#Large Capacity Chip Truck for Sale

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Crazy & Co. Food Trucks

Food Truck Hire Where Food And Style Meet Are you ready to embark on a culinary journey like no other? Look no further than our one-of-a-kind catering service. Food truck hire lets you serve from a fabulously quirky unit. Bring an explosion of flavours right to your fingertips. With a passion for crafting mouth-watering delicacies and a commitment to exceptional taste, we invite you to indulge in an unforgettable dining experience. Ranging from our flagship Vintage French van, to a replica of the little yellow 3 wheeler used in Only Fools and Horses. Food trucks for hire  add a touch of pizazz to your event, and definitely make it social media worthy. For promotional or corporate events we can work with you to provide a fully branded food truck for your requirements. Hire food trucks for your event.A custom built replica vintage Citroen HY van. Cool Gallic style which makes a great centrepiece for your event. From a gin or prosecco bar, to any of our dessert lines or mains catering options, this one adds a touch of French flair to your event. With a large fold up top panel, and two optional end panels, this one makes a great canvas for promotional events and is our most popular food truck. Giddyup Go Built on a vintage horse trailer, but designed to have a totally different look to most of the converted Rice horseboxes on the circuit in the UK. Capable of being used for any of our catering options. Including burger and chips, gin/prosecco and a multitude of desserts. Oh, and the name? Whilst arguing over what to call it we happened to be listening to a Country and Western station and a Red Sovine song came on, called, yup, Giddyup Go! Our Little Vintage Trike Not really  food truck hire, but for smaller spaces or venues, the trike is a fabulous option. Obviously it isn't big enough to serve burger and chips, but if you want Pimms, ice cream, strawberries and cream or our other dessert options then this ticks all the boxes. The large freezer section and parasol provide plenty of space for branding options if you are running a promotional event. The eutectic plate means that many events can be covered without electricity needing to be supplied. Uncle Albert If you want the maximum attention at your event, then nothing beats 'Uncle Albert'  our Reliant Regal Supervan Mk. III (No Del Boy never drove a Reliant Robin). This allows most of our dessert and beverage services to be provided, and can even be used for smaller events with burgers or dirty fries. The only slight drawback is that it doesn't lend itself to being custom branded, but the menu cards can, and you can always add a pop up banner or three. Go on don't be a plonker, you know it makes sense. Betsy Another of our quirky options designed for beverages, desserts or smaller mains serving. The roof flips up allowing the staff to cook and serve a selection of treats for your event. The body of the camper provides a perfect branding opportunity for sales and promotion. Do you really want a box burger van when you can have something that's actually fun. Le Petit Rouge Originally designed as a quirky little coffee van, now able to be used with most of our dessert offerings, Little Red is like a miniature version of our Citroen HY van. Gallic charm in spades, in a stunning red, this is an eye catching option for smaller events, or sales promotions. Food truck hire in miniature. Check Me Out.... John W. Sanders II Big boy's toys. (or gals, hey we are equal opportunities here). This one is designed for big events. A genuine U.S.A. fire truck. Big, beautiful and loud. (Two big air horns and a 127 decibel  Federal Signals Q2B fire siren). When this hits the scene, it will have massive cooking facilities, designed for festivals or huge corporate events. If you need to hire a food truck, then this is the one. Download Our Food Truck Brochure Our newest offering, another converted horse trailer, this time fited out with high capacity Spanish churros equipment from J L Blanco, one of the leading manufacturers in Espana. This is perfect for when you need large numbers of guests serving with delivious traditional fried Spanish churros. Food trucks for hire are available for events throughout the U.K. and Europe. Including Scotland, London, The North East, The Midlands, Yorkshire and Lancashire, and are ideal for corporate events, weddings, parties, military functions, college balls, exhibitions and company fun days. Read the full article

