Custom-built food trailers delivered to Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga and the rest of Tennessee. Every unit ships with commercial-grade equipment, certified electrical and gas installation, and a finish built to pass inspection. Financing available.
In Tennessee your permit does not come from the health department. It comes from the state Department of Agriculture — the first thing that catches out operators arriving from Georgia or Texas.
Filed with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture (NewFood.Business@tn.gov, 615-837-5193). They will ask for your business registration with the Department of Revenue, water source approval, a floor plan showing where every piece of equipment sits, labeling for any product you package inside the unit, and a notarized lease agreement where one applies.
In Nashville and Davidson County the commissary has to be a licensed, permitted kitchen inside a restaurant or market deli, with a three-compartment sink and grease trap, a handwashing sink, a mop sink, and approved wastewater disposal. It must be permitted by either the Tennessee Department of Health or the Department of Agriculture.
Here is the part that shapes your operation: you have to begin and end your sale day at the commissary. Not a visit when you can fit it in — servicing the unit at open and at close.
You and the commissary owner both sign a notarized “Mobile Food Unit Agreement Form for Commissary / Servicing Area” and file it with Food Protection Services at the Metro Public Health Department, 2500 Charlotte Avenue, Nashville. It binds both parties to the daily servicing commitment and to notifying each other of any compliance issue.
Requirements change. Confirm with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture and your county health department before you invest.
We build in Atlanta and deliver the finished trailer to Tennessee. We also deliver to Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
Every state runs its own mobile unit permit and its own commissary rules — Tennessee, for instance, permits through Agriculture rather than Health. Tell us which county you plan to operate in and we will walk you through what you will need before you sign anything.
More than just a food trailer, we build the engine of your business. At Prime Star, we deliver expert craftsmanship that redefines how your brand stands out, cooks, and performs on the road.
