County Fair Food Truck
Take a student-run food truck through one summer of county fairs, rodeos and music festivals. Pick a menu, price it against the corn-dog stands, staff the weekends and decide which events are worth the booth fee.
Your class has a converted step van, a fryer, a griddle and a permit to trade at the county fair, three weekend festivals and a brewery that wants a truck on Thursdays. The crowds are big and they are in a hurry, and every lane at the fairground already has a concession stand that has been there for twenty years. The decisions arrive fast: what to charge for a loaded basket when the stand next door sells funnel cake for $9, how many people to put in the truck on fair Saturday, whether a festival booth fee is worth it, and whether to go after steady catering bookings or the big one-day crowds. It teaches the economics of a seasonal food business — food cost, crowds that vanish on Monday, and how a good reputation at one event fills the line at the next.
$5.00 a seat · 2 simulated years, decided monthly · by SparkTower.