Minimizing the Impact of Firing A Food Truck Employee
One of the hardest things to do as a food truck owner is to tell an employee that they are fired. Here are three tips for handling this gut-wrenching situation: Bring answers. When a person is let go, he’s likely to have a lot of questions and concerns. Come prepared to address his logistical questions, such as when his last day is, how his peers More...
Get Rid of the Negativity on Your Food Truck
Every food truck business has both good and bad. As a boss, is it your job to accentuate the positive or eliminate the negative? You should try to do both, but studies have shown that negative information, experiences, More...
Dealing with Trolls and Online Bullies
When individuals are protected behind their computer screens some people resort to communicating with other’s online in ways that they’d never do in a face to face situation. Much like “real life” bullies, More...
Don’t Confuse the Message When Delivering Negative Feedback
When you must deliver criticism about one of your food truck employee’s work, it’s best to be direct rather than diplomatic. Avoid the all-too-common practice of mixing positive messages with negative ones. More...
Get Unstuck in 4 Simple Steps
There are times of the year — or the week, or the day — when a food truck owner simply has too much to do. You may buckle down and focus, or like many people, you may get overwhelmed and freeze up. Next time More...
Become a Realistic Optimist
If you believe your food truck will succeed, it will. Right? Not quite. Research has shown that optimism and the confidence it brings will help you reach your personal and business goals, however that is no guarantee. More...
What Your Food Truck Business Model Must Answer
There is very little consensus on exactly what every food truck business model should include. Some feel it should cover every detail of the truck’s operation, while others believe it should simply answer the More...
Use Green Best Practices While Driving Your Food Truck
Driving technique has a lot to do with your fuel economy. Avoid sudden starts and stops and go the speed limit. Not only does speeding and herky-jerky driving kill your MPG, it is dangerous. Even if no one gets More...
Don’t Give Your Waste Fryer Oil Away
Disposing of used vegetable oil has always been an issue in the mobile food industry. In recent years it has gotten easier with the increasing demand for biodiesel. Now many food trucks and commercial kitchens More...
Change Your Bad Habits in Two Steps
We all have bad work habits — checking email during meetings, insisting on being right, multitasking to the point of accomplishing nothing. Changing these behaviors is difficult. Even if you can go a few days More...
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