Airstream Excella 500 Food Trailer, $150k

[chuck peterson]

Sssssssoooooooooooo o..........

Who's got the truck to pull this to rallies?

https://newhaven.craigslist.org/tro/d/hialeah-airstream-excella-500-food/7086118587.html

[Lannis]

If someone will buy it and pull it, I'll help with the cooking!   Looks like a nice setup.

Lannis

[twowheeladdict]

What kind of money do those food trailers make?  Seems like a huge investment. 

[Lannis]

We've got restaurateurs here who know more than I do, but I'm guessing that this one would be the kind that an organization, club, or non-profit would use to support their activities, rather than being a yakitori, gyro/kebab, or taco trailer that someone would pull to a village festival or park on a street in a tourist town ....

Lannis

[oldbike54]

 The only way to make that work from a profit standpoint would be to spend 30 weeks a year at events like Daytona or Sturgis . The investment involved in buying the trailer , which is overpriced to begin with , is only the first component in the process . Factor in insurance , food costs , a truck to pull it with , labor , permits ...well , you see the problem .

 Dusty

[craigclu]

If you cleared $1.00 per burger, net... After 150,000 units sold, it would then be gravy!

[oldbike54]

If you cleared $1.00 per burger, net... After 150,000 units sold, it would then be gravy!

 The number would be closer to 250,000 , and that's if the equipment lasts that long 

 Dusty

[Shorty]

And here I thought that we already had a food truck. It's a little white minivan with Galveston tags on it.....     

[Darren Williams]

Food Trucks!   

Debra has found an authentic taco truck in South OKC, 20ish miles away, that has great burritos with sauces to make your mouth water.  She buys from them about once a week, wishing they were closer.

[delrod]

Let's see 10 bucks per raffle ticket x 15000. Probably make that work at Cedar Vale

[Mayor_of_BBQ]

Dusty is right here

many have heard the siren song of higher margins, lower overhead etc of food trucks....  But there is very little money left after expenses and your biz is dependent on weather, crowds, and very good marketing so that folks can find you. I've crunched the numbers and opening is food truck isn't starting a business, it's creating a very grueling job for yourself (hat tip to The E-Myth Revisited)

[Tom H]

In the past, food trucks mainly dealt with businesses and had routes. I worked at one place where 3 trucks would show up for lunch.

Now it seems that they all want to be specialty trucks and just go to the food nite events.

There are still trucks cratering to businesses. There are normally 2 at the container docks on my way to the marina. One is a 20 footish trailer and the other is a standard truck. The truck serves breakfasts, burgers to tostada salads. The trailer mainly specializes in seafood, but makes killer carne asada tacos. That reminds me, next Tuesday, taco Tuesday!

Tom

[larrys]

Back in my construction worker days, a Roach Coach showed up every day either at coffee time or lunch at most every site I worked. Haven't seen one in years. The Spanish speaking guys that populate construction sites these days bring their own lunches.
Larry

[Lannis]

Well, it sounds like everyone's agreeing that this thing would NOT be intended as a money-making thing like a burrito stand, but as a support kitchen for an event or club organizer.   I've seen rigs like this at tornado- and hurricane-recovery venues, as well as at big political gatherings run by a state club.

Lannis