Carolyn Scott, executive producer, creator, host, and writer of “The Healthy Voyager” Website, listed numerous food trucks that now exist in U.S. metropolitan areas. For the full story, click here.
Editor’s Insight: The food trucks are the fastest growing foodservice business. The business even has its own Internet news Website. These trucks have seized on the consumer’s need for convenient, high quality meals. Hence, they are posing a major competitive threat to vending and onsite foodservice companies.
This trend is occurring after vending operators have largely retreated from the food business by pulling food machines from locations. Some vending operators have re-entered the food business recently by expanding into self checkout micro markets. The economics of operating food vending machines and self checkout micro markets are more challenging than ever. In the meantime, the food trucks are out there winning a bigger share of the foodservice market. 03-23-12 By Elliot Maras
