CHAPTER 1
THE BACKGROUND AND ITS PROBLEM
Introduction
The characteristics of street food are available in a public place, such as from
a vendor on a street. Street food is ready to eat or drink that can be sold on the
street in open places. It is sold by a vendor from any unit. Most street foods are
considered finger food and fast food and have more reasonably priced than
restaurant foods. Some street foods came from different regions but many are not,
spreading beyond their place of origin had enjoyed locally for their unusual
ingredients and flavors. People enjoy street food for a number of reasons:
inexpensive, flavorful, exotic, to experience new style of cooking, and to support
business people and local vendors. (Street Food Institute, 2017)
The importance of street food vending lies on the fact that besides offering
business opportunities for developing entrepreneurs, the sale of street foods can
make a sizeable contribution to the economies of developing countries like
Philippines. Street food often reflects on different traditional local cultures and exists
in an endless quality. Raw materials have different types or forms as well as in the
preparation of street food drinks, snacks, and meals. The vendors’ stalls are located
outdoors that are easily accessible from the street. Their marketing success depends
on the location and generated reliant on oral public promotion. Street food
businesses are usually owned and managed by an individuals or families to benefit
and to be part of the local economy. One of the important parts related to street food
is the importance of maintaining the nutritional status to the large area of population.
Street food vending involves many problems that should not be ignored. The present
