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Empanada truck entrepreneurs tackle wholesaling head-on
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Cody and Kirsten Fields knew the wholesale market was potentially much larger than their food truck business, and maintained their focus on it as their…
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4th of July food truck competition planned in Oregon
July 3, 2018
More than 30 food trucks will be on hand, beginning at 3 p.m., tomorrow, for the Fourth of July Great Umpqua Food Truck Competition at the Douglas County…
read nowFood Truck Summerfest to return to Corpus Christi, Texas
July 3, 2018
More than 40 South Texas food trucks will be on hand for the third annual Corpus Christi Food Truck Summerfest from noon to midnight, Saturday, July 7, along…
read nowFargo, North Dakota, to consider allowing food trucks on city streets
July 2, 2018
Food trucks will be permitted to operate on city streets in Fargo, North Dakota, if the city commission approves a pilot program during a July 2 meeting…
read nowFourth of July event in Casper, Wyoming, to feature food trucks
July 2, 2018
A Fourth of July food truck event will be held Wednesday at Sunrise Shopping Center in Casper, Wyoming, and will feature entertainment, a car show, an apple…
read nowDickey’s franchisees launch food trucks in Delaware, Arizona
June 29, 2018
Dickey's Barbecue Pit franchisees Darryl Weaver and Brendan Powers have taken barbecue on the road by opening Dickey's food trucks to serve guests outside of…
read nowFood trucks offer discounts for National Food Truck Day
June 29, 2018
June 29 was National Food Truck Day. Food trucks nationwide offered special discounts and customers post pictures of their meals on Facebook and Instagram. The…
read nowToronto food trucks split over parking plan favoring established operators
June 28, 2018
Food trucks in Toronto are split over a proposal to extend permits to 23 food trucks that will allow those trucks to operate in certain spots through Dec. 31…
read nowPlaintiffs in fatal food truck explosion reach $160M settlement with U-Haul
June 28, 2018
U-Haul Co. of Pennsylvania, a subsidiary of U-Haul International Inc., has been ordered to pay a record $160 million in a settlement after two people died and…
read nowFood truck festival planned for Oklahoma City
June 27, 2018
A food truck festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, June 30, at the J.D. McCarty Center, 2002 E. Robinson St., in Oklahoma City to honor…
read nowFood truck event scheduled in Wisconsin town
June 27, 2018
Food Truck Friday, hosted by Silver Spring Foods and Volume One, will bring several food trucks together at the "Railroad Lot" behind Galloway Grille in Eau…
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Empanada food truck finds niche in Austin, provides entrée into wholesale business
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
An Austin couple with a love of empanadas has introduced a food truck to create awareness for their wholesale business.
read nowOrlando to restrict food trucks following fatal shooting
June 26, 2018
The Orlando city council has voted to support a plan to restrict food trucks in the Conway neighborhood due to a fatal double shooting earlier his year…
read nowFood truck rally planned for Michigan town
June 26, 2018
The first of three summer food truck rallies in Muskegon, Michigan, will be held from 5–8 p.m., June 27, at 242 W. Western Ave. Rallies will also be held on…
read nowNew England Food Truck Festival to return To Massachusetts town
June 25, 2018
The New England Food Truck Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. June 30 through July 1, at the Eastern States Exposition, 1305 Memorial Ave. West, in…
read nowFood trucks commit to Orlando’s soon-to-open food truck park
June 22, 2018
An Orlando, Florida, food truck park modeled after similar properties on the West Coast is scheduled to open in mid-July and is already getting commitments…
read nowBaltimore museum to host food truck rally Friday
June 22, 2018
The Baltimore Museum of Industry will host a food truck rally presented by Maryland's Best Food Trucks from 5–9 p.m. Friday, according to that organization's…
read nowFood truck 'wars' planned for Nebraska town
June 21, 2018
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, will host its second annual Food Truck Wars from 6–11 p.m., Saturday, June 23. The event will feature food, live music, a beer garden…
read nowMinneapolis food truck festival to feature 65 trucks
June 21, 2018
The Uptown Food Truck Festival is coming to Lake Street between Hennepin and Dupont avenues in Minneapolis from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday, June 24.
read nowNew York town signals crackdown on food trucks operated by wineries
June 20, 2018
A debate over a crackdown on food trucks operated by wineries in North Fork, New York, continued during a meeting at the Southold, New York town hall Tuesday…
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