Food Trucks VS Restaurants

Are you thinking of opening a food business? Magnificent! Now certain questions may come to mind: What kind of food are you going to offer? What kind of comfort do you want to give your clients? How much are you willing to invest? Do you want a fixed place for your business? Among others…

To guide you, we have a few tips to help you make the best decision for your new business.

Food Trucks

One of the main advantages of food trucks is that a much lower initial investment is needed to start one. Compared to the more costly investment required to open a regular restaurant. The money saved can be used for marketing to promote your food truck business across your city, state or beyond!

A significant disadvantage of food trucks is the amount of storage available. Unlike a restaurant a walk-in freezer, for instance, would not fit inside a truck, limiting your storage capacity. Luckily, we carry products such as undercounter fridge and freezers that will work perfectly with your food truck.

Food trucks can go anywhere and attract more customers than a brick-and-mortar restaurant, while simultaneously maintaining a fixed clientele of “regulars.” This can be done by setting and promoting a few specific days and hours and they will gain their regulars just like restaurants. Food trucks can also participate in all kinds of events and thus increase their income as well.

Restaurants

A point that puts restaurants ahead is that they can offer more comfort to their customers. This brings them more income opportunities since customers will spend more time inside the establishment and therefore are likely to order more food than drinks. On the other hand, the food trucks would have to take their tables and chairs with them to provide a better service for their customers.

A significant advantage of restaurants is that they are large environments and can accommodate a greater number of people than food trucks, which represents higher income in less time. Unfortunately, this means higher fixed costs than food trucks due to the number of employees and supplies that they need.

Another advantage of restaurants is being able to operate regardless of the weather. On rainy and cold days, customers will always prefer to go to an in-closed and more comfortable place to have a more pleasant time.

In short, these are some tips on the pros and cons of each type of business, hopefully reading them will help guide you to make the best decision for your new business. We are here and happy to help you with the lease or purchase of your Equipment