Welcome - Food Truck Ordering

October 2024

Food Truck Pub Launches v7.1.0!!

New Inventory Tracking option added for Food Categories

You can now configure inventory counts based on food categories.
You can specify counts such as 50 burger patties so that regardless of the specific burgers being ordered, inventory will count down at the category level.
If the category count reaches 0, then additional ordering will be blocked.
General styling of various pages and components enhanced for readability.
Customer Referral loyalty reward option increased from 3% to allow up to 6% rewards being granted.
Admin option added to allow the hiding of the customer Special Instructions textbox to prevent requesting customizations. This option added for those trucks who prefer to use Food Extras (modifiers) to control customizations being offered.

May 2024

Food Truck Pub Launches v7.0.1!!

Customer Referral Loyalty Reward Option

Configure this new loyalty reward options so your customers can earn rewards with your truck when they refer others.
When enabled, customers will receive their own unique referral link for your truck only.
If they share this link with others, they can earn anywhere from .05% - 3% in referral discounts (you decide) with your truck the next time they order from you!
Reward your customers! While you gain free marketing referrals from your loyal customers, they are rewarded whenever they promote your truck!

November 2023

Food Truck Pub Launches v7.0.0!!

Catering Booking Requests sent from Customers to our Trucks

Customers can search and find trucks in their area offering this service for event bookings.
New catering request form that customers will fill out and submit to a discovered truck.
Truck will receive the details into their email and can work back and forth with the customer to finalize the details and agree on them.

October 2023

Food Truck Pub Launches v6.5.0!

Food Truck Pub can auto-post to your Facebook page when serving food.

Link your business Facebook page to your Food Truck Pub account.
When you go active for same-day ordering, create a future pre-order, or a calendar event, a suggested Facebook posting is displayed.
Change or alter the Posting to your liking.
When you confirm or save the event in Food Truck Pub, the event details will be auto-posted to your Facebook page.
Keeps your social media followers up to date with your schedule!

August 2023

Food Truck Pub Launches v6.3.0!

Prompt for additional customer information and pause ordering

Configure a required prompt before customer can submit the order.
Use the prompt to ask the customer for a student's name, classroom, participant name, organization name, or anything needed.
Information is displayed on printable sticker-sheet labels you can place on food packages.
Great for drop-off orders to schools and businesses!
Quick Pause button allows you to pause all ordering until you are caught back up!

February 2023

Food Truck Pub Launches v6.2.0!

Food Truck "Park" ordering has launched!

Food truck park owners can signup and enroll all of their trucks.
We build their park's dedicated landing page to list all of their trucks.
Dedicated ordering link and QR Code ordering for the park.
Park owner's earn $0.20 per order to each truck in their park!
Customers can order food from ANY of the truck's in the park and checkout as one seamless order.
Orders get auto-split and go to each of the respective trucks!

August 2022

Food Truck Pub Launches v6.0.0!

Version 6.0.0 adds real-time location tracking for your truck and more configurations for Pre-Orders when using Square.

Download the latest Food Truck Pub App from the App Store and you can now toggle real-time tracking on/off for your followers to see your current location on a new dedicated map page!
On each Future Pre-Order that is created in the system, you can now target a specific Square Location for those transactions to flow into.

July 2022

Food Truck Pub Launches v5.8.0!

Version 5.8.0 adds additional Premium Feature upgrade option to lower convenience fee!

For a small monthly fee, you can now decrease the customer convenience fee from $1.25 for Square and Paypal to $0.60 and decrease the fee to $0.85 for Clover!
All other features and upgradeable options are included in the Premium Plan including Customizable Web Site Pages, Additional SMS Txt Order Alert, Cash Payment Option, and ShipDay Delivery Management Integration!

May 2022

Food Truck Pub Launches v5.7.0!

Version 5.7.0 adds International support for trucks using the Square POS system and other enhancements!

Added International support for trucks using Square. If you're a truck in another country such as Canada, Australia, or Great Britain, you can now use Food Truck Pub with your Square account. We will invoice you monthly to reclaim our convenience fee that the customer paid.
On the Menu Setup screen, you can now auto-search for menu items, food categories, and food extras. Begin typing and we'll auto-search for matches! This allows you to quickly activate or deactive menu items.
Trucks using StarMicronics PassPrnt-capable receipt printers can now print from a Windows computer.
The Order Tracking screen has been re-styled to make it easier to view orders.

February 2022

Food Truck Pub Launches v5.6.2!

Version 5.6.2 of Food Truck Pub adds the ability to export order reports for specific dates and set Order Prep Time on individual Pre-Order events.

