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What are the biggest mistakes food trucks make that lead to their failure?

>> No.17770435

>>17770428
Too much novelty, no variety.

>> No.17770437

>>17770428
Hiding the bodies in the freezer

>> No.17770438

>>17770428
Selling bad food.

>> No.17770440

>>17770428
Have you seen Chef?

>> No.17770451

>>17770428
Overpricing everything. No one cares that you're a food truck. They will pay for your food when they figure out if it tastes good. Being a food truck doesn't make you niche, or boutique.

>> No.17770465

>>17770438
fpbp

>> No.17770471

>>17770435
I feel like a food truck shouldn't have variety. It should have 4-6 things it does very well.

>> No.17770473

>>17770428
I'm not from the US. It's insane to me that people will walk past an indoor restaurant to eat food from a car.

>> No.17770477

>>17770473
Street food is incredibly common all over the world. Most cities are much more walkable outsider of the United States, so that street food is frequently on carts rather than in trucks, but the idea is the same.

>> No.17770481

>>17770471
The shitty ones do 1 or 2 novelties and expect to draw a lunch crowd.

>> No.17770492

>>17770477
Yes but this is not because food is better on a dusty street without refrigeration

>> No.17770496

>>17770492
trucks have refrigeration

>> No.17770501

>>17770492
The danger and third world hygiene makes it taste better.

>> No.17770502

>>17770438
>>17770451
its these two really, ive seen a lot of food trucks come and go, and the ones that fail are either bad or overpriced, or both

my current favorite has nacho fries with pork for $10, you also get a soda but i dont drink soda, but that does add to the value. its a reasonable portion as well

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17770560

>>17770428
Flavortown located in Los Angeles

>> No.17770593

>>17770428
Trying to outdo a restaurant instead of trying to outdo hotdog stands.
Selling expensive/meme food outside of big, expensive meme city centers.

>> No.17770859

>>17770560
is that another homeless encampment?

>> No.17770881

>>17770428
charge too much
small portions
act rude to people
unclean conditions
not be happy to see a customer

>> No.17770886

>>17770428
location, probably.
halal guys basically offer just rice with salad and some meat, but they offer it in downtown manhattan.

>> No.17770893

>>17770859
No. They had to move the homeless people for the gay parades. True story.

>> No.17770900

>>17770428
Their insane prices

>> No.17770906

Long wait. High price. No seats.