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Crazy & Co. Food Trucks

Food Trucks For Hire Where Food And Style Meet Are you ready to embark on a culinary journey like no other? Look no further than our one-of-a-kind food trucks for hire service, bringing an explosion of flavours right to your fingertips. With a passion for crafting mouth-watering delicacies and a commitment to exceptional taste, we invite you to indulge in an unforgettable dining experience. Ranging from our flagship Vintage French van, to a replica of the little yellow 3 wheeler used in Only Fools and Horses. Food trucks for hire  add a touch of pizazz to your event, and definitely make it social media worthy. For promotional or corporate events we can work with you to provide a fully branded food truck for your requirements. Check out our range of food trucks for hire.A custom built replica vintage Citroen HY van. Cool Gallic style which makes a great centrepiece for your event. From a gin or prosecco bar, to any of our dessert lines or mains catering options, this one adds a touch of French flair to your event. With a large fold up top panel, and two optional end panels, this one makes a great canvas for promotional events and is our most popular food truck. Giddyup Go Built on a vintage horse trailer, but designed to have a totally different look to most of the converted Rice horseboxes on the circuit in the UK. Capable of being used for any of our catering options. Including burger and chips, gin/prosecco and a multitude of desserts. Oh, and the name? Whilst arguing over what to call it we happened to be listening to a Country and Western station and a Red Sovine song came on, called, yup, Giddyup Go! Our Little Vintage Trike Not really a food truck, but for smaller spaces or venues, the trike is a fabulous option. Obviously it isn't big enough to serve burger and chips, but if you want Pimms, ice cream, strawberries and cream or our other dessert options then this ticks all the boxes. The large freezer section and parasol provide plenty of space for branding options if you are running a promotional event. The eutectic plate means that many events can be covered without electricity needing to be supplied. Uncle Albert If you want the maximum attention at your event, then nothing beats 'Uncle Albert'  our Reliant Regal Supervan Mk. III (No Del Boy never drove a Reliant Robin). This allows most of our dessert and beverage services to be provided, and can even be used for smaller events with burgers or dirty fries. The only slight drawback is that it doesn't lend itself to being custom branded, but the menu cards can, and you can always add a pop up banner or three. Go on don't be a plonker, you know it makes sense. Betsy Another of our quirky options designed for beverages, desserts or smaller mains serving. The roof flips up allowing the staff to cook and serve a selection of treats for your event. The body of the camper provides a perfect branding opportunity for sales and promotion. Do you really want a box burger van when you can have something that's actually fun. Le Petit Rouge Originally designed as a quirky little coffee van, now able to be used with most of our dessert offerings, Little Red is like a miniature version of our Citroen HY van. Gallic charm in spades, in a stunning red, this is an eye catching option for smaller events, or sales promotions. Check Me Out.... John W. Sanders II Big boy's toys. (or gals, hey we are equal opportunities here). This one is designed for big events. A genuine U.S.A. fire truck. Big, beautiful and loud. (Two big air horns and a 127 decibel  Federal Signals Q2B fire siren). When this hits the scene, it will have massive cooking facilities, designed for festivals or huge corporate events. Download Our Food Truck Brochure Our newest offering, another converted horse trailer, this time fited out with high capacity Spanish churros equipment from J L Blanco, one of the leading manufacturers in Espana. This is perfect for when you need large numbers of guests serving with delivious traditional fried Spanish churros. Food trucks for hire are available for events throughout the U.K. and Europe. Including Scotland, London, The North East, The Midlands, Yorkshire and Lancashire, and are ideal for corporate events, weddings, parties, military functions, college balls, exhibitions and company fun days. Read the full article

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Red Dot Chips

I attended Charles H. Brewer Junior High School in Clark, NJ.   Two of my junior high school teachers hired my dad, who was a CPA, to prepare their tax returns.  One day in school, Mr. Dulk, my science teacher, reprimanded me, probably for blurting out a joke, and I said "There will be no refund for you this year!"  

My Dad's other junior high school teacher client was my math teacher, Otto Picard.  Math was always one of my favorite subjects and Mr. Picard was a very engaging teacher.  He employed an unusual scoring system.  If you did anything beyond what was generally expected, such as extra credit work, you were rewarded with one or more dots.  On the other hand, if you failed to deliver on what was expected or were disruptive, you received one or more asterisks.   He left such an impression that one of my former classmates, Rick Clinton, named his company Dot, and this was before the public access to the internet and the

dot.com

revolution.  

Red Dot was one of the major potato chip companies that had very humble beginnings.  In 1931, Fred J. Meyer was a student at the University of Wisconsin and married.  To help support himself, he answered an ad as a salesperson for Karn Parchies. The second customer he called upon made potato chips and explained that his distributor wasn't doing well and suggested that Red take over his business.  Fred added a line of cookies and sold both the chips and cookies between classes and on weekends.  At graduation, the head of the University of Wisconsin chemistry department offered Fred a job as an instructor for less than what Fred was earning from his distributor route.  He felt that if he devoted himself to his route, the earnings potential was greater than the instructor job.  After his supplier's factory was destroyed by fire, Meyer purchased a small chip making machine out of someone's attic.  

