Most Profitable Food Truck Item #1: Burgers No matter what kind of food truck you operate, there's always room for a burger with your own twist. A delicious burger recipe will bring your food truck the most orders and profit of any cuisine in 2024.

Historical predecessors of food trucks were horse-drawn chuckwagons and lunch wagons of the 19th century. By the early-to-mid-20th century, trucks and vans were being used both as mobile canteens in the military and as "roach coaches" that traveled to worksites and primarily catered to blue-collar workers.

43% of Middle-Class Millennials Make the Greatest Customer Category for Food Truck. People aged between 25 and 44 years eat mostly from food trucks and account for 43% of food truck sales.

Often, referred to as “Roach Coaches” – not the most appetizing name – the food truck wasn't the affordable, hot off the grill, gourmet samplings that we know and love today.