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I'm looking into the ice-cream business and was wondering if any of you live in towns or family neighborhoods where you don't often see an icecream truck in the spring and summer months? I know many neighborhoods have a couple; maybe a softie truck and some other truck, or another one at a popular park. In Newark there are several, I think the competition is becoming tough here and the economy people may not flock to icecream like they use to. But I'd like any feedback city or small town or beach or parks. If you do have one in your area, are they consistant and daily with their timing?
Also which ones do you prefer, Mr Softie or hard icecream and why?
Why not make a sandwich truck , that way you might have an edge on the other trucks ...outside the cities there aren't mobile sandwich trucks......that go around and survive the public. There are lunch trucks for construction sites , but not for the public. So you can open a lunch truck or cafe truck and go around serving small sandwiches , soups and ice cream... Position yourself outside of Schools , Parks and Train stations and you'll earn alot of $$$
We had 2 come round our neighborhood in Middlesex Cty. last summer. One charged double what the other did and we didn't see him much. Mostly immigrants doing this job nowadays.
I'm thinking about softie vs packaged vs food vs both which = more requirements vs potential cost of fuel and competition. I thought people would like packaged because more variety but i guess that's something they can get at a grocery store. There are times I want some food when i'm out but dont want to pay over 5 dollars for some questionable lunchtruck with 50 other things on their menu, how do they keep it fresh?
Keep the Menu small , simple , like soups , a few sandwich's and beverages......go to Exchange Place / Harborside and ask the truck ppl how to start a business .
please, please, please,
just use a standard bell - not that obnoxiously loud digital/synth track of "The Entertainer" that plays incessantly, block to block, even when stopped to serve customers...
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I can not remember seeing one in Schaumburg, Ill for over 12 years
