What is a Commissary, and Why Do you Need One?

Commissary accounts may be required. Commissaries include restaurants and delis, which produce and preserve specific consumable food products for you on a short-term or permanent basis. If you have a commissary close to your standard vending location, you shouldn't feel burdened by the health department's restrictions when preparing and storing perishable items.

We will provide you with a pickup place for your food and receive it at the facility. Its primary function is to provide refrigeration and storage space, prepare some perishable items, and ensure that all things are compliant with health department standards for a fee. These services make your business easier to run. The hotdog meat could be stored here, and your regular supplies of sliced onions and grated cheese could be kept there. Positive working relationships with reputable commissaries benefit your company greatly.

For the remainder of your list, you'll need to do some comparison shopping. There are a variety of items in this category: condiments, potato chips, sodas, and other beverages, plastic cutlery, baggies for hotdogs, napkins, and takeout, cleaning supplies, and propane gas.

There are numerous sources of these goods, specialized supermarkets, big-box retailers, cleaning supply companies, and discount grocery stores. Keeping many of these items in the home office is within your rights, but you must comply with any local health codes.

As part of our "Hot Dog Cart Suppliers" section, we provide links to a few of the leading national sources for hot dog meat, buns, and other specialty materials for the American hot dog cart industry, along with a few smaller regional authorities.