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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
- Food Truck Owners Can Accept Credit Cards with Phone Swipe
- Food trucks hitting the road with digital menu boards
- Food Truck Donations: Feed People – Not Landfills
- Keeping Cool In Your Food Truck Without AC
- Prevent Food Truck Suspension Problems
- Polishing Diamond Plate In Your Food Truck
- Calculating Propane Usage For Your Food Truck
- We Are You: Food Trucks and the NRA
- Fast Casuals, QSRs Most Likely to Start Food Trucks
- Fryer Oil And Your Food Truck
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Food Technology Articles
Food Truck Owners Can Accept Credit Cards with Phone Swipe
Phone Swipe is a free app and free credit card reader that transforms your smartphone or tablet into a mobile point-of-sale terminal. Their mobile credit card processing solution empowers your food truck business to accept credit cards. You'll be able to increase revenue, expand your[...]
Digital signage and digital menu boards are going mobile with food trucks. Food trucks, basically pop-up restaurants on wheels, are one of the hip dining trends spreading to cities across the country, with delivery trucks, wagons and even old school buses re-purposed as foodie havens.[...]
Food Truck Donations: Feed People – Not Landfills
Even though we may not realize it, there are people we interact with every day who are not sure where they will find their next meal. They might be a co-worker, one of your child’s best friends, or an employee on your food truck. Each[...]
Keeping Cool In Your Food Truck Without AC
Unless you’re living in the Arctic you’ve probably noticed that summer is here. Keeping cool when temperatures reach record highs isn't just about comfort. When it's 100 degrees outside, it can be 120 degrees or warmer in your food truck. Dangerously high temperatures can result in[...]
Prevent Food Truck Suspension Problems
In today's Under the Hood section we provide you with an article written by the folks over at sdtrucksprings.com. There are many food trucks out there nowadays, this trend is something that has been around for a long time and has really blown up over the[...]
Polishing Diamond Plate In Your Food Truck
More and more food truck builders are brightening up the insides of their custom food trucks with metal diamond plate especially on the floors. The problem with this product is that it can be tough to keep it bright and shiny with all of the[...]
Calculating Propane Usage For Your Food Truck
It is always important to understand how much propane the appliances you use in your food truck so that you don't run out at an inopportune time. In this article we provide you with the basics to calculating propane usage with the formula provided below. Each[...]
We Are You: Food Trucks and the NRA
The 2012 National Restaurant Association Show came to a close about a week ago and I believe most attendees and exhibitors considered it a success. As a fledgling writer, I felt very inspired by this year’s show; and a bit disappointed as a food truck[...]
Fast Casuals, QSRs Most Likely to Start Food Trucks
Fast-casual restaurants are most likely to roll out a food truck operation in the next year or two, National Restaurant Association research has found. According to the 2012 Restaurant Industry Forecast, 22 percent of fast-casual and 13 percent of quick-service and family-dining operators said they would[...]
Fryer Oil And Your Food Truck
Stability and oxidation aren’t just terms you might have last heard in your high school chemistry class. They’re also important concepts you should know when buying oil for the fryer in your food truck. Because of the importance of this concept when it comes to[...]