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Outback restaurants cry foul as ‘meals on wheels’ food trucks invade their turf
Thursday December 10, 2020
With COVID-19 restrictions cancelling many festivals and outdoor events, food vans are making ends meet by setting up on the streets of small towns like Longreach in western Queensland.
Longreach businesses want a heads-up when food vans are coming to town. Photo: ABC
Restaurants want advance notice of food vans visiting the outback Queensland town to adjust for the drop in business, but the local council isn’t coming to the table.
Longreach restauranteur Leanne Kohler, who owns Darcy’s Diner and BB’s Bistro, isn’t against the food vans.
She just wants the…
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