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Smashburger franchisee to reveal how mobile marketing led to increased sales
January 29, 2019
Standing out and attracting a greater share of customers is a never-ending challenge for all QSR and fast casual restaurants. And a couple of circumstances — a…
read nowHyperX Esports Truck to feature food trucks at Super Tailgate Party
January 28, 2019
The HyperX Esports Truck, a mobile competitive gaming arena, will host a football gaming competition from Jan. 31 to Feb. 3 at the Super Tailgate Party. The…
read nowFire officials close Illinois food truck festival over carbon monoxide levels; one hospitalized
January 28, 2019
Fire officials closed a food truck festival last weekend after one person was hospitalized and unsafe carbon monoxide levels were detected in a Kane County…
read nowNew York village plans May food truck festival
January 28, 2019
A Spring Fling Food Truck Festival will be held May 18 behind Village Hall next to the library on Main Street in Mount Kisco, New York, according to the…
read nowChicago Tribune calls on state court to overturn food truck rules
January 28, 2019
The Chicago Tribune has urged the Illinois Supreme Court to overturn the city’s food truck regulations, claiming in an editorial that the rules have left the…
read nowVirginia city tries to loosen food truck restrictions
January 25, 2019
Food truck and brick-and-mortar restaurant owners in Virginia Beach, Virginia, agreed to eliminate background checks for food truck owners and to cut the cost…
read nowJosé Andrés to open first brick-and-mortar restaurant at Disney World Resort
January 25, 2019
José Andrés' ThinkFoodGroup has announced the opening of the first brick-and-mortar location featuring its Spanish food truck concept.
read nowFood truck festival planned in South Carolina
January 24, 2019
The eighth annual Charleston Food Truck Festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 26 and 27, in Park Circle, 4854 O'Hear Ave., North Charleston…
read nowSquare introduces free debit card for businesses
January 24, 2019
Square Inc. has announced the launch of Square Card, a free business debit Mastercard that helps businesses manage their cash flow by eliminating the time…
read nowTexas city to consider allowing food trucks
January 23, 2019
Vernon, Texas, city commissioners plan to discuss a proposal at their Feb. 5 meeting that would change city regulations to allow food trucks to operate within…
read nowApplications due soon for San Francisco’s Off the Grid mobile food market
January 23, 2019
Openings are still available for operators of food trucks and food tents interested in serving at the Off The Grid mobile food market from March to October in…
read nowAlabama newspaper urges lawmakers to make food truck rules friendlier
January 22, 2019
The Decatur Daily, which serves Decatur, Alabama, has urged its lawmakers to make the city friendlier to food trucks as it considers legislation to revise…
read nowSouth Carolina food truck offers to feed federal employees affected by government shutdown
January 22, 2019
Scott Benny's food truck in West Columbia, South Carolina, has offered to provide free meals to federal employees affected by the partial government shutdown…
read nowIllinois Supreme Court will hear 2012 lawsuit against Chicago's food truck law
January 21, 2019
The Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear the case of a Chicago food truck owner, who claimed the city's food truck regulations were too restrictive…
read nowNew York City passes out first food truck inspection grades
January 21, 2019
The New York City health department passed out its first 22 grades for food truck and food cart inspections, most of which were As, according to a New York…
read nowLouisiana Street Food Festival planned in Baton Rouge Saturday
January 18, 2019
The second annual Louisiana Street Food Festival will be held 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 19, at River Road outside of Raising Cane's River Center in…
read nowHouston food truck feeds TSA agents working without pay due to government shutdown
January 18, 2019
A nonprofit group, "Doing Our Part," fed TSA agents at Bush Intercontinental Airport on Thursday, according to a report from KHOU-TV.
read nowRFIS attendees to learn about 'What Danny Meyer never told you,' the blockchain, rise of conscious eating'
January 18, 2019
The Early Bird discount for the Restaurant Franchising and Innovation Summit ends Feb. 8, and if you sign up today you get another $100 off.
read nowNashville food truck offers free food to workers furloughed by government shutdown
January 17, 2019
A Nashville, Tennessee, food truck is offering free burgers today, Thursday, to federal employees who have been affected by the government shutdown, according…
read nowShake Shack to launch food trucks
January 17, 2019
The Shake Shack burger chain will launch a food truck concept in February, according to a report by Skift Table. Shake Shake CEO Randy Garutti made the…
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