The team behind Filbey’s catering business have announced it is to close later this year.
In a statement on Facebook they say: “This is a post we’ve been putting off writing, but after a lot of thought and many conversations between us, we’ve made the difficult decision that towards the end of this year, we’ll be bringing our food truck journey to a close.”
The announcement says there is no single reason, but cites the rising cost of produce and ingredients, plus VAT adding pressure on the business.
“There’s only so much we can realistically increase our prices without passing too much of that burden on to our customers,’ they say.
“We’ve always put a huge amount of time, energy and love into what we do, but we’ve reached a point where the effort and investment required to keep going simply isn’t giving us the return we need for it to be sustainable long-term.”
They add: “It’s a really difficult decision and one that we are incredibly sad about, because we genuinely love what we do.
“We love seeing people enjoying our food, the atmosphere we’ve created and everything we’ve built together over the years. This little truck has been such a big part of our lives, and we’re incredibly proud of what we’ve built and everything we’ve achieved along the way.”
They thank their customers and pledge they are not disappearing yet.
“We’ll still be trading for the coming months and have plenty more food to serve before we call it a day, so this isn’t goodbye quite yet.”
You can read the full statement from Jess, Scott and Del here.