How to Run a Food Truck 14: Keep Up with Industry Trends

Watching the industry: 4 ways to improve your business by monitoring trends

• Learn about new possibilities
• Advance your own creativity
• Benefit from other’s trial and error
• Anticipate what customers really want

6 places to look for inspiration and current industry trends

• Social media
• Google news alerts
• Your city
• Other small businesses
• Online entrepreneurs
• FoodTruckr.com

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Photo Credit: foodtruckr.com

FoodTruckrs, those of you who have been following along with the “How to Run a Food Truck” series have done some amazing work over the past several months. You’ve done everything from getting your food truck team up and running to learning how to deliver excellent customer service to overcoming some major roadblocks on your journey to developing a successful food truck business. Way to go!

Now, the first half of this series focused on some important things you needed to do to get your business rolling, but now it’s time to kick things up a notch. Over the next few months, we’ll be talking about ways you can run your business better—starting with Unit 4, “Become a Better Business Owner.” This section of lessons is dedicated especially to helping you improve your skills as a business owner, manager, and boss, and we think it’s an important read for every FoodTruckr.

Today we want to kick this section of exciting lessons off with a topic that’s near and dear to our hearts—the latest happenings and trends in the food truck industry. There are some truly awesome FoodTruckrs doing incredible things out there, and keeping up with their progress isn’t just interesting and entertaining—it can also help you to better your own truck! Let’s begin by examining some of the most effective ways to use industry trends to benefit your business, and then we’ll look at some of the best places to stay abreast of new happenings.

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