Inflation grips L.A. taco vendors: Less meat? Raise prices? Absorb losses?
LA TimesJesus Koyot tends to a trompo at Avenue 26 Tacos in Little Tokyo. “Prices go up,” said Orozco, 52, from Zacatecas, Mexico, “but that might not matter to hungry people who have money.” Rising food and fuel costs have forced some street vendors to ration their supplies or raise their prices on what some take for granted as convenient and affordable food. And then they started to raise their prices, but we’ve always made sure that we’re the last ones to raise ours,” Cesar said. “A lot of our customers are low-income people who enjoy our food and can’t always afford to pay more than $2 for a taco,” Cesar Reyes said. “I think that people don’t understand the true cost of food,” Rudy Espinoza, executive director with the nonprofit Inclusive Action for the City.
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