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Payments for food trucks

A fast line, small tickets, and a different spot every day. Most of those taps at the window are Interac debit, which should be priced low and not at credit rates. We set you up clean to take tap to pay and tips on a phone or a mobile reader, and show you exactly what you pay.

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Small tickets, a long line, and fees that add up

When you serve a lunch rush of small orders, the per-transaction fee and markup repeat on every ticket. A lot of those payments are Interac debit, and a flat-rate app charges the same rate on everything, so you overpay on debit that should cost less. A clean, transparent setup keeps that from quietly eating your margin. And at an event or a market, you need to take payment fast, right at the window.

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Pay at the windowTap to Pay on a supported phone, or a small mobile reader. Customers tap and go.
Tips done rightWe set up tipping so it is simple for your staff and your customers.
Interac priced rightDebit should be priced low, not at credit rates like a flat-rate app charges.

What are you really paying?

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Your real rate: the equation and the gap Total fees divided by total card volume gives the effective rate, shown as $1,500 divided by $50,000 equals 3.0 percent, with two bars underneath where the effective rate stands taller than the rate you were quoted and the difference is bracketed as downgrades and junk fees. YOUR REAL RATE Total fees divided by total card volume. Two numbers from your statement, one honest answer. TOTAL FEES $1,500 everything you paid last month ÷ CARD VOLUME $50,000 everything you ran on cards = EFFECTIVE RATE 3.0% your real rate what you actually pay on every dollar, once every fee is counted the headline number The rate you were quoted QUOTED RATE DOWNGRADES + JUNK FEES 3.0% Your effective rate THE GAP Downgrades and junk fees The quoted rate only applied to some of your transactions. The rest, plus the monthly fees, is the gap. The advertised rate is what they want you to look at. The effective rate is what you actually pay. LEGEND The rate you were quoted Your effective rate Downgrades and junk fees Example from the statement guide on allpropay.com. Illustration, not a quote.

Works with your POS

Some systems let you choose your processor. Others lock you in. Here is the honest picture for food trucks, and where we fit.

Open

Keep your software, switch to us

Many food truck POS apps are open or pair with a standalone reader, so you keep your software and move the processing to AllProPay.

Locked

Locked to their own processing

Some all-in-one tools, like Square or Clover, lock you to their processing. If you’re on one, we’ll show you the real cost and the math on switching.

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Tell us what you run

Setups vary. Tell us your POS app and we’ll confirm what we can do.

Food truck setups vary a lot, from a phone and a reader to a full POS. Not sure about yours? Ask us and we’ll confirm.

What other food truck owners say

Common questions

Can I take payment on my phone at the window?
Yes. We set you up with Tap to Pay on a supported phone, or a small mobile reader, so you take cards and tips right at the window and keep the line moving.
We do a lot of small tickets. Does a clean rate matter?
Yes. On a lot of small payments, the per-transaction fee and markup add up across a month, so a clean setup makes a real difference.

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