The Food-Truck Business Stinks

Re:The Food-Truck Business Stinks by orangethirty on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @01:23PM (#5669391)

In SV speak, aren't food trucks disrupting the restaurant industry? I mean, people praise AirB&B, and the taxi compny (I forget ther name), but the food trucks are doing the same thing: Gaming the system. Oh, I see, we just need YC to launch a food truck startup for it to be OK.

Have you ever thought about it from the other side? Maybe these people want to open up a real restaurant but can't due to draconian laws? This is their way of disrupting it.

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Re:The Food-Truck Business Stinks by GFischer on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @01:57PM (#5669620)

Well, in the article it states that laws are LESS draconian for restaurants, but the fixed costs and chance of bankruptcy is much higher.

"every mobile-food employee has Health Department certification. The trouble is that he needs to employ four people, each with his own license; if one quits, it can take two months for a new worker to get the proper paperwork."

"And stationary restaurants, by the way, require that only a single employee on duty have a Health Department certification."

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Re:The Food-Truck Business Stinks by chrisdroukas on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @09:35PM (#5671965)

>>(I forget ther name)

Uber.

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