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For food trucks

The regulars who came once? Tell them where you’re parked.

Slap a QR sticker on the order window and send a text before each stop. The regulars who already love your food actually show up.

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It happens at every stop. A great meal, a real compliment, “where will you be next week?” — and then most of those people never come back. They lost track of your schedule. They didn’t see your Instagram story. The brewery night moved.

VendorLoop is built for that exact problem. It gives you a direct line to the customers who already love your food — without relying on the algorithm to reach them.

Instagram isn’t reaching them.

The standard plan is to post a story before each stop. “We’ll be at [brewery] from 5–9 tonight!” with a photo of the truck.

The problem is the algorithm. Instagram only shows posts to a small slice of your followers — usually around 6%. So if you have 1,500 followers, maybe 90 of them see it. A handful actually show up.

The rest tell you at the next stop: “I missed your story — when are you here again?”

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A food truck at night, the kind of thing you'd post to Instagram

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your.truck we’ll be at goose island brewery tonight 5–9!! come hungry 🌮

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You posted to 1,500 followers. ~90 saw it.

Text them instead.

VendorLoop is a texting tool made specifically for mobile food businesses. Setup is straightforward:

VendorLoop QR card design

Step 1

Pick a QR card design. Print it. Stick it on the order window.

You sign up, get your own dedicated phone number, and pick from 8 ready-to-print designs. Each one auto-fills your truck name and keyword.

Print at home or any copy shop, slap it on the order window or on the side of the truck. That’s the entire physical setup.

A customer holding their phone next to a food truck order window

Step 2

Customers scan with their camera — no app.

They point their phone’s camera at the QR (same way they’d scan a restaurant menu), tap the link, type their number. They’re on your list while they wait for the order.

Or if they prefer to type — they text a keyword to your number (e.g. “TACOS” or “BBQ” or whatever you pick) and they’re instantly subscribed. Both work; some customers like one, some like the other.

A food truck operator at the window in the evening

Step 3

Text them before your next stop.

One text. Where you’ll be, what time, what’s on the menu tonight. No algorithm deciding who sees it — texts get opened, almost always within the first hour. The customers who already wanted to come back finally have a reason on their phone telling them where to go.

Inside the app

Your subscribers, this week’s schedule, one tap to text everyone.

No CRM jargon. No 14-tab settings. Open the dashboard, see what you need, send the text.

9:41
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Welcome back, Goose Island Tacos

Here’s what’s set for tonight’s stop.

Subscribers

312

+41 this month

Tip: Put your QR sticker on the order window where the line forms.

Next Reminder

Scheduled

Today at 4:00 PM

Sends in 2 hours

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Messages This Month

271 of 1,000

19 days left in billing cycle

List Growth This Month

New subscribers+41
Total opt-outs2
Active list312

Last Campaign

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May 13, 4:00 PM

Hey, it’s Goose — we’ll be at Goose Island Brewery tonight 5–9pm. Birria tacos + the new al pastor are on tonight 🌮

Sent

That’s the actual dashboard. Your subscriber list, your scheduled texts, and tonight’s stop on one screen.

A food truck operator handing an order to a regular customer

What changes when you start.

Most trucks pick up 30–60 subscribers in their first week with the QR sticker on the order window. By a couple months in, you have a list of regulars who actually show up where you tell them.

The difference at the window is real. Customers who’d only stopped by once will roll in and say “I drove out specifically because of your text.” They show up the right night, at the right brewery, because you told them where to be.

It’s not magic. It’s just a more direct line to the people who already wanted to hear from you. That’s the whole thing.

Two ways customers can join.

Both done in seconds while their order is up. Customers pick whichever feels easier.

QR sticker on the window

Print one of the included QR card designs and stick it on the order window or the side of the truck. Customers point their phone camera at it, tap once, enter their number. They’re on your list before their order is up.

Text a keyword

Some customers prefer to type. Put your keyword on the menu board — they text it to your number and they’re instantly subscribed. Hands-free for you, easy for them.

What’s included.

  • Your own dedicated phone number — same number every stop
  • 8 print-ready QR card designs you can download
  • A text keyword customers can text to subscribe
  • Schedule a text before each stop — or send right now
  • Unlimited subscribers on every plan, including the free one
  • Optional: only text the customers near tonight's stop (proximity targeting)
  • Accept Venmo, Cash App, Zelle, or card — payments go to you, no platform fees

What it costs.

Free to start — collect subscribers and try the dashboard at no cost. SMS plans start at $29/month when you’re ready to send texts. No contracts, cancel anytime.

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Want to try it?

Make a free account, get your QR code and your number. Stick it on the truck and see what happens at your next stop.

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