The Food (merged)

[JoeMercer'sWay]

I finally cracked at half time as I hadn't eaten since the night before.

£ 3.80 for 1 chicken balti pie! (I refused to pay £ 5.50 for the posh ones) & £ 4.00 for a pint.

Walked back down the concourse to watch the tv (it wasn't working) only to find with my 1st bite that it wasn't chicken. I think it was steak. My second bite came with a mouth full of mushrooms. If it's got mushrooms in it please say so on the menu. Mushrooms make some of us sick.

Something to wipe your hands on would also have been good.

I'm not sure about this 'other grounds have similar prices' theory. If it was £ 100.00 per ticket & £ 10.00 per pie would it be ok because someone else charges the same?

I applaud the idea of better food, but surely it's just decent food, at a reasonable price with good service that most of the fans want. My maths isn't great but I would have thought that 5000 people buying a pie for £ 2.50 would be better than 1000 people buying one for £ 5.50. I imagine that the price puts most people off, but I don't know that as a fact.

Anyway it will be back to £ 2.16 a pint in the pub & £ 1.20 for a pie from the chippy. As people have said, I have the choice.

Mushrooms make you sick? Fucks sake, good job this generation don't have to fight Hitler.

As for something for your hands, there are a million serviettes at the back by the salt and pepper stuff.

Mushrooms give me the shits.

 

[argyle]

Am I right in thinking that the Jamie Oliver concessions are pretty sparse around the ground?

Perhaps if they are a success they'll be rolled out more and the price will come down?

Tasty stuff though.

 

[Dogtanian]

Only a matter of time before the club find out who is buying what.........

I can see the discussion now around a table at the end of the season.

"let's take Mr Bluehalli for example, he spends £600 a year on his ST and has had one for 20 odd years.....problem is he doesn't spend any money when he is there and however much we try to tempt him with tasty Jamie Oliver pies, he just won't bite!!"

"compare him to Mr G hunter who visits us 4 times a year, spending on average £100 a visit......if only we could fill the ground with more G Hunters......that seat would be giving us £1900 a year......that's the challenge team, get onto it!"

I'm sure this conversation has been had already. United have been running their finances like this for years, it certainly won't have gone un-noticed in Manchester.

At the moment they don't really know what (if anything) anyone buys, as its not linked to your customer number, but I'm sure there will come a day when it is. My guess is that they will introduce some kind of "City" money, to replace cash, which you will have to load your card with, and then any purchases will be made using your card, and so they can track exactly what you (do or don't) purchase.

Haha you can then get loyalty points for pies bought, people getting away tickets on account of decking 3 pies per game.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I applaud the idea of better food, but surely it's just decent food, at a reasonable price with good service that most of the fans want. My maths isn't great but I would have thought that 5000 people buying a pie for £ 2.50 would be better than 1000 people buying one for £ 5.50. I imagine that the price puts most people off, but I don't know that as a fact.

I agree with the thrust of your post, but if the cost price of the pie is £1.50 (which it won't be, mind) then the club is better off selling 1,000 @ £5.50 than 5,000 @ £2.50, as mad as it seems. The difference in profit between £5.50 and £2.50 is much greater than the difference in price.

I do think, however, that a modest reduction in price, say a quid on burgers and pies would significantly increase sales and therefore net profits, but that assumes the club can cope with the extra demand, which the evidence of Monday night would suggest is more than a little ambitious.

 

[CTID1988]

Never understood pricing like this at matches, gigs, festivals etc. If they charged £3 for a pint and £2 for a pie instead of £4+ would they not make more money in the long run because people would buy more because its reasonable? I know i would happily drink a few £3 pints but would avoid having even one of the £4+

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

Never understood pricing like this at matches, gigs, festivals etc. If they charged £3 for a pint and £2 for a pie instead of £4+ would they not make more money in the long run because people would buy more because its reasonable? I know i would happily drink a few £3 pints but would avoid having even one of the £4+

Apparently not, research shows that people buy the same amount but just feel like they are getting a better deal.

 

[CTID1988]

Never understood pricing like this at matches, gigs, festivals etc. If they charged £3 for a pint and £2 for a pie instead of £4+ would they not make more money in the long run because people would buy more because its reasonable? I know i would happily drink a few £3 pints but would avoid having even one of the £4+

Apparently not, research shows that people buy the same amount but just feel like they are getting a better deal.

Really? Well it works for me, but then again im a right mug

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

Never understood pricing like this at matches, gigs, festivals etc. If they charged £3 for a pint and £2 for a pie instead of £4+ would they not make more money in the long run because people would buy more because its reasonable? I know i would happily drink a few £3 pints but would avoid having even one of the £4+

Apparently not, research shows that people buy the same amount but just feel like they are getting a better deal.

Really? Well it works for me, but then again im a right mug

Not everyone is the same but most people especially in football have a routine so its always 1 pint before game, 1 pint half time with some nosh that sort of malarky they dont generally walk in and say oh look £1 cheaper im going to hammer 6 beers now and try 4 different varieties of pie.

 

[CTID1988]

Apparently not, research shows that people buy the same amount but just feel like they are getting a better deal.

Really? Well it works for me, but then again im a right mug

Not everyone is the same but most people especially in football have a routine so its always 1 pint before game, 1 pint half time with some nosh that sort of malarky they dont generally walk in and say oh look £1 cheaper im going to hammer 6 beers now and try 4 different varieties of pie.

That pretty much describes every single visit to a wetherspoons ive ever made

 

[blueparrot]

Never understood pricing like this at matches, gigs, festivals etc. If they charged £3 for a pint and £2 for a pie instead of £4+ would they not make more money in the long run because people would buy more because its reasonable? I know i would happily drink a few £3 pints but would avoid having even one of the £4+

Apparently not, research shows that people buy the same amount but just feel like they are getting a better deal.

