Old small town wants the good old days back?

Question

i remember when i was a kid, we had bread trucks. they went around on Sunday after noon. we would run out to stop the truck. they had all kinds of goodies to buy. now we want it back. who to talk to about this and doesn't it sound good

Answer 1

Will never happen, the good old days are gone.   If you want it back, start your own business.    

Answer 2

if i had people delivering food in my neighborhood i'd never leave the neighborhood ever

Answer 3

Most small town things like that have been completely done away with.  It's also quiet possible your local laws prevent those kind of sales now.  

Does the bakery that made the goods, and drove the trucks even still exist?  It's quiet probable that fuel simply makes it too expensive for that kind of thing.

The other thing is their insurance rates might go WAY up, if they are driving around a truck that children chase, and swarm around.

If the driver is handing out food directly to the customers he will need to be tested for TB (but not if he's just delivering it to the store!).

If you have any of the big box stores in your town, or near it, it's quiet unfortunately unlikely a small town bakery would ever be able to compete again.

One upside possible though.  There is a local bakery in my general area, called Great Harvest.  They do a fantastic, and booming business selling at the local farmers markets!  They always have little samples of what-ever their bread on special is.  A delivery van arrives several times during the course of the farmers market, and delivers fresh baked bread to their booth.  Or you can just go strait to their bakery.

It's possible a small town bakery would do very well at a local farmers market.  Just something for you to consider.

~Garnet

Permaculture homesteading/farming over 20 years