New caterers appointed

[Sergei's Celebration]

Sodexo are huge, so they will be similar to Azure I'd imagine. On the flipside, they should have a lot of experience.

Yeah they have experience of serving the worst quality of food, by the worst trained staff being led a management team that don't give a flying F with zero focus on customer service. If you want hot bottles of fosters and frozen pukka pies sold to you for a 'special price' of £7, if you want, when you complain, to get a form to fill out and send to H/O and not have your complaint dealt with there and then because no one has the authority to do refunds on the till, if you want John Smiths as your only bitter option then this is the company for you. There is no one else like it. These bunch of clowns will make Azure look like a well oiled service team from the Ritz.

This is the first time in a while i completely disagree with what the club have done. I am willing to be proved wrong, and by god i hope i am, but i wont be.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Shame that Peterborough were relegated. Sodexo run HM Prison Peterborough. Our troublesome "firm" could have pitched up for a bit of fun on the terraces, safe in the knowledge that their Albion smart cards would get them a 10 per cent discount on stuff they bought in the local clink.

 

[Barrow Boy]

I think Soxedo PRESTIGE is a whole different ball game...

http://www.sodexoprestige.co.uk/

And I'm sure it will be for the 1901 club members et al, but do you really think us oiks using the concourse will be graced by the same level of quality and service?
I hope so, I really do but as I said I'm not holding my breath!

 

[brightonmark1234]

hope they sort out the hotdogs because there crap and taste horrible

 

[AIT76]

This!
Sodexo took over the catering at the company I used to work for and it ended up a shambles. Most people I worked with ended up bringing their own food in as Sodexo's offerings were of very poor quality and expensive.
Not impressed by this appointment by the club, Sodexo may have improved since I last had dealings with them, but I'm not holding my breath.

They haven't! The exact same thing happened at my place of work. Their contract runs out at the end of the summer and it isn't being renewed.

 

[rool]

As far as I remember they got caught up in the horse meat scandal last year too ha ha

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2282705/Horsemeat-Contaminated-meat-used-catering-company-supplied-Royal-Ascot.html

 

[Munkfish]

I bet they were the cheapest, who could offer the most profit.

 

[blue2]

Dark Star in WSU please!

Yes please the APA is my fav

 

[Springal]

I bet they were the cheapest, who could offer the most profit.

Usually how a tender works.

 

[El Sid]

hope they sort out the hotdogs because there crap and taste horrible

Can you recommend a good hotdog?

 

[banjo]

http://www.seagulls.co.uk/news/article/albion-appoint-new-caterers-885230.aspx

Interesting choice. A French company. Would have preferred to have kept it to a UK firm.

Snail pies it is then.

 

[Socialist Sid]

Snail pies it is then.

They'll sell slowly.

 

[dougdeep]

I expect they'll employ the old staff anyway, people who are willing to work for just 6 hours on a Saturday are thin on the ground.

 

[martyn20]

Can you recommend a good hotdog?

Oscar Mayer used to do a jalapeno and cheese weiner, that made THE best hot dog ever

 

[Meade's Ball]

They'll sell slowly.

There'll be that heartcrushing wince of inenviable guilt when you crunch one accidentally into the ground with an innocent tread too.

 

[Albumen]

As far as I remember they got caught up in the horse meat scandal last year too ha ha

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2282705/Horsemeat-Contaminated-meat-used-catering-company-supplied-Royal-Ascot.html

Good luck with those burgers, I'll stick to the piglets I think.

 

[albion534]

Obviously offered Barber the most money when applying

 

[Commander]

I bet they were the cheapest, who could offer the most profit.

I would hope so, yes.

 

[Barrow Boy]

Usually how a tender works.

Exactly, and using that criteria usually leads to quality and service going out the window as well. It shouldn't all be about profit when providing a service but that's how it normally ends up.

 

[Acker79]

Their profit will depend on their service. As we saw last season with the drop due to the food/service provided by Azure, Sodexo will have to improve on these, or they won't be able to provide the profits they promised, however cheap they are, and then they would go the way of Azure. I'm sure this was a consideration during the process.