Fred faced some major challenges.  He severely burned himself retrieving a wrench that had fallen into a vat of hot oil and his truck was becoming too small.  A peanut firm offered to paint the truck for free.  Fred's wife Kathryn did the books and demonstrated their products at grocery stores and food shows.  

Fred J. Meyer Co. added cheese products and hired another salesman, but was short of the necessary capital he needed.  His father loaned him $1,000 for two new trucks. and the company relocated.  In 1938, the same year as H.W. Lay & Company was founded in Atlanta, GA, Fred and three others formed Red Dot Foods Inc. and purchased a continuous potato chip making machine from Ferry.  The firm moved again.  In 1943, Fred bought out his other three partners and integrated his Fred J. Meyer Co. into Red Dot Foods.  During World War II, cooking oil was limited to forty percent of pre-war limits and both tires and gasoline were rationed.  

The company built a plant in St. Paul MN (later relocated to Minneapolis) and another one in 1946 in Indianapolis, IN.  By this time, it had 100 trucks operating out of ten branches.  The firm owned 3,000 acres of potato farms and started a program in partnership with the US Department of Agriculture to better breed potatoes.  The greenhouse had capacity for 16,500 varieties of potatoes.  

Red Dot acquired several other Midwestern companies.   At one point it became the largest potato chip manufacturer.  It added nuts and Scottish cookies.  It introduced corrugated "Chip Dips."

Meyer was elected President of the potato chip trade association in 1949 and appointed to the Potato Advisory Board of the US Department of Agriculture.  By 1956, the company had 176 sales routed and 22 large delivery vans, close to 1,000 employees, controlled 18,000 acres of potato farms and distributed product in 13 states.  Sales exceeded ten million dollars.  During the 1950's the company continued its acquisitions and also expanded to Alaska and Europe.  Sales in 1960 exceeded $20 million.  

The public was invited to tour the factories on the 25th anniversary of the company in 1956 (based on when Fred started in the business as opposed to when Red Dot was organized).  Among the highlights were a ventilating duct , which forced warm air through the potatoes to convert the sugar that forms in cold and dormant potatoes to starch for frying.  The potatoes then went through an automatic washer and a buffer that removed most of the skins.  Inspectors then removed non-standard potatoes before they headed to an automatic slicing machine.  After some of the white frothy starch is washed away, the slices are fried at 400 degrees in corn oil, and salt is added.  The fried chips are then spilled into an automatic collecting machine from which they are weighed, then packaged with the bag tops automatically sealed.

Red Dot employed a clown, Ta-To, as its mascot.  He sat on a piano and sang:

Ho-ho-ho

The folks all laugh when I'm around

'Cause I'm the Red Dot potato chip clown,

Ir's potato chip time . . . the folks all tease,

Give us Red Dot . . . Red Dot potato chips please

They're crispy . . . dry . . . tasty, and on sale EVERY WHERE!H-ho-ho . . .

In 1961, Red Dot was merged into H.W. Lay & Company. According to Dirk Burhans in his book

Crunch

, the sale had a tragic consequence.

Within days of Lay's purchase of the company in May 1961, Red Dot founder Frederick J. Meyer committed suicide.  According to Leslie Bellais, curator of costume and textiles at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Meyer believed that the sale was best for the company, but apparently became despondent upon realizing that he had sold away his life's work (Bellasis interview, May 21, 2004).  Red Dot bags made after the sale and after the 1961 Frito=Lay merger had "FRITO-LAY, INC." printed on the back.  The chip continued to be sold as Red Dot until FritoLay sold the company to H.H. Evon of Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1970.  Evon closed the Madison factory and discontinued the brand in 1973.  Bellais says that there was a perception at the time that Red Dot lost touch with the Madison community after Meyer sold the company.

