Food Truck Advertising on TV, Social & Search | Adwave
Advertising for Food Trucks

Food Truck Advertising on TV, Social & Search

The best food truck in town still needs people to find the truck. Adwave builds that following with professional ads on TV, Meta, Google, TikTok, and more, with daily budgets from $30/day.

Start with your website

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Display Mountain Burger Mountain Burger display ad

Make them follow the truck

Food trucks live and die by word of mouth, and word of mouth only travels so far. The trucks with lines around the block are the ones people already know (the name, the look, the menu) before the truck even parks. Adwave builds that name recognition on every channel your customers use, television, Meta, Google, TikTok, Reddit, web, and mobile, from one campaign and one budget. Enter your website URL. Waverunner pulls your food photos, menu highlights, and branding and builds a TV spot, image ads, and social video in about two minutes. Pick the ZIP codes around your regular stops, set your budget, and your ads are live on Hulu, ESPN, Peacock, Google, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok within 24 hours.

For more detail, read our restaurant marketing tips guide or browse all food & beverage advertising resources.

Where your ads run

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Google
  • Reddit
  • TikTok
  • Web
  • Mobile
  • TV
  • Audio

What customers are saying

“As a local burger restaurant, we knew our food could win hearts, we just needed more people to know we existed. Adwave made it incredibly easy to create...”

Delanie Stevens , Mountain Burger

“Adwave helped me get more offers and secure additional listings!”

Kenny Patton , Kenny Patton Real Estate

“The biggest surprise was the quality of inquiries. People weren't just price shopping. They called because they felt like they already knew us.”

Dr. Nakamura , Kaimuki Dental

Recognition turns a slow Tuesday around

When locals have already seen your truck on their screens, you go from unknown to familiar before they smell the food. That recognition also gets you booked, since organizers and catering clients want trucks that already have a following. A single busy lunch rush more than covers the ad budget.

more likely to search for your brand after seeing your TV spot
3x

Industry brand-lift research

more consumer trust in TV ads than social ads, trust your search and social ads inherit
4x

MarketingSherpa

higher brand recall with TV in the mix than digital alone
60%

Nielsen brand-lift studies

Ads made with Adwave

Real campaigns from real businesses, every one generated from a website URL.

Funny BBQ 98

Funny BBQ 98 showcases their BBQ specialties and dining experience with an ad built and run by Adwave

Mountain Burger

Mountain Burger sells more exceptional quality burgers to more people because of Adwave.

The Garage

The Garage showcases their dining experience and atmosphere with an ad built and run by Adwave

How it works

About five minutes to set up

From your website to live ads. No agency, no ad accounts.

You never open Meta Ads Manager, Google Ads, or a TV network account. Waverunner buys the placements for you from one daily budget.

  1. 1

    Paste your website

    Waverunner reads your site, offers, and photos, then proposes the customers worth reaching.

  2. 2

    Approve your ads

    Image ads, social video, and a TV spot come back finished. Change anything by chat before a dollar is spent.

  3. 3

    Set a daily budget and area

    From $30/day. ZIP codes, a radius, a city, or nationwide. That number is all you pay for media.

  4. 4

    Go live and watch results

    Ads run on TV, Google, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and the web. One report shows visits and conversions, including from TV.

See each step in detail →

Pricing

Waverunner

One daily budget. That is the whole bill.

No subscription, no contract, no agency retainer, and no platform fee on media. You add money to a prepaid wallet, set a daily budget, and pause whenever you like.

TV, Google, Facebook, and Instagram from $30/day. Reddit, Google Search, and TikTok switch on as you raise the budget. New accounts get $60 starter credit when they add a deposit.

See pricing and what a budget buys →

Starting daily budget
$30/day

Prepaid. Raise or lower it any day.

To preview your ads
$0

See the finished ads before you add a card.

To stop
Pause

Charges stop. Your balance stays in the wallet.

Frequently Asked Questions

All FAQs
  • Enter your website URL, Instagram, or Facebook page. Adwave's AI pulls your food photos, branding, menu highlights, and vibe to build a professional 30-second TV spot plus matching image ads and social video. You can customize everything, from the script and music to the images and call to action. It takes about two minutes.

  • Your ads run on Facebook, Instagram, Google (YouTube and Search), Reddit, TikTok, web, mobile, and television, including 100+ premium channels such as Hulu, Peacock, Paramount+, Tubi, ESPN, and local programming. You choose the geographic area. Target the ZIP codes where you park most often, neighborhoods around your regular stops, or your entire city.

  • Yes. You can update your ad anytime to feature new menu items, seasonal specials, or different locations. Swap out photos, update the script, or create entirely new ads for different neighborhoods or events. There's no extra production cost.

  • Daily budgets start at $30/day from a prepaid wallet. You can review recommended ads without a card. New accounts get $60 starter credit (activates with a deposit within 14 days). There are no subscriptions, no contracts, and no hidden fees. Pause anytime and charges stop.

  • Absolutely. You can target multiple ZIP codes or neighborhoods to cover all your regular stops. You can also adjust your targeting week to week if your route changes. The flexibility is built for businesses that aren't tied to one address.

  • Your Adwave dashboard shows real-time data on ad views, geographic reach, channel performance, and spend. Beyond the dashboard, the most common signal food truck owners notice is customers saying "I saw you on TV" and longer lines at regular stops.

Paste your website. See your ads in minutes.

Waverunner builds the ads and runs them on TV, Google, Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit from $30/day. TikTok is early access. Preview without a card. Pause anytime.

For a walkthrough first, book a call.