Food Cart Research Articles

Financial management practices and challenges among food cart businesses in Nueva Ecija, Philippines: Insights and Implications

Financial management practices and challenges among food cart businesses in Nueva Ecija, Philippines: Insights and Implications

“Econamit”: Exploring the Food Cart Economy in an Urbanized City

One well-known aspect of culinary culture that is typically found in urban areas is street food. In Filipino slang, “econamit” refers to a food that is both tasty and affordable. This qualitative study employed narrative inquiry to explore the food cart economy in Kabankalan City, an urbanized city in Philippines. In-depth interview with five street food vendors were conducted and data were analyse through thematic analysis. The recurring themes disclosed that the prevalent reasons of street food vending in Kabankalan City are: a) inherited knowledge form the parents; b) fast to earn money; c) to help the family d) for everyday income; and e) affordable and easy to sell. While, the determinants of Street food identified by the street food vendors are: a) people’s taste and preferences; b) fast and affordable; and c) gastronomic needs. There are only two problems and impediments faced by street food vendors, first is the weather condition when it rains and wet, and the second is the “eat and run” tactics of the customers. The success stories of street food vendors revolved around the overwhelming income they receive from the business and they were able to reach their dreams for the family, themed as “welcoming income” and “reaching the rich dreams”. Thus, Street food vendors may strengthen their capacities and skills through training in food handling, and business information so as to enhance their health sanitation and productivity.

Enhancing Service Quality in Indonesian Food Cart Franchise: Assurance and Empathy For Franchisee Satisfaction

Enhancing Service Quality in Indonesian Food Cart Franchise: Assurance and Empathy For Franchisee Satisfaction

The Franchise Relationship in the Retail Industry in Cebu City

This study aims to find out how do entrepreneur perceive on relationship between franchisor and franchisee efficiency of franchisor’s supports, building up trust to have a better presentation of their business. Furthermore, it is to clarify the relationship between franchisors and franchisees in food cart business in SM Cebu City. In this study, the four perspectives of social, technological, economic, and political were used to study the franchisee’s performance. Moreover, the resource-based view, relational view, and relational exchange theory have been used to find the influential factors in a franchisee’s performance. Therefore, by considering franchising as a mutual relationship and examining the influential factors in a franchisee's performance, the related factors of the franchisor and franchisee, as well as the relationship between them, were examined. A primary contribution of this study is taking a bottom-top view in franchising research. This study also provided a detailed and holistic view about the consequences of franchising for franchisees. Moreover, this study, offers important contributions toward understanding entrepreneurial activities, as a controversial issue, in franchising outlets. Most of the respondents agreed that the relationship between them will make their performance better because nature of franchise business is based on cooperation between franchisor and franchisee. All relationship factors also positively affected the performance, and conflict and satisfaction mediated the relationship between trust and performance. Finally, the implications of this study and suggestions for further contributions in this stream of research are discussed.

Food Cart: The Importance of Brand Recognition, Support, and Retention to Franchise Business

Food Cart: The Importance of Brand Recognition, Support, and Retention to Franchise Business

Upaya Meringankan Biaya Penerangan Gerobak Kaki Lima Di Saat Pandemi COVID-19 Dengan LED Bertenaga Surya

One of the impacts of the COVID 19 pandemic is that the purchasing power of each person has become weak, the economic burden which is quite pressing on the entire community is felt more by food cart traders. Sales hours are also limited, on the other hand, operations must be kept running. Entering the month of Ramadan, the hours of selling are more in the afternoon before breaking the fast until late at night, street cart traders need lighting lights. This is an additional burden that must be borne without being able to compensate for the selling price. We have done community service; we conducted socialization on the use of LED Lighting which can get a source from solar cells and can be charged like a cellphone. From our observations, it can help traders reduce the burden of electricity costs.

The influence of the urban food environment on diet, nutrition and health outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review

IntroductionDiet and nutrition are leading causes of global morbidity and mortality. Our study aimed to identify and synthesise evidence on the association between food environment characteristics and diet, nutrition and...

Shake Shack IPO Analysis

The restaurant industry is one of the largest and fastest growing sectors in the economy in the United States. According to the National Restaurant Association (NRA), the food service industry is the third largest industry accounting for more than 4% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). Shake Shack is an American fast food restaurant chain based in New York City. It started out as a food cart at Madison Square Park in 2000, and its popularity grew steadily. Shake Shack is currently one of the best fast-food restaurants in the world. This article discusses the successful business model of Shake Shack through IPO analysis.

