N.O. food trucks rally to gain support for changing laws … Denham Springs Smoothie King takes top honors nationally once again

Rolling along: Ever since food trucks started appearing along roadsides in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, vendors have been struggling with city codes and ordinances they say unnecessarily hamper their operations. The New Orleans Food Truck Coalition aims to roll back a city law that limits trucks to sitting in one spot for no more than 45 minutes, and wants to end the ban on food trucks in the Central Business District, among other things. Read the full story here.
Smooth moves: The Smoothie King at 1122 S. Range Ave. in Denham Springs is officially known within the franchise as “store #346,” but they might as well change it to No. 1. The store, which was Smoothie King’s “Franchise of the Year” four years in a row between 2005 and 2008, was recently named the franchise’s “Store of the Year”—and it’s not the first time the store has received the award. That’s a high honor considering there are more than 600 Smoothie Kings operating in 32 states, the Cayman Islands and the Republic of Korea. The store is owned by Stephanie and Roger Wilder, and J. T. Davidson.