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So, You Want to Start Your Own Food Truck Business

For anyone looking into starting a food truck business, today's story will be of interest.

Prior to the coronavirus, mobile food trucks were everywhere: at sporting events, concerts, parks or just parked right outside our offices. They have an interesting history, as "The Food Truck Lawyer," Nashville, Tenn.-based Rachel Schaffer Lawson observes in a post on her firm's site:

"In 2008, the first 'modern' food truck was started in Los Angeles by two entrepreneurs craving Korean-style beef in a Mexican taco. Kogi Korean BBQ would gross $2 million in its first year of operations.

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