All right everybody, we got a TON of really great questions for our food cart leasing expert. I'm going to interview him this week and use his answers to put together the definitive report on leasing hot dog carts - the pros and cons, what you need to know in order to make this work [...]
Life handed him a lemon, so he made hot dogs. After being downsized, the former sales manager started his own street-vending business. If you are a first-time customer, Rick Eberth rings a hand bell in your honor as you order your very first Plumpfurter, whether it be the one-quarter pound Plumpie or the one-eighth pound [...]
Today I'm going to scratch the surface about leasing, but first I want to say a great big "Thank You!" to everyone who reads this newsletter. Because of your continued readership and interaction in the comments section, we're really starting to build a great community. As a matter of fact, we're starting to make a [...]
Dear Steve: Came across this neat little thing on ebay yesterday. It is a 1974 Cushman Truckster. It is street useable. I would modify the set up but it is neat. I have been looking for a truckster to use. This one went for over three thousand and was own by a dealer […]
One of your fellow Hot Dog Cart News subscribers just made the papers! His hometown Findlay Courier just did a great article on him and I thought you’d like to read it… […]
I got a call the other day from my friend Brian Gass. Brian is a co-founder of Sandbox Marketing, one of the top action sport and event marketing agencies in the country. Brian is looking for a hot dog vendor to work the […]
Do you remember the book Walden, from your high school reading assignments? The one in which the author decides that city living is *$%#, so he moves out into a little cabin in the woods. Well, that’s sort of like Greg Crance’s story. Except replace the cabin with a pontoon boat. And add hot dogs. [...]
For those who don’t know Japadog personally let me introduce you. Started in 2005 by a mad scientist (or one smart businessman) Japadog took the streets of Vancouver by storm and quickly became the phenomenon it is today. The opening of it’s second cart on Burrard and Pender brings me personally one step closer to this yummy hot dog variation as it’s now dangerously close to work. To be more blunt, it’s a Japanese take on hot dogs and it’s stupidly yummy. […]
Hey there! Make sure you read this entire article. This is huge news. If you are thinking about starting a hot dog cart business, now is the time. Don’t wait too long or soon you’ll see somebody making big money with a hot dog cart on the spot you had in mind. Click here to learn everything you need to know. WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE – BANDERA, TEXAS — In hard times, some small-town Americans are turning to a new livelihood with relish. Among them are Andrea and Ben Guajardo. They began selling hot dogs from a pushcart on Main Street in November. Ms. Guajardo is a grant administrator for a health-care system. Her husband, Ben, is a pipeline operator. Theirs is the first hot-dog stand in Bandera, pop. 957, that anybody here can remember. […]
