Food at Easter Road

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Originally Posted by BroxburnHibee

Thats 4 things :greengrin

And the electricity to boil the water.
And the stirrer.
And the sugar
And the lid.
And the wages of the person serving it.

Rip off right enough.

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:agree: I originally forgot to include the wee milk carton.

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I never get a stirrer and I'm sure the water ain't even boiled. It is a rip off what ever way you look at it. God for £1.80 they could Irish it up a bit.

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Originally Posted by staunchhibby

Over priced and rubbish

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All that needs saying :agree:

The most expensive matchday experience in the SPL also includes the worst food. You don't have to eat it though and a person could just about survive 90mins without wedging something into the face. The kiosks are about making the most amount of money possible from the least amount of outlay. Profit for both the catering company and the club is the only consideration.

The average spends in the SPL are between 65p and 1.05 depending on the stadium. With average crowds just now of less than 10k I suggest that the turnover is circa 7,000 UK Pounds per match. Wastage factors are high in retail catering and staff are employed on a set up, work and breakdown basis (over three days) with the bulk coming from agencies on match day. If they are making 700 quid they are managing it very well. Hardly worth the effort unless you have the more lucrative Hospitality contract and non match day income which Azure do.

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Originally Posted by SaudiHibby

The average spends in the SPL are between 65p and 1.05 depending on the stadium. With average crowds just now of less than 10k I suggest that the turnover is circa 7,000 UK Pounds per match. Wastage factors are high in retail catering and staff are employed on a set up, work and breakdown basis (over three days) with the bulk coming from agencies on match day. If they are making 700 quid they are managing it very well. Hardly worth the effort unless you have the more lucrative Hospitality contract and non match day income which Azure do.

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I would be very surprised if there is much wastage at Easter Road when you consider that half the time they run out pies etc.

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Originally Posted by iwasthere1972

I would be very surprised if there is much wastage at Easter Road when you consider that half the time they run out pies etc.

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A common sign of poor management. They should keep match by match profiles of crowd sizes, products sol, customer comments etc. Poor managers will record, say, 200 pies sold in a particular unit and the next time a similar crowd profile comes up they put 200 pies in not taking into account that they ran out the first time. I don't attend much but it sounds a mess.

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Originally Posted by Cyprus Hibby

Why not scrap the football and have the Scottish Pie League where the teams are made up of caterers who run around the pitch selling there wares. The top stars of the teams would be the cordon bleu piemakers who would serve up a mouthwatering display and thrill us with there skill. We would have our average piemakers who some weeks are good and other weeks are rubbish. The subs are made up of young guys learning there trade, the piemakers of the future. . Imagine the songs. Who ate all the pies...Bye , Bye American pie. Your rotton pie making barstewards. Steakbakes on leith and many more. The result would be based on who's pies where the best.............Sorry..........:taxi

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Think the Cyprus sun has went to your head ma' man! Do you get mince pies out there? What food do you get at the games?

Can you imagine it if Gordon Ramsey was to make a programme about the ER catering ?, he would run out of swear words after ten seconds !. I must admit i have not bought food at ER for years but i see the kids coming back to their seats at half time with i what i think are pizzas but they are nothing that any Italian would recognize !. It would appear that any old merde will do for the fans and i don't expect there is a vast difference accross the land but you would think that whoever is in charge of catering would take a tumble to themselves and try to be a bit different and offer something edible , by the way do you think the directors eat the same **** ?.

Most (professional) grounds down here only serve pies, burgers and hot dogs - the first time I mentioned that not only could you buy chips at ER but also pizza, nobody would believe me, so I suppose that's a plus point on this topic! :greengrin

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Originally Posted by Hermit Crab

If the fans stopped buying the pies burgers etc the club would surely take notice and try to improve the services?? A sort of food boycott at the Motherwell game :wink::greengrin

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Well said that man. Time to take some direct action.

The best food of a poor lot is the pizza slice which, for reasons best known to Hibs, is unavailable in the West Upper.

Incidentally, add up the the so called food "deals" and you'll find that it's no cheaper than buying the over-priced crap separately.

