Food vans
SPEAKING from the experience of having run a restaurant for a number of years, allowing food vans in the mall will have a very detrimental effect on the current food businesses in the area.
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It needs to be understood general businesses in static locations have taken out expensive leases on the properties they operate from and, in addition, pay the property owner’s costs and outgoings such as rates and maintenance.
Leases are generally for a period of five years and the operators are legally obliged to maintain payments for the full term of the lease.
This is whether they can turn a profit or not.
They open their businesses day in and day out.
These business owners have made large investments equipping their premises right down to the tables and chairs their patrons use.
Staff are employed, tables are cleaned and floors swept.
These business owners establish relationships with the community regularly assisting in sponsorships, charity and other events.
In contrast, mobile food vans can come and go as they please to cherry pick busy thoroughfares at the most popular times.
If a better opportunity arises elsewhere they are off.
Food van operators don’t even supply tables and chairs for their customers or clean up their customers discarded cups and plates.
This is left to be done and paid for by others, usually the ratepayers.
Council needs to consider the real costs that will be placed on the community by this ill-conceived proposal.
Kevin Bell, Lebrina.
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