GUIDE TO OUR FOOD CARTS

Cart-King is committed to your success in the cart business. If you need help deciding what food cart to buy, this simple guide to our most popular food cart models is for you.

As part of our guide on how to start a food cart business, one of the steps we mentioned was choosing which street food cart to buy. This is the fun part, because this is where you start to see your mobile food business dreams become reality.

What are the features of a successful street food cart

While we offer several different configurations, two food cart models have emerged as our most popular. As we’ve mentioned in previous articles, the two biggest features of a successful mobile food cart are looks and functionality.

Looks play a big part in attracting customers. You want a street food cart that not only has attractive styling, but also plenty of real estate for branding.

Functionality is equally important. A mobile vendor will want a cart with plenty of food-safe counter and storage space, that is easily transportable, easy to maintain and will pass health department inspections.

These carts give you the best of both worlds and we’ll go into detail on each. This way you can decide which model is the best-suited for your purposes.

Street food pushcart

Versatile and highly mobile, this commercial grade food cart comes with all the basics you need to get started.

• Ample food grade countertop surface
• Gridwall with adjustable display shelving
• Menu display
• Flip-up counter with built in storage
• Locking inventory storage
• Point-of-sale area
• Pop-off canopy
• Powder-coated aluminum surfaces that can be wrapped with graphics

Dimensions: 73.62" long, 88" tall and an axle width of 34.25"

Suitable for: Street food sales, pre-packaged foods, sandwiches, falafel, bagels. It can be used to vend in malls, pedestrian areas, commercial or private venues, hotels and resorts.

Optional features: Custom graphic vinyl wraps, LED lighting, locking zip down covers, additional display menus

Who is it for: This style of food cart is ideal for brick-and-mortar restaurant owners wanting to do promotions street side or at special events. It’s excellent for aspiring entrepreunerial chefs wanting to start a small, independent street food business. It is also perfect for food suppliers and distributors wanting to showcase and offer tastings.

Modular food cart

The modular food cart is a mini restaurant on wheels. It is a commercial grade platform for a vendor to sell even the most complex street. It is designed with growing to large scale vending in mind.

This is our most versatile, durable, and mobile modular cart to date. And the best part is that not only is it manufactured to US food safety requirements, it’s expandable as your business sales and customer base grows. It offers the ideal platform for food display and vending.

• Ample food-safe metal counter surfaces and prep areas
• Detachable gridwall displays
• Four movable shelves
• Menu holders
• Lockable storage
• Area for commercial fridge
• Outfitted with electrical
• Heavy-duty locking casters
• Powder-coated aluminum that can be customized with vinyl graphics
• Pop-off canopy
• Point-of-sale area
• Able to accommodate most commercial food preparation equipment

Dimensions: 70.47" long, 88" tall and 33.66" deep.

Suitable for: Street food sales, such as hamburgers, jerk chicken, barbeque, tacos. It can be used to vend in mall food courts, conference centers, business centers, public food markets, festivals and even food industry trade shows.

Optional features: Portable sinks, custom graphic wraps, zip-down security covers, LED lighting kits.

Who is it for: Brick and mortar restaurants wanting a pop-up location to expand their business footprint, independent small business owners that want a mobile restaurant instead of a fixed location, food distributers that want to promote at conferences and trade shows.

Which food cart is best for a street food business?

As you can see, there are a lot of considerations to be made when choosing the cart that is the best fit for a street food business. While there is no one size fits all solution, it is possible to choose a model that offers the most flexibility. Our food push carts and modular food carts offer just that.

Are you’re just getting ready to start a food cart business? Are you looking for the ultimate in portability to take your fare just about anywhere at any time? If so, the push-style model is our recommendation. Expand your brick and mortar business with pop-up or mobile points of sale. Boost food sales by participating in fairs, trade shows and public events.

If, on the other hand, you’re an established business that wants to offer a mobile restaurant or you want to add a lot of commercial equipment to offer complex cuisine, the modular food cart is our recommended option. It offers the most flexibility and growth potential.

Wrapping it up

Both of these carts offer a low cost of entry into the food business and pack a lot of value. Both have proven so popular that we mass produce them and keep them in stock for next day shipping.

Not only do these street food carts offer good value, they're also easy to customize. Cart-King Intl Carts and Kiosk has graphics templates that you can download to easily add your own colors and branding.

If you'd like to learn more, why not take a look out our food carts for sale or give us a call between 9 AM and 5 PM CST, Monday to Friday, at 1-877-986-7771. We are always happy to help.