  You can read all about Red Dot's history thanks to an online exhibit of the Wisconsin History Society.  Please note that there are four pages and you should use the arrows to navigate to all of them.

http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum/exhibits/chip/index.asp http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Content.aspx?dsNav=Ny:True,Ro:0,N:4294963828-4294963805&dsNavOnly=Ntk:All%7cred+dot%7c3%7c,Ny:True,Ro:0&dsRecordDetails=R:CS2611 http://eatwisconsinpotatoes.com/meet-the-two-founders-of-wisconsins-red-dot-foods-inc/ http://www.surroundedbyreality.com/Businesses/Food/RedDot/RedDot.asp

Enjoy the Red Dot Photo Gallery Below:

August 30, 1945 photo of Red Dot Foods Inc. potato chip display, with Red Dot clown posters in window at Wisconsin State Journal office, 115 South Carroll Street.

September 30, 1947 ohoto of Red Dot Foods Inc., delivery truck outside a Red Dot Foods truck garage, 1441 East Washington Avenue. Background includes portions of Ohio Chemical Company, 1400 East Washington Avenue, and Dairy Equipment Company, 1444 East Washington Avenue.

March 19, 1945 photo of two men painting a Red Dot Potato Chips mural / billboard on the side of a building.

1939 photo of women workers bag and process potato chips for shipping at the Red Dot Potato Chip plant.

1939 photo of a group portrait of female workers at the Red Dot Potato Chip Company. Fourth from the left in the top row is Vivian Harrison Matheson, identified by Ellis Mason

1939 photo of exterior view of Red Dot Foods Inc. potato chip plant at 1435 East Washington Avenue.

1939 photo of 1 woman operating the bagging machine at the Red Dot potato chip factory.

1939 photo of man working with machinery at the Red Dot Potato Chip plant.

September 10, 1945 photo of elevated view of a Findorff truck and earthmover and Madison Sand and Gravel truck standing ready to excavate for an addition to the Red Dot Foods, Incorporated, potato chip factory, 1441 East Washington Avenue.

Photo of Red Dot Foods Inc., potato chip plant, 1441 East Washington Avenue.

Workers doing road work near the Red Dot factory, in the background, on East Washington Avenue.

February 23, 1955 photo of q father and two children at the Kroger grocery store check out counter purchase Dean's milk, Red Dot potato chips, Kroger pancake mix, macaroni, and bread.

February 14, 1956 photo of Ed Schumann, owner of Ed Schumann and Associates, and Frank Pellitteri, the production manager at the business, set up an advertising shot for Red Dot Potato Chips.

February 6, 1952 photo of two store employees of a Kroger store stand by an Old Dutch cleanser promotion for gladiolus bulbs in a store in Lancaster. Other merchandise displays including Red Dot Potato chips, flank the special promotion.

Special thanks to the Madison, WI Public Library and the Wisconsin State Historical Society Library for their assistance in researching Red Dot.  

Enjoy Simon and Garfunkel singing "Red Rubber Ball."

The Toga Chip Guy

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Log Loader for Sale

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Supply Chain Challenges

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Supply Chain Challenges

Supply chain challenges aren’t going away anytime soon

This is a contributed op-ed written by Joe Dunlap, managing director of supply chain advisory at CBRE. Opinions are the author’s own.

The modern supply chain was a thing of wonder, delivering material from around the world to companies and customers, seemingly in mere days or even hours.

Until it didn’t. Specifically, this year and last.

As consumers, we have all experienced some recent issues relating to the supply chain — either the lack of available product, higher costs or both. At times, some common products have been unavailable for weeks and even months, creating a cycle of sustained high demand on short-supply items and perpetuating a logistics nightmare we cannot seem to escape.

Recently, logistics costs of almost every sort have increased or performed worse. As of last Friday, there are a record-breaking 65 ships waiting to unload in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, according to FreightWaves, further delaying products from reaching shelves. This is due to increased container shipments and very limited warehouse space.

Prices have escalated, too, as consumers feel the pinch from escalated shipping costs. According to the Department of Energy, fuel costs were up 37% year-over-year in mid-July, and load-to-truck costs were up more than 70% in the largest category.

There may be no returning to the pre-pandemic normal, at least not anytime soon. Consumers and businesses should prepare for continued disruption and increased costs.

Challenges in the supply chain for commercial real estate are effectively slowing down the supply chain’s capacity to fix itself.

Joe Dunlap

Managing director of supply chain advisory at CBRE

In basic terms, the supply chain links many companies together, starting with raw materials and ending with the final customer receiving the finished goods. A single retail chain with dozens of warehouses and hundreds of stores may be linked directly or indirectly to hundreds or even thousands of suppliers and end consumers.

