See how the following graph shows that UIUC has created a healthy market that isn’t replicated at any other major, non-Chicago based school in Illinois.
- Source for Illinois State University: https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Food+Trucks&find_loc=illinois+state+university
- Source for Southern Illinois University: https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=food+trucks&find_loc=southern+illinois+university&start=0
- Source for Northwestern University: https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2021/06/food-trucks/
- Source for Northern Illinois University: https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=food+trucks&find_loc=northern+illinois+university&start=0
- Source for University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana: https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=food+trucks&find_loc=university+of+illinois+at+urbana+champaign&start=0
- ***Note: The Yelp links above have skewed results. Yelp does not always update profiles of food trucks when they close, move locations, or leave the truck business to open a restaurant. Each link was further investigated, and the data included in the graph is representative of currently operational food trucks.