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Food Truck Vendors Finding New Ways to Adapt

Wednesday, 15 July 2020 14:22

When fairs and festivals were shut down for the summer, many food truck vendors were left without a place to set up shop.

WOODSTOCK - When fairs and festivals were shut down for the summer, many food truck vendors were left without a place to set up shop.

Some of found different ways to adapt. Todd's Doggs in Woodstock was given approval to operate out of the Home Hardware parking lot on Dundas Street. 

Owner Todd Ellerby says the pandemic really left him scrambling.

"Well basically I lost 100 percent of business and to do this day, none of that has come back. I lost all of my events, all of my weddings and everything else that was booked."

Ellerby said he had to adapt quickly.

"Once we got through the shock, we realized we had to go back to our roots, back to the street corner, it has worked out really well actually, it is a lot longer hours but the people of Woodstock have come out to support us for sure."

Ellerby says he is hopeful to be going to back to events and festivals next summer, however he is grateful to be operating at the Home Hardware parking lot. 

Todd's Doggs is just one food truck that has found a new way to adapt. They are popping all over Oxford County. Over in Ayr, the Tragically Chip Wagon is running out of the Curling Club on weekends as they try to recoup some of their losses this summer, not being able to go to fairs, concerts and festivals. 

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