On the Reporting Dashboad, export all orders to CSV/Excel or now select a specific order date to perform the export.
Order Prep Time ensures you have enough time to prepare the order! Now, you can set individual Order Prep Time values on individual pre-order events. Maybe you need 15 minutes for same-day orders, but you have a pre-order event this Saturday and you need all orders to be submitted by end of the day on Friday so you can prepare the exact amount of orders for the event.
Create Pre-Orders off of your Event Calendar. From your event calendar informational page, you can now link them to quickly generate a corresponding pre-order event that can be used to take online orders in the system.

January 2022

Food Truck Pub Launches v5.6.0!

Version 5.6.0 of Food Truck Pub adds the ability to print pre-order package labels, set maximum quantities per timeslot across entire categories such as pizzas, and host customized landing pages on Food Truck Pub!

Select from a specific pre-order and print labels and packing sheets to help you prepare and then package up and distribute your order. Great for school events, sporting events, and fundraisers!
On the food category level, you can now have a category such as Pizzas and define a Maximum Quantity Per Timeslot that will apply to all menu items tied to that food category. For example, if the oven in your pizza truck can only prepare up to 12 pizzas per 15-minute timeslot, this new setting will allow you to limit the order quantity before it asks the user to please try a different timeslot.
With our new Customizable Landing Pages, you can host your very own set of web pages on Food Truck Pub. Tell your customers about upcoming events, contact information about your truck, or anything else you want them to know!

December 2021

Food Truck Pub Launches v5.52!

Version 5.52 of Food Truck Pub adds the ability to create pre-order recurrences!

Mass-create pre-orders with the new pre-order recurrences button.
If you have weekly recurring events at the same venues, automatically generate multiple pre-order instances up to 2 months out into the future. This saves having to manually create each pre-order individually.

October 2021

Food Truck Pub Launches v5.51!

Version 5.51 of Food Truck Pub adds the ability to copy pre-order events!

We've added a copy button beside each of your pre-order events to easily duplicate one of your existing records!
This feature will copy all your existing pre-order configurations such as the Address, Location Notes, Minimum Order Amount, Taxes, and Pickup/Delivery options from the pre-order entry that you're copying.

August 2021

Food Truck Pub Launches v5.5!

Version 5.5 of Food Truck Pub has a revamped interface!

Sleak new interface released in both the browser-based and app-based screens. Usability improvements for all screens in Food Truck Pub!
We made it even easier to view more information on each screen for both customers placing a food order as well as food truck owners.

April 2021

Food Truck Pub Launches v5.2!

Version 5.2 of Food Truck Pub launches upgrades options!

Ability to add a secondary phone number to receive SMS Order alerts as orders are submitted to your truck.
New cash-on-arrival option that can be enabled on a per-event basis. When enabled, orders may be submitted to you without forcing up-front payment. You will then collect payment when customer arrives and you can even enforce cash-only payment or take credit card upon arrival.

March 2021

Food Truck Pub Launches v5.1!

Version 5.1 of Food Truck Pub launches an integration with Shipday for delivery orders!

Create a free account with Shipday and as orders are created in Food Truck Pub, if you are configured for delivery, they will also go to Shipday.
Use Shipday to manage your delivery drivers and monitor progress of your deliveries. Customers can also follow their delivery!
Delivery drivers can use the Shipday Drive App and be routed to the appropriate addresses or link your Shipday account to Doordash or Postmates if you need drivers.

January 2021

Food Truck Pub Launches v5.0!

Version 5.0 of Food Truck Pub launches Customer Loyalty Rewards!

Choose from one of the customer loyalty rewards templates and create your own reward.
Based on either number of orders placed or money spent, customers can earn a discount, gift, or free menu item on their current order!
Minor enhancement to be able to Copy menu items.
Launch of the Food Truck Pub "Vistaprint" store for truck marketing materials and signage to help instruct customers on how to order to your truck.

December 2020

Food Truck Pub Launches v4.8!

Version 4.8 of Food Truck Pub contains usability enhancements and single-use coupon codes.

When on a mobile device and on the order tracking screen, food truck owners can now swipe to notify customer order is ready for pickup and swipe to mark orders complete.
Coupon code enhancement to allow for 'Single Use' coupon codes that are no longer redeemable once one person has already redeemed them.

November 2020

Food Truck Pub Launches v4.7!

Version 4.7 of Food Truck Pub contains deeper integrations with the Clover POS System as well as with Bump KDS.

