@@edzr921 that’s true, I currently do 35k a night on a busy day for my restaurant with 4 cooks maybe a mid, but the servers leave with all the money doing a 5hr shift 🤦🏾 plus 5 managers and 3 expos, oh but the cooks? Yeah let them suffer
The food competition is tough whether food trucks exist or not. The way I see it, if your food is good, clients will come regardless of the competition
That’s fair but if you’re paying say $5k-$10k a month in rent for your restaurant and someone rolls across the street in a truck and takes customers then what’s the point of owning a restaurant?
Rent is probably closer to $20k a month. The difference is that the restaurants have a higher profit margin of 12-15 percent due to alcohol sales where these food trucks only have about a 8-10 percent profit margine. The food trucks have a limited menu and turnover rate due to their size limitations. Food truck owners tend to make just enough to make a living, where proprietors of restaurants like Outback or Yardhouse make significantly more. There's a reason most successful food truck owners eventually move to a brick and mortar.
@@Fiftycents50 as some has stated in the comments, I don't think the clientele is the same. People aren't pulling up to Shoreline village to go eat at Gladstones and change their mind when they see the Hibachi Queen truck. They are completely different dining experiences. These restaurants are filling different niches. Can they share the same clientele? Sure. Are they in direct competition? Not really.
So the restaurants in this video (Hooters, Chili's, Outback Steakhouse, etc), which are backed by huge corporations are afraid of local food trucks?....Pathetic. Let the food trucks (as long as they handle food safely) be there, sometimes you just want something on the-go, in a rush or, just don't want to deal with the wait... Also, who still goes to Hooters or Chili's nowadays?...
Literally what I thought when the camera panned around the street. I was thinking this was about local mom and pop restaurants complaining, not mega chains. I have zero sympathy for them and it's pretty pathetic they'd complain about this
Exactly all those restaurants are dated fried boring frozen food THATS WHY THEY DONT HAVE CUSTOMERS! In 2022 people don’t want the same crap (doesn’t even taste the same) they had in the 90s!
Look at the “competition” in the background. Chilis, Hooters & Outback. I’d 100% go to a food truck if those were my options. Many of the chains are overpriced with mediocre food.
@@michaelboultinghouse1478 completely missed the point. No issue with spending money on good food at good restaurants . I can guarantee some of those chain restaurants have nastier kitchens then some of those food trucks. You’re either heavily speculating or I’m going to assume you’re a chain owner for one of those restaurants . Worked in fine dining restaurants for years and I’d rather work a food truck over a chain restaurant
Wow lots of big biz support in these comments. With unsupported accusations. Always easy to beat up the powerless little guy. Sad. Chain restaurants have more expenses AND make waaay more money too. These trucks are dinky little mom n pops. Fucking relax, all you brick n mortar owners. You still rule the world🙄🙄
@Eric work smarter not harder come on now, it’s called shortcuts. And only because they choose to work in a truck. If businesses don’t wanna pay more than buy a truck simple😂
Price point ? Im mexican and these tacos shouldnt be fucking 4 dollars .you smoking dick homie .go to mexico , and try to charge 40 pesos per taco and see how that shit works out
That's like coca cola complaining and having kids lemonade stands shut down claiming it hurts their business 🤦🏾♂️ But hey I guess the food trucks don't have to fight corporations the size that us local farmers do. Heck where I live the dairy corporations keep lobbying new laws to where almost all our local dairies can't sell to grocery stores anymore. I literally buy my milk from their driveway vending machine and leave the money in the box.
The restaurants are more expensive because you're getting atmosphere, a place to relax and enjoy fine dining. They also employ far more people and offer more food.
And not everyone wants to pay higher prices for less food. I remember dennys use to give choice of 2 sides. Now they give you like half a one and charge you 200% more
@@pitoketoo2709 wtf you don’t need a carrier to eat a restaurant u dummie I have a good career and at times I feel the same I be like Damnn 200 bucks dam that could of been a lot of groceries
Restaurants do not target food truck type people, you know, the one who can’t afford restaurants’ prices, they just don’t want them around their fancy restaurants. Imagine building a big beautiful house in a nice neighborhood then one day a trailer move right next to you, what you gonna do?
@@JPurontong just to be clear, you do know that food truck food is often gourmet level food right? With price tags to match, and what’s so wrong with someone trying to get a bite to eat who’s down on their luck? To answer the trailer question, it is all situational. I personally have known and still know great people who live in trailers and I know people who live in great houses with money who are absolutely trash. So I don’t understand your bias.
