Empowering the next generation with real-world skills
The Intuit Food Truck Program is a free, work-based program for Career & Technical Education high school students. The program provides fully-equipped trucks & mobile carts that facilitate work-based learning opportunities, entrepreneurial finance curriculum, and real-world tools that help students build the entrepreneurial skills for future success.
Discover what's included in the Intuit Food Truck Program
Food truck or mobile food cart
Districts receive a state-of-the-art food truck or mobile cart with commercial-grade kitchen equipment, and multiple options for sustainable energy solutions such as smart, clean battery systems and solar panels.
Program curriculum
Districts receive robust program curriculum that provides core foundational learning to students to help run their food truck like a real business. Curriculum includes the following 11 modules:
Module 1: Introduction to the Intuit Food Truck Program
Module 2: Developing your food truck business idea
Module 3: Designing the food truck wrap and menu
Module 4: Sustainability
Module 5: Entrepreneurial finance
Module 6: Point of Sale systems and bookkeeping
Module 7: Food truck operations
Module 8: Food truck maintenance
Module 9: Marketing your food truck business
Module 10: Sourcing food locally and seasonally
Module 11: School and district guidance for operating a successful food truck
Intuit products
Students gain free access to Intuit tools such as QuickBooks Online and Mailchimp resources to run their food truck like a business while building job-ready skills and certifications.
An internship on wheels
Work-based learning experience
The Intuit Food Truck Program offers a comprehensive work-based learning experience where high school students gain practical skills and learn to apply real-world technical, financial, and entrepreneurial skills in real-time.
Gaining knowledge in multiple career paths
We incorporate a multi-faceted approach that invites students from diverse career pathways to manage an operational food truck, allowing them to apply skills such as:
Hospitality & Tourism (Culinary)
Arts, A/V Technology & Communications (Design)
Marketing
Business Management & Administration
Finance
Information Technology
Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
Health Science
Transportation, Distribution & Logistics
Building skills with real-world tools
Intuit provides students with free access to tools like QuickBooks Online and Mailchimp resources, offering a practical way to handle the financial management of their food-truck business.
Supporting programs to foster student growth and educator collaboration
Annual Educator Summits
Educators from participating school districts across the country gather for Mid-Year and End of Year Summits to share best practices, celebrate accomplishments, and learn from industry experts how to effectively manage their food truck while engaging students and achieving targeted learning outcomes.
2025 Student Showcase overview
The Student Showcase provided opportunities for students to build their food truck business by creating marketing plans, commercials, mobile ordering apps, business websites, and more to help ideate on projects that can help the business be successful.
Impact:
1,608 Students
60 Classes
20 Teachers
7 CTE Clusters
Impact by Site:
Washoe County Public Schools: 507 students
LAUSD Polytechnic High School: 430 students
San Diego USD: 399 students
Dallas ISD: 86 students
Compton USD: 137 students
LAUSD Maywood: 46 students
Metro Nashville Public Schools: 15 students
Meet the participating districts in the Intuit Food Truck Program
Compton Unified School District
School location: Compton, CA
Truck name: Hub City Foods
In Fall 2023, over 200 culinary students collaborated to give life to the Hub City Foods food truck, drawing name inspiration from Compton's geographical center location in LA County. This operational truck is set to become a distinctive teaching tool, providing invaluable hands-on experience for culinary students currently lacking a dedicated culinary kitchen, while their new high school construction is being completed.
Washoe County School District
School location: Reno, NV
Truck name: Global Street Foods
Global Street Foods, a food truck run by Washoe County students, boasts a sustainable design with a renewable battery system and solar panels for up to 12-hours of daily operation. Over 130 culinary arts students came together to brainstorm and determine the global cuisine name and theme and over 150 graphic design students designed the wrap, planning to use the truck at district and community events.
Dallas Independent School District
School location: Dallas, TX
Truck name: Curbside Delights
Launched in January 2024, Curbside Delights is a collaboration of 160 culinary and 85 graphic design students from Skyline, Bryan Adams and Molina high schools. The truck's wrap was curated from 9 finalist designs and completed by teaming up with Intuit designers. It was unveiled at an event uniting students from diverse disciplines. This truck will be used as a training tool and for special school events. During the 2024-25 school year, Curbside Delights will be shared by 10 culinary arts programs in the district.
Los Angeles Unified School District (John H. Francis Polytechnic High School)
School location: Sun Valley, CA
Truck name: Poly Prime
Launched in February 2024, Poly Prime is the result of the collaborative effort of over 120 culinary arts students and 4 graphic design students from Polytechnic High School. This truck, flaunting a student-designed wrap, made its debut at a vibrant school celebration involving students from multiple disciplines. It will serve not only as a teaching tool in the classroom, but also at various community events. Poly Prime has become part of the culture at Polytechnic High School, showcasing the talent and hard work that CTE students invest into the program.
Los Angeles Unified School District (Maywood Academy High School)
School location: Maywood, CA
Truck name: Nighthawk Cravings
Nighthawk Cravings, inspired by the Maywood Academy mascot, was launched in January 2024 by 82 culinary arts students in partnership with a number of other CTE pathways who helped make the celebration event a success. The food truck will serve as a classroom teaching facility before branching out for public use. Local business owners are mentoring students to prepare them for their forthcoming food truck venture.
San Diego Unified School District
School location: San Diego, CA
Truck name: Sunset Bites
Shared across 5 schools, the San Diego Unified School District food truck, Sunset Bites, was brought to life by over 450 culinary arts and graphic design students and launched in February 2024. The students brainstormed and voted on the name, and used the program resource guidebook to get guidance on crafting their design. They had so many great design options, that they worked with the Intuit team to merge a handful of ideas into one amazing truck wrap!
Denver Public Schools
School location: Denver, CO
Truck name: Front Range Flavor
Launched in 2025, Front Range Flavor is a student-run food truck created by more than 150 culinary and graphic design students from Denver Public Schools. Powered by solar panels and a renewable battery system for up to 12 hours of operation, the truck reflects students' commitment to sustainability and innovation. Front Range Flavor will serve at district and community events, engaging nursing and automotive students in hands-on learning experiences that bring classroom skills to life.
Metro Nashville Public Schools (McGavock High School)
School location: Nashville, TN
Truck name: Raider Bites
Launched in 2025, Raider Bites is a student-run food truck created by more than 150 culinary students at McGavock High School in Nashville. In the spring of 2025, students were recognized with a proclamation from the local government for their hard work and innovation. From menu development to branding and operations, Raider Bites provides real-world experience in entrepreneurship and collaboration. Now a highlight of McGavock's CTE program, it serves at school, district, and community events across Nashville.
Lynchburg City Schools
School location: Lynchburg, VA
Truck name: Lunchburg Express
Launched in 2025, Lunchburg Express is a student-led food truck operated by Lynchburg City Schools' CTE students. Powered by a renewable battery system and solar panels for up to 12 hours of operation, the truck embodies student-driven sustainability and innovation. Students across culinary, marketing, and art developed its name, theme, and wrap in partnership with Intuit and Beacon of Hope. From branding to operations, Lunchburg Express offers hands-on experience in entrepreneurship, while serving at school, district, and community events throughout Lynchburg.
Our commitment to strengthening communities is a fundamental part of our mission to power prosperity around the world. We launched our Prosperity Hub School Districts program to address the disparity in educational equity including access to financial and entrepreneurial education programs. As an important component of our corporate responsibility programs, this food truck program will help students develop technical and durable skills employers seek.
David Zasada
Head of Corporate Responsibility at Intuit
In the press
LAUSD students learn real life skills, how to run a small business with food truck program
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