Vegan Food Truck Business Podcast
Vegan Food Truck Business Podcast
Podcast Description
🚛 Welcome to the Vegan Food Truck Business Podcast! 🌱Hosted by Heather Zeitzwolfe, AKA the Savvy Frugal Vegan, this podcast is your ultimate guide to starting, growing, and thriving in the mobile vegan food industry. Whether you're running a food truck, cart, or pop-up, Heather offers expert advice, business hacks, and essential tips to help you turn your culinary passion into a profitable vegan enterprise.🌟 Why Listen?Learn how to transition from chef to savvy entrepreneur.Discover strategies for financial success, marketing, and growth.Avoid common pitfalls with actionable insights tailored for vegan food businesses.Heather is on a mission to empower vegan entrepreneurs and spread compassion through delicious plant-based meals. Tune in for inspiring stories, proven strategies, and a roadmap to building a successful vegan food truck business that changes lives—one plate at a time.💡 Get ready to save animals, protect the planet, and grow your business. Every episode will fuel your journey with knowledge, passion, and purpose. Let’s hit the road! 🚐
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Content Themes
This podcast covers various themes tailored for aspiring and current vegan food truck entrepreneurs, focusing on business strategies, financial success, and marketing techniques. Specific episodes delve into the power of branding for visibility in a saturated market, inspiring entrepreneurial journeys after personal hardships, and essential elements of legal protections in partnerships.
🚛 Welcome to the Vegan Food Truck Business Podcast! 🌱
Hosted by Heather Zeitzwolfe, AKA the Savvy Frugal Vegan, this podcast is your ultimate guide to starting, growing, and thriving in the mobile vegan food industry. Whether you’re running a food truck, cart, or pop-up, Heather offers expert advice, business hacks, and essential tips to help you turn your culinary passion into a profitable vegan enterprise.
🌟 Why Listen?
- Learn how to transition from chef to savvy entrepreneur.
- Discover strategies for financial success, marketing, and growth.
- Avoid common pitfalls with actionable insights tailored for vegan food businesses.
Heather is on a mission to empower vegan entrepreneurs and spread compassion through delicious plant-based meals. Tune in for inspiring stories, proven strategies, and a roadmap to building a successful vegan food truck business that changes lives—one plate at a time.
💡 Get ready to save animals, protect the planet, and grow your business. Every episode will fuel your journey with knowledge, passion, and purpose. Let’s hit the road! 🚐
In this episode of The Vegan Food Truck Business Podcast, Heather Zeitzwolfe sits down with food industry veteran and small business expert Eric Stromquist to break down the most common — and costly — mistakes food truck operators make.
Whether you're just getting started or trying to improve your profit margins, Eric shares hard-earned wisdom on pricing strategy, menu design, speed of service, and treating your truck like a real business. If you've ever wondered how to serve more customers, minimize waste, or make your numbers actually work, this episode is a must-listen.
What You’ll Learn:
- The #1 mistake most food trucks make when pricing their menu
- Why less is more when it comes to your menu options
- How to use simple math to maximize profit and speed up service
- What your food cost should be (and how to calculate it)
- The truth about overhead, commissary kitchens, and real labor costs
- Why running a food truck requires both heart and spreadsheets
About Our Guest:
Eric Stromquist was one of the founders of Portland's long-standing, local restaurant chain Hot Lips Pizza. Eric has been a prominent figure in the Portland Food scene for decades, including instructing at three notable culinary schools. He is now an advisor with the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in Astoria, Oregon. He’s passionate about helping food entrepreneurs turn their ideas into sustainable, profitable businesses.
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