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Owners of food trucks in the city of Los Angeles increased the price of their food due to the impact on their economy of the rise in the price of gasoline in recent weeks.
This Monday, in Los Angeles County the average price of regular fuel was quoted at $5.43 dollars, but in some service stations in the city of Los Angeles it was close to reaching $7 dollars per gallon.
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“I use a lot of gasoline. Weekly I used to fill the gas tank with about $100 dollars. Now we are at $170 dollars,” said Hispanic Fausto Devora, owner of the Jason’s Tacos food truck, which offers its products in East Los Angeles, to the ABC7 network.
The Hispanic said that also has the cost of fuel for his generator, which he fills twice a day and which represents $07 dollars more, so he saw the need to raise the price of the food he offers in his vehicle.
“I don’t have a price on the menu. Every day it goes up, higher and higher”, said Devora.
The Hispanic Nolan Chavarría, owner of the El Pollón food truck, in the East of Los Angeles, mentioned that due to the current price of gasoline he had to increase the amount of his food for the second time by about 25 cents.
“We need to increase our prices a little because if not, we can no longer be in the market. Hopefully the government can help”, said Chavarría.
Some experts from the industry mentioned that the price of oil was going to reach $130 dollars per barrel, regardless of whether the crisis occurred due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“But now, there is talk that if this crisis in Ukraine continues, we may see the price of oil reach the $130 dollars per barrel, which would translate here to more than $7 dollars per gallon in California,” he said. the USC business professor, Shon Hiatt.
According to data from the American Automobile Association (AAA), the average price of regular gasoline in California stood at $5 this Monday.07 dollars per gallon.
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