Piglets On The Road

[MattBackHome]

I personally wouldn't use this.

More than anything else, I like trying the local food (rarely from inside the ground) on an away trip.

But even if I was desperate for a Piglet, the whole 'breakfast pie' or 'cold pie' conundrum would probably rule me out as well.

NO OFFENCE INTENDED

 

[Icy Gull]

. Not sure why there's so much anger though.

Think you're being over sensitive.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Do you really think there's money to be made taking a pie van around the country following the Albion?? The reaction of the local traders around the grounds could make for some interesting pre-match entertainment though.

Depends what you mean by making money. Directly I am sure it could break even. But it would provide valuable brand awareness. If they had a specially kitted out vehicle then it could rock up at other events.

 

[Bozza]

Has Jo considered setting up shop, literally, at Brighton Station anyway should a unit become available?

I know there's a pasty shop there already - no doubt 'award winning' as all pasty shops seem to be, but you'd like to think the presence of a local company, such as Piglet's, would do well against such competition. Having such presence would almost certainly mean a number of Albion fans making a purchase before jumping on the train to some far-flung Northern outpost.

 

[Icy Gull]

Depends what you mean by making money. Directly I am sure it could break even. But it would provide valuable brand awareness. If they had a specially kitted out vehicle then it could rock up at other events.

Covering costs like cost of the pies to produce, van maintenance, wages, site fees, diesel etc. I have no idea but a round trip of more than 100 miles would mean a shit load of pies would have to be sold, in a very short time frame, I imagine.

On another note, can you legally just rock up at a football stadium and start selling things? If you have to sort the detail of licences every game I imagine it would be hassle and not cheap either.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Not sure why there's so much anger though.

I'd agree on some of the responses to the idea BUT one of your responses was hardly calm and measured !

 

[Brian Fantana]

Has Jo considered setting up shop, literally, at Brighton Station anyway should a unit become available?

I know there's a pasty shop there already - no doubt 'award winning' as all pasty shops seem to be, but you'd like to think the presence of a local company, such as Piglet's, would do well against such competition. Having such presence would almost certainly mean a number of Albion fans making a purchase before jumping on the train to some far-flung Northern outpost.

To me, that's a much better idea.

As well as catching a fair amount of fans setting off for away trips by train, she'd also help promote her brand to a much wider audience. It would, obviously, also allow her to generate some revenue during the football off-season too.

 

[Return of the Rev]

Should we boycott the amex pies till they up sized to the on the road size

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

I am the sort of bloke who WOULD eat a pie for breakfast so I'm IN!

 

[Billy the Fish]

A better idea would be a mobile van selling their pies which can rock up at each away game. A simple time and place on Facebook; job done. There's a gormet burger van over here which goes where the fun is....and lets people know via social media. It's proving to be very successful.

If Piglets really did want to expand and advertise their brand, this would be the way to do it. Mobile catering vans/trailers are at events all over the country, they could easily get a spot at our away games on a saturday and then at the sunday Premier league game on the sunday. Then there's festivals, cricket, outdoor gigs etc.
Personally I wouldn't bother with our away games at all, they are already well into our support so there's no point in slaughtering the golden goose by saturating Albion fans.

I've often thought if I ever jacked in my job I'd like to do something like this. The best one I ever saw was at a test match at Edgbaston about 7 years ago, they were selling big bowls of chili for £6 a go, it was so simple and they must've been making a good margin and the queue was super fast as well. You got rice, chili, sour cream, jalapenos and a choice of mild, medium, or hot sauce. Never seen it again anywhere

 

[Munkfish]

If Piglets really did want to expand and advertise their brand, this would be the way to do it. Mobile catering vans/trailers are at events all over the country, they could easily get a spot at our away games on a saturday and then at the sunday Premier league game on the sunday. Then there's festivals, cricket, outdoor gigs etc.
Personally I wouldn't bother with our away games at all, they are already well into our support so there's no point in slaughtering the golden goose by saturating Albion fans.

