Hot Dog Cart News

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 Continue reading “Hot Dog Condiments and Toppings – Let’s Talk…”

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 any time so don’t wait.

– Steve

P.S. You can find tips on dealing with city officials and health inspectors here.

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 and now spends her afternoons slingin’ hot dogs and pulled pork at a pristine lakeside location. Nice!

Life is good again for Robin. She is finally in control of her own destiny – and keeps all of the profits!

Let’s hear it for Robin in the comments and give her business some free publicity by clicking the “fShare” button at the left.

Enjoy the show!

-Steve

Hot Dog Cart Radio – Interview With Robin Delancy
Click the link below to listen online or right click to download the MP3.
Hot Dog Cart Radio – Interview With Robin Delancy

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.”

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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 Continue reading “Hot Dogs, Pretzels, And Meatballs, Oh My!”

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 keyboard this weekend and submitted over 40 entries! I’m sending you a pair of chip clips, my man.

Thank you all for the fun and witty entries. You folks are awesome!

-Steve

P.S. Oh what the heck – YOU’RE ALL WINNERS! Here is your prize – for today only put the word LUCKY in the coupon code box at checkout and get a nice discount on every product we offer including my Hot Dog Biz 101 course, my E-Z Built Hot Dog Cart Video and Plans Package, and my Cash Tracker bookkeeping software. This coupon is good today Feb 28 ONLY so don’t miss out.

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 dogs and veggies sold separately).

Keep it clean folks, this is a family friendly newsletter. I’ll delete any captions that I wouldn’t want my kids to see.

The more, the merrier – click the fShare button (upper left) to get everyone involved.

OK that’s it for the rules. Have at it!

-Steve

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 Continue reading “E-Z Built Hot Dog Cart Trailer Is On Sale NOW!”

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 Continue reading “AeroDogs: A 1951 Airplane and Hot Dog Cart Eatery”