FOOD TRUCKS

The Deltona City Commission met to discuss an ordinance that creates new regulations for local food trucks, approving the legislation in a 4-1 vote.

Who says you need a brick and mortar restaurant to create delicious food? These food trucks and caterers we’re highlighting on this latest episode of “Best of Central Florida” are really cooking up something special.

Jordan Schilds first introduction to the food truck industry wasnt as a chef or a fabricator of the mobile kitchens. Today, Schild is working with his third food truck manufacturer, Premier Food Trucks. It is an opportune time for Premier Food Trucks to expand, with the food truck industry growing nationally. Everybody said it would come, it would go, it would die.Instead it seems demand for new food trucks keeps growing. And with a sale price in the $194,000 range, that is a lot of food trucks hitting the road.

Are food trucks disrupting the restaurant business? Across the country, food trucks have become so successful that they may be disrupting the traditional restaurant business. Concerns over competition, safety and public health have divided cities on how best to regulate them. Mark Albert reports.