The chilli pie yesterday was simply delicious.
Really? Thought it was quite bland myself.
[Other Sport] Stadium Catering Prices Slashed
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Really? Thought it was quite bland myself.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Amex catering prices are plain stupid and far to excessive
Why?
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Because they are a complete rip-off, the pies cost a fortune and the quality has degraded since the start of the Amex
Knocky's Nose
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I wouldn't say complete rip off, but they are definitely prohibitively expensive.
The catering company will be paying BHAFC for the privilege of using the ground and facilities, so it'd have to be a collaboration between the club and the caterers to bring prices down...
How it would affect the traders outside would be another question, so they would also have to be included in this...
But the place is rammed, so basic supply and demand. From club POV what would reducing prices achieve ? And to be fair the pint price is very reasonable
My chilli pie yesterday was particularly delicious. And 9/10 of the regular chicken pies have been very good or excellent. Obviously you can get the odd one that's not so good... but overall, the standard is still very high. Pity about the nice blue boxes though.
I don't feel ripped off at all.
Geestar
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To be fair everything in the South is expensive!
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Djmiles
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In fairness, the prices over there were just plain ridiculous to begin with. I went to a Blue Jays game not that long ago and they were charging £7-£8 for a beer. You’d pay £5 in a bar outside the stadium.
Compare that to the Amex. A pint will cost you, what, £4.80-£5.00 now? How much would you pay in town. £4.50 if you’re lucky?
Food on the other hand is probably 25% higher than it should be, but they have to make their money somehow.
Compare that to the Amex. A pint will cost you, what, £4.80-£5.00 now? How much would you pay in town. £4.50 if you’re lucky?
Food on the other hand is probably 25% higher than it should be, but they have to make their money somehow.
The caterers at the very beginning until Barber sacked them, Azure, were shockingly poor at everything including food quality. Sodexo, with suppliers such as Piglets Pantry, have been a marked step up.
Looking online, it appears that Sodexo pay the club say £5m a season (perhaps more now we’re in the PL with 30,000 plus gates every time).
Change at Barnham
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That is the interesting point of the article.
The demand is high, however they have reduced the prices and still increased profits.
It's a business model that not many organisations would consider but it's proving successful.
But it wouldn’t work here
Change at Barnham
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It was thought that it wouldn't work in North America either.
I highly doubt anyone would gamble their profits on even attempting it in the UK.
So we will never know if it would work here.
What I mean is, all US sports are a long day out. Longer than a UK football match, in terms of how long the games last - all much longer than football/soccer. Then they make a day of it, getting there early etc.
Even if the prices reduce, how could the Amex physically serve any more people? Unless fans started getting there earlier, staying later and we could drink in our seats
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Perception of quality of which we differ
Relative to Ginsters it’s great. But, I had the chilli pie yesterday and as a premium pie it should be measured against other premium pies and it was average. Their other pies are average as well. And as [MENTION=38]Beach Hut[/MENTION] has said the quality has diminished since the Amex opened which doesn’t help the experience.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
At least two seasons ago I had a Steak & Ale pie and thought it was bland for the price.
I had Cottage Pie at Fulham that was also bland however I expected to be underwhelmed as it was not marketed as something premium.