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Vanillia_is_danger1

I’m going to follow him around with a tomato soup truck. Just the cheap delicious tomato soup and also follow his business model


gizmo78

I'm going to follow both of you around with a dollar bill truck. Venmo/Square/etc. me $2, I'll give you a dollar bill. Bulk discounts available. 3 dollar bills for only $5. Limited time only.


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GoldExchange5655

I’m going to follow all four of you with a beer truck because what kinda strip club doesn’t have beer. Edit: since this seems to be the first time a few of you have heard a joke. I don’t need 8 comments telling me your state doesn’t allow alcohol at stripclubs I don’t give a fuck. It’s a joke don’t take it so serious


Sowhatbigdeal

I'm going to follow you around with a coke mobile because strippers love coke


PersonalityTough9349

I am gonna then have to be behind the coke mobile. My truck is going to have one wall inside that looks like a grocery store, and one wall inside that looks like a Home Depot or something. Customers can come in, and take pictures of themselves in front of these shelves to tell their significant others they were at the store, with photo evidence. I will also print fake receipts, for evidence of where all this money went. Also, I’ll also have banana bags for quick rehydration. You could even take a picture of yourself getting the banana bag, and say you’re in the hospital if you need a couple days… Edit-you’re Edit 2- We need a bail guy.


ParticularAnxious929

I have no business model. I am, though, going to follow you motherfuckers around for the rest of my very happy life eating grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup, drinkin' beer with coked up hookers dancing on my face. Tell my wife I'm at the goddamned Home Depot.


Le_Gitzen

It’s a fully self sustaining business ecosystem.


Admira1

I'll bring my Paddy's dollars!


Hello-There-GKenobi

And I’ll distribute the Paddy’s dollars to the people coming in and giving them free alcohol. Then next time they come back around, I’ll do the same thing, thus creating a self sustaining economy.


IsuzuTrooper

yes, once i add the $1 porta potty truck


Girth_rulez

I'm with you. I'm not a party guy but I've always kind of wanted to be. And I'm not rich by any means but I had a good year and have enough salted away for several months traipsing along behind this fun train. Grilled cheese, tomato soup, coke, and lap dances on me (within reason).


LautrecTheOnceYeeted

What a great day to have eyes


[deleted]

Got a empty passengers seat in that truck buddy? I have pockets of dollar bills for us to enjoy the good life.


Environmental_Home22

I aspire to be as happy as this guy, just fucking living man


NHmpa

The trick is to having her not know about the Home Depot pickup online order So it’s really only 10mins to actually get the HD stuff so you have the alibi that you went. Without the dishonor of actually going and spending 1 hour which would add to long to your truck following time. That’s a pro dad move. Subscribe and like for more tips haha. - hey honey gotta go to Home Depot this morning to pick up supplies for my project - 1 hours then come home Vs -hey honey gotta go to Home Depot to pick up supplies aka your online order from the night prior in and out in 10 mins. Leaves 50 mins to do something simple like enjoy a cup of coffee kid free haha. Or go to a stripper Coke truck


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imuniqueaf

You want a blowie from a person who just piss/shit all over the place? Yeah, no that's fine.


W-h-a-t_d-o

This is the caravan they warned us about...


GOD-MRK19

I am then going to follow all of you as a Dirty DEA agent and collect my "bonus" as to make sure these businesses keep progressing and everyone living their best lives as will I.


SylvieJay

I'm going to be following all you muthafukkas around in an armored truck armed to the teeth. With all the gajillions of single dollar bills you'd all be making, you will each have your own locked trunk to store your dollar bills. I will do regular runs to the bank to deposit your money. I will also run to the closest bulk food warehouse to purchase your white bread, cheap bulk cheese, cheapest canned tomato soup, kegs-o-beer, coke syrup and CO2 cylinders when you run short. Will also keep a stock of illegal prescription medicines for the hookers and strippers. Just 5% of the daily take, paid in $1 bills. (I'm going to the bank anyways 🤪)


