Hot Dog Cart and Street Vending Q&A Happy Friday, folks! Here is today’s live question and answer session. We talked about some great topics related to the mobile food business: What’s the best sausage to sell from a hot dog cart? Do sinks on a cart replace the need for a commissary? Get free publicity […]
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Easy Recordkeeping for Small Business
Get Your Yellow Pad and Follow Along! Hey, folks! For years, I’ve been keeping records in my own low-tech, low-cost way, and it works for me. It’s not a high-tech method of recordkeeping, but it works. I’m going to show you how I do it, and if it works for you, feel free to use […]
How to Calculate Total Cost of Hot Dogs
Are You Forgetting About These Important Costs? Hi, folks! I’ve been asked about this topic, and thought I’d do a quick demonstration to help you out. When you decide the price for selling your hot dog, you need to take into account the cost of that dog. And I don’t just mean the price of […]
BBQ Vendor vs Hot Dog Vendor and Health Inspector
What if a Competitor Calls the Health Department? Hey, folks! This might be a vendor’s nightmare… Being at an event, working hard and serving hot dogs, and having a competitor at the same event get upset and call in the health inspector. Well, it happens. What would you do? Here’s a true report from one […]
Top 40 New Vendor Questions (updated 2020)
Oh s&%@! I Got a Hot Dog Cart! Now What? Part 1: Questions 1-5 1. How many hot dogs do I take with me? 2. Which brand of ketchup or mustard should I use? 3. Is everybody going to know if I mess up? 4. Should I use paper boats or foil? 5. How many […]