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Abstract:
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What began as small taco carts on South Lamar and catering trucks at construction sites in Austin , Texas , local entrepreneurs have recently taken the idea of mobile food and expanded it into a regional phenomenon . This report focuses on the range of trailer owners in the Austin , the challenges owners face in the competitive food landscape and tough economy , regulations , and the process of getting started in the new frontier of food service . Austin boasts one of the largest communities of food trailers – stationary , yet technically mobile – populations in the United States and has influenced a growing culture throughout the country in recent years . |