Wreck pauses food business for St. Augustine couple; Heart & SoulFood relaunch ahead
About a 7 days just after launching a foodstuff truck company in St. Augustine, chef Tyrone Bennett and his wife, Lateefa, ended up compelled to halt operations when a driver crashed into the foods truck they ended up towing on Interstate 95.
The St. Johns County citizens hope to reopen Heart & SoulFood Truck on May 1, while they are nonetheless making an attempt to recoup fiscal losses from the wreck, health care bills and the loss of money that adopted, Bennett reported.
“It was gut-wrenching,” he mentioned.
Bennett has been lively in the group around the previous few of a long time, organizing or owning a hand in community feeding occasions and other volunteer initiatives. He also released We Feed St. Augustine, which offers meals to the local community.
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Bennett, who has accomplished catering and pop-up meal situations domestically, and Lateefa launched the foodstuff truck in March, providing a mix of standard soul meals favorites like catfish, ribs, pulled pork, cornbread, macaroni and cheese, and potato salad.
The couple bought the truck this yr, and it was element of the We Feed St. Augustine procedure as nicely as the for-income enterprise.
On March 30, about a week following their small business introduced, they were being towing their food truck on I-95 South for an occasion in Palm Coast when a Hyundai hit the back again of the truck, according to a Flagler County Sheriff’s Office report. The driver told the deputy that he fell asleep immediately after a very long day at work, according to the report.
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The driver was cited for failure to sustain a lane, which was the only citation mentioned in the report. The sheriff’s office was not out there for remark on Friday on whether extra citations have been submitted.
“We had been just rattled,” Bennett claimed. “We couldn’t consider it.”
People have stepped up to supply assist, which includes a person who is planning a new foodstuff truck for them. Bennett claimed the few options to relaunch quickly. People today can keep current on the business’ Fb website page.
The Heart & SoulFood Truck will vacation throughout the location and feature some standard spots, which includes St. Paul AME Church at 85 Martin Luther King Ave.
“We enjoy just the outpouring of help and phone calls and e-mail, and we thank you and we will be back again. Seem for us to return Could 1,” Bennett stated.
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