BUFFALO, N.Y. — Some area food truck operators are adding surcharges and keeping their trucks closer to home to help cover the increased costs tied filling their tanks and paying workers.
“Obviously, we’ve raised the prices of our catering and of our pizzas to cover the gas, but the employee increase is what costs us the most,” said David Perri, owner of Pizza Amore “The Wood Fire Way” LLC, who says he’s struggling to attract the 10-15 high school and college-age workers he generally brings in for the summer schedule.
Sometimes that means closing one of his two storefronts — on Grand Island and North Tonawanda — so he has enough workers for the food truck and two mobile trailers that move from event to event all summer. You can read the full story on Buffalo Business First's website.
