How to start a food truck business in India.

Starting a food truck business in India is not easy.In India, the concept of of food truck is new,so the challenges are more in this industry.In the last few years the trend of this business has become very popular in India especially,in metro cities like Mumbai,Delhi,Bangalore etc.

Foot truck is customized mobile kitchen ,which serves different food items.Are you also from those who are looking to enter into this business and who want to have you their food truck?

Here are the some important things which you must know to run your food truck business efficiently

1. Getting a license for a   :It is a very basic and important thing which any will require before getting their food truck on the road and start their business,lets know , what kind of licenses will you need for a food truck in India?

• First,you need a FSSAI license that every food related business needs,FSSAI is an agency,which ensures the quality of food as per standards of consumer safety.
• License from local municipal corporation  where vendor will serve its food.
• Fire department Noc,you need to get an Noc from Chief fire officer. Commercial vehicle license from RTO to sell food from your vehicle.

So get all the necessary permissions ,if you dont want authorities asking you why are you parking your food truck in open space with a lot of people around.

2 Get a truck as per your requirement: 

• Now ,the most important thing of your business is buying a food truck which will match as per your requirements.
• It will cost around in the range10-20 lakhs for a food truck in India with all necessary equipment's depending on what you will serve.For example,if you will sell hot dogs,then you will require equipment,container for condiments and other ingredients.Apart from these things,you will have to decorate your truck in such a way,so that your food truck will get successful in grabbing people's attention,choose the design and theme on the truck as per the food items which you will be selling.
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3. Food Menu :

• .No matter,whether you run a restaurant,street-side food stall,or a 7-star hotel,one thing which is the life line of every food-related business is having a right food menu.If you don't have a proper food menu,then why people will not buy your food items,this same principle applies on this industry also.
• Lets know some thing you need to consider while deciding your food truck menu.
• choose such food items which are easy to prepare and serve,as most of the customers of food trucks are on the go, as they don't like to wait for too much time for their food while standing in queues,
• Ingredients which you will  require to prepare a dish will they be easily available in the market, or not,otherwise it will add extra expense of travelling add on to bring thing from markets at longer distance.
• Be open to change-be ready to make changes in the food menu as per customers demand.
• Offer something in the menu which people are missing in that area where you will setup your food truck,this will bring more customers because people always want to try what they haven't tried before.