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Built for food truck owners

For food truck owners: location-based marketing on autopilot

You parked at the brewery on Saturday and 200 people ate your tacos. Three posted. The next week you're at a different spot and nobody knows where you are. Social Perks fixes that.

Customers earn $2 off, free upgrades, and merch every time they post your location, your menu, or your truck. You cook. They post. The next location fills before you even park.

Free for 14 days, then $49/mo. Fair pricing for small operators. Cancel anytime.

Built for food truck owners

Food truck marketing has one job: tell people where you'll be next. Social Perks turns every customer into a location announcer β€” and pays them in tacos to do it.

1

Location-of-the-day campaigns

Each parking location is its own campaign. Customers post the location, you build a real-time follower count for that spot, and you know which spots produce the best ROI.

2

Lightweight perk redemption

Customers redeem via 4-digit code at the window β€” no app required. Stripe and Square integration takes the discount off the next order. Works in 5 seconds in a moving line.

3

Menu-item-specific perks

Run campaigns like 'post a Reel of our birria taco, get a free agua fresca.' Drives specific menu items, not just generic discounts.

4

Event and festival mode

Temporary high-volume campaigns for festivals, fairs, and special events. Higher-value perks, location-specific, time-limited.

5

Weather-aware re-engagement

Slow rainy day at your usual lunch spot? Push a 'post-now-eat-now' flash perk to your list β€” boost foot traffic in under an hour.

Campaign examples

What food truck owners are doing with Social Perks

Real campaign templates pre-built for your workflow. Pick one, set a perk value, go live in five minutes.

Campaign 1

Location story share

What the customer does

Customer posts a story showing the truck at the day's location.

Perk earned

$2 off their order today

Campaign 2

Order unboxing Reel

What the customer does

Customer posts a Reel opening their order at the truck or nearby.

Perk earned

Free agua fresca on next visit

Campaign 3

Menu item carousel

What the customer does

Carousel showing multiple menu items they got.

Perk earned

Free side on next order

Campaign 4

Festival post + tag

What the customer does

Tag the truck at a festival or event the truck is working.

Perk earned

Free upgrade to combo at the event

Campaign 5

Google review with truck photo

What the customer does

Google review including a photo of the truck or food.

Perk earned

Free taco on next visit (within 30 days)

The unfair advantage

Why your customers post more than other businesses' customers

Food truck customers post at 3x the rate of restaurant customers. Here's why:

Location urgency drives shares

When you tell someone where to find delicious food at a specific brewery TODAY, they share it because it's useful information. That's a different post type than a generic restaurant review β€” and it converts.

Visual food + outdoor setting

Food truck content (food + truck + outdoor lighting + line of people) is some of the highest-performing food content on the algorithm. One Reel routinely outperforms a month of restaurant posts.

Community discovery

Truck customers are usually locals who follow other locals. A post about your taco truck reaches the exact 200 people most likely to come find you tomorrow.

How to get started in 5 minutes

No technical setup. No long onboarding. Just five small steps and you're live.

  1. 1

    Sign up and connect Instagram, TikTok, and your POS

  2. 2

    Set up your default 'location story share' campaign

  3. 3

    Print one QR code for the order window and one for the receipt

  4. 4

    Mention it during your next service window for one shift

  5. 5

    Watch posts and location attribution roll in

Common questions from food truck owners

The specific concerns we hear from food truck owners before they start.

I park at 4 different spots a week. Does it handle that?

Yes β€” each spot can be its own location campaign, or you can use a single 'wherever we are' campaign that pulls from your current location. Most operators use a hybrid.

How do customers know there's a perk?

Static QR codes on the truck wrap, the menu board, and the receipt. Plus, mentioning it once when you hand over the food converts roughly 40% of customers to opt in.

What about my regulars who already post?

Regulars are your best perk redeemers. Once enrolled, they post more often AND post higher-quality content because they know it's earning them perks.

Does the redemption slow down my line?

No. Codes are entered like a coupon at checkout. About 3-4 seconds added per redemption β€” less than a card-vs-cash decision.

Can I limit redemptions per customer per visit?

Yes. Default is one perk per visit and you can adjust per campaign. Most operators set max 1-2 perks per order.

Do festivals and pop-up events count differently?

Yes β€” you can run a special elevated campaign for events. Higher perk values, time-boxed to the event, plus standard always-on campaigns running in parallel.

What if I sell out before someone can redeem?

Perks roll forward to next visit. We've found this actually drives faster return visits because customers want to use them before they expire (default 30 days for food truck perks).

Start your 14-day free trial β€” built for food truck owners

Free for 14 days, then $49/mo. Fair pricing for small operators. No credit card to start, no setup fees, cancel anytime.

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