Travis wants to know more about veggie dogs and I’m going to defer to the HDCN readership for your expertise. I sling dogs in the mid west where folks like meat, meat, and more meat. I have to be honest with you, I’ve never served a vegetarian hot dog so I don’t have any experience with them. But I know a lot of you do…
Travis writes,
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Hi. I’m thinking of starting up a cart that only serves veggie dogs. What do you guys think about this? I am new to the business and I know that my location would be critical if I’m to find vegetarian customers. Any feedback would be great.
Thanks,
Travis Moore
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All right people, let’s get veggie in the comments section below. What are some good brands? What kinds of condiments go over well? What makes a good location where veggie dogs are in demand? What are we forgetting?
Veg out!
-Steve
Hot Cart News reader Howlin’ Hank needs to sell his highly customized E-Z Built Hot Dog Cart. He’s moving from Alabama to Colorado for health reasons and has decided to build a new E-Z Built once he gets there. I think the price is very fair. Click here for the special and to see more pictures of Hank’s awesome creation. Better hurry, this one won’t last!
Well, not actually ON a hot dog cart. That would be a mess.
Hot Dog Cart News regular reader Michael Wood a.k.a. “The Best Looking Hot Dog Man in Georgia”, owner of Dugg’s Doggs writes…
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I thought that I would ask the smart people this question!! I have started doing Nachos on the cart, I was wondering if you or any of your readers that do Nachos could answer a storage question for me. Once you open the 106 oz can of cheese, how long can you store it? What do you do with the cheese left over from one day to the next? Do you reheat the cheese? What is the best Cheese Pump/warmer to buy?
I had a event this weekend and the Nachos did great at $3 per order (that breaks down to about $2.00 profit per order), going to try them this comming weekend and then deside if I am going to invest in a Cheese pump. I don’t plan to do them during the week at my street spot but I will do them at festivals.
Michael S. Wood
Duggs Doggs
“Good!! Good!!”
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Add-ons like nachos have great profit margins. I’m just curious why some folks only want to do them at festivals. A lot of my slingers do them daily and LOVE the extra sales. There are BIG differences between daily location vending and festival vending but nachos lend themselves equally well to either.
I know we have a lot of Nacho-ers in the readership. What say you? How long can you keep an opened can? Do you use pumps? Ladels? What kind of container do you serve them in?
Wanda Swan, you’re my Nacho Queen – can you help Michael (the BLHDMIG) out? And let’s hear it from all the rest of you nacho mommas and daddys in the comments.
-Steve
