mulling over whether to allow food trucks on a specific street in the Rhode Island community, has, for now, tabled the discussion.

Lots of food truck love in Lonsdale, Minnesota

June 24, 2020

While the COVID-19 pandemic has driven many a food truck off the road and into hibernation, given stay-at-home orders and closed business districts, one…

Thieves steal California food truck just days before reopening

June 24, 2020

The MOMOlicious food truck, based in Emeryville, California and shuttered since March due to COVID-19, was all set to start up business late last week.

Idaho rest stops no longer a food truck operating haven

June 23, 2020

Food truck operators who had been serving up fare at Idaho's rest areas along state and federal highways are now on the hunt for a new spot.

St. Petersburg food truck expanding dining area in partnership

June 23, 2020

The Vanchetta, a St. Petersburg, Florida, food truck will now be able to serve many more fans as its owners are working with Cage Brewing to create a food and…

Feds make forgivable PPP loans easier to navigate

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

The federal government has introduced a simplified PPP loan application form in an effort to make the PPP loan process easier since the government announced…

Visa programs aim to help 50M SMBs drive digital business

June 22, 2020

Visa is offering 50 million small and micro businesses a range of services to help them grow more efficiently, build their online footprints and promote…

Speed, quality and health: LA smoothie truck combines robotics with self-order kiosks

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Ono Blends, a smoothie kitchen on wheels operated by Ono Food Co., offers tasty cold treats prepared and served automatically with state-of-the-art robotics.

North Carolina food truck adjusts in wake of coronavirus pandemic

June 22, 2020

It's been trying times for food truck operators, but a North Carolina food truck is doing steady business thanks to a strategy change.

Ohio county hosting food truck rally next weekend

June 22, 2020

The third annual Darke County Food Truck Rally & Competition will take place Saturday, June 27, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., at the Great Darke County…

Online catering marketplace debuts COVID-smart service

June 19, 2020

ezCater is launching a service, called Relish, that offers employers a safe approach to providing office-based workers with boxed lunches from local…

&pizza COO breaks down the business-building power of activism

On the unofficial national holiday of Juneteenth — commemorating the proclamation of the freeing of slaves in Texas, final remaining U.S. state to do so —  the…

Ohio association cancels food truck rally due to COVID-19

June 19, 2020

The eighth Union Centre Food Truck Rally, scheduled to be held August 14 in Butler County, Ohio, is being cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Missouri city kicks off food truck season

June 19, 2020

St. Charles, Missouri, and the city's department of parks and recreation has officially kicked off its food truck events.