Today's location and hours are the whole proposition, and a site that cannot deliver them reliably should point at whatever channel can. Catering and event bookings are where the site earns its keep.

The problem the site has to solve

A customer wants lunch and needs to know where you are, right now, and whether you are still open.

That is genuinely difficult to maintain on a website, which is why most food truck sites carry a stale schedule and the actual information lives on a social account.

Two honest options. Either the site displays current location reliably, pulled from wherever you already update it, or the site states plainly that today's location is posted on a named account and links to it prominently.

What fails is a schedule page updated when somebody remembers, since a customer who drives to a listed location and finds nothing does not check again.

The schedule, if you publish one

Where you operate on a regular rotation, that is genuinely useful and worth publishing properly.

Which days at which locations, the hours at each, and whether it changes seasonally. Regular customers plan around a known rotation, and it is the thing that converts an occasional visit into a habit.

Also worth stating: what happens in bad weather, and whether you post cancellations, since a customer who has planned around you needs to know where that appears.

Recurring events, markets, and brewery residencies belong here too, since those are dates people plan for.

The menu

As text, for the same reasons a restaurant menu should be text: readable on a phone, findable in search, and updatable in two minutes.

Prices included, since customers deciding on lunch are deciding on price as much as on food.

Also worth marking: dietary options, allergen enquiries, and anything that regularly sells out. A customer who arrives for a specific item that is gone by one o'clock would rather have known.

Where the menu rotates, saying what is fixed and what changes is more useful than either a stale full menu or nothing.

Catering, which is where the money is

The reason a food truck needs a website at all, since daily service is decided on social and location.

Private events, corporate lunches, weddings, and festivals are higher-value bookings decided in advance, and they are researched on a website.

What that page needs: minimum guest counts, minimum spend, how pricing works whether per head or as a buyout, how far you travel and what that costs, how long you need on site, and how far ahead to book.

Also the practical requirements: space needed for the truck, ground surface, power if required, and access. Those determine whether a venue works at all, and discovering them on the day is a failure.

A form asking for date, location, guest count, and event type qualifies the enquiry immediately.

The regulatory side

Mobile food vending is regulated at municipal and health authority level, and requirements differ substantially between neighbouring municipalities.

What that means practically: where you can operate, what permits are needed, and whether a private event on private property has different requirements from street vending.

For the site, the useful content is stating which municipalities you are permitted in, and for catering enquiries, that you hold the necessary permits and health approvals with the authority named.

Event organisers and corporate clients ask for proof of permits and insurance, so having that stated saves an exchange and wins bookings against operators who cannot produce it.

Allergens and food safety

Worth handling directly.

What you can accommodate, how much notice for catering, and an honest statement about cross-contact in a small mobile kitchen.

A truck that cannot guarantee an absence of a particular allergen should say so plainly rather than implying otherwise, since a customer with a serious allergy is making a decision that matters.

The rest

Photographs of the actual food and the actual truck, since customers look for the vehicle. Payment methods accepted, including whether you take cards, which decides whether somebody stops. Whether you have a loyalty arrangement. And a way to be notified about location, which for regulars is the most valuable thing you can offer, and which works better as a messaging or social follow than as email, which follows the same advance-booking pattern set out in websites for catering businesses.

Frequently asked questions

What is the site's main job?

Answering where you are today and whether you are open. If the site cannot maintain that reliably, it should point prominently at the channel that can.

Should I publish a schedule?

Where you run a regular rotation, yes, with locations, hours, and seasonal changes. A stale schedule is worse than none, since a wasted trip ends the habit.

How should the menu be presented?

As text with prices, readable on a phone and findable in search. Mark dietary options and anything that regularly sells out before the afternoon.

Where does the site earn its keep?

Catering and events, which are higher-value bookings researched in advance, unlike daily service which is decided on social and location.

What must a catering page cover?

Minimum guest count and spend, pricing basis, travel range and cost, setup time, and the practical requirements: space, ground surface, power, and access.

What do event organisers ask for?

Proof of permits and insurance. Stating that you hold the necessary municipal and health approvals wins bookings against operators who cannot produce them.

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Schedule page nobody trusts?

We either connect it to what you already update or point clearly at the channel that is current, which is better than a page that is wrong.

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