Companies plan production and storage based upon forecasts of anticipated aggregate demand, demand by product, demand of certain products by specific region or geography, and timing or season. These sophisticated forecasts incorporate schedules throughout the supply chain, such as production lead time, ocean transport time, customs and domestic transportation.

But forecasts can be wrong, particularly when there are unknown factors. How consumers will behave in a pandemic certainly qualifies as an unknown. Ensuring the right product is stored in the right place, able to deliver to the right customer, at the right time, in the right quantity, in the right condition and at the right price becomes increasingly difficult.

We have seen countless examples of this in the past year. Computer chip shortages have hammered the auto industry, causing factory shutdowns, affecting sales and limiting the availability of new products for consumers.

The food industry has felt the pressure as well. Items such as chicken wings skyrocketed in cost as takeout orders increased from stay-at-home Americans and supply was damaged by harsh winter weather. And who would have thought there would be a national dash for toilet paper when the pandemic began? It has been volatile. Really.

What’s on the horizon

It will take time for supply and demand to settle back into more predictable patterns. In the meantime, here is what we can expect to see. 

Industrial Real Estate Costs Rise to Pinch Businesses and Consumers

Construction materials such as steel and lumber have been in short supply, with demand increasing steadily over the past year. In commercial real estate, no product is in more demand than industrial distribution space as retailers and e-commerce firms struggle to meet the crush of online sales activity.

Currently, according to CBRE, there is 410 million square feet of new product under construction in the U.S., a record high. However, a disturbing trend has emerged as completions have declined two quarters in a row – 54.66 million square feet in Q1 and 51.67 MSF in Q2. This is considerably below the five-year average of quarterly completions of 64.3 MSF. Projects are breaking ground and stalling out due to a lack of materials at a time when more product than ever is needed. With vacancy at record lows and rental rates at record highs, a dearth of the new products will continue to put pressure on costs.

CBRE projects that rental rate growth will hit double-digit percentages by year-end. This will be felt by everyone — owners, suppliers, retailers, and, eventually consumers. Challenges in the supply chain for commercial real estate are effectively slowing down the supply chain’s capacity to fix itself.

More retailers establishing a minimum order value for free shipping

Retailers have shipped directly to consumer homes for some time now. However, this activity increased dramatically during the pandemic, and retailers were not prepared. Compounding this issue, many of these items were low-cost items that consumers would typically travel to the store for themselves.

Devoting more labour to pick low-cost, one-off items degrades a retailer’s margins. The consumer used to do that work for them. Now, if consumers want to continue this practice, more retailers will establish a minimum dollar value for free shipping or increase their current threshold. They can always lower this when they need to goose sales. But if consumers show a willingness to cover more of the cost associated with picking and loading curbside or shipping to the consumer’s home, it will become more common.

Consumers Face Shrinkflation, Less Selection, Shortage of Hot Holiday Items

With volatility persisting, consumers may see some items substituted or temporarily no longer available at the shelf. Companies may decide to scale back on variety and focus on one or two core products. Another scenario that could arise may not include price increases, but instead reduced packaging volume for certain items. This is otherwise known as “shrinkflation” and is another way of passing costs on to consumers. The packaging may look the same, but the amount of product inside could be noticeably less.

Based on the current backlog of containers, it’s safe to assume the holiday shopping season will be affected.

Joe Dunlap

Managing director of supply chain advisory at CBRE

Based on the current backlog of containers, it’s safe to assume the holiday shopping season will be affected. As it takes time to work through the current backlog, we could see reverberations for months, especially when there is a large demand spike, as we typically see around the holidays. If gift-givers want to assure they can get all of the hot items, our recommendation would be to have most of your holiday shopping done prior to Thanksgiving. After that, choices could be limited.

The supply chain is clearly stressed, strained, shocked, backlogged, and overwhelmed, but it’s not broken. Businesses will continue to be challenged with managing the volatility and the economics of supply and demand.

We as consumers will continue to observe delays and price swings as the supply chain recalibrates to match available supply and volatile demand. Amid varying regional and international responses to the pandemic, we will likely see aftershocks to the supply chain which drag out the supply chain recovery. But we will see it realign. As noted before, it is difficult to forecast, especially with so many unknowns. Yet companies will adapt, new strategies will emerge and a new balance will be found.

Supply Chain Challenges