ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – A nearby foods truck operator and chef is identified to maintain his organization likely soon after several hurdles.
Tyrone Bennett and his wife started off their food items truck following he missing his career to COVID, which was the to start with impediment he had to defeat.
A week following getting his company off the ground, a car or truck accident place aspect of his business enterprise on maintain.
“On March 30, we were heading to a catering and foodstuff truck party in Palm Coastline and we have been about 5 to 6 minutes absent when we bought hit from powering by a driver,” Bennett reported. “The trailer jackknifed and jumped off the trailer. It slid about 100 ft down I-95. The driver that hit us flew and went into the bushes.”
Bennett reported he and his wife were discouraged, but his enterprise is not the only factor the crash afflicted.
Right after Bennett misplaced his work to COVID, he started an group identified as “We Feed St. Augustine.”
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“We give out contemporary groceries. We give out cooked geared up meals,” Bennett reported. “It was an notion in a room for the duration of COVID, and it went from an thought to a wholehearted 501c3 firm. It connects places to eat and foodstuff market professionals to the group.”
The corporation has been feeding family members as a result of the pandemic, but given that the crash, they have been set on pause because of to the truck currently being totaled.
Even even though Bennett has to obtain a new food stuff truck, he is not offering up on serving his group.
“Our hope is that we occur back to the local community,” Bennett mentioned. “The neighborhood has been very incredibly supportive. We occur back more substantial and better and more powerful.”
Bennett stated he and his spouse are preparing to relaunch at the St. Augustine Meals and Wine Competition and hope to be again up and working the 1st week of Might.
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