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SucceSS For these women, the food truck scene is about more than tasty dishes—it’s the journey of a lifetime. B y T r Ac y S A e l i n g e r ◆ p h o T o g r A p h e d B y dAv e l Au r i d S e n
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ood trucks are popping up across the country, and they all seem to have one thing in common: passionate owners with a runaway obsession for, say, brownies, tacos, mac ’n’ cheese—you name it. Not long ago, the dreams of many of these aspiring chefs would have gone unrealized—opening a full-blown restaurant costs a fortune, after all. But with relatively low start-up costs, food trucks have created a whole new way for cooks to begin small businesses of their own. Three successful women owners share how they overcame many obstacles to launch thriving new careers on the road.
April 2015 womansday.com
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