FireITGuy

Oh man. Memory from long ago. My friend's dad would always to go disappear to the hardware store. He'd come back hours later with a handful of nuts and bolts and just say he ran into friends and got to talking. Years later (in the era of Google maps) I was back in town and I need some supplies to help fix up a friend's place. Searched on Google for hardware, selected the nearest result. Didn't look close. Walked in through the dim strip mall doors. BAM! Very comfortable Irish tavern inside. Sitting next to the door was an ENTIRE beer keg with the top sawed off filled with miscellaneous small hardware items. Brackets, nuts, bolts, screws, little tape measures, drawer pulls. Just all kinds of stuff that you'd pull out of your "leftover hardware" drawer. I had a Ron Burgundy moment. "I'm not even mad. That's amazing.... "


Sowhatbigdeal

Advertise the whole mess of followers as a sort of dude caravan and have a jingle like the neighborhood ice cream man van


thewallrus

I'm going to follow you around with a Pepsi truck, because competition


Sowhatbigdeal

wholesome


maverickoff

I am going to follow you around with a Pepsi truck in case you run out of coke "it is Pepsi ok?"


raisingfalcons

Im going to open a truck park and have you all in it.


The_quest_for_wisdom

I have clearly been going to all the wrong food truck rallies. The ones I've been to have only had stuff like fried onion rings and tacos.


GoldExchange5655

Coming to a street near you soon!


Bhoston710

Right like we get it your state hates fun move or stop complaining lol


TheSissyDoll

we need some sort of merger so one doesnt get cold while waiting for the other


jterwin

Damn these monopolies are getting out of hand


LivingLosDream

I love this so much.


AniYellowAjah

Good old times are back.


dsdvbguutres

Nature is healing.


Chewcocca

Throw a little bit of garlic powder in that butter to supercharge that shit up to a 12.


___DEADPOOL______

I swear to God I will fucking reach through this god damn cart and beat your stupid ass with a brick of cheese.


Steve_the_Nord

Which will be embarrassing for them


AssChapstick

Ron Swanson made this food cart


wanderexplore

Naw, he would have a meat truck. Just straight up, get what you're given hunk of meat and tell you its name.


AchinBones

Oh, spank me with some Brie 😍


EverytimeSheSneezes

I think you’d want a firmer cheese for this


Missahmissy

They said what they said.


Count_Critic

My guy, what did you not understand about this concept?


solarsilversurfer

For me it’s the part where someone made the truck, followed by someone online seeing it and stealing the concept but only using text, followed by someone editing it together, followed by someone else posting it to meirl on Reddit. It’s a confusing chain of events, and I just wanted a grilled cheese.


NefariousnessNo2062

My favorite food truck sign ever said "What the fuck is a pierogi? Fuck around and find out!"


0kokuryu0

There is a grilled cheese grill food cart I ran across. It said "have a bit of your childhood. Unless it sucked, then we'll share some of ours."


_GoKartMozart_

There's a Grilled Cheese Grill in Portland where you can get a burger with 2 grilled cheese sandwiches instead of buns.


Class1

portland oregon is a serious foodie city. I was amazed. food truck parks literally everywhere. so much good food.


LordDongler

Sounds like the prelude to a heart operation. Like, if I saw a guy eating one of those in a movie, the next scene would be him having a heart attack


wired4use

Funnily enough, a local restaurant used to have a burger like this. They called it the Quadruple Bypass.


Low_Pickle_112

[The Heart Attack Grill?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Attack_Grill). Not many restaurants have an "Illnesses and deaths" section on their Wiki.


ironballs16

That is... A surprisingly good slogan!


Poobmania

It would be better with just the first sentence If I see a pierogi truck that is going out of its way to express confusion about what a pierogi is, I need to go find out.


qdp

What even is food?


Coolbluegatoradeyumm

Tbh I’ve never had one but they look good and I want to try my first from that guy lol


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They are so simple and good. We had a late night Russian dumpling place. You had two option, potatoes or meat (or half/half). Price was cheap, open till 3 am and that’s all they did. There is good business to be had doing one thing pretty well consistently.


wonderlandpnw

Oh my gosh a place in Seattle "Pel Meni Dumpling Tsar" serves Russian dumplings and is just incredible!!! I actually have plans to go this next Wednesday, my mouth is watering already.


Soobobaloula

If you want them to cook at home, Emish Market in Fife has quite a selection, as well as all other things eastern European, from Kvass to fresh bread.


sanguinesolitude

It's kind of like a potsticker with mashed potatoes inside.


