HomeUploadUpload DirectHotlinkRandomAbouttheme toggle

Stossel: The Fight Against Food Trucks

Views: 875
Protectionism at play? Politicians say food trucks are "unfair competition" for restaurants.

------------------------------------------------

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/reasontv
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reason.Magazine/
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reason
Subscribe to our podcast at iTunes: https://goo.gl/az3a7a

Reason is the leading source of news, politics, and culture from a libertarian perspective. Go to reason.com for a point of view you won't get from legacy media and old left-right opinion magazines.

------------------------------------------------

Food trucks are a vital part of many vibrant neighborhoods. For some entrepreneurs, they're a great way to enter the food industry.

Laura Pekarik is one of these entrepreneurs. She sells cupcakes from a food truck in Chicago. Laura says the food truck industry "gives individuals like me an entrance into a market opportunity for the small business owner that otherwise wouldn't have been there. I was able to rent a kitchen space instead of renting a whole brick and mortar and managing a team of people. Everything kind of was under my control to kind of get my feet wet in the business."

But since starting her business, the increased regulations have made it too hard for her to take her truck in to the city. Often she is not even allowed to park. When she does find parking, she can only stay 2 hours. "Every moment that we're driving around and not parked in the location with our window open meant that we couldn't sell," she says.

Baltimore Pizza Truck operator Joey Vanoni tells John Stossel about his similar experiences. He is not allowed to park his truck within 300 feet of any brick and mortar restaurant that sells pizza. Joey says that means "there's almost nowhere left for me to operate."

Why do politicians limit where food trucks may park? Chicago Alderman Tom Tunney says he wants to protect existing restaurants. "It is such a small margin business and it employs so many people," Tunney explains. "That's what we need to protect." Stossel says, he's a bottlenecker.

Produced by Naomi Brockwell. Edited by Joshua Swain.
@ReasonVidsfollow
Thumbnail for Grover Norquist: GOP Tax Bill Is Good Enough For Now (He's Planning to 'Whine Later')27:48
Grover Norquist: GOP Tax Bill Is Good Enough For Now (He's Planning to 'Whine Later')
ReasonVids
781 views
Thumbnail for Density or Sprawl? How To Solve the Urban Housing Crisis15:04
Density or Sprawl? How To Solve the Urban Housing Crisis
ReasonVids
1005 views
Thumbnail for Halo 4 Gameplay Walkthrough Part 8 - Campaign Mission 4 - The Gun Show (H4) | theRadBrad16:34
Halo 4 Gameplay Walkthrough Part 8 - Campaign Mission 4 - The Gun Show (H4) | theRadBrad
invidious
342 views
Thumbnail for Arab Spring Update: Freedom House's Arch Puddington on How 2012 Will Be Like 1989.4:56
Arab Spring Update: Freedom House's Arch Puddington on How 2012 Will Be Like 1989.
ReasonVids
942 views
Thumbnail for Ken Burns: Prohibition, Drug Laws, & Unintended Consequences13:12
Ken Burns: Prohibition, Drug Laws, & Unintended Consequences
ReasonVids
946 views
Thumbnail for Explosively hydroforming a steel sphere0:18
Explosively hydroforming a steel sphere
bestofvoatxyz
1701 views
Thumbnail for Stop Criminalizing Parenting: Free Range Kids' Lenore Skenazy on Fears over Child Safety12:09
Stop Criminalizing Parenting: Free Range Kids' Lenore Skenazy on Fears over Child Safety
ReasonVids
869 views
Thumbnail for Queen of the Covid Karens gets herself kicked off the airplane.3:00
Queen of the Covid Karens gets herself kicked off the airplane.
AOU
2156 views
Thumbnail for What We Saw at the Unite the Right II Protest1:56
What We Saw at the Unite the Right II Protest
ReasonVids
843 views
Thumbnail for A 2nd amendment guide to dealing with the ATF0:08
A 2nd amendment guide to dealing with the ATF
bestofupgoat
440 views
Thumbnail for That's weird. That's suspicious.0:56
That's weird. That's suspicious.
AOU
2086 views
Thumbnail for Eck v. Battle Press Conference10:27
Eck v. Battle Press Conference
IJvids
832 views
Thumbnail for Green Lantern Kyle Rayner vs Green Lantern John Stewart - MUGEN (Gameplay) S2 • E201:42
Green Lantern Kyle Rayner vs Green Lantern John Stewart - MUGEN (Gameplay) S2 • E20
memology101
1237 views
Thumbnail for Deluxe doggie scratcher0:59
Deluxe doggie scratcher
bestofupgoat
480 views
Thumbnail for Golden Buzzer: Tom Ball WOWS The Judges With "The Sound of Silence" | AGT: All-Stars 20238:52
Golden Buzzer: Tom Ball WOWS The Judges With "The Sound of Silence" | AGT: All-Stars 2023
random.topic
719 views
Thumbnail for Remy: Don't Tell 'Em (Jeremih Obamacare Parody)1:40
Remy: Don't Tell 'Em (Jeremih Obamacare Parody)
ReasonVids
1004 views
Thumbnail for Chicago Tribune Video: Health inspectors use bleach to destroy fruit1:05
Chicago Tribune Video: Health inspectors use bleach to destroy fruit
IJvids
766 views
Thumbnail for Trump is sad that Israel doesn't 100% control the US Congress1:25
Trump is sad that Israel doesn't 100% control the US Congress
allAheadFull
278 views
Thumbnail for 25 guns in 60 seconds1:00
25 guns in 60 seconds
bestofupgoat
210 views
Thumbnail for CPAC 2012: Occupy Protesters & Anti-gay Activists4:44
CPAC 2012: Occupy Protesters & Anti-gay Activists
ReasonVids
832 views
Thumbnail for Stossel: Leaving the Left5:05
Stossel: Leaving the Left
ReasonVids
927 views
Thumbnail for Is the Tea Party Movement Racist?2:14
Is the Tea Party Movement Racist?
ReasonVids
895 views
Thumbnail for It's time for an upgrade 0:12
It's time for an upgrade
bestofvoatxyz
660 views
Thumbnail for Frederick Douglass vs. the 1619 Project5:33
Frederick Douglass vs. the 1619 Project
ReasonVids
958 views

points

Permalink
Reply
libertarian, reason magazine, reason.com, reason.tv, reasontv
TOS  •  Add Keywords  •  Donate  •   Analytics  •   DMCA  •   Puzzle