For merchants using the Clover POS System, the full order details and line items will now be pushed to Clover during the checkout process. This allows printing the full order information to your Clover-attached receipt printers.
Integration with the Bump KDS (Kitchen Display System). Allows merchants to work digitally instead of printing kitchen tickets and streamlines operations for brick & mortar businesses that also use Food Truck Pub.
Optional audible signal alert to alert you of new orders when running Food Truck Pub on desktop or laptop computers.
Filter Menu Templates and Menu Sheets by Food Category.

October 2020

Food Truck Pub Launches v4.6!

Version 4.6 of Food Truck Pub contains administrative troubleshooting and ordering improvements.

The order 'Checkout' button follows the customer down the screen and is more readily accessible when the customer is ready to checkout.
Faster menu access - the first step of the ordering process is now the menu selection instead of the order date/time selection (unless the truck is using Inventory Sheets).
The printable Food Truck Sign found under Settings/Advertise now contains your direct ordering link via a scannable QR Code.
The Test Ordering function now contains a 'Timeslot Troubleshooting' button to show any timeslots that have been made unavailable due to your Throttling settings.

September 2020

Food Truck Pub Launches v4.5!

Version 4.5 of Food Truck Pub launches Clover integration!

Food truck owners can use their Clover POS system or Clover account integrated into Food Truck Pub
Sync with your Clover POS items to quickly import and sync with your menu in Food Truck Pub. Menu item names, descriptions, and prices can be imported
When customers pay for their food, it automatically gets deposited into your Clover account

July 2020

Food Truck Pub Launches v4.3!

Version 4.3 of Food Truck Pub introduces enhancements to Throttling Options for specific menu items!

Now, on a per-menu item basis, you can define how many items can be ordered into a given timeslot with the Max Quantity Per Timeslot setting.
For example, maybe you serve brick-oven pizzas and you can only turn out a maximum of 10 pizzas in any given 15-minute timeslot. Simply set your Max Quantity Per Timeslot value to '10' on your pizza menu item and the system will prevent more than 10 to be scheduled in any particular timeslot.
Ordering Checklist Screen - new checklist to allow you to spot-check your settings before going active.

June 2020

Food Truck Pub Launches v4.2!

Version 4.2 of Food Truck Pub introduces enhancements to Future Pre-Orders!

Specify whether Pickup or Delivery, or Both are available for each pre-order event.
Define separate Sales Taxes for each pre-order event. Great for trucks who travel to different sales tax regions.
Define separate Minimum Order Amounts for each pre-order event.
Allow customers to view a truck's menu without having to first choose a pickup/delivery timeslot.

May 2020

Food Truck Pub Launches v4.1!

Version 4.1 of Food Truck Pub introduces enhancements such as the Inventory Module and Admin Notes!

The Inventory Module allows you to create inventory templates and apply them to specific dates or pre-orders. As items are ordered, counts get decremented to ensure you don't run out of an item.
Admin Notes allows you to add notes to each order for your own usage.
Performance enhancements to the Order Tracking Screen such as viewing orders by Page.
Improvements/Fixes to Order Throttling so that it does this by Asset (for multiple trucks).
Export Upcoming Orders to PDF.
Improvements to Receipt Printing to make it faster to print your receipt. Also, ability to print your full Food Truck Pub receipts from within your Square POS system!

April 2020

Food Truck Pub Launches v4.0!

Version 4.0 of Food Truck Pub introduces Reporting Dashboard and other Enhancements!

A new reporting dashboard shows charts of ordering summaries by month and day as well as inventory item counts used in orders!
Additional enhancements to Future Pre-Orders defining delivery radius and address autocomplete as well as notes for each scheduled pre-order date!
Easily stay organized by marking orders as 'Received' as you have read them so you can distinguish from new orders entering the system.
Custom Gratuity allows customers to specify their own gratuity amount or choose from a pre-built options
New Kitchen Ticket is a special receipt that is used specifically for prepping food.
Integration with Star Micronics BlueTooth PASSPRNT printers for printing customer receipts and kitchen tickets.
Square transactions will now break apart your tips/gratuity so the Square reporting will recognize them.

March 2020

Food Truck Pub Launches v3.6!

Version 3.6 of Food Truck Pub introduces Future Dated Pre-Orders!

From the Settings screen, click on the Future Dated Pre-Orders tab and define future dates wherein taking pre-orders for future events is available!
Allows for customers to order day(s) in advance without the truck currently needing to be 'Active/Online' in Food Truck Pub!
Communicate where/when you'll be setup and send out your direct ordering links (or make big signs with your food truck number on them ).
Allow customers to book orders for days into the future!

February 2020

Food Truck Pub Launches v3.5!

Version 3.5 of Food Truck Pub introduces Tip/Gratuity functionality and Profit Sharing signup links!

