French Fry vendors in Ghent protest new rules with 'fry drop'

French Fry vendors in afraid to lose their stand as a result of new rules introduced by the city of Ghent unloaded two tons of frozen french fries onto the steps, windowsills, and pretty much every nook and cranny of city hall.

(Courtesy: Het Laatste Nieuws uit Gent)

June 12, 2016

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French fry vendors of Ghent, Belgium, are up in arms over new legislation regarding their businesses.

French fry kiosk owners in the Dutch-Belgian city had first dibs on renewing their leases. There would then be an auction for it, after which the current owner had the right to retain their lease if they could pay 5 percent more than the highest bidder.

Ghent's government recently changed the rule - now the highest bidder gets the lease.

To protest new rules, French Fry vendors in Ghent, unloaded 2 tons of french fries in front of city hall

The sellers are worried they will lose their stands, so to protest, some of them unloaded two tons of frozen french fries onto the steps, windowsills, and pretty much every nook and cranny of city hall Tuesday night.

According to De Standaard (in Dutch), the fry entrepreneurs had already lost two cases with the government regarding overturning this rule. Since their conservative efforts were unfruitful, they decided to use their greatest commodity as a weapon.