HDCN reader Chad Wetzel writes, Steve, As a newbie and someone that is learning and appreciating a lot about the information shared by your followers, I have a topic that I would love to hear more dialogue about? Toppings: What do your vendors suggest as must serve toppings? What are optional but great sellers? Do any of your vendors have unique toppings that have drawn fans? What is the best pricing model for […]

A fun little contest today - Q: What do you do with red tape? A:  _ _ _  through it. Enter the correct answer in the coupon code box during checkout to receive a nice discount on my Hot Dog Biz 101 package. This contest is going to be a shorty. It may end at [...]

Selling hot dogs at the beach sounds like a dream job to most folks. Listen to how my guest Robin Delancy made it a reality. After suffering through two years of unemployment and challenged by the rising cost of formal education, Robin was forced to think outside the box. She emerged as a business owner [...]

Donna Tidings writes, “Still trying to get ideas for selling something else on the cart that will work. Would love to hear from others (tried grilled pretzels, meatball dogs etc) looking for another product to add – please share.” ********************* Great question Donna! So how about it? What else are you selling from your cart besides the standard hot dog, chips, and sodas? Tell us what kind of wild and wonderful cuisine you’re slingin’ in the […]

Tough decision. All the entries were great but this one in particular cracked me up: “and the winner for best supporting roll is……..” by Lucky Dog. Congrats! Very clever. Your dog sled is on its way. I'm also awarding a runner up prize to Floyd just because he tried so hard. Floyd wore out his [...]

Time for another caption contest... Enter your caption for the above photo in the comments. I'll pick what I think is the funniest one and post the winner in Monday's issue of Hot Dog Cart News. This time around we'll be competing for: ONE BRAND NEW STAINLESS STEEL DOG SLED - A $49 value (hot [...]

This just in from HDCN reader Wanda Swan… Hi Steve, We are going full steam into our 2nd season starting tomorrow! I am so excited! Our customers have asked about us all winter! (We took the WHOLE WINTER OFF! It was GREAT!) Thank you, Steve for all that you have done for us! Without you there would be no […]

I love hot dogs. I also love airplanes, especially older ones. So when Daniel wrote to tell me about how he combined a hot dog cart and a 1951 Convair Air Force trainer to make a super cool eatery, I was riveted (pun intended). Daniel writes: Hello Steve, We just opened AeroDogs at the beginning of the new year. The airplane is a Convair 240 that was used in the USAF as a navigational Trainer T-29-A. It was built in 1951 and used for […]