Sambiasso Posted 6 August 2017 Posted 6 August 2017 12 hours ago, jonthefox said: Incidentally, when does this contract run out?. I know mandaric sold it to fund Martin Allen . On 4/18/2013 at 18:50, Leicester Lass said: Matchday Catering Club are equally frustrated about the situation. They have a long-term contract with the current caterers, although it may be an option to buy out the contract and bring the catering in-house if we get to the Premiership. The big thing is that they need people to complain if they experience issues, so they can take the complaints onto the caterers. I'm sure an initial 5yr contracted was handed out in 2007-2008 season but after a year they were awarded an extension of 10yrs thanks to Mandy, which means the current contract runs out at the end of the 2022-23 season.
Bob Hazels shorts Posted 6 August 2017 Posted 6 August 2017 Catering has been poor for years both in quality and service. I added to a request for suggestions and as its what i do added what i thought were decent based on experience and decades of football. Obviously nothing happened and the biggest issue is Balti or not? Compass catering have the contract. I thought this happened during the current regime as i thought with them being retailers it was daft to not keep it in house.It is. Opportunity is there to make a football retail name for themselves, you certainly wouldn't get such rubbish anywhere in Thailand......or most UK football stadiums
foxinsocks Posted 6 August 2017 Posted 6 August 2017 The draft singha has been a disaster in b3. It is always going off and ygen they wait ages for a new barrel. The catering guy is realy proud that they got it going in draught. ... but it's slow compared with habdingvout bottles
Wymsey Posted 6 August 2017 Posted 6 August 2017 Have to say, the food quality, in general, has improved quite a bit over the years. However, genuinely feel the cost of a pint you get at the ground is a rip-off no matter what brand you have,. Tastes all too watered and disappointment tbh.
stripeyfox Posted 6 August 2017 Posted 6 August 2017 15 minutes ago, Wymeswold fox said: Have to say, the food quality, in general, has improved quite a bit over the years. However, genuinely feel the cost of a pint you get at the ground is a rip-off no matter what brand you have,. Tastes all too watered and disappointment tbh. That's not my perception. Where I sit in the ground they are churning out the same menu (hot dog/burger/pie) as they have been for years. The only thing that has changed is the price!
Wasyls Pec Deck Posted 6 August 2017 Posted 6 August 2017 Incidentally, the pint and pie is the best reason to go to Brighton away. The usually pub on Tiger and have excellent pies. Best I've ever had in a football stadium
Bluetintedspecs Posted 6 August 2017 Posted 6 August 2017 We all have a choice.......I'm happy to choose not too.
Monsell1976 Posted 6 August 2017 Posted 6 August 2017 If you buy food from the ground, you must be bonkers, to pay over the odds for food from a mice infested outlet, when you are there for 90 minutes. Cant complain about prices, when people pay it, when there are plenty of places near the ground, cheaper and better. Only way to lower it, is everybody not use it, the prices would soon change.
Stadt Posted 8 August 2017 Posted 8 August 2017 On 06/08/2017 at 08:17, filthyfox said: If you voted for Brexit this, and all other price increases are your fault. We are headed for the deepest depression in living memory. Everything else I have preducted has already happened- fall in the pound; election to improve government majority and the loss (what else can you call it?) of said election. It's not like football clubs are reacting to cost push inflation is it? This is just greed from the club.
5waller5 Posted 8 August 2017 Posted 8 August 2017 My understanding from an ITK on this side of the business is that the food within the stadium is contracted for 10years+ and is of enormous frustration to the current owners who'd love to offer better quality and selection.
Great Boos Up Posted 8 August 2017 Posted 8 August 2017 I'd happily pay £5 for a pint in the concourse if I didn't have to queue.
ARCHER Posted 8 August 2017 Posted 8 August 2017 1 hour ago, 5waller5 said: My understanding from an ITK on this side of the business is that the food within the stadium is contracted for 10years+ and is of enormous frustration to the current owners who'd love to offer better quality and selection. Your understanding is entirely correct, although I believe they only have a couple or so years remaining.
jammie82uk Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 16 hours ago, Wookie said: It's not like football clubs are reacting to cost push inflation is it? This is just greed from the club. The club don't set the prices at the kiosks, it is contracted out to compass and as it's been pointed out in the couple of posts above this one the contract was agreed by previous owners of the club
Stadt Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 Just now, jammie82uk said: The club don't set the prices at the kiosks, it is contracted out to compass and as it's been pointed out in the couple of posts above this one the contract was agreed by previous owners of the club Ah yeah, forgot
Foxy-Lady Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 16 hours ago, 5waller5 said: My understanding from an ITK on this side of the business is that the food within the stadium is contracted for 10years+ and is of enormous frustration to the current owners who'd love to offer better quality and selection. I am sure the Owners have the financial funds available to buy themselves out of the last 2 years of this contract if they are sufficiently 'frustrated' to actually care and genuinely would love to offer better quality and selection to their supporters...
