Food trucks provide on-the-go training for serial entrepreneurs
Putting the cart before the store was the right recipe for the three owners of Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream, whose truck plying Bedford Avenue led to more trucks and now, three stores, two in Brooklyn and one in Manhattan.
The same was true for Buck Buchanan.
Back in 2001, Buchanan was a stay-at-home dad using his training as a chef to give cooking lessons to supplement his wife’s income. Boredom set in and he decided to start a gourmet ice cream cart. Later, he added a truck — and drove to concerts and sporting events to sell his cold, tasty treats. In March, he opened his first Lumpy’s Ice Cream shop in downtown Wake Forest, N.C.
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