The concerns associated with future prospects of the food cart business in Chittagong, Bangladesh: is the concept of halalan tayyiba missing link?

Purpose The informal segment compared to the formal segment is developing rapidly in urban areas of many developing Muslim countries. However, matter of fact, the contribution factor of the food cart business to the economic outline of the country has been vastly overlooked or neglected. The authority, policymakers, social organisations, vendors and the customers together need to play a contributing role based on intervention tactics regarding the major focus areas related to the development of this business segment. As a result, this study aims to explore concerns or issues that are hampering future business prospects considering the philosophy of halalan tayyiba. Design/methodology/approach The study has organised 16 semi-structured interview procedures with relevant food cart vendors of Chittagong, Bangladesh. The study selected participants (food cart vendors) from lower- to medium-income areas occupying at least one high school, one college in relation to several commercial premises (ex-mini shopping malls, offices and small factories) considering 6 out of 41 wards of Chittagong city corporation. All meetings with reflected participants were audiotaped and transcribed verbatim and transcripts were loaded into NVivo for coding and analysis procedure. Findings This investigation revealed that issues with food security, weather, lack of proper legislation, lack of awareness related with halalan tayyiba and erratic policies are the major challenges for the development of the food cart business in Chittagong. This study also advances how street food security well-being and hygiene practices are a piece of the halal idea and should in this way be adjusted by the halal food segment to accomplish halalan tayyiba affirmation. The outcomes also indicate an agenda for future research in this area. Research limitations/implications More reflections from the different stakeholders do have both pertinence and potential for incorporation in suggestions. Practical implications The detected findings may help both authority and other concerned entities to identify the critical dynamics to initiate appropriate strategic activities towards local economic growth considering halalan tayyiba outlines. Social implications It will ensure social well-being and food security. Originality/value This explorative research is one of few studies in the Bangladesh context, which is investigating halalan tayyiba-oriented business development outline for micro entrepreneurs.

A Smart Approach to Facilitate Cafeteria

With the dawn of digital age, the paperless technology has gained prominence. Besides this automation is providing solution to lowered costs and lessening of man-power cost. Nowadays people don’t want to waste their time in canteen by being just there and waiting in long queue to give their food orders to canteen staff. During lunch time if any customer visits the canteen, due to limited time he/she cannot return to his/her working place. This paper enables the end users to register online, read and select the food items from e-menu card and order online by selecting and adding the food items in food cart by using web application. The purpose of making a web application is to replace manual payment by electronic payment. The system will have GUI interface and less user training is required. The system has been developed using Incremental Rapid Application Development (RAD) model and the website has been designed and developed using PHP, CSS, HTML, Bootstrap, Ajax and MySQL.

Exposure assessment of emissions from mobile food carts on New York City streets

Food carts are common along streets in cities throughout the world. In North America, food cart vendors generally use propane, charcoal, or both propane and charcoal (P and C) for food preparation. Although cooking emissions are known to be a major source of indoor air pollution, there is limited knowledge on outdoor cooking’s impact on the ambient environment and, in particular, the relative contribution of the different cooking fuels. This field study investigated the air pollution the public is exposed to in the micro-environment around 19 food carts classified into 3 groups: propane, charcoal, and P and C carts. Concentrations near the food carts were measured using both real-time and filter-based methods. Mean real-time concentrations of PM2.5, BC2.5, and particle counts were highest near the charcoal food carts: 196 μg/m3, 5.49 μg/m3, and 69,000 particles/cm3, respectively, with peak exposures of 1520 μg/m3, 67.9 μg/m3, and 235,000 particles/cm3, respectively. In order of pollution emission impacts: charcoal > P and C > propane carts. Thus, significant differences in air pollution emissions occurred in the vicinity of mobile food carts, depending on the fuel used in food preparation. Local air pollution polices should consider these emission factors in regulating food cart vendor operations.

TRANSFORMASI GEROBAK MAKANAN TRADISIONAL PADA DESAIN KONTER MAKANAN TRADISIONAL BETAWI DI PUSAT JAJAN TEMATIK

Food cart is a medium for traditional food vendors that represents Nusantara’s culinary culture. Each food cart has the specific feature to define type of food offered. This can be recognized by its shape, color and also the sound when food cart vendors go around the street. When food cart transforms into a counter, it takes a lot of adjustment to accommodate its function from movable into fixed and the finishing technique must meet the criteria of furniture in the food court area. This paper will discuss how transformation still be able to apply Betawinese culture as inspiration to identify the food offered. The research focuses on Betawinese food cart that sell traditional Betawinese street food since it becomes the inspiration in designing food counter. The study was conducted with qualitative method by collecting primary and secondary data then processed as references in designing the counter. This is an effort to create harmony between traditional food counter and thematic food court that served Nusantara’s street food. Besides the experience in the process of serving street food can give insights to the young generation in order to preserve the sustainability of Betawinese culinary. Hopefully the result of the study can provide inspiration to the community in applying Indonesia’s culture in designing interior for commercial space.

