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Posted on 01/18/2021 by Tammie Nolte, Big Fat Writer
Supporting local food trucks in the community could mean the survival of the food truck industry right now. Food trucks have missed out on the festival season, big weddings, huge catering events and business events. What's the secret for getting through the slow times?
Not all food trucks have year round sunshine and warm festival kinds of temps. Food trucks make most of their money in warmer spring months and summer months, which were exactly the same months that forced many food trucks and trailers shut down because of new corona regulations.
During that time, some food truckers were also forced to be more creative with their business models.Many food trucks have adjusted to online ordering, deliveries and moving out to the suburbs to reach audiences.
"We're not just surviving, we are creating a new business model," says Cristian Maciel, Taste of BrazilFood Truck in Kansas City.
Maciel's wife also owns a food truck called Hungry Hatch, so together they hatched a plan,‘How about we go to people’s houses now? How about going to neighborhoods?’” Maciel said in an interview with The Kansas City Star.
YS Street Food Truck really went through a lot in 2020. The Seattle area was among the first to be hit by the CoronaVirus. YS was closed for 4 months and was able to open back up in July, but needs to follow city restrictions and find a place to park and serve.
"Because of the coronavirus, our business was closed for four months, during which time I also received care from many customers. Thank you for your help and support in the past. Special thanks to Amazon for funding the South Lake Union small business, which has reduced the impact of coronaviruses on our business and allowed us to survive this difficult period smoothly," says YS Street Food on their Facebook page.
The Amazon Neighborhood Small Business Relief Fund has disbursed over $11 million in cash grants and free rent to more than 900 small businesses. Amazon is no longer accepting new applications for the grants. Grants are grants, not loans. The small businesses who were approved, like YS Street Food Truck, will not have to pay back the money that helped their business survive a 4-month stop.
FULL STORY - BEHIND THE FOOD TRUCK: YS STREET FOOD
"After the shut downs of the full service restaurants, our sales actually went up a little bit," says So-Cal Tamal Food Truck Owner Favian Alex Ruiz.
"For communities, if you can support any of the food trucks. It's not easy being a food truck vendor," says Ruiz in an interview with ABC KERO TV in Bakersfield, California.
“The food truck scene is the new hype now. It’s to-go, it’s outdoors, so it’s all you can do in the (coronavirus) circumstances,” says Dalena Bui Co-Owner of Vegan Veganos, a Mexican-themed food truck in San Jose, CA.
After being in business 2 years, Bui and partner Emmanuel Villa opened an upgraded food truck in August 6, 2020. Their food truck was featured in SFBAY.CA news and soon after, their first food reviews are in from YouTube food vloggers on Irene 'n Manny. Get to know how and why Vegan Veganos is working in a podcast by The Bliss Seekers.
"If you are a food truck, you should be making more money now than pre-COVID. Look at this as an opportunity to become creative. Don't just survive but figure out ways thrive, grow, acomplish more and do more," says Levy Johnny Griffin in his Forever Food Trucks podcasts.
"Of all the tips, Social Media and Delivery are the ones everyone needs to grab ahold of," says Griffin, giving some timesaving tips on his own tips. Griffin created a podcast series of 10 tips to handle the corona times. Wach video/podcast is about 5 minutes.
10 Tips for Surviving Corona as a Food Trucker
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