They need to sell what people love like fry chicken,wings and burgers and don't have too much options on the menu.Keep it simple and tasty.I wish them all the best.

I was in the a restaurant business for 30 years and in the last 10 years I did a open air food stand at 2 area fairs, two weeks apart. I totally loved it and did quite well. At fairs food trailers can get more money for what they would normally at a restaurant. Because I was local I kept my prices at a fair rate which other venders did not like at all. There was no way I was going to rob my customers that also patronized my restaurant. My menu was quite large only because we could go back & forth to my restaurant to get prep & supplies. I had employee's from my restaurant work, in fact they begged to work the stand. It was a lot of work to set up & tear down an open air stand. We would rent a tent and haul our equipment in. We had 2 sides of the tent set up like a walk up bar, one side with a portable salad bar we used as a Taco topping Bar & the entire back half of the tent was the kitchen. My biggest seller were several different taco items. Lots of deep fried foods, 1/3 burgers that we would precook & stage in Trio Ajus (awesome burgers), hot beefs on a bun, a heated sub sandwich that was a good seller at my restaurant & a few other quick items. The key is to have quick ready to serve foods for the rushes. I was always searching for a used food truck that I could drive up, plugged in and be ready to go. There are tons of used ones out there but I wasn't ready to take on a payment, insurance, up keep & storage of the trailer when not in use. Six months after I sold my restaurant I needed to find something to do. Because I had a blast doing the fairs & I know there can be good money to be made if done right, I started to design a brand new concession trailer with a company in Florida. For some reason I always did things BIG back then, I'm over BIG these days. Fact is keep it small with a few good food items, less labor, less work, less waste, better service and you will make more money. We designed a 38ft. concession trailer with 3 deep fryers, a grill, a sandwich refrigeration unit, a steam table, built in mics, sinks, airconditioner. plenty of breakers and large gas tanks.....the works. We completed the design and I was about to order it when I felt a bit nervous. Figured I better see what type of events I could get in to. There is Country Fests and Rock Fests all summer long with in a couple hours of me. After calling several surrounding events & fair commissions. Everyone but one were not taking on any more food vendors and I could get on a list with several others ahead of me. Only events available were 250 - 300/400 miles away with several more restrictions and licensing's. After rethinking the investment, being gone every weekend, the chance of the excitement wearing off & it becoming old very quick and a couple women maneuvering a 38ft. trailer in large cities I came to my senses after my husband said to me, "Why don't you start a small sub shop downtown, everybody love your subs". So my girl friend and I started looking around for an empty building. We found a location and the landlord offered us the entire building for reasonable rent. Needless to say, after we put our brilliant minds together and a lot of hard work getting it planned out & put together, seven years later I still own a large Pub & Grub with a bigger then needed menu. The person that spent weeks designing the 38ft. trailer was a bit upset. I absolutely feel today it was the better decision. Most Concession trailers only run on the week ends and where I live we have Winter 6 months out of the year. Maybe will consider a food trailer in my retirement days. Moral of my story.....think long and hard about the commitments, go to the library and get a book about restaurant percentages and obligations & be prepared to give up weekends until you can afford to loose the money that you will need to live and pay all bills. All bills need to be paid before you make a dime. Start off with something small and less overhead and if you work hard and serve good food there is good money to be made.

I'm thinking about starting my own food truck, so this video is gold! Can't wait to see the journey from the ground up.

Support your local small business please! You go boys! I love food trucks

Thank you ABC and CBS for bringing this to our attention I’m actually in the process of getting the food truck myself I can’t wait

I read everyone comment but this by far has been my favorite feed back video of being in the business. You get the good and the bad all you can do is try.

My heart goes out to all restauranteers. Hardest business to make any money in.

peaple who are saying keep it simple need to understand that hotdogs & hamburgers are already taken by way to many vendors. most trucks specialize in out of the box types of menus cause we want to stand out as a unique experience.

