Burger ban on fast food stall

Burger ban on fast food stall

Ms Carter says she may leave the market

A burger bar in the Potteries has been banned from selling burgers.

Tina Carter, who parks her van opposite fast food giant McDonalds when she visits Newcastle-under-Lyme market, has been hit with the burger embargo by the local council.

The authority, which also does not allow the trader to sell chips, imposed the measure in an effort to encourage a choice of different food at the market.

It means Ms Carter is allowed to sell other meaty snacks or potato wedges, but could lose her licence if she sells burgers and chips.

"Everywhere else we go we are allowed to do burgers and chips," she told BBC Midlands Today.

Potato wedges get the thumbs-up

She added that the majority of her customers find the ban as bizarre as she does.

"They're quite shocked really - most people think it's really stupid."

Ian Jenkinson, from Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, said: "This market will give everybody every sort of food they will ever want.

He added: "If you go and speak to Tina now, she's doing a very good business selling all sorts of other things."

Ms Carter said that, if the ban is not lifted, she may be forced to stop trading at the market.

McDonalds does not object to her selling any food she wants.