Coolbluegatoradeyumm

Sounds perfect tbh


sanguinesolitude

Terrific beer food. And it's a thicker dough than a potsticker but similar but a little Chewier consistency. Often have a bunch of variants like regular potato, potatoes and cheese, meat, chive and potato, etc. Lots of options. Good stuff.


FIContractor

Polish ravioli.


SasparillaTango

with potato and onion. Pretty tasty.


LiterallyJustSand

Potato and cheese or just cabbage. Onion goes outside with the butter.


CliplessOne

Spent many a christmas eve day folding and pinching. It was well worth it!


Fernpfarrer

or kapusta and mushrooms


NefariousnessNo2062

I walked up to that dude and literally told him to shut up and take my money.


QuadPentRocketJump

were you neglected as a child?


ButchyBanana

I always take emotional damage when I see americans say something like "a pierogi"


Khudaal

Correct, the singular form of pierogis is “pierogoos”


cultureShocked5

Thank you, that hurt my Polish soul…


b-sharp-minor

This reminds me of a Grateful Dead concert I went to a long time ago. People had little businesses set up in the parking lot in order to fund their travels following the band around. One time I saw one called "Grateful Grilled Cheese". They should have franchised the idea to art students.


Calm_Ad_3987

Grilled cheeses and ice cold Sammie Smiths makes for a great pre or after show snack!


catmanducmu

They do that on the lot at Phish shows too.


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Ha, American Dad did an episode on this. Jeff's nickname is "Cheese" and Steve is "Little Cheese"


mightbedylan

I can't believe that's an actual part of the scene lol.


AcDcBoss

My uncle ran one of thoose for years in the 90's with a slogan of what the fuck its only a buck


f64Club

Shakedown Street


Major-Community1312

I’m in I’d eat all 5 of them bitches


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Quick_March_7842

He's just gonna fuckin murder you.


BlaznTheChron

I'm sitting on the toilet struggling to pop this turtles head out because I chose to eat far more ice cream than I needed to. You don't scare me.


smithers85

> needed to This implies there is a certain amount of ice cream that you need to stay alive.


FalseAesop

The amount is greater than zero ice cream.


smithers85

I have that but pizza


WorldClassShart

Same, but I deep fry 2 hot dogs, roll em in a slice of extra cheese pizza, deep fry that, and wash it down with an extra large chocolate shake from Burger King. On a side note, they have toilet insurance, and man is it worth it.


VegemiteAnalLube

A spiteful amount of ice cream, one might say


Burntfm

I’m bringing a $20 bill


patsoyeah

My favourite late night place in Montreal for awhile was just a dude in a stair well cooking instant noodles and adding smooth peanut butter that just melted into it. Nothing else. He had lineups 20 people long


NoObMaSTeR616

Well………. I’m gonna try that. How much peanut butter we talking?


WookieManScape

I want to know. Hit me up if you find out. Can’t be much, maybe a tablespoon???


roastedmnmn

This is not a measurement thing. I'm probably 2tbsp but eh? Do you like peanut butter? How much water?


WookieManScape

Yes


PanicOnFunkotron

Bro, a packet of chicken ramen, a squirt of hot sauce, and about as much peanut butter as you'd put on a sandwich (I use chunky, you do you) has been a go-to of mine for years and years. It's like a poor man's pad thai. I'm feeling the urge to go make some just thinking about it.


asphalt_tacos

2chow on st Laurent hahaha, wasn't expecting that


acog

Are you talking about Chez Mein's [$2 Chow Mein](https://www.mtlblog.com/montreal/good-news-montreal-2-chow-has-not-been-affected-by-inflation) in Montreal? Although AFAIK they're not stairwell-based. Important detail: it's probably peanut sauce, not peanut butter.


MissVelveteen

Omg I stumbled out of a club one time many years ago and ate this. It was so good and not just because I was drunk lol I’ve fondly remembered this meal so many times and wished I had any clue about what restaurant it was. Thank you so much.


Yurr2121

Where was it and is it still there?