A Service-Oriented Architecture for Optimal Service Selection and Positioning in Extremely Large Crowds

The problem of managing large crowds has many aspects and has been reported in the literature. One of these aspects is the distribution of supplies such as food and water in especially when the targeted region is overcrowded. Some of the challenges is to plan the locations of food and water supply centres in such a way to achieve multiple objective functions such as the type of food and the shortest distance to customer. A practical example of this problem is the food distribution and food cart location in the region of Mena (also known as Tent City, in Saudi Arabia) during the yearly pilgrimage season. In this work, we propose a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for positioning services in the region of Mena (Mecca – Saudi Arabia) that covers an area of approximately 20 square kilometres during the pilgrimage season. The architecture proposes an optimal service selection as well as a mobile food cart positioning algorithm based on client pre-set profiles to achieve multiple objective functions for the clients as well as the service providers. Some of these objective functions are the least waiting time to be served, the shortest distance to service, the lowest cost, and the maximum profit for the service provider.

Risk assessment of personal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and aldehydes in three commercial cooking workplaces

Cooking-related emissions are associated with environmental pollution and adverse health effects. Of the various chemical species emitted during cooking, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and aldehydes are two chemical species with carcinogenic or tumor promoting characteristics. Although PAH exposure has been studied in commercial kitchen workers, few studies have investigated simultaneous exposure to PAHs and aldehydes in these workers. The aims of this study were to compare personal concentrations of PAH and aldehyde in three commercial cooking workplaces and to estimate their corresponding cancer risks. The three cooking workplaces included western fast food restaurant kitchens, Chinese cafeteria kitchens, and street food carts. Comparisons showed that workers in western fast food restaurant kitchens and Chinese cafeteria kitchens tended to have lower personal concentrations of these pollutants compared to workers in street food carts. The geometric mean (95% CI) cancer risks in the three workplaces were, from lowest to highest, 1.36 (1.12–1.67) × 10−5 for western fast food restaurant kitchens, 1.52 (1.01–2.28) × 10−5 for Chinese cafeteria kitchens, and 3.14 (2.45–4.01) × 10−5 for street food carts. The percentage contributions of aldehyde species to cancer risk were very high (74.9–99.7%). Street food cart workers had high personal exposure to aldehyde probably due to lack of effective exhaust systems. Thus, their cancer risk was significantly higher than those of workers in western fast food restaurant kitchens (p < 0.001) and Chinese cafeteria kitchens (p = 0.013).

A study on the audience perception types about the success factors of &lt;Gangnam Style&gt; and &lt;Gentleman&gt; music videos

Psy's music video earned huge popularity in a worldwide scale. All his other videos were released applying the supposedly success factors of . However, all his other music videos were not as successful as except for the case of . It is assumed that there are some hidden success factors in . Four types of the visual scenes in and music videos are found to be the success factors. The types of successful scenes in are: pleasure pursuing culture type, progress and development type, relieving fatigue type, and various Korean adult culture type. On the other hand, ’s flash mob dance type, arrogant dance type, food cart scene type, and teasing scene type are thought to be the main successful scenes. The scene types of the two music videos shared similarities in their choreographed dances and their expressions of Korean popular culture. In , all of success factors are based on the very Korean way of representing culture. In , however, only the food cart type is perceived as expressing Korean pop culture. The two music videos show that the very Korean culture can lead to great success in the world market. This study might be able to be used as a helpful strategy for Korean music videos and pop contents to pave their way to success in a worldwide scale.

