Oktoberfest. The yearly holiday that attracts not only people German heritage, but also general lovers of beer served in large steins, sausages, and sauerkraut. As a food truck owner, it’s a smart idea to constantly be looking for ways to associate your business with local events and holidays like this as well. Each city has annual events for Oktoberfest, Cinco De Mayo, and others that attract hundreds or thousands of people into a day or multi-day event can result in a huge windfall for concession businesses that can put a concession business into the black for a month. Depending on [...]

Did you know that just about any trailer can be converted into a food serving machine? This includes those classic Airstream trailers made popular in the 1970s and 1980s that are immediately recognizable due to their streamlined design. The design of these trailers have reached icon status that harken back to simpler times and cross country road trips. Although the Airstream was originally intended as a mobile home used during a long camping trip, an increasing number of mobile food entrepreneurs are leveraging head-turning ability of these trailers to attract attention for their concession businesses. This is a smart idea [...]

When most folks think about starting a food truck, the goal is to build a successful small business. By most people's definition the goal of a small food business or restaurant is to serve food within your own community and create an enterprise that will support their family. Building a small business, being your own boss, and living life on your own terms is an awesome goal and the American dream of many. But the Macarollin food truck based out of Webster, NY, had more ambitious goals in mind when they started their food venture. Since the owners of Macarollin Peter [...]

First time entrepreneurs and long-time business owners alike are waking up to the opportunity of transforming shipping containers into full blown commercial kitchens. As you'll soon see in the examples below any food business you could want to operate including traditional diners, coffee shops, and fast food establishments are all possible with these structures. In fact, some adventurous individuals have even gone as far a to convert these containers into a permanent home. Your imagination really is the limit when it comes to repurposing containers and we're confident your view of these seemly boring metal cubes will change by the [...]

Whether you prefer to eat Memphis or Kansas City style barbecue, you'll love the photos of these BBQ food truck builds in this post. This post includes food trucks from across the United States, including some of our past builds that we're proud to have custom manufactured on behalf of our customers. We hope you enjoy this list as much as we enjoyed curating it!   Another satisfied customer of the Smokin' Bull Shack. Built by M&R Specialty Trailers and Trucks. Photo Credit: Smokin' Bull Shack. No better sight as a mobile food vendor than seeing a nice long line [...]

If you live in Florida--like we do--you are fortunate to live on one of the states with the most food truck festivals in the country. Due to our (mostly) nice weather year round, we can attend outdoor events just about anytime we want. And Florida has some of the best festivals around. For example, did you know the world's largest food truck festival happens in The Sunshine State every year? Today, we will take you on a tour of some of the popular mobile food events happening across this great state on an annual basis. Whether your a foodie or [...]

Finding all the different food truck festivals that are popping up across the United States can be tough. More often than not these events are only promoted locally and can be hard to find online. But it doesn't need to be this way! As a result, we wanted to put together a resource that will help you find some of these mobile food festivals so you know where you can attend no matter where you live or travel in America. If you're a food truck owner looking for the next lucrative event coming to your area this can be an [...]