Dan Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 On 05/08/2017 at 13:20, stripeyfox said: The food in the stadium is overpriced and poor quality. Ok, the pies are probably ok but very expensive, considering you can buy them wholesale for about 50p each. Many clubs now sub contract the catering out to multiple food vendors so each kiosk is offering something different. This creates competition and improves quality. The current arrangements at Leicester with one company churning out the same crappy hotdogs and burgers for £4 a throw makes our offering about as bad as it can get. Sounds about right. I reckon it's been a good 6/7 years since I bought food from the ground. It's something I don't even consider doing now. Why do that when there are decent pubs around?
jammie82uk Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 44 minutes ago, Foxy-Lady said: I am sure the Owners have the financial funds available to buy themselves out of the last 2 years of this contract if they are sufficiently 'frustrated' to actually care and genuinely would love to offer better quality and selection to their supporters... But that depends on terms of contract, it might not be possible to buy themselves out of it
The whole world smiles Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 18 hours ago, 5waller5 said: My understanding from an ITK on this side of the business is that the food within the stadium is contracted for 10years+ and is of enormous frustration to the current owners who'd love to offer better quality and selection. surely if this is true the owners could just buy them out of the contract?
kibbyfox Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 On 06/08/2017 at 08:52, Sambiasso said: I'm sure an initial 5yr contracted was handed out in 2007-2008 season but after a year they were awarded an extension of 10yrs thanks to Mandy, which means the current contract runs out at the end of the 2022-23 season. what kind of total numbskull gives a 10 year contract out these days - seriously!!! We live in an ever evolving fast paced world, if the previous owner or person had an ounce of business sense they would have realised this!
jammie82uk Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 10 minutes ago, kibbyfox said: what kind of total numbskull gives a 10 year contract out these days - seriously!!! We live in an ever evolving fast paced world, if the previous owner or person had an ounce of business sense they would have realised this! You would think that wouldn't you but yet all these other clubs signed the same deal: Cardiff City, Chelsea, Coventry City, Reading FC, Sheffield United, Swansea City and Tottenham Hotspur It Could have been worse as They also cover the Grand National at Antree, the Cheltenham Festival and the Derby Festival along with 15 other race courses which was signed on a 16 year deal ending in 2025
Bayfox Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 5 minutes ago, jammie82uk said: You would think that wouldn't you but yet all these other clubs signed the same deal: Cardiff City, Chelsea, Coventry City, Reading FC, Sheffield United, Swansea City and Tottenham Hotspur It Could have been worse as They also cover the Grand National at Antree, the Cheltenham Festival and the Derby Festival along with 15 other race courses which was signed on a 16 year deal ending in 2025 Sorry? Are you saying the same people cater for cheltenham as do for us. The fayre on offer at Cheltenham has much more variety and options and although not ground breaking is at least 3 times better than the shit we get served up. And I've been cheltenham the last 3 years and would take that over ours any day. Infact I did cheltenham in hospitality new years day and that left more to be desired than the burgers. The hot roasts fish and chips etc.
jammie82uk Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 20 minutes ago, Bayfox said: Sorry? Are you saying the same people cater for cheltenham as do for us. The fayre on offer at Cheltenham has much more variety and options and although not ground breaking is at least 3 times better than the shit we get served up. And I've been cheltenham the last 3 years and would take that over ours any day. Infact I did cheltenham in hospitality new years day and that left more to be desired than the burgers. The hot roasts fish and chips etc. Yeah they do, they do exactly what they do here, they provide the food and the staff
Sambiasso Posted 9 August 2017 Posted 9 August 2017 1 hour ago, kibbyfox said: what kind of total numbskull gives a 10 year contract out these days - seriously!!! We live in an ever evolving fast paced world, if the previous owner or person had an ounce of business sense they would have realised this! It was an owner who saved this club, the deal potentially kept it going for a few weeks,months or years who knows. Whats done is done 47 minutes ago, Bayfox said: Sorry? Are you saying the same people cater for cheltenham as do for us. The fayre on offer at Cheltenham has much more variety and options and although not ground breaking is at least 3 times better than the shit we get served up. And I've been cheltenham the last 3 years and would take that over ours any day. Infact I did cheltenham in hospitality new years day and that left more to be desired than the burgers. The hot roasts fish and chips etc. Yeah they cater for a lot of sporting stuff etc: Compass Group is the main name, but a group of lots of smaller companies they've acquired too. Ironically they(compass) won an award a couple of years back for delivering such a high quality of service, think it was aimed at the posher part than us commoners - https://www.compass-group.co.uk/meet-the-family/our-people-and-culture/general-manager-leicester-city-fc/ Lets not forget this was only 4 years ago too - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2326583/Leicester-City-catering-firm-hit-mice-droppings-stadiums-food-kiosks.html
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