Empty Food Truck Hire UK
Dry Hire
Food Truck
Dry hire our empty food truck and brand it as your own to create buzz-worthy hotspots at promotional events and brand activations.
- Customised Branding
- Staff & Equipment Included
- Nationwide Delivery
Recent Projects
Branded Dry Hire
Across the UK
Customised Branding Options
Brand It
Your Way
Fully customisable signage ensures our food truck aligns perfectly with your brand identity, making a bold statement at promotional events.
Header SignBacklit printed face 1830 x 450mmDownload template
Front PanelVinyl wrap to lower front face 1915 x 765mmDownload template
Flag3.5m quill flagDownload template
How It Works
Serve, Sample or
Showcase Your Own Brand
Step 1
Dream It
Send us your big idea. Need wild graphics? Bold colours? A pop-up tasting bar? Send us your brief and we'll work out a plan.
Step 2
Brand It
We work with your design team (or ours!) to bring your vision to life with our unique branding and signage options.
Step 3
Park It
We deliver our food truck to your venue, set up shop, and make sure it's all systems go. We're always present on the day.
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Staff and equipment are included with every hire, so we can operate, cook and serve on the day if you'd rather leave the running of the promotional food truck to us.
Run by
a Marketer
Mr Hot Dog is run by David, a former agency-side marketer with a background in branding and PR. So we get the brief, we meet the deadline and we don't need chasing, because we know what a brand activation needs to look and feel like before we even turn up.
Branded Food Truck
Activation Ideas
Street Sampling
Roll up outside your store or showroom and hand samples directly to passing foot traffic.
Product Launch
Make your launch unmissable with a branded truck parked front and centre. Guaranteed to turn heads.
Trade Shows
Stand out on a busy exhibition floor. A branded food truck is a magnet for footfall.
Corporate Events
Add something different to your company away day, staff event or client entertainment.
Photoshoots & TV
Design your own food truck that fits seamlessly into any scene.
PR Stunts
Generate press coverage with a bold, visual brand moment that people want to photograph and share.
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Our dry hire service is strictly for promotional and PR use only. We do not dry hire to other street food vendors for commercial operations.
Dry Hire FAQ
Empty food truck hire (or dry hire) allows you to rent a fully equipped food truck to use as a promotional platform to showcase your own food and beverage products. Fully branded to match your identity, it's ideal for brand activation events, product sampling, or unique catering setups at shows and events.
Empty food truck hire starts at £1,000 per day. This includes the fully equipped truck, plus David on site throughout your event to help with setup and running it on the day. Most branded activations, including signage printing, fitting and removal, plus UK delivery, cost between £2,500 and £4,000. For a detailed quote tailored to your event, get in touch.
We're based in York and cover all areas across the UK. Please note that travelling to locations further afield will add to the overall cost of the hire.
We have a 1000mm LPG-powered Parry griddle, a fridge/freezer and a hot and cold tap with a double sink. An electrical hook-up is preferred for the lighting, but we carry a lithium battery, so the truck can be completely self-sufficient if there's no power on site. The unit is fully approved by our local environmental health officer. Other equipment can be purchased to suit the requirements of your project.
Usually, yes. Nine times out of ten we stay on site for the whole event, so everything runs smoothly. For some bookings, such as working alongside an experienced event caterer, we can deliver, set up and collect instead. We can also cook and serve if you'd rather leave the running of the truck to us.
We hire to PR agencies, event companies and food and drink brands who want to use our empty food truck as a promotional platform to showcase their own products at events, trade shows and other brand activations. We also hire to TV production companies who want to use our food truck as a prop for filming or photography purposes.
No, we don't offer dry hire to commercial street food vendors looking to operate their own street food business or sell food to the public. Our dry hire service is available exclusively for branded promotional activities, such as product sampling, marketing campaigns, PR events and experiential activations. If you're looking to use the truck as part of a profit-making commercial food operation, unfortunately, our service isn't suitable.
We offer an illuminated header sign, a lower front panel vinyl and a 3.5m quill flag. These can be combined to achieve the level of brand coverage you need.
We provide templates for each branding option. You can supply your own artwork, or our design team can create it for you. We handle production and fitting.
We recommend at least two weeks for dry hire bookings to allow time for artwork production and logistics. Contact us as early as possible to check availability.
Ready
to Roll?
We love collaborating on creative brand activations big or small. Let's chat about how our empty food truck hire can transform your product launch or sampling event.