Z kasztelu do obozu wojennego. Konno, zbrojnie i z dobrze zaopatrzonym wozem

W średniowieczu mobilizacja wojska przebiegała powoli, a jego zgromadzenie trwało kilka tygodni. Czas na przygotowanie się na wyprawę wojenną to zazwyczaj cztery tygodnie, czas na wypas koni. Wyrazem znaczenia koni bojowych i troski okazywanej ich właścicielom przez panującego jest uwzględnienie ich w edykcie cesarza Fryderyka I Barbarossy o pokoju w państwie z 1152 r. Podobny zapis znajdujemy w statutach Kazimierza Wielkiego z połowy XIV w. Tak duże zainteresowanie końmi wynikało z tego, że „koń, jak wszyscy wiedzą, jest najważniejszą częścią rycerza”. Koń bojowy to dextrarius, czyli prowadzony przez giermka podczas podróży luzem po prawicy, aby wypoczęty był w każdej chwili do dyspozycji rycerza. W zależności od swoich możliwości finansowych rycerze i szlachta dosiadali zarówno dorodnych i rosłych ambulatorów i inochodników, często okrytych różną zbroją, jak i koni średniej wielkości. Natomiast podczas podróży bagaże dźwigał juczny summarius, rycerz zaś dosiadał krzepkiego konia roncina. Rycerstwo i szlachta na drogę zakładali lekką zbroję: kolczugę, płaty lub sam napierśnik. Głowę chronił otwarty i mniej męczący kapalin. Przyłbicę jako hełm zamknięty rycerze wykorzystywali dopiero z chwilą wejścia do walki. Uzbrojenie ochronne oraz broń drzewcowa: kopie i włócznie znajdowały się na towarzyszącym im wozie. Podczas podróży tradycyjny miecz lub koncerz zastępował poręczniejszy kord, tasak lub szabla, ale przy pasie był zawsze puginał lub sztylet. Wraz z ogłoszeniem wyprawy powszechnej rycerz powinien wyruszyć na nią z trzykonnym wozem z żywnością na cztery tygodnie. W cenniku z 1538 r. znajdujemy cztery rodzaje wozów, ale tylko ostatni z nich to wóz specjalny dla zaciężnych (currus stipendiariorum). Jego całkowite wyposażenie stanowiły: kosz z wagami, orczykami, okutymi żelazem kołami i poklatem, tj. płóciennym przykryciem wozu. Taki wóz kosztował 5 florenów. Średniowieczni podróżni zatrzymywali się na posiłek lub na nocleg zazwyczaj w karczmach lub w gospodach. Możniejsi starali się korzystać zazwyczaj z gościnności klasztorów znajdujących się na ich drodze. W miastach mogli nocować w domach mieszczan za odpowiednią opłatą. Ale podczas wyprawy wojennej, a także na polowaniu, trzeba było nocować nawet w szałasie. Jednak król, dostojnicy i zamożniejsza szlachta mieszkała w namiotach. W okresie średniowiecza używano głównie dwóch rodzajów namiotów o kształcie stożkowym. Były to namioty na planie koła, o małej powierzchni i drugie obszerniejsze – o podstawie w kształcie prostokąta lub owalu. Według statutu cechu krawców bydgoskich z 1533 r. na mniejszy tentorium bellicum potrzeba było 112 łokci (ok. 64 m) materiału. Natomiast na namiot większy potrzeba było 146 łokci (ok. 83,2 m) materiału. Hetman Jan Tarnowski w swym Consilium rationis bellicae przestrzega przed pożarem w namiotach i określa miejsca ich postoju w obozie wojennym, gdzie nastąpi drugi etap życia żołnierskiego.

Characterization of the School Neighborhood Food Environment in Three Mexican Cities

ABSTRACTFood resources in school neighborhoods can negatively influence diet; however, this environment is understudied. This study characterized the school neighborhood food environment in Guadalajara (n=11), Puerto Vallarta (n=7), and Mexico City (n=14). Convenience stores, table-service restaurants, and taco stands were highly available in all three cities. Grocery stores were highly available in Mexico City school neighborhoods, yet less frequently observed in Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta. Socioeconomic differences in food cart and grocery store availability were observed in Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta. Policy and intervention strategies are needed to address the saturation of food resources in Mexico school neighborhoods.

More than Food Porn: Twitter, Transparency, and Food Systems

This article explores the ways in which social media, specifically Twitter, can provide transparency to local and national food systems. Those interested in and invested in food systems should focus more attention on the mundane, but easily dismissed, photos and tweets that populate Twitter, Instagram, and other social media feeds, especially those from chefs, mobile food vendors, and fishermen and women. As evidence, the article includes excerpts from interviews with and observations of chefs, food cart operators, and fishermen and women operating in the state of Rhode Island.