@@sergio765410 -your story is purely anecdotal. I was trying to make a comparison, an analogy, bet a restaurant and a food truck with a big house and a trailer. Do you understand? “Gourmet level”? How do you prepare a gourmet meal in a truck? Foods came prepared already, that’s not gourmet.
The brick n mortar restaurants at the Pike are quite expensive . I doubt the food trucks are taking their business . Most folks would eat somewhere else anyway …
There are two different classes of people here, the restaurants type and the food trucks type. Reataurants owners invested hundreds of thousands dollars in a very nice place then one day food trucks start appearing right in front of you, what you gonna do?
The food prices aren’t that different. I like my food heavily regulated before I eat it. Are those trucks health inspected and the places they acquired their foods?
Them restaurant got to pay high rent and rate for the prime location , and have staff on the books 🙄 why do you think food truck can sell at a fraction of the price
@@kingkenny7393 You realize this is the point right? People can't afford to spend $50 and tip $20 ontop anymore plus spending 1-3 hours? This is the reason this is a problem in the first place. Only people going to restaurants are your older people who want to eat out. Younger people are going for T/O and wanna get home in 10 minutes to eat and knock tf out to go back to work the next day.
Trust me all those restaurants in that area are awful, I live nearby and nearly tried each and every restaurant down there by the Pike and Shoreline, all that food in those restaurants are bland. Also terrible wait times, went to sit at the bar at Chili’s once and got completely ignored that me and my husband left after 20 minutes. Had a delicious torta from a food truck a few weeks ago, it was amazing for $8!
Yup. I went to one chain restaurant and it tasted like expensive shit. I might as well bought a frozen pizza from the supermarket and call it a premium meal.
Traditional restaurants like Outback are outdated. You spend like 2hrs somewhere and spend a lot for subpar boring food. Food trucks are pretty quick and food is usually interesting and really good.
Bro you literally pay twice as much for HALF as much food because of how things are right now. You’re literally getting scammed at restaurants and they wonder why people wanna eat somewhere else. Lmao. Fuck them
Nothing wrong with traditional sit down restaurants. But outback is not the best example to use. Try going to more local , small business kind of stops.
@@kimcam4485 I do own my own business, I own two businesses. Customer service is the first thing I focus on and look for. I have loyal clients because of it. I've walked out of a few places in Long Beach because of lack of customer service. I live in ln Long Beach. The places that are busy always have good customer service.
If you’re going down to the Pike to eat at PF Changs, you’re ALREADY prepared with $100-150 to spend. No one with those pre-set plans is gonna get down there and then decide to stand around eating from a food truck. And if you’re casually hanging out, you’re probably not going to commit to spending that much money and waiting an hour to be seated to begin with. These are 2 different sets of customers, and these restaurant owners are just looking for someone to blame, or maybe, they’re just being plain damnned greedy.
Your theory is different from reality. If you were a business owner and saw that your revenue had been going down and down for the past couple of years wouldn't you see that the food trucks are one reason for your problem. I can see why most people would side with the food trucks though since they are mom and pops while Chilis (aka Brinker International) is a large corporation.
Cool, mr “reality”.. then the business owners should be asked to bring hard numbers of profit for 3 years prior to the food trucks moving in to show that they were directly affected…. Of course, they shouldn’t be able to include the 2 years that were affected by the pandemic restrictions.. not complicated at all, I’m sure. Or, they can just learn how to run a business in a competitive industry.
@@boosteddaily1294 That makes no sense. If you go to a restaurant it's because you want the sitdown dining experience with friend or date. If you go to a food truck then you just want takeout. Those are two completely different sets of customers. Who would take a girl on a first date to a food truck and eat in their car or on a bench? It's your friend's birthday are you going to a food truck with the family?
@@boosteddaily1294 Food trucks are for ppl who want in and out food. Restaurants are for ppl who want to sit in waste time and enjoy the mood. Two different cliental, only way someone who wanted to get some fancy dinner is gunna swap to a food truck is if theres a massive wait. Which at that time it's not the food trucks fault the restaurant can't turn people over quick enough to keep up with demand. If the food truck served the same menu (Same main dishes) as the restaurants I'd agree they being a lil scummy. but Hooters nearby? The trucks serving rice... two different types of pallets and foods. Fuck outta here with that bs
@@vicdog4440 my only problem is the price to size ratio, feels like im paying meal prices to just barely fill my stomach. if i have to buy two items just to satisfy my hunger for 45 minutes. id honestly go to mcdonalds lol
Government should never interfere with legitimate and safe free enterprise. The fact that the local government is even considering making changes to make it more difficult for the food trucks to compete should be illegal. How can a local government legally create laws or regulations to benefit one type of business over another type of business? Based on this report, the brick-and-mortar restaurants have long lines of people waiting to enter their businesses and yet they are claiming that these food truck are negatively impacting their business. If people choose to get food from a food truck because it is more convenient and faster then maybe those local brick-and-mortar restaurants should offer both sit-down dining and food truck convenience to compete with the food trucks instead of whining to the local government about legitimate competition!
