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Where do food halls and food trucks stand with today’s consumers?

See what’s drawing diners to these nontraditional eateries.

Sara Rush Wirth

September 30, 2019

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Food halls and food trucks have been getting a lot of attention in recent years, with new iterations of them popping up all over the place. (One example: Crave Food Hall, a new eatery adjacent to Purdue University’s campus .) Technomic estimates that food halls are currently a $1.6 billion industry, and that food trucks represent $1.4 billion. So where do these channels stand with today’s consumers, and how does that factor into the competition they may pose?Photograph: Shutterstock

Where do food halls and food trucks stand with today’s consumers?

About the Author

Sara Rush Wirth

Sara Rush Wirth is the former Content Director for Winsight Media's Foodservice group. Sara’s background in food writing includes both foodservice and culinary experiences. Prior to joining Restaurant Business, Sara was a cookbook editor as well as an editor with Restaurant Business’ sister company Technomic, a market-research firm within the foodservice industry.

Sara studied English at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She also received her professional cookery certificate from Kendall College in Chicago.

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