[Food] Simple question. Why no catering staff?

[halbpro]

Which in turn, will put prices up. Sodexo won’t allow more wages to eat into their profits. £7 a pint anyone?

They may well end up doing that, but on the flip side their profits will be severely reduced if they can’t sell sufficient stock

 

[Invicta]

Could try offering roles for staff where get a ticket for the game an do a few paid hours working in the catering before and after game. 3 hours paid and a free ticket. Plenty of seats available.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Maybe a more sustainable model might be to turn the vast open (largely unused) spaces of the outside perimeter over to foodstuff stalls from independent vendors. Almost guaranteed to be top-notch on quality. Don't think there's many that would begrudge a reasonable mark-up on price for something really really NICE

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

I had a really tasty beef and ale pie with a pint in East Upper around 2.30 pm yesterday.
Took no more than ten minutes to get served.
I feel left out as I want to be really annoyed how crap the club is run.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Simple answer, no students

I’m not convinced there will be a stream of students willing to work at the AMEX. The UK has changed since in the past few years.

Many hospitality workers have been hovered up by burgeoning fulfillment centers and the gig economy and lost forever. The hours are much more flexible, and in some situations, the conditions are much more favourable. Unless the hourly rate makes it a no-brainer why would you sign up to serve lager to football supporters when you can walk around a warm warehouse any hour which fits with your study or deliver food in your warm car to grateful middle-class, but lazy people?

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

I’m not convinced there will be a stream of students willing to work at the AMEX. The UK has changed since in the past few years.

Many hospitality workers have been hovered up by burgeoning fulfillment centers and the gig economy and lost forever. The hours are much more flexible, and in some situations, the conditions are much more favourable. Unless the hourly rate makes it a no-brainer why would you sign up to serve lager to football supporters when you can walk around a warm warehouse any hour which fits with your study or deliver food in your warm car to grateful middle-class, but lazy people?

Maybe you’re right, if that’s the case they’ll have to raise the wages and it will be passed on in price increases.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I’m not convinced there will be a stream of students willing to work at the AMEX. The UK has changed since in the past few years.

Many hospitality workers have been hovered up by burgeoning fulfillment centers and the gig economy and lost forever. The hours are much more flexible, and in some situations, the conditions are much more favourable. Unless the hourly rate makes it a no-brainer why would you sign up to serve lager to football supporters when you can walk around a warm warehouse any hour which fits with your study or deliver food in your warm car to grateful middle-class, but lazy people?

I saw a segment on BBC News yesterday. Food supplier was challenged as to how he would cope with the end of cheap european labour. Bloke said he was fine with that - as long as it was realised it would also mean an end to cheap food prices

 

[Super Steve Earle]

I know, we ask it every season for the first few games and blame the students.
But with a fan base of 10,000's why cant we put out a simple plea.
Can you serve behind the counter for 6 hours for £60? Free food at the end.
If training is needed then 8 hours for £80. Heck, the money they take they could afford £100 per shift.
How many items are there on the menu and how many buttons need pressing?
Has anyone on here seen an advert for staff?

Not sure how this thread has reached 7 pages already. Question asked in post one and answered in post two. Didn't even need the thread in the first place with 30 seconds research.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Maybe you’re right, if that’s the case they’ll have to raise the wages and it will be passed on in price increases.

I do think wages will have to be increased. Hospitality has traditionally paid poorly and often with dodges to get around the minimum wage e.g. supplementing wages with tips. I have read some articles about how we might soon get to see the “true” price of restaurant food. Ultimately it will be the customer who pays but the flip side is, one could argue, we had it cheap for many years.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

I do think wages will have to be increased. Hospitality has traditionally paid poorly and often with dodges to get around the minimum wage e.g. supplementing wages with tips. I have read some articles about how we might soon get to see the “true” price of restaurant food. Ultimately it will be the customer who pays but the flip side is, one could argue, we had it cheap for many years.

So glad I no longer own pubs. I spoke to someone I know who owns three very good restaurants in Hastings, Rye and Westfield the problems she is having staffing them is horrendous, and she’s paying well over the going rate. They are having to close the restaurants certain days even though they have taken bookings.

 

[Swansman]

Give me a room somewhere near the stadium and enough money to make it through the month and I'm ready to work.

PB, you know my email adress. Hit me up.

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

Give me a room somewhere near the stadium and enough money to make it through the month and I'm ready to work.

PB, you know my email adress. Hit me up.

Somebody needs to hit you up

 

[BBassic]

It's a shit job. For poor money. At the backend (or during a lull) of a global pandemic.

Perspective plz.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Give me a room somewhere near the stadium and enough money to make it through the month and I'm ready to work.

PB, you know my email adress. Hit me up.

Unfortunately, stewarding wages won’t get you through a month of living costs in Brighton.

 

[Rookie]

It’s not just the Amex, venues up and down the country are struggling for staff.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Not sure how this thread has reached 7 pages already. Question asked in post one and answered in post two. Didn't even need the thread in the first place with 30 seconds research.

Oh look it’s the thread police

It’s a talking point, most threads wouldn’t be started if posters decided to do research before starting a thread.
If someone asked you a question in a pub would you reply by telling them to do some research?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

It's a shit job. For poor money.
Perspective plz.

And let’s not forget it’s dealing with the Great British public!

 

[Bry Nylon]

And let’s not forget it’s dealing with the Great British public!

Ha! And there is the nub of it. You literally could not pay me enough money to make me serve beer and burgers to football fans.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Oh look it’s the thread police

It’s a talking point, most threads wouldn’t be started if posters decided to do research before starting a thread.
If someone asked you a question in a pub would you reply by telling them to do some research?

Hardly the thread police (with a smiley face) or a talking point. If someone asked me a question in the pub, I'd tell them the answer (if I knew it) then move on to something more interesting. What's left to talk about

 

[Seagull1989]

I have never seen the queues as bad as they were yesterday at half time in the North Stand. They reached the back of the concourse and then snaked around, I gave up in the end.

A few years back a friend worked there for a few shifts and after being placed in the North Stand for one shift she left as it wasn’t worth the money. I don’t think I’ve ever noticed the same member of staff working there so turnover rate and constant training of new staff must be an issue.