Sprinter Van built by M&R Specialty Trailers and Trucks. Are you a food truck operator with concerns about regulations or industry challenges? The U.S. Chamber Foundation wants to hear from you. You can respond to their 10-minute online survey by clicking the green take survey button on this page. The goal of this survey is for the organization to better understand the regulatory challenges that operators face. These understand challenges are often unique to each city, which makes blanket legal food truck recommendations more difficult. What may be a huge issue in Chicago, may not be the same [...]

Is it possible to start a bar food truck that serves beer, wine, or hard alcohol? The simple answer is that in most situations you won't be able to. Liquor licenses are determined on both the state and city level. As a result, you will need to look into your state and city laws to determine if this is an option for you. With that being said here are some things to consider if you're in the planning stages of starting a food truck that serves alcohol and the reasons why accomplishing this goal will be difficult. There are a couple [...]

In 2013, a bill passed called the cottage food laws. These laws made it legal to sell small amounts of food using a home-based kitchen. While not all types of food businesses can be opened with the help of a cottage food law, the new law could create opportunities for you as a food truck vendor as well. The cottage food industry is continuing to grow. In a nutshell the cottage food laws were created to make it easier for micro-food businesses to get started. At the time of writing the maximum gross revenue a cottage food business [...]

The technology transportation company Uber has already disrupted the taxi and transportation industry. Previously, taxis could charge pretty much whatever they wanted, provide bad customer service, and still operate a profitable business. That was until companies like Uber and Lyft entered the space, bringing in not only price competition but usually faster and better service. Now, Uber has its sight set on disrupting home food delivery the same way they did transportation. If you're not familiar with the Uber, here's how the platform works. An Uber customer will download and app to their phone and create a profile that is [...]

At M&R Specialty Trailers and Trucks, we've been contacted to build all kinds of unique features into a mobile food unit including a bedroom and bathroom. From a build standpoint installing both a comfortable bedroom and functional bathroom is simple as a food truck has many similarities to an RV in terms of plumbing and electric. The addition of a bedroom can make a concession trailer a lot more comfortable to operate as well if you're planning to travel to different events throughout the summer or are participating in a competitive BBQ circuit. Having a place to rest within the [...]

A food truck takeover is a marketing strategy where a company will update the branding on a food truck to generate awareness for their brand or product. There are numerous brands that have used this strategy from food and beverage to alcohol, pet supplies and even video game releases. One upcoming example of a massive food truck takeover event during the summer of 2017 is by specialty beer REDD's Apple Ale. A total of three branded REDD's Apple Ale food trucks will be criss-crossing the continental United States to help people discover this unique apple ale. Free samples of the [...]

Want to invest in a piece of a growing food truck franchise? The Grilled Cheese Truck is now seeking investors for their mobile grilled cheese concept that is extremely popular in Southern California. The Grilled Cheese Truck, founded in by Dave Danhi in 2009 has been featured across major media outlets from the Cooking Channel to Fox News and built a hungry following of over 100,000 across Twitter and Facebook along the way. According to a press release from the company, The Grilled Cheese Truck wants to use their investment capital to expand the business nationally and internationally with new [...]

Trying to figure out how to cook not just good, but award-winning BBQ? You know the kind that gets people reminiscing about the time they ate your fall-off-the-bone ribs and have the potential to bring home a trophy at a competition? If you're looking to elevate your BBQ to the next level there are a variety of online communities where you can access the vast knowledge of pit masters from across the country and around the world. Nothing Beats BBQ. We recently interviewed one of our past customers, Wade Morris to share how he was able to start [...]

See the Jägermeister Trailer at AT&T Stadium during Dallas Cowboys football games. For over 3 decades Hollywood's Productions has been working with the biggest names in music and sports entertainment to provide unforgettable mobile marketing experiences. Over the past 30+ years the company has worked with some of the biggest names in music from Jason Aldean to Brooks & Dunn. In sports they've helped create more exposure for brands like Coors and Jägermeister everywhere from NFL games to NASCAR races. At M&R Specialty Trailers and Trucks, we are proud to call Hollywood's Productions as valued customer and have worked with them [...]

Dubai, an enormous city with a population of over 2.7 million people in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is well known for its super-expensive real estate, growing economy where it's been reported 20% of the world's cranes are currently located, and of course the Burj Khalifa which is the tallest skyscraper building in the world coming in a 2,722 feet.  In addition to all this growth and prosperity, you might be surprised to learn Dubai also has one of the fastest growing food truck scenes in the world. In today's post we take a look a five different food trucks and their menu concepts [...]