The East Lansing City Council recently passed a policy that will allow two food trucks to roam the streets of East Lansing over the next year. It’s basically the same concept as an ice cream truck: goes around a specific route every day and stops at populated locations to make business. Funnily enough, the first time I ever saw a food truck was out here in Oregon. Every weekday the local Mexican cousine sends their food truck to the industrial park I work at. The truck worked it out with all of the companies out of the park so the truck will be at their specific location when their employees go on break. Honestly, that’s a great way to manage business for both side: keeps the money coming in for the truck and keeps the employees happy with having food available close to the plants they work at.
But back to the real deal in EL, what do you think about this? What kinds of food would you want to food trucks to serve? Where do you think they should make their stops?
Personally, I would love if it came to the Engineering Building a few times a day (especially since I will BASICALLY be living there for my senior year), but I would definitely want it to serve healthy option foods. Apparently, there’s already a food truck in Lansing called the The Purple Carrot that serves locally grown produce! That would be really cool if East Lansing could do something like that.
The disadvantage with this new program is that local restaurants on Grand River and even those on campus are expected to take a hit. Think about all of the efforts MSU has put into making the new Sparty’s cafes that serve more than just packaged snacks and drinks, and how business owners north of campus feel? I haven’t decided if I agree with this new system just yet; I guess I’ll just have to wait and see until I get to campus!
You can read the whole article here to find out more info and how you can give your input!
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