You move; the code catches up

You're at the brewery Thursday, the markets Sunday, a private gig next week. One code on the truck holds the menu, takes the order before they reach the hatch, and tells the queue exactly where you'll be, and you change all of it from your phone between services.

  • A 'where are we tonight' code you update from your phone
  • Orders taken down the queue, so the hatch keeps moving
  • Your menu and socials on the truck, never out of date
3 places
Serving hatchOrder here
A-frameWhere we are tonight
CupFollow us
3–4codes is all a truck needs: menu, order, location, socialsQRmory
1 phoneupdates tonight's location between services, no reprintQRmory
Down the queueis where the order code earns its keep: people pay before the hatchQRmory
The setup

Four codes on a moving kitchen

One job each, all dynamic. The stickers stay on the truck; where they point changes with the pitch and the day.

PDF

Menu

The full menu with prices and allergens, readable from the back of the line. Change a price or sell out of a special, update the file, done.

Goes onServing hatch, side of truck
Website

Order & pay

Sends the queue to your ordering page so they pay before they reach the hatch. Point it at Square, your own site, whatever runs the till.

Goes onServing hatch, A-frame
Website

Where we are tonight

Tonight's pitch and hours on one page you edit from your phone. Brewery Thursday, markets Sunday. The code never changes, the page does.

Goes onA-frame, cups, socials
Multi-link

Socials

Instagram, TikTok and your booking enquiry behind one tap, so a good feed leaves the pitch with a following.

Goes onCups, napkins, side of truck

A Thursday, 5:50pm

Brewery pitch, twenty deep, one hatch.
4:30 PMYou set the pitchPull up at the brewery, update the 'where we are' page from your phone: here till 9, tap-and-go on tonight.
5:50 PMThe queue reads the menuA-frame code on the footpath. People three back already know they want the loaded fries.
5:58 PMThey order before the hatchOrder and pay on the phone in the line. The ticket's in your window before they're at the front.
8:30 PMSold out of the specialYou pull it from the menu file. Every code on the truck now shows it gone, no crossing-out with a marker.
SundayNew pitch, same stickersMarkets this time. Update the location page once. The truck's codes catch up without a reprint.
Print guide

Where it goes, how big, what breaks it

PlacementMin sizeError corr.Links toWatch out for
Serving hatch60 mmHOrder & payScanned at arm's length in a moving queue and in low evening light. High contrast, and keep it out of grease splatter range.
Side of truck150 mmMMenuRead from 2–3 m across a car park. Vinyl over a busy wrap kills it. Give it a clean panel to sit on.
A-frame / footpath120 mmMWhere we are tonightDaylight and 1.5–2 m away. Laminate or corflute it; they blow over and get kicked.
Cups / napkins20 mmHSocialsCurved, warm, sometimes wet. Keep the quiet zone clear and avoid glossy stock that flares under lights.
Honest bit

Four ways a truck wastes a code

We'd rather you printed two good codes than ten that nobody scans.

Baking the location into the stickerPrint 'find us at the brewery' and you're reprinting every time you move. Use a dynamic 'where are we tonight' page and change the words, not the vinyl.
Hatch code too small in the darkEvening pitches are dim and the queue's moving. Below about 60 mm the camera struggles. Go bigger at the hatch than you'd think.
One code for menu, order and socialsIt measures nothing and slows the decision. Split them: menu to read, order to pay, socials to follow. One job each.
A static menu that liesSell out at 8 and a printed code still shows the special. A dynamic menu you edit from the truck keeps the queue honest.
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Food trucks questions

The ones owners actually ask us before they print.

A dynamic 'where are we tonight' code points at one page you edit from your phone. Change the pitch and hours; the code on the truck and cups stays the same and always shows the latest.

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