Man’s Best Friend’s Food Truck

There are certain things we’ll buy even when times are tough. Candy (small luxuries). Booze and cigarettes (vices to get us through the hard times). And we’ll buy dogs all the ice cream they want because people are obsessed with their pets and the pets products industry is pretty much recession-proof.

“This year is turning out to be really good because a lot of people are hearing about me,” said Angela Meyers of Elizabeth, N.J., who launched The Frosty Pooch last July. Meyers, who brings her truck to parks, farmers’ markets and dog parks in the New York City area, makes small-batch, dog-friendly ice cream in six flavors that sell for $2 a cup and “pupsicles” for $2.50. Her four-legged customers’ favorite flavor is the bacon peanut butter, she said.

Other businesses mentioned: Sit ‘N Stay Pet Cafe and Bow-Wow Chow.

Not mentioned:

• Ruff Ruff Food Stuff
• Puppy Pâtisserie
• Canine Creamery
• Hound House of Blue’s Clues

I’ll stop there.

Photo: John Wright

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