MEET THE AUTHOR
Barb Fitzgerald has nearly three decades of experience in the food concession business. She additionally held a position on the Oregon Food Services Advisory Board and founded Northwest Vendor's Network Association. Her own experience and dedicated passion for the business drives her belief in the food concession business as a path to self-employment. She is a concession start-up consultant, and the best-selling author of, Food Booth, The Entrepreneur’s Complete Guide to the Food Concession Business. During the off-season she lives on an historic farm in Oregon with her dog, Kenzie.
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Five Ways to Build Your Staff Management Skills for a More Profitable Food Concession Business
Many food concessionaires feel that hiring and managing good help is one of the most difficult and frustrating aspects of managing a food concession business. It is also one of the most important. Working in a food concession is not … Continue reading
Getting Food Booth Space at Events is Easier – Thanks to the Internet
Concession season is just around the corner. Now is the time to start early activities like scheduling events. Though, small summer festivals often don’t get organized until later in the spring, some larger events have already done so, and are … Continue reading
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Tagged booth space, concession, concession business, festivals, food booth, food concession, special events
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A Concession Business Can Be Big or Small
Last year I received an email from a woman disputing a claim I made on my website; that a person can start a small concession for $500. The woman said her family had been in the concession business for over … Continue reading
A Food Concessionaire Remembers Her First Event
I think every food concessionaire remembers his or her first event. Mine was with a stick joint made of scrap barn boards, screwed together on sight by my dad and me. It took all day and lots of hand tools … Continue reading
Food Carts, Food Trucks, and Food Concessions Serve Different Markets
Not long ago food trucks were called “roach coaches” and served quick snacks to industrial site workers. Now, food trucks and food carts seem to be on every street corner and discussed on every form of media. In fact, just … Continue reading
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Tagged concession, entrepreneur, fair food, food booth, food cart, food concession, food trucks, special events, street food
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When Food Carts Close for Winter They Lose Income, Not Headaches
Recently, as I drove through Portland Oregon, I passed several food carts that were closed for winter. It got me wondering what the operators of these carts do for income while they wait for better weather to re-open in the … Continue reading
Starting a Food Concession Business – Ask Yourself This
Two things I really like about the food concession business are the variety of food booths, and the people who run them. Go to any event and you will see concessionaires who are young, old, educated, uneducated, liberal, conservative, cheerful … Continue reading