This is true having worked in catering the research will tell them that people go to an event with the intention to buy or not buy food , the cost of the food will not have a great effect on quantity sold.
Were you would think people who go every week would thin it's cheap next time I might buy at the ground ,but apparently this dosn't happen either.<br /><br />-- Wed Aug 21, 2013 2:41 pm --<br /><br />

Never understood pricing like this at matches, gigs, festivals etc. If they charged £3 for a pint and £2 for a pie instead of £4+ would they not make more money in the long run because people would buy more because its reasonable? I know i would happily drink a few £3 pints but would avoid having even one of the £4+

Apparently not, research shows that people buy the same amount but just feel like they are getting a better deal.

This is true having worked in catering the research will tell them that people go to an event with the intention to buy or not buy food , the cost of the food will not have a great effect on quantity sold.
Were you would think people who go every week would thin it's cheap next time I might buy at the ground ,but apparently this dosn't happen either.

 

[u2fme2]

over priced load of shite, first and last time they get my money.
utter bloody piss take

 

[BlueTG]

I finally cracked at half time as I hadn't eaten since the night before.

£ 3.80 for 1 chicken balti pie! (I refused to pay £ 5.50 for the posh ones) & £ 4.00 for a pint.

Walked back down the concourse to watch the tv (it wasn't working) only to find with my 1st bite that it wasn't chicken. I think it was steak. My second bite came with a mouth full of mushrooms. If it's got mushrooms in it please say so on the menu. Mushrooms make some of us sick.

Something to wipe your hands on would also have been good.

I'm not sure about this 'other grounds have similar prices' theory. If it was £ 100.00 per ticket & £ 10.00 per pie would it be ok because someone else charges the same?

I applaud the idea of better food, but surely it's just decent food, at a reasonable price with good service that most of the fans want. My maths isn't great but I would have thought that 5000 people buying a pie for £ 2.50 would be better than 1000 people buying one for £ 5.50. I imagine that the price puts most people off, but I don't know that as a fact.

Anyway it will be back to £ 2.16 a pint in the pub & £ 1.20 for a pie from the chippy. As people have said, I have the choice.

Mushrooms make you sick? Fucks sake, good job this generation don't have to fight Hitler.

As for something for your hands, there are a million serviettes at the back by the salt and pepper stuff.

To be fair to his point, I know a few people who are badly allergic to mushrooms and carry an epi pen everywhere with them. It's not a particularly common allergy but can be severe.

 

[thesilvalining]

I cant complain, I got a free pie at the end of the game because they must have cooked too many

 

[CitizenTID]

They are southern prices really, so I hope they're not looking at what clubs like Arsenal are charging for their food

 

[Thenumber1blue]

I really can't understand why people feel the need to bother with this overpriced pile of shite.

Maybe some dont find it overpriced.

If it was decent then maybe it wouldn't be overpriced but it's poor quality and well overpriced.

 

[toffee balls]

They are southern prices really, so I hope they're not looking at what clubs like Arsenal are charging for their food

I dont mind that as long as they keep up that quality.

 

[fredmont]

Had a cheese burger and chips for £7.20. Better quality to MacDonalds or Burger King though it was only luke warm. Probably won't bother again unless very late for the game. Appeared to be more staff serving than normal. The queues were shorter than usual.

Had the quality improved and the prices left the same fair enough, but asking your average folk to pay these new prices is a shame.We all have the choice and mine will be the chippy opposite the Manchester, best in Britain!

As someone pointed out, if the outlets became too popular inside the ground they wouldn't cope anyway, then we would be whining even more.

Another choice is hospitality £150 plus vat. The owners have treated us to great delights on the field but are they keeping their promise to keep it running as a 'family' club? We were moved out of the family stand, fair enough, but due to the expansion we will be asked to move again to make way for Corporate, unless we want to fork out ourselves! Don't think my £6.36 an hour will stretch to that.

 

[cityvet]

Cold burger, still had to wait ages for a pint.
Disappointed considering all the noise being made about huge improvements all summer.
No improvement on last season.
I would say city have dropped the ball but they weren`t carrying one in the first place.

 

[MillionDollarDream]

I can't remember the last time I bought something in a football ground . Not really down to prices but mainly down to waiting time . I'm not willin to queue up early and miss the end if the first half and I don't like gettin my drink just as the second half is kickin off and having to down my pint and leave half if it . Obviuosly can't comment in the food but I just hope people are puttin into consideration that this isn't some hot dog stall down the high street, its in a football stadium . We all know that the prices in stadiums, concerts and festivals etc are sky high . It's just the way it is .

Only a matter of time before the club find out who is buying what.........

I can see the discussion now around a table at the end of the season.

"let's take Mr Bluehalli for example, he spends £600 a year on his ST and has had one for 20 odd years.....problem is he doesn't spend any money when he is there and however much we try to tempt him with tasty Jamie Oliver pies, he just won't bite!!"

"compare him to Mr G hunter who visits us 4 times a year, spending on average £100 a visit......if only we could fill the ground with more G Hunters......that seat would be giving us £1900 a year......that's the challenge team, get onto it!"

This is legitimate thoughts that happen during business meetings. Ultimately they want more G Hunters. It happens during marketing meetings when discussing variable degrees of pricing strategies.

 

[Marvin]

Burger and chips? and pies.

Some fans, I suspect a lot more than the club thinks, care about the food they eat.

I should wait until I look at the menu before being too critical. It's just at the end of the game, all I saw were fans returning to their seats with burgers and chips