08/27/2026
Someone told me, **“You might as well go ahead and sell that food truck.”**
😂 Well… let me explain something.
It’s expensive to pull that pink trailer out of the driveway.
Before we even leave the house, we already know we’re spending money on:
⛽ Fuel
🥩 Food
👩🍳 Labor
📦 Supplies
🧾 Insurance
💰 And all the other lovely little expenses that apparently reproduce overnight.
And here’s the kicker: **we don’t know if we’re getting that money back.**
We can spend hundreds of dollars getting stocked, fueled, staffed and set up… only to have a slow day and not even break even.
We could sell enough to *look* busy and still lose money.
Or we could have a great day and actually turn a profit.
**It’s a gamble every single time we pull out of that driveway.**
So sometimes, the smartest business decision is actually **leaving it parked.**
We have other jobs. Jobs where we show up, work our hours and KNOW we’re getting a paycheck. The bills come every month like clockwork—so having dependable income matters.
With fuel pushing **over $5 a gallon** and food costs continuing to climb, we’re choosing our battles.
That doesn’t mean GRUB662 is done.
It doesn’t mean we’re selling.
It means we’re being **strategic.**
We’re focusing on guaranteed events where we know our minimum sales are covered. When we pull out for those events, anything we make above that base is essentially a bonus to our household income.
And honestly? **We’re not the only food truck dealing with this.**
We’re friends with a lot of food truck owners, and we hear the same stories over and over. The cost of doing business has changed dramatically, and we have to change with it.
We’re also not willing to sacrifice the quality of what we serve just to make the numbers look prettier.
Our ground beef is already costing us around **$10 a pound.**
That means when you order one of our burgers, you’re getting quality, farm-to-table beef. We source as much locally as we can because freshness and quality matter to us.
Could we buy cheaper product?
Sure.
**But that’s not the business we want to build.**
We want to serve you the best food we can, even if that means our margins aren't what they used to be.
So no… **we’re not selling the food truck.**
We’re just learning when it makes sense to turn the key.
Sometimes the most profitable thing you can do is **not spend money trying to make money.**
And sometimes, the truck sitting in the driveway is actually the smarter business decision.
At the end of the day:
**Mind the business that pays YOU, not mine.**
Because trust me…
**Mine isn’t paying you. 😂**
And I’ll decide when it pays me.
GRUB662 isn’t going anywhere. We’re just learning to play the game differently. 💚🖤
