Start a Food Stand, Food Booth, Food Cart or Food Concession Business

Food Booth, The Entrepreneur’s Complete Guide to the Food Concession Business, Expanded 2nd Edition, is a step-by-step "how-to" guide to designing, managing, and operating a successful food concession business. Based directly on the author’s nearly three decades of experience, Food Booth is a rare insight into this refreshingly unconventional, yet surprisingly lucrative field of food service. It provides concrete, no-nonsense information about how to start your food concession business from the ground up, how to find and establish a stationary location or develop a schedule of lucrative events, how to manage your business to reach your sales potential quickly, and compound your sales year after year.

"It's been a while since I've been so happy with a purchase. After doing search after search and making phone calls to find out how to go about setting up a food concession booth, I found all of my answers in one place!!! I wish I had found this book years ago. If you have any interest in starting a food concession business, this is where you should start. You will not be disappointed! " S. McGue

Have you been laid off?
Are you unable to find a job?
Are you concerned about the size of your retirement nest egg?
Do you need to supplement your fixed income?
Do you need quick cash for home repairs, a vacation, a new car, or a down payment on a house?
Are you struggling with inadequate income?
Do you seek a business the whole family can participate in and enjoy?
Do you want to start your own business but are afraid of the financial commitment, or have inadequate time or startup capital?
Or, do you want to start your own business but are concerned about your lack of business experience?
Are you a student who needs to make money without interfering with your class schedule?
Are you seasonally employed and wish to use your spare time to supplement your income?
Are you a free spirit wishing to be responsible for your own income?
Do you need an excuse to travel?
Or, want to earn money while you travel?
Do you simply want the tax advantages of being self-employed?
Are you an organization looking for an excellent fund raising opportunity?
Do you want a business venture as a back-up in case you lose your regular job?
Do your debts need to be paid down fast?

These are just some of the reasons the food concession business might be the solution you have been looking for.

Thanks for publishing the book, I think I've already saved a few thousand dollars just by reading it, SERIOUSLY!!!!! George, San Fran CA

"Barb, you've written a terrific book. The availability of this type of resource is long overdue in our business.

Information about the business should be available to all who are interested in throwing their hat into the ring and learning the craft. New entrants keep the business vibrant and ensure that the veterans stay on their toes.

I particularly liked your discussion of support vehicles, as supply concerns are often overlooked by beginners.In addition, your use of many photographs really added to the quality of your book".
Hugh Hood, Supreme Products Concession Manufacturer

How to Start a Food Concession Business
By Amy Lindgren
When you think of those balmier months (and downright hot in the South), do you conjure up thoughts of barbecue and outdoor cooking? I do and I go one step further -- as a person who enjoys city life, I also think of the street vendors who reappear once the snow gives way a bit....

New Book Helps Unemployed Become Self-Employed with a Food Concession Trailer CORNELIUS, OREGON - April 2011- Twenty six years ago author Barb Fitzgerald--a single parent--was a high school drop-out with a minimum wage job. Today she is a nationally recognized expert in the mobile food business - a unique line of work that is receiving national attention in the media and on cable TV programs, such as “Food Truck Nation.” Now, with the release of the second edition of her book, Food Booth, The Entrepreneur's Complete Guide to the Food Concession Business, Fitzgerald brings to life the refreshingly unconventional business of selling food from a food booth at fairs, festivals and special events......more

Starting a Mobile Food or Food Stand Can Be a Solution
to Unemployment for Aging Baby Boomers
As retirement looms many aging baby boomers worry about their future. At the same time many older workers are now being forced into early retirement when they are unable to replace their job lost to downsizing, out-sourcing, or the current recession. Unfortunately, as we age, remaining employed can become more difficult. Luckily, many older workers and retirees have found a solution.......

Can "Hard-to-Employ" Entrepreneurs Succeed in the Food Concession Business?
During tough times the unemployed can find financial salvation by nourishing their entrepreneur spirit. However, finding a bona fide business opportunity may seem impossible, particularly for "hard to employ" baby boomers, ex-convicts, the under educated, and the minimally skilled. For many people starting a food concession business may or may not be a viable solution to their unemployment problem......