b'newsproductspeopleeventsextrasBusiness Booms for Food Trucks South D avid W. Ford, owner of Foodcarryout bar for El Felix (now Trucks South in Marietta,Superica) at The Battery Atlanta. Ga., says his businessFood Trucks South designs phone has been ringing off the hookand outfits each truck to fit the since the advent of COVID-19.specific needs of each client. Weve been inundated withWeve never built two exactly the people looking for trucks, becausesame, says Ford. The companys they dont know what they canbiggest truck built was a 24-footer do with their brick-and-mortars,with two 20,000-watt generators he said in a recent interview. Weon it, and it has designed trucks to just delivered a truck yesterdayserve everything from ice cream for a restaurant in Savannah. Theto arepas. The process begins with owner plans to park it in front of his3D modeling software and includes restaurant because he can only servecustom-made metal support so many people in the restaurant. beams, mounts and brackets, and In the nine years since Fordstainless-steel hoods. The trucks founded his company, Food Trucksare outfitted with high-quality South has built close to 100 foodcommercial equipment and must trucks. He and his team workpass a 100-point safety inspection mostly with new trucks but willbefore leaving the facility. Fords 30 also upfit antique vehiclessuchyears in the graphics business are as the 1937 Chevrolet flatbedreflected in the eye-catching wraps truck they recently transformeddesigned for each truck. into a full-fledged barbecueWe concentrate on fitting them truck for the Biltmore Estate inright, says Ford. People eat with Asheville, N.C. Food Trucks Souththeir eyes.also turned a 1947 InternationalFor more information, visit Metro Van into a taco and burritofoodtruckssouth.com.12 CATERING MAGAZINE cateringmagazine.com'