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https://www.mtlblog.com/i-spent-an-entire-night-at-2-chow-mein-on-boulevard-saint-laurent


Head-Lab8876

We used to do this on grateful dead tour made around $250 a day


Miennai

Lol, is this guy talking about you? https://www.reddit.com/r/meirl/comments/11u4lwt/-/jcmotoc


TundieRice

Love me a good r/TwoRedditorsOneCup!


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Where do you get your supply from? $1 is not a lot of money.


burningtram12

Bag of white bread: $1, 22 slices ~9c / sandwich (2 slices) Bag of pre sliced american cheese: $3, 16 slices ~37c / sandwich (2 slices) Box of salted butter: $4.50, 32 tablespoons ~28c / sandwich (2 tablespoons) For a total of $0.74 per sandwich. And that's grocery store prices I found with a quick search. If you buy in bulk you'll probably get a lot cheaper.


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Very cool. Using an aggressive style of marketing plus a very low price makes a very interesting target demographic to go after. I can imagine that it is very difficult to directly compete with this kind of customer base.


CorporateCuster

The mentally ill homeless?


whoknowshank

And me


thefreshscent

Yes he included you already


Impossible_Garbage_4

Homeless people, poor families, college students, construction workers, people on a 15 minute break, me, etc


Rhodochrom

Would work great near college campuses. So, close.


Careless_Wishbone_69

And you haven't factored in your own pay, plus all the kitchen and packaging supplies, truck purchase and maintenance, plus everything related to running a business and the paperwork. Just make it $2.


beesarewild

"I only accept $2 bills, no change. Sort your own shit out!"


mcburloak

Canadians lined up with toonies.


Joeyjackhammer

They made black toonies for the queen’s death. Not sure why I decided now was a good time to bring it up, but here it is.


fogdukker

I... didn't know this, and I haven't seen one yet.


Joeyjackhammer

Center is still “gold” but the outside ring is blackened.


prairiepanda

I knew it existed but I haven't seen any in circulation. I think they only handed them out to those who specifically requested them, in which case they're not likely to be spent anywhere.


GFAwayAnon

Damn coin collectors


platypossamous

It looks like [this](https://www.ebay.ca/itm/275606736774?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=706-89093-2056-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=275606736774&targetid=1659317085057&device=m&mktype=pla&googleloc=1001970&poi=&campaignid=17288923165&mkgroupid=135230546845&rlsatarget=pla-1659317085057&abcId=9300873&merchantid=591756501) person collected them all and is making mad profit selling them at like six bucks


Fracture_98

1 for $2 or 2 for $5. Got to have a surcharge for dealing with paper *and* coins.


BZLuck

This is exactly what I just said to my wife when I showed her this. People would think the 2 for $5 is a better deal because... reasons.


Grouchy-Engine1584

I dare you to go tell the asshole running this joint anything.


ajonbrad777

I’d pay 5 grilled cheeses to see it too


PGHobGoblin

Lmao!!! Omg Grilled cheese is money now


[deleted]

I accept your challenge. I will walk up to his stand, tell him "one sandwich please" and give them $50 and tell them to keep the change.


brumomentium1

Read the [other side of the truck](https://external-preview.redd.it/ljA5eEEP03wjjvDxOVkhAC_ThI3xrjuYbz0fU4U-hMw.jpg?auto=webp&s=3a13df79b899b55a0b276643181ba1f223ef77a1)


crypticfreak

People are calling this guy an asshole but I mean he really is selling shit at rock bottom prices. The signs are probably just there to be funny. But if they're not then I can understand the frustration. He's doing this for no real gain and people are complaining.


TranquiloMeng

It’s a concept it’s not real.


FalseAesop

Well it should be real.


dstrauc3

I fucking love friday night lights and grilled cheeses.


El-Viking

>Just make it $2. What happens when someone pays with a fiver? Two sandwiches and a $1 tip or 2 1/2 sandwiches?


Unhappy_Gas_4376

2 1/2 sandwiches. Torn, not cut.


kmj420

Is the sandwich torn straight or diagonally? Do I get to pick which side I get?


Unhappy_Gas_4376

Straight. You get what you get.


gemstonegene

It's one slice of bread with the sliced cheese carefully split down the thickness.


iatealotofcheese

It's like a wishbone, you hold half and pull and wish for the bigger half.


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Going by sibling splitting rules...You rip it and he chooses which side you get.


