Most expensive pies in English football

[Megazone]

You'll find the most expensive pie at Brighton for £4.10 - and it's the priciest pie in the top four divisions.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34504788

 

[Notters]

https://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/showthread.php?328032-The-BBC-Price-of-Football-Survey-2015

 

[-gully-]

Feels like a swizz now it's in a bag not a box.

 

[HantsSeagull]

unfortunately the quality has dropped over the last 4 years aswell and don't get me started on the removal of the chicken and ham pie.........
i have gone from buying a pie every game to not buying one at all.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

I've had one pie in four years and it was horrible

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Agree re chicken and ham pie, madness to remove it.
However, 90% of the pies we've had remain a good quality.

 

[Justice]

pastry is rock hard most of the time plus what's with the paper bags?

 

[tigertim68]

Pies have definitely gone down in quality , not so much filling and pastry seems to be a lot harder these days , I don't bother buying them any more

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

The Chilli Pie is surely worth double that price

Do they still do it ?

 

[JBizzle]

Stopped getting one since they got rid of the Chicken and ham pie. I don't buy any food inside the stadium now but am partial to a fish and chips outside.

Not surprised though £4.10 is expensive anyway so always in with a shout at winning that mini league

 

[Hillian1]

Stopped buying them half way through the first Amex season, I seem to have got carried along on the wave of "Buy everything to help the club"

Then it occurred to me that they were quite simply overpriced rubbish, anyone willing to part with £4.10 for a pie the size of a cup cake and inferior in quality to almost anything shop bought for half the price needs to give their head a shake.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Stopped buying them half way through the first Amex season, I seem to have got carried along on the wave of "Buy everything to help the club"

Then it occurred to me that they were quite simply overpriced rubbish, anyone willing to part with £4.10 for a pie the size of a cup cake and inferior in quality to almost anything shop bought for half the price needs to give their head a shake.

This. I can't be bothered to carefully craft this but for me there is a connection to the politics threads.... "Austerity"...? Hmmmm - as a country we can't possibly afford to look after our disadvantaged, ill, disabled and poor and it would be economically naive and reckless to even try?

Right ho.

 

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

Kidderminster's pies are more expensive...

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

I buy one every now and then so to be honest I havent seen a drop in quality.

£4.10 is a tad expensive.

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

They're making the Kidderminster Harriers one look expensive at £4.10 but for those that remember Kidderminster away it's a fabulous Sheperd's Pie, in a large foil. I had two, one before and one at HT, and then just felt full and bloated!

 

[Albion Dan]

I have definitely purchased fewer now the chicken and ham has gone.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Sadly, what started out as a well packaged decent quality product is now, no longer value for money. The product quality has been regularly down graded and likewise the packaging.
Why change a winning formula? It can only be one of two things. Either, the supplier/manufacturer is being squeezed by its customer for better prices and has had to compromise quality or there is a desire to make more money out of the product and use inferior/cheaper ingredients and packaging.
At £4.10 there should be comfortable margin in it for everybody. Cost to manufacturer to make...approx. 0.45-0.60p per unit. Cost to contract caterer/ club...approx. £1.10-£1.30. Manufacturer makes decent profit. Roughly 8000 pies per game x approx. 25 games. 200000 pies = approx. £100,000 ....costs....probably £60,000....Manufacturer makes £40k as well as taking a living wage.
Caterer has decent profit on each pie to play with. So does club. Between them, they can make £500k gp per season from pies.
£4.10 is a very healthy price for a middle-range product. Its pricing suggests premium product, which it certainly isn't.

 

[nicko31]

Sadly, what started out as a well packaged decent quality product is now, no longer value for money. The product quality has been regularly down graded and likewise the packaging.
Why change a winning formula? It can only be one of two things. Either, the supplier/manufacturer is being squeezed by its customer for better prices and has had to compromise quality or there is a desire to make more money out of the product and use inferior/cheaper ingredients and packaging.
At £4.10 there should be comfortable margin in it for everybody. Cost to manufacturer to make...approx. 0.45-0.60p per unit. Cost to contract caterer/ club...approx. £1.10-£1.30. Manufacturer makes decent profit. Roughly 8000 pies per game x approx. 25 games. 200000 pies = approx. £100,000 ....costs....probably £60,000....Manufacturer makes £40k as well as taking a living wage.
Caterer has decent profit on each pie to play with. So does club. Between them, they can make £500k gp per season from pies.
£4.10 is a very healthy price for a middle-range product. Its pricing suggests premium product, which it certainly isn't.

Yep, its a real pity. Had one at the last home game after not having one for over and year and they are not the same.

I bought my son a hotdog and it was MRM at its finest and packed with salt, its the kind of food that makes Britain as unhealthy as it is

I save my money to watch the team when I can, flask of coffee and a snack and avoids the queues The only thing I'll buy is a pint of Harveys

 

[Curious Orange]

I had a chili pie at the last match... and it was delicious.

 

[WhingForPresident]

Think the novelty has worn off somewhat, their sales must have dipped massively in the last couple of seasons. As the quality decreases, the price increases- that doesn't make sense for any business.

I'd rather just have a little nibble of my arm than pay £4.10 for a go at pie roulette. Or just bring food with me, one of the two.