Perth Voice Interactive

A BARDON park food truck trader says a ban on footpath advertising is killing their business.

Ian and Annie Gibson, who run Annie’s Woodfired Pizzas food van, say they need signs and a banner to attract customers to his secluded spot at the park.

“Not many people realise what I’m doing because they’re not used to seeing a food truck,” Mr Gibson told the Voice.

“They’re not as popular over here as they are over in the eastern states.”

He says he and his wife deserve the same treatment as shops at nearby “Dawe’s Corner” (Guildford Road and Seventh Avenue) which between them have about a dozen A-frame signs on footpaths and verges.

Bayswater mayor Sylvan Albert says the Gibsons’ “mobile food” permit at Bardon Park allows for advertising fitted to the vehicle only.

“No extra signage or banners were requested at the time [the permit was issued],” Cr Albert says.

He says the council will consider on July 28 what level of signage is appropriate in public parks.

by EMMIE DOWLING