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Site map
Seven pages and eleven home page sections. Each line says what you will find when you get there.
Main pages
- HomeThe full CurbsideDrop story: the cost of a late post, how a drop works, features, results, operator interviews, plans and the request form.
- Author: Jimenez JulienWho built CurbsideDrop, three seasons of field work with mobile operators, and what the publisher is accountable for.
- Site mapThis page, listing every destination on curbsidedrop.com with a short description.
Free tools, comparisons and working documents
- How CurbsideDrop Compares to Other Food Truck ToolsCurbsideDrop does one job every service day and the tools below do broader ones, so the right pick depends on whether your gap is finding new customers or telling the ones you have where the truck is parked.
- CurbsideDrop vs Street Food FinderStreet Food Finder suits an operator who needs strangers in the metro to find the truck, while CurbsideDrop suits an operator whose regulars just need to know where it is parked today.
- CurbsideDrop vs EZ TextingEZ Texting suits a business that plans SMS campaigns in advance, while CurbsideDrop suits a truck that has to send one short location and menu message every service day.
- CurbsideDrop vs BufferBuffer suits an operator running a planned content calendar across social accounts, while CurbsideDrop suits an operator who has to say this morning where the truck actually parked.
- Free Calculators for Food Truck OperatorsTwo working calculators built for people who take money at a window, one about whether a spot pays and one about how many tickets the window can clear.
- Vendor Fee Break-EvenPut in the fee, your service hours, and your own plate economics to see what a booking actually clears and how many tickets it takes to get to zero.
- Window Throughput PlannerEnter your order time, your build time, and how many tickets the kitchen can work at once to see the ceiling on your lunch rush and what the line loses.
- Free Tools and Guides for Food Truck OperatorsPractical resources for mobile food vendors: two calculators, a spot vetting checklist, and fair comparisons with the other tools trucks evaluate.
- Vending Spot Vetting ChecklistTwenty checks across four stages for deciding whether a curb or lot is worth your truck before you commit a season to it.
Home page sections
- The 11:40 scrambleFour concrete costs of posting your location late, in dollars, hours and lost regulars.
- How a drop worksThe four taps: pick the corner, call the menu, hit drop, read the report.
- FeaturesCorner book, sold out button, compliant text list, live map page, caption queue and the rain call button.
- Operator resultsMedian numbers from 1,340 trucks: nine second drops, earlier lines, added weekly revenue.
- Owner interviewsThree owners in Austin, Kansas City and Portland on what changed at their window.
- PricingSingle Truck, Fleet and Commissary plans with monthly prices and what each one includes.
- Questions we get at the windowSix straight answers on cost, setup time, data ownership, integrations, cancellation and texting versus social.
- Request a demoThe form that puts your first drop on the calendar, plus a direct email address.
Legal and policy
- Legal noticePublisher identity, company registration, publication director, hosting, intellectual property and applicable law.
- Privacy policyThe exact form fields we collect, retention periods, processors, and your United States and European rights.
- Terms of serviceSubscription plans, billing, cancellation, data ownership, availability commitment and liability limits.
Service Window magazine
- Service Window, the magazineReporting on the working life of American food trucks: permits, propane, plate costs, and the curb you park on.
- What Your Commissary Agreement Must Prove to a Health InspectorHealth departments do not accept a handshake. Here is what the commissary letter has to state, which services it must cover, and how inspectors verify that the arrangement is real.
- How to Pass a Fire Marshal Inspection on a Propane Food TruckHood suppression, extinguisher class, cylinder mounting, hose condition. The fire marshal checks a short list on a mobile kitchen, and every item on that list has a written standard behind it.
- Food Truck or Concession Trailer: Cost, Permits, and ParkingTwo formats, two different businesses. Purchase price, tow vehicle, health department classification, curb access, and resale all break differently for a truck than for a trailer.
- Break-Even Math for a Six-Hour Food Truck Lunch ServiceFixed costs, variable costs, and plate cost stacked against a six hour window. Work out the ticket count that gets you to zero before you agree to another event fee.
- The 40-Minute Pre-Service Checklist for a Mobile KitchenFrom the night before load out to the final gray water dump, the sequence that gets a mobile kitchen open on time with the logs a health inspector can read.
- Menu Mistakes That Slow a Food Truck Window to a CrawlMenu length, fryer bottlenecks, modifiers, and single use ingredients all show up as seconds per ticket. Here is where a well meaning menu quietly costs you the lunch rush.
- How a Portland Food Cart Pod Works: Lease, Power, and PlumbingPortland's cart pods are a working model for vending on private land. What the lease covers, who pays for power and water, and which parts of it travel to other cities.
- Battery Power on Food Trucks: What Is Replacing the GeneratorCities keep tightening noise and idling rules while battery banks get cheaper. What a truck actually draws, what shore power gives you, and where propane still wins.
- A Three-Day Festival Shift: Water, Ice, Waste, and Fuel RunsThree days, one spot, no plumbing. A working account of water refills, ice burn, gray water rules, propane runs, and the vendor fee math at the end of the weekend.
Service pages
- Request receivedThe confirmation page shown after the request form is sent, with reply time expectations.
- Page not foundWhat you see when an address on this site does not exist, with the way back.
- Email the publisherReach Jimenez Julien directly about the product, a correction or a ride along request.