[Albion] Catering

[pasty]

Keep it schtum, but I bought a bottle of coke yesterday and got given it with the lid on!

 

[WATFORD zero]

The breakfast pie was pretty decent (£6)

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

 

[amexer]

As St now arrive at ground over an hour before KO and it was 11.30 decided to try the breakfast pie.. Surely that is a cockup to have no pies available that early.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

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.

 

[ROSM]

Yeah, City have their own way of working out financial matters. Not sure how a survey would give the answer

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 etc

It's quite standard in business

 

[Professor Plum]

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.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Football is an absolute piss take if truth be told.

 

[beorhthelm]

We knew it would be carnage yesterday and it didn't disappoint.

Man city did a survey at their stadium and worked out that of service was just 10 seconds quicker each order it would increase income by £10m per season. Given sodexo are I believe on a fixed contract that is their income they're hitting and also of local suppliers if they reduce orders

£10m is about £10 a head for everyone for 20 games. they seem to follow some special accounting there.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

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]

£10m is about £10 a head for everyone for 20 games. they seem to follow some special accounting there...

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]

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]

I jumpedin quick at Tap bar for a steak pie as the guy put it in the dispenser warmer. That will be fresh and hot I thought, but no, it was cold.

I think I may have found the problem...

 

[Weststander]

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?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

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]

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.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Not really. Wasn't nit-picking. Just asking a straight question - who needs to eat at a football match?

You've failed to answer. Just substituted 'wants' for 'needs' and think that's some kind of triumphant rebuttal. It ain't. There is a difference between things you choose to do and things you have to do. You can choose to eat crap over-priced food at a football match; you don't have to.

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]

The free tap water i was served yesterday was fine and not out of stock

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

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.

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

 

[Holding McCourt]

The fish & chips outside is now £14

 

[Fromthewest]

Keep it schtum, but I bought a bottle of coke yesterday and got given it with the lid on!

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).