I totally admire these kind of people. One day I hope to own one of these

This did not settle my anxiety lol.

good job guys don't give up slow and steady wins the race. everything that starts fast ends even faster.

I love the idea of this and here's my menu I would do 1. Hotwings (Mild, Hot, BBQ and lemon pepper) 2. French fries 3. chips 4.water and canned soda

Looks like they don’t really understand commercial food and what it means to watch food costs and how to prep for big volumes.

Dam that looks like a lot of Hard work

After watching this I can say this is risky business if starting off fresh and I enjoy food trust me. I think the key is something thats original and different deoending what country or culture you grew up in and make it marketable. Most important thing is making the cost cheap and where to get the food supplies from and somehow make profit from this. Indeed a informative video.

I admire all these people

My Papa worked 7 days a week,sick or not. He did this for 18 years straight when he took over the ranch/farm. My pops did the same for 15 years when my mom made him take a few days off. That didnt go over to well. He made it something like 12 hours. I worked the ranch part for about 5 years no day off. But now I just farm. And believe me i take waaaay to much time off. 🙂

That “Bone in Pork Chop” STILL looks dayum good!!!

This is grind

I really appreciate this video.

Their hardwork is inspiring.

I would sell churros and cheese fries ...that's it...and drink of course

That Food Truck went out of business, so that's not good. Guess it didn't work out.

Respect!

Wow! Even with the help of this news channel putting their name on tv and showing them......they still went out of business! Goes to show you that the food truck is very hard!

keep pushing ... keep it up

Love this , hang in there guys

Kudos to the business.

Keep at it. You’ll make it. 👍👍👍

2 WORDS - “Hearty Soups” thick, stew like soups!!! I bet would be a big seller!

There is a lot of competition and hard word in this business from what I can see.

Nice video

this makes me want to have a food truck even more but I have no money and loans aren't an option right now

have some more tables and chairs to put outside the truck?

Im looking to start my own food truck.

What I got from this is....if you have rich parents, you can succeed. Damn...

Why is KZfaq showing this to me now when this food truck has gone out of business already lol

DELIVER!

Best idea.

I deliver Chips and Pretzels to Grocery Stores which is easy, These Guys are Humping. Good luck to all.

I am thinking about a new type of restaurants : eating-spots, in eating-spots, food keeps changing, chefs also rotate, this is opposed to current restaurants, thanks to this rotation of food and chefs, eating-spots are way more powerful than restaurants, along with that, there is an app, people vote for the food that will be cooked in the next days, menu is influenced by the live input of the people via an app

I got family members that owned Food trucks in late 80s and 90s in the city of Boston.. it was a lot easier back then less regulations good food and great prices.. Now with the food truck hype too many regulations, codes and Hoops to jump through..

I want to bring my truck, what are the requirements?

My gosh, "you are doing the scrubbing of the pots" 😒

good

*Easy.* Get rid of the competition.

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The issue it seems is that not a lot of planning went into it, they do butchering it says, but did they see if what they would sell would be a return on investment and time? you would have to see how much Pork people would buy per pig and see if the cost justifies the money x time invested if not then modify, change prices, add something else, or don't do it. the biggest thing is see what people like and convince them you're the only people that can do that neiche thing better than the local competition. it seems you sell pork-chops, ok why can't i just go to a sit down resteraunt and get it there, Convince me yours is better.

Got curious, anyone happen to know what app is he using on the tablet when taking orders?

Ill try

I have a whole menu set up for a food truck but coming from poverty in Western Europe makes getting a food truck almost impossible. I'll go with carpentry instead and hopefully make it out towards somewhere with more freedom.

I own and operate a coffee truck. I post my monthly income reports online if anyone is curious on how much these things can make...

I’m building a food truck from ground up I might start posting videos

I want this kind of bussines but how hahaha

Running one doesn't require office politics

If I see someone sweating in my food I’m out. I’m out.

