The combination of inflation and gas prices is forcing food trucks from California to the Carolinas to tap the brakes.
Surging gas prices across the country are hitting food truck owners hard.
“it’s very uncertain right now. It’s very uncertain,” said Felicia Reese, owner of 22 Street Kitchen. However, when the price of gas started to spike last month, he had to introduce a price increase of his own. “We have Gulf shrimp that we’re using. It used to be like $120 a case, and now it’s like $200 a case,” she said.Food prices rose 1% in February, the largest monthly increase in nearly two years.Gas prices shot up more than 6.5% last month and 38% in the past year.
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