Look out! Meals vans are on the St. Louis meals scene. There’s been loads of chatter concerning the new idea, and whereas largely optimistic, there are some misconceptions concerning the meals truck enterprise that we want to handle. So right here you could have it – the highest ten misconceptions about meals vans as we see it!
10. Now we have sub-standard high quality meals.
Generally the very best meals comes out of the smallest kitchens, simply ask your grandma. A lot of the meals vans have skilled cooks, meals distributors and put out among the most interesting meals out of little kitchens. If we produced sub-standard meals our prospects will tell us or we might be out of enterprise. So keep in mind, it doesn’t matter what anybody tells you, dimension doesn’t matter.
9. We are above the regulation and park anyplace we wish.
Not like Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Chuck Norris, we’re not the regulation and don’t suppose we’re above the regulation (who needs to mess with Chuck Norris?). Critically, we work with the town to abide by all ordinances and legal guidelines and are ticketed if we don’t. The truth is the principles surrounding the meals vans are powerful. As an example, we’re required to remain 200 ft from any established restaurant. Not really easy downtown!
8. We don’t get inspected by the well being division.
After all we do! Simply because we transfer round doesn’t imply inspectors can’t discover us! They’ve magnifying glasses, duh! However critically, all of us comply with the identical protocol and tips as brick and mortar eating places and present our “A” grades with pleasure. Fires are a priority in any kitchen, however they pose an excellent higher menace in meals vans, industrial kitch hood cleansing is required to stop fires brought on by grease buildup on stovetops or ovens. Then, we additionally have to recycle our waste correctly so we additionally name bulk cooking oil recycling choose up companies similar to eating places.
7. We park the place we’re not wished.
Um, why would we try this? Our prospects request our companies at our many places and if we thought nearly all of the folks at any location didn’t need us there we’d discover a new spot. We’re cellular in spite of everything!
6. Now we have a aggressive benefit.
We actually have a unique enterprise mannequin however we don’t all the time have a bonus. You know the way onerous it’s to search out parking downtown, proper?? And to not point out elements out of our management – if it rains, snows, is just too scorching or too chilly, or aliens are attacking us, our enterprise is negatively affected. And backside line, if we don’t put out high quality merchandise folks will cease displaying up like some other enterprise. And we like folks – whilst a lot as we like meals. If you wish to have an edge in enterprise, professionals like marketing strategy writers are nice allies.
5. We make a number of cash in a brief period of time.
Ha! We want it had been that straightforward. Most of our time is spent with prep work earlier than we hit the streets. As soon as the home windows shut its again to our retailers and commissaries to wash, prep for subsequent day, do paper work, sustain with social media and emails and naturally scheme on how we’re going to convey down the brick and mortars…..I digress. Critically our work day begins early and goes late into the night time.
4. We don’t pay taxes.
We promise, we’re reliable companies registered with federal and state governments, with enterprise licenses in many alternative native municipalities. Not solely will we pay taxes, we maintain observe of each metropolis we promote in and pay the suitable gross sales tax. Some meals vans pay taxes to over 10 totally different municipalities month-to-month. We additionally pay federal and state employment taxes in addition to the St. Louis Metropolis 1% particular Tax. We pay private property taxes on the truck together with many different taxes. There’s nothing humorous about taxes…so we are going to go away the comedy to the opposite 9 misconceptions.
3. Meals vans have nearly zero overhead.
HA HA HA! All of us need to maintain a roof over-our-head to maintain these Tacos from getting moist. Not solely do we now have overhead however among the upfront prices of a totally outfitted meals truck may be greater than some eating places. All of us have extra charges associated to commissaries, gasoline supply (each propane fuel that’s used for cooking and fuel for the truck, yikes!), again workplace prices (to trace and pay these taxes we supposedly don’t pay!), truck upkeep and extra licenses than we will listing.
2. We’re pirates and solely take and don’t give again.
Simply because we take paaaaarrghking areas doesn’t imply we don’t give again to the group. Many people help native companies, utilizing them as suppliers and even selling these companies round our stops. Virtually all of the meals vans work with charitable organizations across the group some even donating meals on the finish of the day to native meals banks.
1. Actually did we are saying 10???
Okay so we’re not essentially the most intelligent and doubtless received’t have an invite to jot down for David Letterman however we do have nice meals and have a number of enjoyable.
In abstract, meals vans have seen an enormous surge in recognition but additionally a misunderstanding of the true enterprise and challenges we as meals truck distributors face every day. We hope you’ll give your meals truck distributors a shot and suppose you’ll be stunned on the high quality of the meals these proficient chef and cooks are serving in your native streets. Should you yearn to improve your online business, you are able to do so with the assistance of apps on-line. And keep in mind: please eat responsibly. (That phrase is now trademarked by the Meals Truck Affiliation of St Louis)
