How The Modern Food Truck Came To Be
We like infographics and we love food trucks, so here's a snazzy food truck infographic from Mashable Infographics. It charts the evolution of the food truck industry since it started integrating social media into its marketing arsenal. Like any good infographic, you get tasty tidbits of interesting information, like a common street food buzzword is 'lavendar'. Only American data is used, yet it's still clear that the recent food truck craze has a lot to do with more creative food offerings enhanced by clever usage of social media.
Tio Tikka, Food (Truck) Pioneer
Helsinkian Tio Tikka is only 21 years old. Yet, he has already been the brains behind some great food concepts in the Finnish capital. At the age of 19 he popped up in downtown Helsinki's public space with a Citroën Camionette truck that he had turned into a 24/7 crêperie/coffee bar on wheels. His struggle with the local authorities over street-selling permits paved the way for a (very) humble street food culture in Helsinki. We had a chat with Tio during our Helsinki visit, in his new restaurant/club Suola that he opened three weeks ago.
The Rise Of Healthy, Affordable Fast Food
Everytable and Eatsa are two healthy-fast-food-joints looking to put an end to food deserts by improving neighbourhood access to affordable and healthy food choices.
Uprooted Flower Truck Is New York’s Curbside Florist
Uprooted Flower Truck is New York's fully mobile florist on wheels, and they're setting up shop to offer flowers to their clients wherever they may be. Armed with a bright and playful truck design, this mobile business is an awesome alternative to a local florist shop.
Farmer’s Market On Wheels Delivers Veggies To Toronto’s Food Deserts
Food deserts are defined as areas without proper access to fresh, healthy and affordable food. Toronto's recently launched Mobile Good Food Market wants to overcome this problem by selling fresh produce on the streets in areas where people have few nutritious food options.
Solar-Powered Trikes Delivering Food In Amsterdam
FOODLOGICA is a system where food is transported throughout the city of Amsterdam using electric bikes.