I make more selling snowcones lol

We don't need to drive an hour away, if we do, we'd be out of Lancaster County

What is the truck's model and brand?

Can any one tell me what kind of entrepreneurship is displayed in the video

All of these loans that they seem to be needing, not a good sign.

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After you become sick? Where do you go?

He need to be clean chief .

we see the generator you are using, the noise is very higher

That toupee tho

They food must not be poppin

I thought the thumbnail had Boris Johnson in it.

They need to outsource most of their prep! Slicing potatoes by hand!? C'mon guys...

1 - bone in pork chop..$10...try AGAIN

Too many food truck owners do everything wrong, they never think about what’s practical, just rush into it coz they have a passion but don’t think about the business side. If you’re gonna start a food truck you need to focus on the business more than anything.

Where to buy this truks?? I am fro sioux City iowa.

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I considered doing this one time. Instead, I bought a work van and did LTL runs instead. Start up was easy. All I needed was a van and commercial driver's insurance.

If it cost 20000 to start a business don't even think about starting it until you have 40 or even 60000 put away.. As a business owner of one company going to be two different companies work smart not hard and don't expect to have any type of prophet at least for the first one or two years you're going to have to have a part-time job on top of running the company to even see a profit. They definitely need to change the menu and their prices for example hey average sandwich from my pocket cost about 2.00, it gets sold for $12.00!

Where the Mexican food trucks are at

I respect everybody's choice, Im going to buy a truck or trailer & give it a go myself. I will sell pork chop sandwiches, fries, chilli dogs with home made chili [ ill slather the chili over the hotdog & ill only serve ballpark frank hotdogs cause I want a fat hotdog filling up the bun] and the main thing my delicious gumbo over steamed rice. Drinks will be kool aid, soda, water. All my stuff is quick to serve, in & out plus taste good.

This would work if you live in a busy city

Lots of 18 hour days....

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I like the idea, but it seems they have no clue what to do.

SNOT DOGS!

They're making it more complicated than it needs to be, and they're selling food products people can't even pronounce. I don't even know what that chicken thing, they were trying to sell is I've heard of it don't know what it is.

I WANT TO OPEN A VEGAN PIZZA FOOD TRUCK!

Tucson Arizona! Never eat at one! I seen "SNOT DOGS" hygiene ?

Food costs are just killing them. I love an innovative and eclectic idea as much as the next guy, but unfortunately America settles for burgers and fries 9/10 times.

Im planning on buying one and the menu i would have would be Fish n’ chips Snow cones and water Fried chicken French fries Btw i know how to make all these things

Menarik, apakah di Makassar model bisnis ini bisa berhasil?

My menu would have better options, love and God’s blessing ❤️

I have seen better business operations in the jungles of panama.... no wonder you guys have no time...

A blind man could see that that menu has been the problem. If this ECDI company was actually good with marketing, they would have told them that.

You need to clean not only cooking.

easier ways to make a buck

its gonna be hard especially when your starting. both of them will be worn out everday thinking about the kitchen work, your debt & salary. there is a lot to consider in building a business its really a big puzzle. I wouldn't advice you to quit your day job at first until every thing is ready to be air born. I don't believe in following your passion I believe in following what satisfy you, that makes you wake up and work excitingly with great ideas that add value to people especially when it cannot be copied or substitute with anything. then thats where passion begins and believing starts. just don't get dillusional, if it really doesn't work get a shotgun and shoot it. try a new thing.

One soldier gets sick all of them...... food safety is biggest safety to me I know more than anybody in this world about food safety typing ask me what I found wrong they doing I'll let you know

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Ok was waiting to hear the how to. Nothing.

Doesn't look worth it

Meh. Extremely labor intensive with no way to move up. You cant just hand it off to an employee because they wont give a shit about the quality. So you just bought yourself a high risk low profit labor intensive "business" that you cant escape from. Sounds fun!!!

that truck looks like shit