EAST CENTRAL 鈥� Vendors are coming up with new strategies to make up for the loss of fairground customers, by bringing the fair food to the people.
Food Truck Wars will involve about 10 food trucks travelling to various communities in the region.
鈥淔ood trucks are very hot right now, they鈥檙e a trending business,鈥� said Dale Belair, co-owner of foodtruckwars.ca.
鈥淚鈥檝e been in the carnival business all my life, we sell and import trade show novelties and things. People are looking for their fair food fix, people want to go out and they want to go to a food truck.鈥�
Belair said while there is a big food truck festival in B.C., there is no such event for rural Saskatchewan.
鈥淲hy not smaller areas in Saskatchewan, because people may not be able to a larger centre, and we can find venues that we can work with,鈥� he said.
鈥淵ou鈥檙e going to get your fair food fix, that鈥檚 what it is. There鈥檚 going to be all the favourite fair foods and sort of things. We鈥檙e not going to be replacing the full fair experience, but you know what? There鈥檚 going to be some other trade show vendors there and different types of food they wouldn鈥檛 get this summer because there鈥檚 no exhibitions or fairs anywhere.鈥�
Belair said the initiative has been approved through the provincial government鈥檚 business response team, and is categorized as a farmers market.
Social distancing will be required.
鈥淧eople will be coming in through an area, they will be directed past the trucks and past the vendors, and they can shop and choose what they like.鈥�
The Food Truck Wars will be at the Tisdale Town Square on July 18 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and July 19 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
They will be at the Carrot River Town Square on July 25 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and July 26 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and the Melfort Exhibition Grounds from Aug. 1 to 2.