Whoever has the best food wins.. can't take nobody's customers you spend where and what you want! People are crazy blaming others for their tired menus ..they are mad because the food is good 😂😂
Naaa. That chick on some nigga shit. Businesses have codes where you can't be in others areas. Like at&t and Verizon couldn't be in the same plaza where I worked.
Most restaurants have enjoyed little to no competition and their service and friendliness has gone downhill massively in the past say 20 years. Now they just want your money and for you to leave so they can get to the next person. As long as you treat people like a commodity they will show zero loyalty.
@@itsallideas When Hector scratches his bum bum and it comes into your food, it comes out of love, unlike these corporate "restaurants" with their mystery ingredients.
Most chain restaurants have gone downhill big time in recent years in their food, service, and cleanliness, AND they’ve kept raising their prices. Running off the food trucks isn’t going to help them. People will eat from where they want to.
We all know that all those chain restaurants down there are crap and THEY know it! They are crying because these food trucks are bringing better food and faster service. The truth hurts.
It is a cockmunist plot. The Commi NY'ers are jacking up commodity and real estate so it restaurant food becomes too expensive. And we are forced to eat food from rinky dink food trucks and eat standing up like wyld dogs. Then they will force us to eat bushmeat so they can buy even grander Dachas. Da comraid! Glory to the bathouses, glory to the monk keigh paacks.
@@michaelboultinghouse1478 All the restaurants and their damn wait staff shouting “if you can’t afford to tip then don’t eat out!” now wanna cry lmaoooo. Well I’m not eating out, imma walk by and grab my food from a food truck and carry on, sorry but I can’t afford to tip you 18%, 20 %, or 25%.
I went to Chile's last week and left because i wait for more then 30 minutes with all booths available all the waiters ignored me 😑 food truck was amazing and fast
Well.. Restaurants don't pay their staff well so the staff gets cranky and customers can sense it. Also, restaurants have capacity of how many people can sit at any given time. One of the people interview said the restaurants have lines outside their doors and customers have to wait up to 2 hrs. Sometimes a customer may change their mind and decide they don't want to wait after all. At other times, the food from the trucks is much tastier.. 😋
The reason that people use food trucks is because the food trucks have good prices. As opposed to fancy dining that costs 240 dollars a piece. So this makes good sense that the food trucks are being much more successful. Rock on food trucks! 😀
@@pontiacmonkey Pay extremely high prices and end up with no money left unless one is a Billionaire or Trillionaire in which case I just can't even relate to your situation. My best friends work minimum wage at most so we can't just shell out tons of cash for a single meal. Anyways it is what it is.
@@pontiacmonkey Okay I will be the bigger man here and just not even bother responding to this. Not everyone is a master cook though just to let you know.
95% of restaurants fail within the first 5 years. it's not food trucks taking away customers. if the food and customer service is good, the people will come. this is just a very hard market to break into successfully
The restaurants pay a lot of rent and taxes and advertising for those locations. It is not fair to them that some rinky dinky truck that pays nothing and has much lower overhead, parks out front and steals their customers. It might be legal but they should show some courtesy and park elsewhere. They should make their own food truck food court.
Yes those restaurants are successful down there and we would like to keep it that way ... Outback, the Japanese restaurant, Gladstones, Hooters, PF Chang's and bubba gump's have all been there for over 5 years and I would rather have them there than a bunch of food trucks sitting around down there .. the food trucks are on wheels they can find a lot of different locations in Long Beach that don't have restaurants and need food trucks for people that are hungry let's put them in those locations.
Are the food trucks mad that they are taking business away from each other? That's a silly though and just as silly for restaurants to think that this is the case.
@@dappingup2895 Maybe improve your critical thinking skills and reading comprehension. His question was rhetorical and used as a set up for his argument.
It’s not competition unless the playing field is even. The restaurants invest a shit load of money to be there where food trucks don’t. It’s like a camper parking in front of your house. It’s a nuisance to them. The city should designate a spot for food trucks away from restaurants. The city will lose if the restaurant closes. Simple mathematical fact.
Wait in line for an hour to get bad service and pay 20 bucks for a small meal, or go to a food truck and get myself a drink and 3 chicken tacos in less than 5 minutes for 5 bucks, yea Im going with the food truck.