I've often thought if I ever jacked in my job I'd like to do something like this. The best one I ever saw was at a test match at Edgbaston about 7 years ago, they were selling big bowls of chili for £6 a go, it was so simple and they must've been making a good margin and the queue was super fast as well. You got rice, chili, sour cream, jalapenos and a choice of mild, medium, or hot sauce. Never seen it again anywhere

Maybe that tells you about its success.

But the brand awareness and affliation would be great, if you new the pie van would be about at X time by following on twitter, even around brighton and hove over lunch times.

 

[The Large One]

Has Jo considered setting up shop, literally, at Brighton Station anyway should a unit become available?

I know there's a pasty shop there already - no doubt 'award winning' as all pasty shops seem to be, but you'd like to think the presence of a local company, such as Piglet's, would do well against such competition. Having such presence would almost certainly mean a number of Albion fans making a purchase before jumping on the train to some far-flung Northern outpost.

She has.

They seemingly don't want her.

 

[Return of the Rev]

I thing piglets should open a shop and make loads of money, then open another shop and then open shops all round the country and make loads of money,this would make me very happy,they could give a little toy piglet to each order of 8 or more,this would also make me happy

 

[Beach Hut]

Has Jo considered setting up shop, literally, at Brighton Station anyway should a unit become available.

I have, it is called Beach Hut

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Why should people want to pre order a pie when going to an away match, when half the fun is a breakfast on route and the fish and chip / curry take awa y to eat coming home. The idea is a non starter for me.

Although l love Piglet's offerings, (l regularly chomp my way through a couple of my favourite Chicken Balti's at each home game), this is much how l feel, unless it's an evening kick-off, on the great majority of occasions these pies are going to need to be collected very early in the morning, who in their right mind is going to fancy eating a pie, or want to look forward to eating a pie then? It could well be that depending on venue, the offerings at the opposition ground will be of a high quality anyway. Plus l doubt very much Piglet's would be prepared to offer this service unless they were sure they were going to sell a minimum number.

Sorry folks, a non-starter for me.

Plus of course, these pies need to be pre-ordered, and paid for well in advance. All tooo much trouble for me l'm afraiid

 

[Chicken Run]

In fairness TLO, you could have come on here pitching a cheaper viable alternative to Fuel and you would still attract abuse, I think although cant be certain that you irritate alot of people on the board, not me btw

 

[MattBackHome]

I went to Seville on what turned into a 'lads holiday' (bleurgh) a few months ago. As we were sat on the beach at Cadiz on the first day enjoying the various mariscos, one of the party brought pulled out a couple of leftover burgers from a barbeque he'd had in his garden the previous day and ate them instead. Utter lunacy.

Appreciate this isn't directly relevant.

 

[Black Rod]

Probably the stupidest idea I've ever heard. A variation that might have the tiniest amount of traction would involve people pre-paying for pies and Piglets somehow turning up at the away turnstiles with them freshly cooked to give out to them that ordered one. The practicalities would likely render such a scheme unfeasible for many reasons, but it's the least stupid option. The whole suggestion smells of greedy pseudo-hippy capitalists who don't have the tiniest effing clue about football culture. Might as well have Grubbs inviting people catching a flight to the Dubai World Cup to pick up a double Malaysia at Pease Pottage to eat on the plane. Idiots.

Top ranting

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

On another note, can you legally just rock up at a football stadium and start selling things? If you have to sort the detail of licences every game I imagine it would be hassle and not cheap either.

Of course. I forgot about all this red-tape nonsense.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Covering costs like cost of the pies to produce, van maintenance, wages, site fees, diesel etc. I have no idea but a round trip of more than 100 miles would mean a shit load of pies would have to be sold, in a very short time frame, I imagine.

On another note, can you legally just rock up at a football stadium and start selling things? If you have to sort the detail of licences every game I imagine it would be hassle and not cheap either.

And it's for this reason more than any other that it just wouldn't work. I think Bozza's idea of a permanent outlet at Brighton Station is a better one, somewhere open six or seven days a week, and available to fans to purchase their fave pies prior to their journey north.