Field notes
Practical posts on running food vendor operations in Florida.
DBPR inspection records, vendor vetting, application workflows, and what insurers actually expect when something goes wrong.
Stop Running Food Truck Applications in PDFs and Email
Eight vendors, twenty-four documents, three reply-all chains, one shared inbox. Here's what an actual vendor application workflow looks like.
Read article- Compliance·May 20267 min read
Five Things to Check Before You Book a Florida Food Vendor
A license and a COI is verification, not vetting. The five documents every Florida event operator should review before signing a vendor contract.
- Inside VenuMark·May 20265 min read
Why We Built VenuMark
Spreadsheets, email threads, and a binder of PDFs. That's how most Florida venues run food vendor ops. There's a better way.
- Insurance & Liability·April 20268 min read
Your Insurer Expects You to Vet Food Vendors. Here's What Happens When You Don't.
Chubb warns standard general liability leaves coverage gaps for food businesses. Skip the vendor due diligence your insurer expects and it could cost you.
- Risk Management·April 20267 min read
The $75,000 Question Nobody Asks Before Booking a Food Truck
The CDC pegs the average foodborne illness incident at $75,000. The inspection record that would have flagged it was public the whole time, and free to read.
- Compliance·March 20267 min read
The Inspection Record Your Vendor Hopes You Never Read
Florida keeps a public file on every licensed mobile food vendor: inspection dates, violations, enforcement actions. Most operators never look.
- Risk Management·March 20268 min read
What a Food Safety Shutdown Actually Costs an Event
A health inspector can close a food truck mid-service. The real math on proactive vetting versus reactive damage control at your event.
- Data & Insights·March 20269 min read
82,000+ Violations. 16,000+ Vendors. What the Florida DBPR Data Actually Shows.
We analyzed every public inspection record for Florida's licensed mobile food vendors. The patterns should change how you vet your next event's trucks.
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