FOSTORIA Restaurant weeks away from going out-of-business due to oversaturated Food Truck Market
FOSTORIA – I received the following email from a local restaurant owner that wishing to remain anonymous.
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> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2025 at 4:32 pm
> From: “I have to hide my identity” <userunknown44830@mail.com>
> To: Fostoriafreepress@gmail.com
> Subject: Inquiry
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> Greetings,
>
> I am writing to you privately and anonymously as I fear I will be attacked on the internet and my business may be “cancelled”
>
> I own a brick and mortar restaurant in Fostoria, and I am concerned regarding all the food trucks that are out in town every single day. On average 4-5 trucks are out daily, a few local trucks but mainly out of town trucks, some who are not even “legal” to operate.
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> I am asking that you look into this and see why this occurring? Fostoria is a great community, and food trucks are fun, different and exciting but we are opening our doors to outsiders who do not contribute to our community, folks are rushing to these trucks and flat out ignoring the brick and mortars.
>
> The community has to support what they have or they will see closures, I know for mine we are weeks away from possibly closing. And when the dust settles the community will have food trucks until they decide another town is better for them then our community will have nothing.
>
>
> Unknown”
> From: “I have to hide my identity” <userunknown44830@mail.com>
> To: Fostoriafreepress@gmail.com
> Subject: Inquiry
>
> Greetings,
>
> I am writing to you privately and anonymously as I fear I will be attacked on the internet and my business may be “cancelled”
>
> I own a brick and mortar restaurant in Fostoria, and I am concerned regarding all the food trucks that are out in town every single day. On average 4-5 trucks are out daily, a few local trucks but mainly out of town trucks, some who are not even “legal” to operate.
>
> I am asking that you look into this and see why this occurring? Fostoria is a great community, and food trucks are fun, different and exciting but we are opening our doors to outsiders who do not contribute to our community, folks are rushing to these trucks and flat out ignoring the brick and mortars.
>
> The community has to support what they have or they will see closures, I know for mine we are weeks away from possibly closing. And when the dust settles the community will have food trucks until they decide another town is better for them then our community will have nothing.
>
>
> Unknown”
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