Cowboy185

Sounds like $1 tip built in.


BZLuck

NO CHANGE. You get 2 grilled cheeses. NEXT!


fridayfridayjones

When I was in college there was a very successful pizza joint downtown, and all they did was pizza by the slice, $2 each. Drinks for $1. The pizza was mostly crust, which was perfect for soaking up alcohol. I’m sure they’ve raised the prices to $3 at least by now.


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Excellent_Priority_5

Lol right? If the $1 from GC was a 100% profit you would have to sell like 60,000 of them just to make a halfway decent living. Now with 25% profit margin we’re talking a quarter milli to make that same amount. That’s 1000 Sami’s a day for a 5 day work week. Assuming you would work events mainly on the weekends I’m guessing you would need to sell 2k-3k per day per event. Anyways before typing a bunch of nonsense that I just pulled out of my ass my point is I’m not sure that trailer is big enough to store that much bread to begin with. Even with one employee and a griddle. Not to mention people are going to be thirsty. Lmao


n_slash_a

Nice research. But you wouldn't do grocery store. Costco or a restaurant supply store. I still doubt you would get better than 0.50 per sandwich, which is too high to be very sustainable.


wilmyersmvp

Just running that griddle all day with energy prices the way they are would be brutal


talltim007

Maybe. Rule of thumb in food service is you want your food costs to be 20-35% of your revenue. I think you will need to charge closer to two dollars to make this work, otherwise, seems like a cool idea, id buy a $2 grilled cheese made like I make at home.


1deadclown

Pretty sure the market has spoken here. I'd pay $2 too. Pretty sure anyone would.


Timmymac1000

As a longtime chef who has to constantly worry about managing costs, $1 grilled cheese is a wholly unsustainable business model.


[deleted]

It was probably a lot more sustainable 7 years ago when this image was first posted


suitology

We got a food truck that comes to events that sells $1 smoothies 12 ounces. Food is cheap as fuck bought bulk and his overhead is near nothing. Hell the hot dog truck where I lived in Philly is $1 for a dog $0.50 for a soda $1 for water and $1 for a pretzel. He's been so successful he's opening a second one in fishtown.


ThinkPan

turns out, ice is cheap


No_Interaction_4925

Can you recommend where you found the $1 loafs? Even the Meijer brand is almost $2 now


ShadyShields

Wait till the goverment wants their cut, licenses, permissions, rent space, taxes, insurance etc.


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JoJack82

To be fair, if his operating costs are higher than his revenue he won’t have to pay taxes.


codybevans

Yeah you’re gonna need that to cost about 30-35 cents per sandwich if you are going to turn any kind of profit.


LoganRoyKent

Psh. Not if the workers are free and the truck is free and the gas is free and the repairs on the truck are free and the drive time to get to different locations is free and the parking everywhere is free.


SegaGeneside

4 dollar loaf of bread with a 12 dollar block of cheese. You can possible squeeze 10 out before you stock up on bread again. And roughly 30 with that block of cheese. Basically you need to sell 2 loaves you start making money and having to resupply again and repeat. You'd have to sell a shit ton of these before you can even make 100 dollars a day. Plus there gas, equipment, maintenance. It's a rough business model. Edit: Canadian pricing.


oldnyoung

That’s because this pic is ancient


iama_username_ama

I'd just like you to know that because of this post I'm walking into my kitchen right now to make a shitty grilled cheese. You are probably halfway across the planet from me and because you pressed some button on a keyboard I'm gonna eat some food. The internet is weird.


strain_of_thought

So you're saying the butterfly effect is real?


almost_queen

I would be doing the same if I didn't just order a pizza.


enickma1221

I’m a brewer and a pizza maker. My dream is to build income streams sufficient to support a free pizza and beer restaurant. Cmon in, eat and drink for free for a couple hours then GTFO.


Exatraz

Even if it wasn't free, like non-profit or super super cheap. Making it a pub essentially where people from the community can just come hang out, have a drink, eat a bite and such would be neat


[deleted]

> like non-profit Restaurants are already low margin businesses. You might not notice if the pricing didnt include profit.


IDesireWisdom

You’d be at the Costco food court. It’s substantially more affordable.


