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Food Truck Entrepreneurship Overview
This credential provides comprehensive knowledge of the food truck industry—from successfully starting and operating a food truck to managing day-to-day challenges in the industry. This certificate provides complete details and information about the food truck industry, including business and financial planning, menu designing, marketing, inventory management, hiring, and knowing your state’s food truck regulations. This credential is also helpful for people who are currently operating a truck and are looking to improve their business skills.
Start Date For Next Course
Begins every two weeks. Enroll now to select your start date.
What You'll Learn
Course Details
Module 1: Industry Overview
Module 2: Market Research, Branding, and Marketing
Module 3: Business and Financial Plan Lite
Module 4: Menu Design
Module 5: Purchasing and Inventory
Module 6: Human Resources: How to Build an HR Plan to Support Your Success
Module 7: Local Regulations
Module 8: Working with Organizers
Expert Insights
This certificate was designed with experts from the industry that have decades of experience in operating food trucks across multiple regions of the US. Get started or improve your current operations.
Did You Know?
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Starting a food truck business costs about $55,000 on average.
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Yearly food truck revenue ranges between $250,000 and $500,000.
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There are over 35,000 active food trucks in the US.
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More than 40,000 people work in the food truck industry.
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The average annual food truck industry growth before COVID-19 was 7.5%.
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The food truck market size in 2022 surpassed 1.2 billion dollars.
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Over 34% of food truck chefs regularly experiment with their menu.
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Food truck industry statistics for 2022 predict a yearly growth of 3.4%.
Industry Statistics
Revenue Stream
Market Size
Outgrowing the Restaurant Industry
5.5% to 4.3%