Food Truck News
Original NFTA reporting and curated coverage of the mobile food industry from newsrooms across the country.
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All Stories →Karen Bass Says LAPD Will Stop Citing Street Vendors. She Also Personally Signed Off on a Cart Program That Still Hasn't Delivered.
Bass's office says LAPD will stop citing street vendors. Enforcement had already been paused since April. Meanwhile, the $2.8M cart program she signed still hasn't delivered.
Read story →Mayor Bass Just Told Los Angeles Mobile Food Vendors They Do Not Belong. Los Angeles Already Settled That in 1979.
Mayor Karen Bass said mobile food vendors do not belong in front of restaurants. Los Angeles passed that exact ordinance and a California court struck it down in 1979.
Read story →How Much Does It Cost to Book a Food Truck for a Corporate Event in 2026?
National pricing data from 269 corporate catering bookings: average cost per person, cost by event size, and cost by market for food truck catering.
Read story →Food Truck Catering in Los Angeles: What You Need to Know
A practical guide to booking food trucks in Los Angeles: what it costs, how far ahead to book, permitting rules, and questions to ask before you confirm.
Read story →How to Find and Book a Food Truck for Your Event
What booking a food truck actually looks like — budgets, lead times, how many trucks you need, and where to find ones that are available in your area.
Read story →Why More Food Trucks Are Ditching Generators for Battery Power
Battery-based power stations have matured enough to replace commercial generators in food trucks. We talked to operators making the switch and looked at the real economics of going battery-powered.
Read story →Food Trucks for Experiential Marketing: The Complete Guide
Food trucks turn brand activations into social moments people actually share. See how Amazon, Snickers, McCormick and more used mobile trucks to drive real engagement.
Read story →Glizzy Street: How Two 15-Year-Olds Turned $400 Into a Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Hot Dog Sensation
Chazz and Chaze Clemons launched Glizzy Street in Long Beach at age 15 with $400. Six days later they were selling 150 bacon-wrapped chicken hot dogs a night and fielding Eater LA. Here is what food truck operators can learn from how they are scaling.
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