Why can't Starbucks do exactly what you are saying they can't do? It wouldn't be illegal for Starbucks to operator a mobile coffee truck, and if they sell below

Why can't Starbucks do exactly what you are saying they can't do? It wouldn't be illegal for Starbucks to operator a mobile coffee truck, and if they sell below cost drinks to and take customers away from someone else at a loss then that would be between Starbucks and their shareholders. And how would they be free-riding off our tax dollars? If that is the root cause here, then maybe the food truck owners should pay more taxes, which I doubt that it is. Any established industry has a vested interest in keeping status quo. They don't want someone to come in and shake things up, because that means they might have to actually compete.