How do I Become a Successful Hot Dog Vendor [ How Profitable are Hot Dog Carts ] 7 STEPS!
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- How do I Become a Successful Hot Dog Vendor [ How Profitable are Hot Dog Carts ] 7 STEPS!
From crowded city streets to bustling parks and events, hot dog carts have become an emblem of the quick-service food industry. But how can you turn a humble hot dog cart into a profitable enterprise? In this enlightening video, we reveal the 7 crucial steps to become a successful hot dog vendor, and delve into the profitability of hot dog carts.
🌭 Why Watch This Video?
1️⃣ Understand the fundamentals of setting up and running a hot dog cart business.
2️⃣ Learn about the profit potential, operating costs, and selling strategies of successful hot dog vendors.
3️⃣ Benefit from a step-by-step guide to navigate everything from permits and health regulations to supplier relationships and customer service.
🎥 What’s Inside?
An in-depth discussion on the profitability of hot dog carts, including real-world examples and financial breakdowns.
7 detailed steps to success in the hot dog cart business, covering idea validation, location scouting, menu planning, pricing, customer engagement, and more.
Interviews with successful hot dog vendors, revealing their secrets, challenges, and business tips.
Comprehensive insights into health and safety regulations, licensing, and the tools needed for your cart.
Bonus content: A checklist to launch your hot dog cart business, and special tips for maximizing profits!
💼 Who is This Video For?
This video is a must-watch for aspiring hot dog vendors, food lovers looking for a business opportunity, and entrepreneurs interested in the quick-service food industry.
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Ready to start grilling your way to financial success? Click play now, and embark on your hot dog vending journey with confidence!
00:00 Intro
00:38 Hot Dog Biz Intro
03:01 Location
03:56 Investing
05:19 Permits
06:11 Cart Requirements
07:11 EIN and Resellers Certificate
08:32 Inventory
08:57 Sourcing
10:12 Marketing Promoting
11:09 Outro
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I started my hot dog cart business just over 2 years ago during Covid and now I wish I'd gotten into a cart 30 years ago.. I'm in the process of building out my food trailer to expand and make even more money, but the cart has made enough for me to pay my bills and expand the business. I highly recommend others to look into it and get into street food either way!
congrats thats awesome
Dude that’s awesome, any tips for someone thinking about doing the same? Something you wished you knew when you started?
@@curiousbabe00 Just triple check your state code on what is required for a hot dog cart in your state before you buy one. You don't want to spend all that money then find out it they won't pass code.
@@MacDaddysDawgz
How much hrs did u have to work per day?
How much did u make and how much did u have ti spend on supplies?
Sry for so much questions i jus need advice i wanna start a hotdog business.!
@@ACTVBoxing I'm setup 10-3 Monday - Saturday, closed Sunday. I shop for all my supplies for the week on Sundays. I average about $3,000 a week in sales and my food cost is 19%
I started 5 hears ago... the business plan has changed at least once a year. Lol... I currently run the largest hot dog cart business in my city. Several employees invluding vendors and managers. In my experience, city regulations are the BIGGEST hindering factor in the growth of my business. Its really a pain.
How so? Where are you located
Moved to Daytona beach to start hot dog business. STAY TUNED
Update us
How is it going? I'm ready to take the plunge myself.
Update?
So how is your business doing?
Update?
Ive seen hot dog steam tables / serving stations that the guy was wearing over his shoulders like a marching band drummer. very cool and almost zero overhead
This was a GREAT video on how to start a hotdog business! Ty for the content!!
Glad it was helpful!
A true master put thousand tiny slice in hot dog 🙏
Good shit!!
I was talking with my brother about getting into the business of selling hot dog, it seems low cost production and very good money profited.
Jimmy John could not get a Hot Dog Cart Business started with the $$$ his father loaned him to start a business. He quickly found out it is less expensive to have a meat a slicer and a fridge. Get lucky enough to find a store front to rent in a heavy traffic area at affordable cost.
You also have to figure out if your city allows carts as opposed to food trucks/ trailers. This is how it was for me, the direct opposite of what this video talks about. I’m not saying it’s wrong, but some cities will not allow food carts while still allowing food trucks/ trailers. I had my business license denied by St George, UT (yeah, I’m calling you out) because food carts, specifically, are not allowed by city ordnance. That city lost my business due to government regulations and I went to a different city where I kill it now.
In Montreal, you need to purchase a city approved stainless steel cart which starts at approximately 12 - 14 thousand dollars in order to get your permits/licenses !
GOOD LUCK !
Rule 1 look at the competition
Unbelievable how many government hoops are necessary just to sell hotdogs. Dumb. Super Fing dumb!!!! And everyone thinks this is somehow normal or safe. It prices most people out of the market which is exactly the reason America has become a virtual desert. Sick!
Research location...any recommendation as to how?
we have a video we are making for his and will cover a ton of ideas to find the right spot!
Been vending since june. First year. Terrible! Can I use my home phone # for my business and put it on my cards? I can't afford multiple phone #s from Spectrum. Any ideas?
