Broke Linda Majola abandoned his food truck business as he struggled to generate profits

Linda Majola revealed that he is closing his food truck business which he opened in 2019, with the confidence to expand it. He has been running his business for three years, but tough times have caused him to close it. Linda’s food truck was called the Humble Café. The Humble Cafe sells mouth-watering food like chicken cheesesteaks, beef, artisanal, BBQ chicken wings and fried chicken strips, they take orders and make home deliveries.

Linda Majola started his business during Covid 19 lockdown

The celebrated actor launched his food truck during the Covid 19 lockdown. His business was set to make people’s lives easier by doing door-to-door deliveries. However, after the government dismissed the lockdown, he struggled to make profits as customers were allowed to go to shops. Talking to news reporters, Linda Majola said:

“I exhausted my credit card and had to take up a loan. I bought a trailer for myself, and I could buy some stock, and on January 24 2020, I officially opened the business.”

“I was running that for a while, and then when Covid-19 came, we experienced challenges and couldn’t operate because of the restrictions. After that huge hiccup, I reopened. I was privileged at the time because I started creating content, and I was getting the marketing. Using social media as a way to market the brand and the business,” 

On Linda Majola facing multiple problems in his business

As he closed his side hustle business, Linda opened up about his challenges while running his food truck.

“It was making an OK revenue, but recently it has been difficult because the expenses increased so much. Different challenges as well. People don’t have the same buying power they used to have and are saving every cent. It was challenging, and I wanted to make sure my staff (three people) were paid. That was also my challenge, paying the staff and buying stock. Food prices are at an all-time high, and so are petrol and electricity. A lot of challenges had to be factored in before I could decide to close”.

“We are encouraged when we can’t find work to create our own spaces and opportunities, and when we do get the chance to open and establish our businesses finally, we are met with multiple adversities because it’s not just about opening a business, it is also about running it and making a profit.”

“There are many other factors we must think about before we jump and think the business will make us money. Years of struggle entail branding, marketing, establishing your costs and other external issues like inflation, theft and the load-shedding we’ve been experiencing. Those things made me discouraged to continue because even when you try to create or build your table, you have so many challenges to maintain that table. It is hard.”