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1. Food Truck
Business Plan
Mohammad Anishur Rahman
Business and Financial Advisor
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2. Research Your Target Market
• Available Spaces:
• Find out a available space for food truck business
• Competition:
• Analyze the competition
• Local & State Regulations-
• Know the rules and regulations of the market
• Catering Options
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3. 5 Ideas for Mobile
Food Businesses
• Food kiosks
• Food kiosks are booths or stands used to prepare and sell foods like
pretzels, Burgers, ice cream and hot dogs
• Food carts and concession trailers
• This style of mobile food business has been around for decades and is
a multibillion-dollar industry. Cart owners prepare food in advance or
purchase ready-made food like ice cream bars.
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4. 5 Ideas for Mobile
Food Businesses
• Food trucks
This is Larger than carts, the trucks can carry more food and handle more business.
• Gourmet food trucks
Same as a food truck, Gourmet food truck takes food quality to a higher level. There
are 4,000 licensed food trucks in the Los Angeles area, and only 115 are considered
gourmet.
• Mobile catering businesses
Mobile catering trucks are same as mobile food trucks, but its hired for specific
events. So its temporary. Customer chooses food from a catering menu, then truck
serves the food to the customers at the event.
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5. Choose a Food Truck Concept & Name
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 Ethnic Fusion Concept
 Organic / Health Food Concept
 Gourmet Sandwiches
 Pizza Food Truck
 Regional Cuisine Concept

6. Company Name, Logo and Tagline
Wrap Your Truck
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1. Hire a professional designer for
design
2. Vinyl wraps are the most popular
material for wrapping food trucks
3. Make it easy to read on the road
4. Match the design to your products

7. Food Truck Cycle
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8. Design Your Menu board
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i. Menu board design goes well with your truck’s design
ii. Menu board should be easy to read and understand
iii. Food description should be short and simple
iv. Consider not using the dollar sign
v. For large menu board, include photos of your dishes

9. Delicious Food
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10. Food Truck’s Staffing Needs
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 Food truck service window staff
 Mobile food business managers
 Chef and cooks for food truck
 Food truck kitchen staff
 The food truck’s driver

11. Products
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 Barbecue
 Amped-up
Hamburgers
 Reinvented
Hot dogs
 Coffee
Trucks
 Smoothie /
Healthy
Drink Trucks
 Crepes with
special
toppings
 Vietnamese
Banh Mi
Sandwiches
 Pizza
 Chicken
wings
 “Grown-up”
grilled
cheese
sandwiches
 Beef Sliders
(Variation on
hamburgers.)
 Cupcakes
and desserts
 Street tacos
and burritos
 Sushi
 Lobster rolls
 Mediterranea
n menus /
Gyros
 Ice cream
and soft
serve
 Shaved ice /
Italian ice
 Indian food
 Hawaiian
food

12. Executive Summery
o The Business Opportunity
o The Target market
o The Competition
o Mission Statement
o Vision Statement
o Objective
o Company Information
o Business Highlights
o Future goals
o Food Truck Location based on days
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13. Food Truck Financing Options
 Leasing
 Equipment Loan/Financing Program
 Rollover For Business Startups (ROBS)
 Microloan from SBA
 Find Investors
 Crowdfunding
 Bank Loan
 Loan from relatives
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14. Buying vs. Leasing Your Food Truck
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Buying Advantages Leasing Advantages
Benefit of write off depreciation Less to finance
Need to finance more Usually better maintenance plans
Better more miles Many leases offer the option to buy at the end
Better if you plan on having the truck
for a very long time
Better for low annual miles
Free to modify
Benfit of deduct percent of lease devoted to
business operation
Lower sales tax

15. Get Insurance
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Insurance Expense Approximate Annual Cost
General Liability $550
Business Owner’s Policy $750
Commercial Auto $1,750
Worker’s Compensation Insurance $1,900
Total $4,950

16. Get Your Licenses and Registrations
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 Mobile Food Facility Permit
 Health Permit
 Food Safety Certification
 Food Handler Permit for employees
 Workers’ Compensation
 Business Insurance
Food truck licenses and permits will $100 – $500 based on location.

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Describe your
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W E A K N E S S
SWOT ANALYSIS
Describe your
Opportunity.
Describe your
Weakness
Describe your
Threat

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 Target Market
 Market Segment
 Market Size
analysis
 Market Trends
Analysis
 Competition
Market Analysis
Describe here

19. Marketing Strategy
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Describe in Your Business
Plan

20. Startup Cost
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Food Truck Start-up Costs USD
Equipment Estimated Cost
Food Truck + Wrap & Equipment $25,000 – $100,000
Inventory(average) $1,000 – $2,000
Permits and Licenses fees $100 – $500
Website plan Free – $5,000
Facebook / Twitter Free-$200
Register / POS $200 – $1,000
Uniforms $0 – $1,000
Paper Products (Plates / Napkins, etc.) $200 – $300
Misc. Expenses (Like a Chalk Menu) $500 – $2000 Plan for some unexpected expenses
Smallwares: Pots, Pans, equipment etc. $1000 – $2000
Fire Extinguisher $100 – $300
Total Low End $28,100
Total High End $114,100
Food Truck On-Going Costs
Item Monthly Estimated Cost
Commissary $400 – $1,200
Phone / Internet $100 – $200
Fuel $500
Labor $8 – $15 per hour is average rate.
Repairs & maintenance Average $1000 per Month

21. Financial Plan and Forecast
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 Sales Projections
 Monthly Cost Estimation
 Break Even Analysis
 Financial Ratio Analysis
 Profit & loss Statement
 Cash flow Projections
 Balance Sheet

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23. Value of the U.S. food truck industry
from 2014 to 2020
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This graph shows the value of
the U.S. food truck industry
in 2014 and 2015, as well as
the industry forecast for
2020. In 2015, the U.S. food
truck industry was esteemed
at 856.7 million dollars.

24. 3 Weapons Needed for Food Truck
Success
Know Your Rules & Regulations
Get Creative with Food Truck Parking
Build – and Maintain – Your Brand
Don’t Compromise about quality of food Menu
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25. Why Food Trucks Fail
 Lots of complicated regulations designed to protect traditional
restaurants
 Poor operation and financial planning
 Underestimating daily number of hours needed
 Wrong place choice
 Poor choice of food truck
 Lack of good marketing
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