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Originally Posted by Jazuela
Because that would DEFINITELY take business away from the restaurants that day.
If the food trucks are all away from the restaurants, then people who want to enjoy food truck food will go ONLY to the location of the food truck. That means no ice cream or lattes in the square after supper. That means - the square is losing business, just by taking some of their customer base away from the location.
That's just how the phenomenon of food trucks works.
Contrary to the contrarians, actual fact shows that food trucks BRING business to commercial areas, which PROMOTES existing restaurants and complements them.
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"Cons of Owning a Mobile Food Business vs a Brick and Mortar Restaurant
Down and dirty food fights are cropping up around the nation between mobile food businesses and restaurants who claim food trucks are stealing their business. Cities are being pressured to add new rules and regulations prohibiting the operation of food trucks within certain distances of established restaurants."
Mobile Food Trucks vs Brick and Mortar Restaurants
Restaurants say food trucks are eating up their profits - CBS News
Food Trucks Battle Restaurants Over Street Space - WSJ
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