On the checkout screen, with a quick tap, customers can give you a tip/gratuity of up to 30% of the order amount!
Unique profit sharing referral link. Retrieve under Settings and give to your friends to share in the profit!
Sync your Calendar of Events with a Google Calendar to show all your customers when and where you're going to be located.
Adjust the order by which your menu items appear on the screen!

December 2019

Food Truck Pub Launches v3.4!

Version 3.4 of Food Truck Pub offers Order Summary Counts and Enhanced Alerts!

Use the Order Summary as your kitchen ticket! All food extras and special instructions are included.
Inventory Counts! You can use the search fields to search for orders and know how much of each item was sold on a particular day.
Use the new Notify Customer button to immediately alert the customer via an SMS Txt msg to tell them their food is in the window and ready for pickup!
Enhanced Push Notifications added to the Android App in Google Play Store
Usability improvements added to Menu Setup

November 2019

Food Truck Pub Launches v3.3!

Version 3.3 of Food Truck Pub offers new delivery options!

Offer pickup-only, delivery-only, or offer both options!
For trucks that allow delivery, a delivery fee can now be auto-added to the order.
A new radius option allows you to limit your delivery range.

October 2019

Food Truck Pub Launches v3.2!

Version 3.2 of Food Truck Pub launches Coupon Code functionality!

Discount Offer Codes now allow you to create special discounts for your customers or run promotions.
Under the Settings screen, you can create flat fee discounts or create a percentage off the entire order such as 10% off!

September 2019

Food Truck Pub Launches v3.1!

Version 3.1 of Food Truck Pub launches several minor enhancements!

Upload an image of your food truck or your company logo and have it displayed on the search results page!
Ability for food truck owners to login to their account and test the ordering process of their menu without having to submit a LIVE payment. Then, see the order alerts and notifications as well as see the details of the order on the order tracking page and in the confirmation emails!
Remember Me functionality added to the Login page to make it easier and faster to login to manage your account.
A new Delivery option has been added under Advanced Settings for trucks who offer delivery service.

May 2019

Food Truck Pub Launches v3.0!

Version 3.0 of Food Truck Pub launches Profit Sharing for Food Truck Associations and Brew Pubs!

New Profit Sharing Dashboard lets food truck associations and brick and mortar businesses such as brew pubs, view their profit sharing orders real-time!
A check will get cut on the 1st of every month to your association or brew pub based on the volume of orders coming in to your trucks!
Learn more about profit sharing on our Profit Sharing Page!

February 2019

Food Truck Pub Launches v2.7!

Version 2.7 of Food Truck Pub launches scheduling enhancements, iOS push notifications, and Excel export!

Order throttling options to allow you to limit the number of orders that can be submitted during various thresholds so you can better keep up!
Future dated ordering options for food trucks who allow customers to submit orders days in advance such as catering orders
Push notifications to iOS devices for even faster alerts as orders arrive. Receive notifications on your Apple Watch as well!
Export your orders and your contacts to CSV file format and open with Excel. Then import into applications such as Constant Contact or other email list applications.

January 2019

Food Truck Pub Launches v2.5!

Version 2.5 of Food Truck Pub launches Square integration!

Food truck owners can use their Square POS system or Square account integrated into Food Truck Pub
Sync with your Square POS items to quickly import and sync with your menu in Food Truck Pub. Menu item names, descriptions, prices, and images can be imported
When customers pay for their food, it automatically gets deposited into your Square account

December 2018

Food Truck Pub Launches v2.0!

Version 2.0 of Food Truck Pub launches the Food Extras Builder!

Food truck owners can allow further customization of menu options
Additional food extras such as condiments or upsell items can be added to the menu
Create a variety of food extras that appear as addtional add-on items such as condiments, sauces, extra toppings, etc...
Each food extra can be added/customized on that menu item free of charge or with an optional upcharge cost

October 2018

Food Truck Pub Launches v1.5!

Version 1.5 of Food Truck Pub launches the Events Calendar!

Additional marketing and promotion capabilities
Food truck owners can load their upcoming events and locations into the system
Customers can view upcoming events happening near them and see where/when trucks will be located

July 2018

Food Truck Pub Launches v1.0!

Version 1.0 of Food Truck Pub launches free food truck ordering app for food truck owners!

Apps for iOS and Android
Food truck owners can load their menu and categorize their food and upload food images
Email Alerts, SMS Txt Message Alerts, In-App alerts for new order notifications
View orders as they arrive and print receipts
Customers can download apps for ordering or go to www.foodtruck.pub and order from any device that has a web browser
Customers see nearby trucks that are active or can enter a specific food truck # and results appear on a map
Customers pay with credit card and/or PayPal and food truck owners receive payment directly into a PayPal account

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