Small business owner struggling to operate after mobile bar trailer stolen – ActionNewsJax.com
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A woman’s small business was stolen right from her driveway in Murray Hill. Regard Libations is a mobile bar business, and the trailer that houses all of her equipment was taken.
The owner, Audrey Ancelin, says the trailer is basically her life.
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“That’s my livelihood. That’s how I pay for this house, that’s how I support my family, that’s my career,” she said.
The mobile bar business gets from point A to point B because of the trailer, but between the night of Dec. 16 and the morning of Dec. 17, it was stolen with just about everything inside it. The police report says it was parked in her driveway when Ancelin went to bed, and when she woke up, it was gone.
“Locked it up like I always do. I’m religious about it,” she said. “There’s no way, there’s no way this happened, and it finally set it after we traced my steps, and it was shocking, and I was in disbelief.”
Between the trailer itself and everything inside, she said she’s out nearly $15,000 and can barely operate her business.
“We have custom-built mobile bars for our clients to rent for their events; those were gone. We have tons of coolers, tables, tablecloths, barstools all stainless steel, all gone. Portable freezer, the list goes on,” she said. “We have about 5 percent of our inventory left.”
It’s a 6-by-10-foot trailer with a black glossy finish, chrome touch to it and a point at the front. Ancelin is asking the community to be on the lookout.
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Ancelin says she had four more events last week but made ends meet thanks to community help and donations, but their help can only last so long.
“I luckily have a bit of (a) break until the new year, so I will be spending the rest of that time continuing to take inventory and express gratitude for all of the support and kind words I’ve received so far.”
Ancelin tells Action News Jax she doesn’t think this was random and believes her area was being canvassed. She also said she is the only one who has locks to the trailer but worries everything is already gone. Until then, she’s trying to stay positive, and is hoping someone spots it.
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