Monday, November 24, 2014
Data Update 3
These are three quotes from the President and CEO of the British Columbia Restaurant & Foodservices Association, Ian Tostenson.
“The city put a moratorium on the licensing of new food trucks until they could figure out what the impact was, both for restaurants and food trucks.”
“We never opposed food trucks, we just opposed the continual expansion of it without having an awareness of what the impacts were in the marketplace.”
“In fairness, I think the city cracked down and if any of the food trucks were encroaching or operating in areas where they shouldn’t be, they put some rules in place.”
“[Food trucks] don’t pay anywhere near the same costs as restaurants do.”
Questions that my data does not answer:
My data does not tell me anything about how food trucks impact the food and restaurant industry. While the dataset tells me the locations of food trucks, it doesn’t tell me the concentration of restaurants in that area.
As far as the impact of food trucks, I could only really get that information from the restaurant themselves, if they were willing to give me the numbers on their books. But that doesn’t necessarily link to the impact of food trucks. Like Tostenson said, the city is doing some research to find out exactly what the impact of food trucks are in the marketplace.
The kind of data that’s probably more accessible would be along the lines of operational costs of food trucks and restaurants, including rent and licensing, which I could get from the City of Vancouver and/or the companies themselves, depending on whether they would be open to disclosing that information.
As for the concentration of restaurants, I could get that information by surveying those locations myself. There is also a dataset in the City of Vancouver website that has a list of all business licenses issued. If I could clean that, I might be able to see restaurant locations.
“The city put a moratorium on the licensing of new food trucks until they could figure out what the impact was, both for restaurants and food trucks.”
“We never opposed food trucks, we just opposed the continual expansion of it without having an awareness of what the impacts were in the marketplace.”
“In fairness, I think the city cracked down and if any of the food trucks were encroaching or operating in areas where they shouldn’t be, they put some rules in place.”
“[Food trucks] don’t pay anywhere near the same costs as restaurants do.”
Questions that my data does not answer:
My data does not tell me anything about how food trucks impact the food and restaurant industry. While the dataset tells me the locations of food trucks, it doesn’t tell me the concentration of restaurants in that area.
As far as the impact of food trucks, I could only really get that information from the restaurant themselves, if they were willing to give me the numbers on their books. But that doesn’t necessarily link to the impact of food trucks. Like Tostenson said, the city is doing some research to find out exactly what the impact of food trucks are in the marketplace.
The kind of data that’s probably more accessible would be along the lines of operational costs of food trucks and restaurants, including rent and licensing, which I could get from the City of Vancouver and/or the companies themselves, depending on whether they would be open to disclosing that information.
As for the concentration of restaurants, I could get that information by surveying those locations myself. There is also a dataset in the City of Vancouver website that has a list of all business licenses issued. If I could clean that, I might be able to see restaurant locations.
Monday, November 10, 2014
Assignment 2: DataUpdate 2
1. Of the 112 food truck licenses issued over the last four years in Vancouver, 38 are hot dog vendors while the rest serve a variety of other types of food.
2. As of the 2010, there are more hot dog stands in Vancouver than any other type of street vendor (serving food).
Name of Expert
Vij is the owner Vij’s Railway Express (a food truck) and also runs a catering service. He provides catering for Whole Foods and has a strong business presence in Vancouver.
Link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9Md2Va2zMjeTkQxcEFvT0dVbDA/view?usp=sharing
2. As of the 2010, there are more hot dog stands in Vancouver than any other type of street vendor (serving food).
Name of Expert
Vij is the owner Vij’s Railway Express (a food truck) and also runs a catering service. He provides catering for Whole Foods and has a strong business presence in Vancouver.
Link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9Md2Va2zMjeTkQxcEFvT0dVbDA/view?usp=sharing
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