I don't know who your provider is but the business I work for has a program called one talk through Verizon. Where you have a business number but it connects to several different cell phones. So ie I have a cell phone and 4 other people do and when that number is called all of us get the call and it operates as a business line
Look up google voice
Eh....you start by buying a package of hotdogs 🌭 😋
exactly! Low overhead and start up. Do what you can. Take the profits and re-invest. Soon, you will have a restauant!
I think I remember in one of your videos you said that you were out of Tennessee and that you used recipal to create your nutrition labels.
The commercial kitchen I just started working out of has asked me how I'm going to get nutrition labels, and I said recipal, and they said to me that the state might not like that.
I don't know of any other way to create a nutrition label because I learned about recipal from watching your channel, and that's how I've been doing it up until the time I started going into the commercial kitchen.
I have written to the state asking these types of questions and they never respond.
Matter of fact you're the only person that ever responds to any of my questions LOL which I appreciate.
I'm thinking online programs are the only way since they're not required spices to be lab tested.
Do you know of any other way?
Is there any other program that you use?
Or recommend?
That is State approved?
Thank you.🥰
Recipal uses 2 types that are acceptable by the FDA directly they can be lab tested or DATA driven labels they are in compliance with the FDA so not sure where the state or why the state would not allow them DID the state specifically tell you this or did the "commercial " kitchen just say something without any real valid reason ? as long as you enter your recipe correctly or the product recipal data driven labels are legal and legit.
be cautious of people randomly saying things to you without ANY facts or resources to back up what they say.
@@MarketingFoodOnline I think the problem with this kitchen is they've never had anybody do spice blends out of their commercial kitchen before, and it's kind of a new territory for them. They're dealing mostly with folks who are making pickles and low acid foods and things that have to be sent to a lab for testing. So I googled FDA approved label making services and recipal is on the list
so I let them know that recipal was on the list along with a few other services.
People keep telling me I can do spice blends as a cottage food and I know that I can
but if I do that
I cannot sell to restaurant kitchens etc and that is part of what I want to do, so I have to do this out of the commercial kitchen. It has been really hard to find information and answers. But you have been very helpful and I appreciate you very much.
I got the food manufacturers inspection a few days ago and passed, I think I just have to pay an annual permit fee now and get an inspection every 2 years, so finally I got it, nothing was ever mentioned about having to get my spice blends tested, the inspector said spices were the lowest of the low regarding risk
I'm building my hot dog trailer and I talked to my health department before I started building buy this month or next i'm going for the inspection now I'm getting nervous
congrats don't be nervous the process takes time and you have done the work now go make the money!! all the best
send an update. Good on ya!
Really good insight. Why wouldn’t someone just purchase a truck so that you can avoid hitching, storage etc?
many trailers offer a huge plus they can be smaller and more manageable for small start ups instead of the huge investment but your right down the road as it grows most mobile food vendors become food trucks checkout our food truck channel " Food Truck Freeks"
Try doing this in Upstate, New York!!! You Can'T!!!! My Big Dog Cart has cancer. Needs a whole new 304 side panel, windshield too! I'm rotting! Still stuck in my Fart-Mart job.
Hey what's going I'm from Schenectady New York and I have lived in the San Francisco Bay I've lived in Clearwater Florida and now I am in Maine. I could not get anything started in Schenectady it was impossible. They wanted so much money it was just a dead end Money Pit and I'm just trying to sell a couple of dogs and maybe a couple of steak sandwiches you know what I'm saying? Right now I'm in Maine with a trailer that's all set up and out of all these places I've lived this seems to be the most promising to get through the whole process.
Good luck to you.
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Having to rent a kitchen is an instant deal breaker. It will cost you so much you will be PAYING people to eat your food unless you’re selling massive quantities of cheap commodity junk. This is the problem with the food business. It incentivizes selling cheap junk foods to the mass market consumers. Makes it very difficult and expensive to innovate and grow a niche higher priced product.
I started my hotdog business 8 years ago.changed my life in a wonderful way! I set up locally road side and other events.i own a cart and love it! Customers love it also.there is something about walking up to a cart and watching the vendor do their thing! It took time to grow about 5 years to have the following I have now
Not necessarily. Part of being a business owner is being resourceful. Yes a commissary kitchen could cost you thousands of dollars a month but that doesn’t mean you HAVE to rent at places like those. You can go to restaurants that may have space available for rent during off hours for you to use at a reduced cost or you could see if commissaries have hourly space rentals. We started out that way ourselves. Worked that way for years and now we have purchased an existing restaurant that we can run our other business out of as well. Just takes more effort that’s for sure but it’s part of the process if you don’t have thousands of dollars of capital to start off with. 👍🏽
Very little has to be done by the book. My commissary is 250 a month
@@Certified_seasoned_hustler Hah yes that’s what I’ve also heard. That people do things illegally in the beginning because it’s too expensive unless/until you are selling a lot of product.
@@automaton111 they want you prepareing all food, draining water, and storing any food, at the commissary. Most food trucks and carts around here do none of that. Also I got the right inspector and you can skip the inspection entirely