PHILADELPHIA - There is trouble in dessert paradise as ice cream trucks struggle to make ends meet. Radwe says overhead is killing her."It cost me, like, 30 to 40 percent extra.
30 to 40. At the same time, the sales are not that much," Radwe said.Ice cream and drinks are the culprits, she says, and even water is 50 percent higher.
She did have the endangered Choco Taco, at $5. But, diesel fuel remains an expensive backbreaker that Abdul Ahad needs to power his Coyote Soft Serve generator all day long."My starting day is, like, $90 per day.
Whenever I do something? You start with $90," Ahad said.$15,000 for the truck, plus thousands more for customization work inside.