If CVS and Target doesn’t get to complain every time a Walgreens or Walmart places a store DIRECTLY across the street from them in every location they exist….neither do you. Freedom of choice.
Well that's not a fair comparison. Store to store. Restaurant to a mobile food truck. Come on man. As sleepy Joe would say. But then again it's California.
Exactly what Mario said. The video also said the food trucks only have to a county permit. I think people are missing the point that the food trucks have it easier as far as regulations and proper taxes no leaves etc. It's a legitimate gripe by the stationary/B&M's. But of course the hidden agenda is they don't like the added competition. That's just how it is. Use regulation by the government to get rid of your competition. I don't blame them. The city state and county regulates them to death as it is. Then you see these food trucks rolling in not having to deal with the same level of bureaucracy.
There is no meters after 6 and on weekends. And you can only feed the meter for 2 hours. So technically they are only allowed to park for 2 hours. Pay the full price scavenger libre earles. Pay tax, pay rent, and open a restaurant.
It’s nice. Get food sit outside on the grass and watch the sun set. Food trucks are one of the best things there. My fam still eats at the restaurants. On the weekends there is usually a 45 min wait. They are always busy on weekends they need the food trucks there
They are not in the same rules food trucks way cheaper to run no property tax or rent they can park near same food as brick and mortar same can be said with food vendors.
Last I checked this was the land of the free! Competition: the act or process of competing : RIVALRY: such as a : the effort of two or more parties acting independently to secure the business of a third party by offering the most favorable terms
If the food trucks paid the same fees and charges that restaurants pay then this would be fair competition. But when food trucks pay next to nothing then this is very unfair.
@@AJ-aabbcc they aren’t a restaurant tho. Their es a truck 🤣. If I rented a house and sold ice cram out of my house of course id pay for the house and the property tax but a man with an ice cream cart and stroll on by any day.
@@AJ-aabbcc All the restaurants and their damn wait staff shouting “if you can’t afford to tip then don’t eat out!” now wanna cry lmaoooo. Well I’m not eating out, imma walk by and grab my food from a food truck and carry on, sorry but I can’t afford to tip you 18%, 20 %, or 25%.
@@Timothee_Chalamet_CMBYN So you'll be happy if someone came with an ice cream cart infront of your home business after paying business registration, council fees, health and safety requirement fees, business insurance etc, and for a freehloader to pay nothing and start competing with you?
@@beeeazy9818 but don't worry once trucks become top sellers the portion of the food goes down so get it well it last , that's the way of business in America 🇺🇸
Yeah they are. These motor bricks. They pay for health permits, staff to clean the areas, rent, and these food trucks. Food trucks cut a huge part of restaurant profit and it can be unsanitary. I got diarrhea from food trucks last time
Location is key. Those restaurants pay high rents for the location where as those food trucks get free rent for prime location. Hard for restaurants to compete with food trucks. Food trucks are more profitable than brick and mortar restaurants. This situation is good for the consumer, bad for the restaurants.
I can appreciate that but it's not just the location they are paying for. It's also the ability to have a full size kitchen, restrooms, dining area and so on. If they can't make enough money then they should face the reality that they may need to move or close their business. Customers shouldn't be compelled to eat there just to keep the restaurants afloat.
All the restaurants and their damn wait staff shouting “if you can’t afford to tip then don’t eat out!” now wanna cry lmaoooo. Well I’m not eating out, I CANT AFFORD TO TIP AND NOT EATING OUT AS THEY’VE SAID. I would’ve never stepped foot into your restaurant and taking my money elsewhere . imma walk by and grab my food from a food truck and carry on, sorry but I can’t afford to tip you 18%, 20 %, or 25%.
dont tell anyone guys but i just had diarrhea after eating at Hibachi queens truck, i dont think lupe even washed her hands after taking a crap behind the bushes- nasty!
The restaurants are just mad that people don’t have to settle to whatever there is. Instead there’s options of what they can get depending their cravings. 💯
I bet people who go to the food trucks rudely use the restaurant's carparks... especially when the several food trucks they say go there take up all the street parking.
All the restaurants and their damn wait staff shouting “if you can’t afford to tip then don’t eat out!” now wanna cry lmaoooo. Well I’m not eating out, I CANT AFFORD TO TIP AND NOT EATING OUT AS THEY’VE SAID. I would’ve never stepped foot into your restaurant and taking my money elsewhere . imma walk by and grab my food from a food truck and carry on, sorry but I can’t afford to tip you 18%, 20 %, or 25%.
@@Timothee_Chalamet_CMBYN totally agree, you can eat wherever you like, that is your absolute right... however, the restaurants also have the right to their property and to whom may access it.
