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NY food truck aims to feed thousands of healthcare workers a day
April 13, 2020
Before the coronavirus hit New York, a local non-profit focused on feeding the poor and hungry, Rethink Food, was busy serving up about 10,000 meals a week.
read nowColorado food truck aims to feed truck drivers in wake of COVID-19
April 13, 2020
The Big Mike's Pork N Wings food truck has a select clientele these days — semi truck drivers passing through Grand Junction in Colorado.
read nowRewards Network launches online ordering platform
April 10, 2020
In an effort to offer online ordering solutions to restaurant customers that don't have a platform, Rewards Networks is partnering with Zuppler, an online…
read nowFatburger food truck serving up 10K free meals for healthcare workers
April 10, 2020
The Los Angeles-based Fatburger food truck is rolling out on its second wave of delivering free food to frontline healthcare workers in the midst of the…
read nowAlabama food truck shows appreciation for those on COVID-19 frontline
April 10, 2020
The Aces food truck, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama recently served up free meals to first responders and healthcare workers as a way to thank them for their efforts…
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Restaurants to Congress: We need more funding
April 9, 2020
The National Restaurant Association told Congressional leaders Thursday morning that while the COVID-19 relief funds they passed are a vital tool to help…
read nowDeemed essential in COVID-19 pandemic, food trucks still struggle to stay afloat
April 9, 2020
As restaurants and bars are shuttered, denying dine-in service, take-out and delivery is what is keeping the food service industry up and running, and that…
read nowJolt Software giving free access to COVID-19 checklists
April 8, 2020
Jolt Software, a company that helps restaurants and businesses achieve food safety, team accountability and employee performance is allowing restaurants to…
read nowHelping D.C. healthcare workers is focus of local food trucks
April 8, 2020
In an expanding trend across the county, food trucks are increasingly on the road to help healthcare and first responders helping those infected with COVID-1…
read nowDenver food truck motors right up to customers doors in wake of COVID-19
April 8, 2020
Typically food truck park in a busy location — a business district or a local playground or park — and wait for the customers to line up.
read nowArizona ranch, animal food bank team up to support food trucks
April 8, 2020
A unique partnership in Tucson, Arizona is aimed at helping local food trucks survive the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic which is making it hard to stay in business…
read nowSouth Jersey food trucks provide free meals to healthcare workers
April 7, 2020
Three food trucks in South Jersey are helping feed healthcare workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic by providing free meals and snacks.
read nowChicago food truck jumps into action in wake of COVID-19
April 7, 2020
A Chicago restaurant owner has started up a food truck to help feed first responders helping battle the coronavirus pandemic.
read nowThird 'Takeout Tuesday' moves to top others with major prizes
April 6, 2020
The Great American Takeout returns Tuesday for its third week, this time with a chance to win a year of free takeout, according to a news release. As an…
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Restaurant transactions drop 42% in wake of COVID-19 dine-in closures
April 6, 2020
Restaurant customer transactions in the U.S. fell sharply in the last week of March, dropping 42% compared to the same week in 2019, and full-service…
read nowBaltimore food truck takes food to where customers are — at home
April 6, 2020
Food truck operators are getting more creative in the quest to stay up and running as the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing customers to stay home.
read nowFatburger food truck serving up free meals for healthcare workers
April 6, 2020
The Fatburger food truck is visiting hospitals throughout Los Angeles to offer free meals to healthcare workers as a way to thank them for their service during…
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How To: Ins and outs of building a food truck delivery service
by Richard Traylor — Writer, WebstaurantStore
This is the second of a two-part series on how food truck operators can put a delivery service in place.
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COVID-19 will forever change the foodservice industry
by Bruce Reinstein — President, consolidated concepts
Experts predict how the coronavirus will affect the foodservice industry through three lenses: consumers, operators and manufacturers.
read nowApp may put Philly food trucks back on the road
April 3, 2020
An app that aims to help people adhere to social distancing while waiting for a food order could end up putting food trucks back on the streets in…
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