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- Running a food business takes more than an awesome menu and good food. Embracing technology can help increase profits, reduce labor costs, and help you find new customers. This is where we provide coverage of food and tech.
- Food Technology Articles
- New NLC Study Shows Cities How to Embrace Food Trucks
- Square Register Users Need to Adjust Settings with iOS 7
- El Olomega Wins 2013 NYC Vendy Cup
- New Product Takes the Guessing Out of Propane Usage
- Food Truck Owners Need to Keep an Eye on Dining Trends
- Product Frees Hands for More Food Truck Marketing and Sales
- Mobile Entrepreneur to Open History Museum on Wheels
- New Lavu iPad POS Hardware Bundles Developed for Food Trucks
- Mobile Cuisine Food Truck Movie Sneak Peek: Free Samples
- SizeUp Your Competition with New SBA Research Tool
- Join our Free Food Business Community: Weekly Case Studies
Food Technology Articles
New NLC Study Shows Cities How to Embrace Food Trucks
The National League of Cities (NLC) recently released a study in which they looked at the mobile food industry and how cities can implement best practices to bring food trucks to the streets of their communities. Based on recurring themes and commonalities they grouped regulations into[...]
Square Register Users Need to Adjust Settings with iOS 7
In a recent announcement from SquareUp we found that some adjustments will need to be made to your device before the Square Register payment app will work properly. When you update your Apple device to iOS 7 you will have to allow Square Register to[...]
El Olomega Wins 2013 NYC Vendy Cup
NEW YORK, NY – The results are in, and NYC has crowned 2013’s top street chef. Over 1,000 foodies flocked to Industry City in Brooklyn today to cast their vote at the 9th annual Vendy Awards, where El Olomega took home the top prize: the coveted Vendy Cup. The winners in all seven categories are: The[...]
New Product Takes the Guessing Out of Propane Usage
Thanks to propane-powered patio heaters, fire pits, fireplaces, and fire tables, food trucks and grilling now extends well beyond Labor Day. But since it’s tough to tell how much gas is in a propane tank, the fire often goes out just when you least expect[...]
Food Truck Owners Need to Keep an Eye on Dining Trends
When designing a new food truck concept or menu or updating an outdated one, you should be as educated as possible about the food truck customers you’ll potentially serve. Any major alteration to your menu can deflect, or attract an entirely new demographic. For example,[...]
Product Frees Hands for More Food Truck Marketing and Sales
With every year of mobile food industry growth, there have been many new inventions that have come along that have been designed specifically to help food truck owners and the customers that follow them. Today isn't any different. We recently found out about a new[...]
Mobile Entrepreneur to Open History Museum on Wheels
PHILADELPHIA, PA - Last week, I heard that Philadelphia was getting the Philadelphia Public History Truck. I wasn’t sure what a Philadelphia Public History Truck was, or why a Philadelphia Public History Truck was something that Philadelphia needed, so I reached out to its co-founder, 28-year-old[...]
New Lavu iPad POS Hardware Bundles Developed for Food Trucks
ALBUQUERQUE, NM - Lavu Inc., makers of POS Lavu restaurant point of sale for iPad, has developed new features and hardware bundles for mobile food truck businesses. These new features were designed specifically for the mobile food service industry, with solutions for inventory tracking, mobile payment processing, and[...]
Mobile Cuisine Food Truck Movie Sneak Peek: Free Samples
What could be better than ice cream? How about free ice cream? Or how about an interview and an exclusive trailer from the indie film "Free Samples"? "Free Samples" tells the story of Jillian (Jess Weixler) who, after dropping out of law school, spends one eventful[...]
SizeUp Your Competition with New SBA Research Tool
What would you do if you knew that almost all your food service competitors are generating twice the sales you are? What if your food truck sold Asian cuisine and you knew that residents in the town a few miles away were spending twice as[...]