Food truck is great but you can't just drive up to someone restaurant door step and do business there because there's policy to lease the space to operate business there.
All the restaurants and their damn wait staff shouting “if you can’t afford to tip then don’t eat out!” now wanna cry lmaoooo. Well I’m not eating out, I CANT AFFORD TO TIP AND NOT EATING OUT AS THEY’VE SAID. I would’ve never stepped foot into your restaurant and taking my money elsewhere . imma walk by and grab my food from a food truck and carry on, sorry but I can’t afford to tip you 18%, 20 %, or 25%.
I remember food trucks were called Roach Coaches back in the day, how sanitary are they? And do they get inspected by the health department once in awhile like restaurants do?
Tried food truck once in L.A. area...had stomach problems afterwards...never doing that again... I'll stick to small restaurants (ma&pa) where they remember your names when you coming in..but once in awhile I'll go fine dining. .its all about choices... have a great day 😀..
Naw, I like the ability to have choices there. The pike is always packed, it’s a free market. It would be annoying if there were 6 different burger trucks but that’s not the case. They park on ocean street in the spots and don’t leave grease in the streets so I don’t think they are hitting anything.
Sure, Let The Real Restaurants Close Down, Lay-Off Employees and Have Their Buildings Be Abandoned. When The Area Becomes A Wasteland, The Food Trucks Will Just Drive To Another Location. If People Love The Food Trucks Some Much, Then They Won’t Mind Driving To Another Area To Find Them.
All the restaurants and their damn wait staff shouting “if you can’t afford to tip then don’t eat out!” now wanna cry lmaoooo. Well I’m not eating out, I CANT AFFORD TO TIP AND NOT EATING OUT AS THEY’VE SAID. I would’ve never stepped foot into your restaurant and taking my money elsewhere . imma walk by and grab my food from a food truck and carry on, sorry but I can’t afford to tip you 18%, 20 %, or 25%. 🤣
I feel for both but mostly restaurants owners..imagine paying your dues and expensive rent $5k plus a month and then a random truck parks across the street and takes some of ur business. Food trucks need to be regulated as far as where they can park that’s all. Prime real estate is expensive and dues have to be paid to get that.
Exactly! And it's also like a bait and switch type of them for the city. I'm pretty sure if they'd known there were going to be food trucks out there they would have reconsidered establishing themselves there or would have negotiated different terms.
@@AJ-aabbcc yes and especially in most cities they have to purchase s medallion that can range in the high 6 figures. Recently the city of NY forgave some of their debt. It's a shame all of that money invested, life dacings. Then Uber and Lyft etc skirted that kind of investment and left many of them penniless
They aren't taking anyone's business. It doesn't belong to them. The whole point of a food truck is that your overhead is lower but the trade off is you don't have the same infrastructure like a dining area.
@@shawnsg They are directly competing with them in some areas. The B&M's have pick up orders or things of the like. Also, if people who see the trucks, and initially were intending on going to a BM and then opted for the food trucks--that's costing them business.
That's right food truck owners are taking away business and it makes the city looked back and blocking street traffic I went by there with my son about a month ago and it looked pretty bad I told my son let's get out of here I couldn't believe my eyes long beach is becoming ghetto
@1zzy L yes indeed I don't mind them trying to make a living but they don't respect others around them also when you go and buy off of food trucks you don't have the slightest idea where there meat is coming from meat is very expensive now for them charging less they can't save thousands is they just feed any animal real good then kill it it can be dog meat someone might be eating
Lol those restaurants at shoreline are all corporate. There’s hooters, chilies, outback, bubba gump, ect. Those places are rip offs. Been a Long Beach resident my whole life, the pike is lame but I do like the food truck options. Restaurants in Long Beach are always crying as if someone put a gun to their heads and made them open a restaurant. It’s a free market, don’t like it? Start a business with no competition. Basic economics we all learned in school.
So theirs nothing wrong with 7-8 traditional restaurants being so close to each other. Doesn’t that cause competition? But they’re worried about food trucks hmm….. people will spend money on food they enjoy why would we take that choice away???
Why not find an area where we can park a bunch of food trucks that is away from restaurants and that way everyone can be happy... They don't have to park them there and they're taking up a much-needed parking space.
@@johngean4034 they park there because that’s where the people are. Why not move the restaurants apart since they’re worried of losing business?? What’s the difference of a food truck in a parking spot vs a truck or mini van? It’s the same think at the end of the day. A vehicle in a parking spot.
Please food trucks in long beach lower your prices even more so that you take away all of the business from the scammy restaurants that treat ppl like trash