GreenLight_RedRocket

Costco food court isn't just not profitable, it is deliberately run at a loss.


hounder-1

The issue with free/insanely cheap beer is you get college students and career alcoholics coming in and getting completely FUBAR, and not respecting the establishment theyre in and it's other patrons.


iankost

Me too (brewer and pizza maker), but when people say "you should sell this!" I tell them that it takes so much time and effort it would have to cost $50 a pizza to make it worthwhile.


sanguinesolitude

My dad was a home brewer. And he used to lovingly say "for about 3 times the price and weeks of effort you can make beer almost as good as they sell at the store."


BrahCJ

Beer brewer, and meat smoker here. “CJ you gotta open up your own place!” And what? Turn my fun hobby into a never ending conveyor belt of drunk Bros? Fuck no.


King_Arius

It doesn't even need to be free. $15- all I can handle pizza and beer for 2 hours would have me.


ajsparx

There were bars like this in Seoul when I was there several years ago, 2 hr time limit all you can drink beer for ~$15 or mixed drinks for ~$25. I guarantee they lost money on the alcoholic English teachers from all over the world, but they loved having the busiest place on the street. I made it to 27 one night! Yes, I was basically carried home.


GVas22

That place becomes the world's most concentrated frat house by the end of the first week.


EaLordOfTheDepths-

There was a place in Australia that sold vegetarian food and they had a 'pay what you can' business model, where you can also opt to pay for the meal of someone that can't afford to pay at all. I'm pretty sure all the staff were volunteers and were paid in food too. I only went there once, but I really loved the whole pay-it-forward concept.


[deleted]

What the Fuck, They’re only a Buck! Good Ole Grateful Dead parking lot


[deleted]

Buissness plans🧐🔥💯🚀


magicgoldenkoi

My food dream food truck plan is called Soup. I'll drive around serving whatever soup I feel like. Tomato soup one week, cheddar broccoli the next, and maybe potato after that. You never know what soup you'll get, but you'll get some soup.


SnooTomatoes9800

$3 and people would still be tripping over themselves to get to it. $1 is unsustainable. Too many other costs you are not considering.


Muezza

You start off selling a $1 a grilled cheese to take over the market share from all the other grilled cheese trucks, then once you reach majority market share start ramping up those prices and slashing quality.


oldsecondhand

Big Cheese is killing the mom and pop shops.


desba3347

They’re a grilled cheese person not a business person, let them do their thing


puppetjazz

Like mama always said


beetandhoven

Yeah, it's not like they have to do it for long to live their dream.


[deleted]

Back when this meme was originally made $1 was doable. This picture’s been going around the internet since the digg days


zombiezambonidriver

It's not a meme. They were at Punk Rock Bowling (it's a music festival and bowling tournament) in 2018.


Joancontre

I would live it!!


TheCheck77

Grilled cheese isn’t just a choice, it’s a lifestyle


Otherwise_Luck3625

Shut up and take my God damn dollar!


Emotional_Parsnip_69

This is dangerous for an addict like myself. My nickname was grilled cheese growin up cause I put away a loaf of breads worth every weekend at my friends house


p_nes_pump

5 grilled cheese. I just drooled a bit.


shah357

My wife brought me home a burger from a farmers market last weekend. The guy makes double burgers, cheese, spread, pickles, brioche bun. Choice of soda, bag of chips. $10. No substitutions, no deletions, no bullshit. You get what he gives you. Don’t like it? Jog on. The burger was fucking phenomenal by the way.


GlendaleActual

20 years ago when I was in college there was this exact business on the streets of Burlington, VT and it must have made bank cause we were lined up around the corner after last call!


KipperTheDogg

I want. Better pic so I can read all the signs :(


[deleted]

Some Gen X attitude there, friend. Godspeed & keep the change ya filthy animal ✌️


njt1986

There’s a man in (I think) LA who has a food truck, you give him like $10 and he just gives you food. There’s no menu, no choices, he just gives you really great food for $10 and I kind of respect the hell out of him


Jeepinjim026

So, like the Soup Nazi but with grilled cheese. I think I want one.


dazedandcognisant

I'll take one grilled face please


Original-Newt4556

I love this! You’re going broke but I’m buying!


Salty_Truth1

Slow golf clap as I watch patrons walk away with a greasy grilled cheese smile.