more are ready to roll especially since the margins are good the business is profitable from day one said burman who runs food trucks in delhincr and mumbai under his multicuisine indian restaurant brand street foods of india the food carries the same quality as the established brand needs twothree people at most to run it there are no rentals and the trucks are serviced by our commissary besides you can move the trucks where demand is you dont have to be tied down to one particular place and wait for consumers to walk in enthused burman is planning five more trucks in the country more ambitiously he plans one in washington dc flexible model promoters pointed out that there is a lot of flexibility in the model the food is cyclical and entirely flexible said saurabh khanijo promoter of welgrow group we serve bowl meals such as minced basil chicken with sticky rice at lunch time at one horizon centre to cater to discerning executives and snacky foods like spring rolls and chilly chicken in the evening and nights at leisure spots khanijo said the trucks serve as many as 100 dishes at an average price of rs 150 kylin is customising its food trucks for offices parties or universities depending on the trade the trucks cost rs 48 lakh and licences to operate they cluster around offices at breakfast and lunch time then move to leisure spots or residential areas by the evening streety treats launched last year is now five trucks strong and serves chinese thai barbeque and desserts in bengaluru and vijayawada the truck business has been encouraging enough to spawn barbeque bikes this will debut in about a weeks time with 10 bikes food will be barbequed on site and served to customers said arun varma founder of the company we attract the it crowd college students and often set up at residential areas varma 21 said a meal for two costs about 250 he said ice cream buggy which serves icecreams from trucks has a presence in 21 cities including bengaluru delhi mumbai kolkata and chennai i had icecream parlours in seven cities but it was getting difficult to scale the business said promoter rohit rao then i started a truck as an addon when that started scaling i shut down all the stores and my business turned profitable in 1314 months started in 2012 ice cream buggy now has 43 trucks in all and the average price for two works out to about rs 120 rao recently started a second food truck brand toastea in india hes also launched eight food trucks under the brand name frice in dubai selling icecream in the shape of french fries the best part is we dont have to wait for customers rains and winters dont affect our business anymore he said by ratna bhushan richa maheshwari et bureau published on oct 1 2016 at 0744 am ist telegram facebook copy link be