By James Feichtner
It is often said that passion is the key to success in one’s occupation. For Geist resident Randal Klein, creating great food was his passion.
“I’ve always had a passion for food, always enjoyed serving people; making them happy, especially if I was able to do it with my food,” Randal said.
But Randal’s first runaround in the food industry didn’t instill much passion. In fact, it actually was giving him quite the rough ride. As a previous managing partner and employee at other food venues, long hours and strenuous workdays left him looking for other options.
“My passion was always food,” Randal said. “It always came back to food. I would make enough food for twenty people every Sunday just because I enjoyed cooking.”
Within his circle of friends and family, Randal was complimented and praised by his cooking skills. So with his wife’s help and family and friends’ encouragement, Randal decided to start his own food business, The $5 Buck Truck, a food truck to serve areas of the community, as well as a catering business, Indy Mobile Catering.
“We decided we were going to do a small food truck and a catering business,” Randal explained. “My goal when I first started out was I wanted to cater to businesses, because I only wanted to work Monday through Friday, banker hours, and be able to do what I wanted to do.”
What sets the $5 Buck Truck apart from the other trucks is its speed of service and low pricing without sacrificing quality of food.
“Our goal is home-style food fast,” Randal said. “The difference between our truck and a lot of other food trucks is they bring their food and they put it on their truck and they prepare it then and there. We make almost all of our food from scratch at our shop, put it on the truck so that way I can just serve it.”
For the $5 Buck Truck, the Kleins are able to cater towards their crowd, providing food options for any client.
“That’s the nice thing about our truck. We can do anything depending on our crowd,” Rachel said. “We can kind of maneuver our menu around, which is a nice feature. And people can hire us and put whatever they want on our menu.
To learn more about the $5 Buck Truck or Indy Mobile Catering, visit www.indymobilecatering.com/ or www.facebook.com/the5bucktruck?fref=ts
