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After eight years as a chef in a high end retirement home I recently quit my job. I was fed up with the constant holocough bullshit, as well as terrible employees, management, and owners. My wife is successful enough in her job to support me until I figure out my next move, which I'm not taking lightly as I've never worked a job less than five years. Recently I've been doing lots of research on Vendor/Hot dog carts. I'm in a small rural town, that doesn't have many options for people to eat, so I figured high end hot dogs/Sausages and small batch BBQ could create an affordable option for the locals, as well as create a job for myself without having to piss with any of the reasons I left my last job! Do any of you have experience, opinions, and/or ideas. Its just a thought for now, as I'm out weighing risk vs. rewards

After eight years as a chef in a high end retirement home I recently quit my job. I was fed up with the constant holocough bullshit, as well as terrible employees, management, and owners. My wife is successful enough in her job to support me until I figure out my next move, which I'm not taking lightly as I've never worked a job less than five years. Recently I've been doing lots of research on Vendor/Hot dog carts. I'm in a small rural town, that doesn't have many options for people to eat, so I figured high end hot dogs/Sausages and small batch BBQ could create an affordable option for the locals, as well as create a job for myself without having to piss with any of the reasons I left my last job! Do any of you have experience, opinions, and/or ideas. Its just a thought for now, as I'm out weighing risk vs. rewards

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Do your research in the region you want to operate in. What kind of prices do hot dog carts and/or food carts charge for events and what is the volume of business? How many days a week can you book an event or somewhere to set up with foot traffic? There's definitely opportunities everywhere to sell food to people conveniently. Every microbrewery without their own food service basically has a food truck or two outside on the weekends. A large neighborhood near me does a food truck night during the week in the summer. Corporate centers where they have people working in the office tend to be good spots for selling lunch foods.