What are food trucks:

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You don’t always need to sit down in a fancy restaurant and wait for your food to arrive at your table. Neither do you need to stay under the roof and watch the ceiling. Rather you can sit down a bench, watch the sparkling water in front of you and let feel the warmth of the sun. This is the best part when it comes to Food Trucks. The concept of food trucks can be referred to as a rising business trend these days. Not just in the big cities but also in the smaller cities this concept has grown at a fast rate in such a short time. Food trucks are basically vehicles be it a van or a truck as the name suggests. The interior of these vehicles ,contain not seats but rather kitchen appliances and other equipments that help you cook and even store food. The job of the people who own or run a food truck is to cook and sell food.
Investments required for food trucks:

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Firstly, you need a trailer inside which you will do all the magic. Then a permit and licenses to keep your food truck legal.  A register to note down all the cash inflows and outflows. A part from the paper items you would require kitchen appliances, product inventory and other grocery items according to the food you cook and have to offer. Moreover, you will have to purchase small-wares such as pots, pans and spatulas etc. Then comes paper products such as plates and napkins to pack food in and hand over to the customers. You would also have to spend a bit to make good menu cards. It’s up to you if you decide to keep flyers or if you set up a board listed with all the food items you offer. The board makes it slightly more easy before it will cost less than getting the flyers made and it’s easy to rewrite on a board using a board markers in case you change the items on your menu. Uniform or T-shirts is a must when it comes to working. I suggest it’s better to get a good quality uniform or shirt made in the start rather than asking them again and again. One of the reason for having a proper shirt is because that’s how people will recognize you when you stand down the street and that’s how people will know that you are fully into the work you’re doing. This will also help you get more customers. Apart from all this, one other necessary thing that you need to consider the petrol and gas expenses. Lastly a fire extinguisher in case your truck catches fire because safety always comes first. One of the benefit for running a food truck is that you don’t require many people as a helping hand just one or two more people with you would be more than enough. Another good point is you don’t need to wash the dishes cause food trucks are meant to sell food in plastics bags and paper wraps etc. This will actually help save a large amount of money which you would rather be spending to buy dishes and paying the water bills.    
Current famous food trucks around the globe:

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Some of the very famous food trucks include a pizza van with the name Le Camion à Pizzas in Paris, a truck Die Dollen Knollen-Puffer Manufaktur in Berlin offering you the best items, the most colourful food truck stands in Phoenix, Arizona by the name Emerson Fry Bread. LOTUS Food Truck in Cape Town makes and sells Asian street food. And lastly the truck that was ranked no 1 in 2015 is Cheezious Fresh Made Grilled Cheese in Miami. This food truck has many variation and also gives you the choice to pick items of your choice and make food with options that you find best in your meal.  
How to promote your food truck and attract customers?
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There are different ways as to how you can promote your food truck. One of the best ways as to how to promote is through social media. Get a website made or a Facebook or even a twitter page. It doesn’t have to be fancy but rather it should be catchy enough that the viewer stays and checks all tabs on your website.  Some catchy names of items of the menu card is a good trick to help attract customers. Moreover, you offer special discounts of specific days in a week. You can also add a radio or play music in your food truck to bring in more customers.
Places that catch most customers:
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The places that help attracts customers vary from country to country and city to city. But on a general note the best places can be those which remained filled with people 24-7 or places which people often opt for to have a nice walk or to chill with friends or even the places that are surrounded by shopping mall and other stores. Lastly another best location for having food trucks are all the major tourist spots be it any country or city.
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It’s not always about food coming in expensive plates to your glass table but at times it’s just about finding the best taste at the corner of the street in a tiny vehicle.