광주 폴리의 기능과 의미에 대한 비판적 재고 - 제 1차 광주폴리를 중심으로 -

광주비엔날레를 통해 조성된 폴리는 역사성과 장소성을 강화하고, 공동화 되어가는 구도심을 활성화하는 도시 재생적 목적이었다. 그러나 이러한 애초의 목적과는 달리 옛 읍성 터 가장자리에 조성된 10여개의 폴리는 주변 상인들에게 피해를 주거나, 보행자에게 불편을 초래하며, 활발한 이용 대신 방치되어 있는 등 많은 문제점들을 드러내고 있다. 본 연구는 이러한 부정적 현상에 대한 원인을 파악하고, 폴리와 주변공간을 활성화하여 도시재생의 역할을 수행할 수 있는 방안을 제시하고자 하였다. 연구결과, 각 폴리들 간의 물리적 통일감을 부여하는 맥락이 없으며, 각각의 독립된 작가 중심의 작품으로 주변 환경에 대한 이해의 부족, 그리고 폴리 형성과정에서 시민과의 교감이 부족하였던 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 문제점들을 해소하고, 폴리조성 본래의 목적을 수행할 수 있는 결정적 해법으로써 폴리에 인간의 활동을 적용하는 것이 필요한 것으로 도출되었다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 그러한 인간 활동을 적용하는데 있어서 효과적 방안으로 스트리트 퍼포먼스(street performance)를 제안하였다. 원래 폴리라는 시설물은 어떠한 특정 활동이 정해진 공간이 아니나, 현재와 같이 그것이 이용되지 못하고, 외면 당하거나 방치될 때 스트리트 퍼포먼스의 적용은 부정적으로 문제시 되고 있는 광주폴리에 새로운 관계맺음, 창의적인 활동의 무대, 일상의 공간 등의 영역으로 탈바꿈할 수 있는 실질적인 대안이 될 수 있다. 현재 광주시가 최근 선보인 2차 폴리는 도서관, 화장실과 같은 명확한 목적을 가진 구조물 및 소규모 이동식 포장마차 등으로서 1차 폴리와는 그 성격을 달리하고 있다. 그러나 1차 폴리는 개관을 앞 둔 국립아시아문화전당 주변에 위치하고 있으며, 이동이나 철거가 되지 않고, 일부 폴리는 직접 아시아문화전당을 전망할 수 있는 설치물임에 따라 이들 폴리에 대한 지속적이며 효율적 활용이 필요하다. 또한, 향후 계속될 100여개의 폴리 설치계획에 의미 있는 지침의 역할을 할 것으로 기대한다. The purpose of the Follies that were constructed for the Gwangju-Biennale were for urban regeneration, to activate the empty old-town areas, and to strengthen the tradition and sense of place of the city. However, the ten Follies constructed around the wall of the old castle reveal many problems including that of leaving Follies alone instead of actively using them, damage to shop-keepers nearby, and pedestrian inconvenience, which is different from the original purposes. This study is meant to help understand the source of the negative phenomena, and to offer plans that will be conductive to the role of urban regeneration through activating the Follies and the spaces around them. As results of the investigation, there was no context giving uniformity among the various Follies. Also, the study showed that the insufficience of designers' understanding of the circumference near the Follies and lack of a consensus between the citizens and designers in the process of making the Follies. The crucial solution for solving these problems, and bringing to life the original purpose of creating the Follies was derived as applying "human activity" to the Follies. This study suggested 'street performance' as an effective device for application to human activity. While a Folly has no fixed function, the development of space program categories based on the applied characteristics of each Folly, and the simulation thereof showed effective potential for attracting people and activating those stagnated spaces. Recently, Gwangju city depicted the second Follies in applications such as reading roon, toilet, and movable food cart, which have clear purpose and different characteristics from the first ones. However, the first Follies will not be moved or demolished. As they are located around the National Asia Culture Center, some of them are supposed to be used to view the center. Consequently, a counterplan for the continuous and efficient use of those Follies is needed. Gwangju has a plan for the installation of 100 Follies throughout the city and it is expected that this study will be a meaningful guide line for improved Follies in the future.

Glove Changing Habits in Mobile Food Vendors in New York City.

The aim of this study was to determine how often mobile food cart vendors in New York City (NYC) changed gloves after exchanging money, which is required by the current NYC health code as one of various measures to prevent foodborne illness. A total of 100 carts (10 carts in 10 zones) throughout Manhattan were observed. In the majority (56.9%, n = 1,026) of the 1,804 money exchanges, food cart vendors did not change their gloves. Not changing gloves after exchanging money was widespread regardless of food type served (46.6% for breakfast to 63.7% for lunch), and across all 10 zones. Not changing gloves after touching money may result in indirect transmission of agents of disease and pose health risks for consumers.