Monthly Archives: May 2017

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Tracking Food Trucks Via GPS
• May 31, 2017
Categories: Food Trucks
Practically anyone following the development and growth of the food truck industry could have seen this one coming: Rather than having to take one’s chances as to which trucks are parked where on any given day – some communities only specify general areas for the trucks, which are then left to fend for themselves when finding a space in which to do businesses – customers can track their favorite trucks by using GPS technology. 
As reported by Canadian Television, residents of Saskatoon, a city in central Saskatchewan, can tap into a locally developed web site – called Snackmap.com – and use Google maps to see where each food truck is located. The site also indicates whether each truck is open for business that day.
A company called Nova-Tek reportedly needed just three weeks to develop the site, which is intended to become a smartphone app. Of course, the GPS tech is only useful when the food trucks are in season, which doesn’t apparently include the winter months of the year. Even so, Snack Map has created a significant buzz among Saskatoonians, as the city’s residents are known.
One of the site’s developers describes the origins of Snack Map this way: “We started by just sitting around the office, wondering, ‘How can we find these food trucks?’ We were trying to following everyone’s Twitter feed. We figured, ‘There’s got t...

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Commercial Kitchen Ventilation Basics
• May 31, 2017
Categories: Hoods
In our age of ultra-specialization, it can sometimes be tempting in the restaurant business to home in on the latest technological advances and the more attention-grabbing tweaks to machines. Which is why, every now and then, it’s good to get b...

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Vent Safety During Snowstorms
• May 31, 2017
Categories: Hoods
One potential problem following a heavy snowstorm is that people often labor under the mistaken assumption that the next epic weather event won’t occur for several more years. Or even decades.  However, the recent snowstorms in the Buffal...

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A Range Hood Makeover
• May 31, 2017
Categories: Hoods
For homeowners who opt to install a Commercial Range Hood in their kitchen – or even restaurant operators who want to spruce up their open kitchen – it may be possible to give the hood a cosmetic makeover. After all, you may enj...

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Food Truck Fare Is Booming
• May 31, 2017
Categories: Food Trucks
Of all of the indicators that show that the nation’s economy is on an upswing, maybe the least noticeable of all is what’s been happening with food truck prices lately. > What used to be a venue for a cheap sandwich, slice of piz...

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