pasty
A different kind of pasty
Keep it schtum, but I bought a bottle of coke yesterday and got given it with the lid on!
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[Albion] Catering
- Thread starter Guinness Boy
- Start date
- Jul 10, 2003
- 27,751
Arrived at 12.15 yesterday with the hangover from hell having been at a wedding all day on Friday, to find they had sold out of Breakfast pies so had to have chicken
Obviously, I'm not pointing fingers, but ......
The boy* then got a breakfast one at half time and taunted me with it
* if 30+ can still be a boy
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Iggle Piggle
Well-known member
- Sep 3, 2010
- 5,950
Well, I went to the Terminator kiosk in the West lower after the game and had a rather tasty chicken pie which the seagull overlords somehow charged me and the lad for in a negligible queue. We waited for the rain to die down watching the highlights. My favourite bit being the fat united kit putting his hands over his ears when the 2nd goal went in.
I did notice - albeit didn't participate as was driving - that it was 7 effing quid for a Robo-Moretti that tastes like piss in it's plastic cup. That belongs in the same progress bin as the Robot pizzas which are equally as minging.
I did notice - albeit didn't participate as was driving - that it was 7 effing quid for a Robo-Moretti that tastes like piss in it's plastic cup. That belongs in the same progress bin as the Robot pizzas which are equally as minging.
ROSM
Well-known member
Quite simply they worked out based on 3 sources. Questionnaires, trialling different service methods and seeing how speed impacted takings and also by time and motion studies using cameras to assess people who queued and then walked away or who didn't get served before games starting etcYeah, City have their own way of working out financial matters. Not sure how a survey would give the answer
It's quite standard in business
- Jul 27, 2024
- 607
The only way I can avoid the nightmare queues in East Upper is to pop out 5 mins before HT, then come back to my seat and hold onto my pie until halfway through HT as it seems rude to start eating before everyone else.
Disappointed there were no breakfast pies left to experience but at least they still had the dependable steak and ale. According to their website they make 10,000 pies for every game which means 1 in 3 of the congregation consume a pie during the game. Seems a lot considering all the other, lowlier food items also on sale.
Disappointed there were no breakfast pies left to experience but at least they still had the dependable steak and ale. According to their website they make 10,000 pies for every game which means 1 in 3 of the congregation consume a pie during the game. Seems a lot considering all the other, lowlier food items also on sale.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Football is an absolute piss take if truth be told.
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beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 36,014
£10m is about £10 a head for everyone for 20 games. they seem to follow some special accounting there.
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Super Steve Earle
Well-known member
I jumpedin quick at Tap bar for a steak pie as the guy put it in the dispenser. That will be fresh and hot I thought, but no, it was cold.
ROSM
Well-known member
If you include European and other cup games as well. It's not an unreasonable number if you cover people put off spending inside the ground
Paranoid Android
Active member
- Mar 4, 2023
- 46
Fwiw I had the vegan pie and it was hot and delicious. I think people are put off by the ‘Vegan’ tag but I’ll be damned if I can tell the difference between the vegan pastry and regular 
schmunk
Why oh why oh why?
I think I may have found the problem...
Weststander
Well-known member
The chicken & leek pie was scrumptious.
Definitely been a price hike. Personally okay with that, but a kick in the teeth for say families strugglihg?
Definitely been a price hike. Personally okay with that, but a kick in the teeth for say families strugglihg?
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,317
Is that self-service scan-card-on-entering catering thing being continued this season in, if memory serves, ESL. Or was last season just a trial of the tech?
jonny.rainbow
Well-known member
- Oct 29, 2005
- 6,844
At Goodison last week, I ordered a pie and was given a plastic bottle of Carling. The server thought I had asked for a ‘pint’. I was tempted to point out that a 500ml plastic bottle of Carling could not be considered a pint but didn’t want to be ‘that guy’ who complains to weekend staff on minimum wage about catering.
- Thread starter
- #116
Want / need is a spurious argument. This is income to the club. Ideally the food and drink should be so good people are determined to have some just because.
Jo at Piglets has done a great job of making her offerings as good as possible, to the extent we were quite famous for the pies in the early Amex days. Sodexo have, however, increased the beer prices and shrunk their food.
No one, and I mean no one should buy a burger at the ground ever again. Pie or sausage roll, fine, but there needs to be a burger boycott.
I’m going to eat in the pub on Tuesday because I’d like some dinner (if that’s ok with you?). That’s on Sodexo.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
The free tap water i was served yesterday was fine and not out of stock
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,317
There's an overwhelming case to be made for Uncle Sams having a franchise at the Amex. Piglets supply quality pies by a local supplier. Ditto Harveys with the beer. Why should the club accept provision of bland generic burgers instead of showcasing an iconic longtime local supplier of superb burgers? So iconic they even have their own NSC emoji FFS
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Holding McCourt
New member
- Oct 4, 2015
- 13
The fish & chips outside is now £14
Fromthewest
New member
- Jan 1, 2024
- 7
WSU even an hour and a quarter before kick off, very little choice had a burger it was very small, wont be getting one again. Few staff only 2 serving at that time! Staff were clueless and yes did leave my bottle top on ( at least it didn’t then end up getting spilt).