IIRC, the last time people complained to Hibs about the catering, Hibs replied saying it was nothing to do with them and provided contact details for the contractor. That is a pathetic cop-out as far as I am concerned - time for Hibs to replace the contractor if they are not deliver the goods.

The Pontius Pilate act won't work forever.

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Originally Posted by LancashireHibby

Most (professional) grounds down here only serve pies, burgers and hot dogs - the first time I mentioned that not only could you buy chips at ER but also pizza, nobody would believe me, so I suppose that's a plus point on this topic! :greengrin

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Every time that I've been at a Premiership game, the food has been much more varied (and better quality) than Easter Road. I can't remember exactly who sells what but Man City definitely does chips and the Emirates does pizza, chips and much much more.

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Originally Posted by Beefster

Every time that I've been at a Premiership game, the food has been much more varied (and better quality) than Easter Road. I can't remember exactly who sells what but Man City definitely does chips and the Emirates does pizza, chips and much much more.

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Never been to the Emirates and I'm usually too pished to remember at Citeh, apologies :wink:

Certainly no different at Bolton, Wigan and Blackburn anyway.

The newer stadiums are better as they generally have some Caterers in-put :wink: in advance therefore have the right amount of power for the right equipment. Add to that bigger crowds down south and beer sales and you have an opportunity to make money. Clubs like ours have to start understanding that it is part of the match day experience and supplements the ticket price i.e. adds value. There is absolutely no reason why proper quality food cannot be served, its a mindset and an investment issue.

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Originally Posted by BroxburnHibee

Thats 4 things :greengrin

And the electricity to boil the water.
And the stirrer.
And the sugar
And the lid.
And the wages of the person serving it.

Rip off right enough.

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It's now £2 for a hot drink at ER. There is no milk carton required as it's already white when they add the water to the bag. It's dearer than Starbucks ffs. It's a TOTAL rip-off. No excuses whtsoever. :rolleyes:

My team in The Hague sell hotdogs and various other goodies its not brilliant quality but its very do-able,and alot better than the keek at ER, they also sell alcohol, (this, from a club, that in the past has had the worst hooligans in Holland). Pre-match entertainment in the form of dancing pom pom girls, former players recieving awards, kickass build up of bouncing music, exploding confetti (the fans let them off) massive FULL family area for the kids and kids fitba clubs, with entertainment for the kids outside the stadium, even the visiting fans appreciate what the club is doing, Hibs/Scottish fitba could really learn alot from clubs like ADO.

On a side note, why IF the stadium is not selling out, why does the club not close parts of the stands and push folk to sit closer together and make an atmosphere.

As posters have said mindset of club is yet again the problem (not just regarding food). It was raised at a forum in 2007 and O'Hagans response (in tone with him rejecting doing anything remotely radical the whole evening) to the lady who highlighted poor quality of catering was of the nature "do you come to the football to eat" - no wonder crowds are falling if Tom Farmer thinks men like O'Hagan are appropriate to hold senior positions.

The real indictment of Hibs is that every junior and non-league ground in Scotland I have visted in last 2 years provides far superior value for money despite less resources.

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Originally Posted by Joe Baker II

As posters have said mindset of club is yet again the problem (not just regarding food). It was raised at a forum in 2007 and O'Hagans response (in tone with him rejecting doing anything remotely radical the whole evening) to the lady who highlighted poor quality of catering was of the nature "do you come to the football to eat" - no wonder crowds are falling if Tom Farmer thinks men like O'Hagan are appropriate to hold senior positions.

The real indictment of Hibs is that every junior and non-league ground in Scotland I have visted in last 2 years provides far superior value for money despite less resources.

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Exactly - the club don't really give a monkey's about the fans, until they stop turning up in droves, but even then all they do is put out some media release urging us all to 'stick together' and all the rest of it, without actually making any improvements!

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Originally Posted by tamig

It's now £2 for a hot drink at ER. There is no milk carton required as it's already white when they add the water to the bag. It's dearer than Starbucks ffs. It's a TOTAL rip-off. No excuses whtsoever. :rolleyes:

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I would rather run the risk of dehydrating than give them £2 for that muck they call tea.

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Originally Posted by iwasthere1972

I would rather run the risk of dehydrating than give them £2 for that muck they call tea.

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Isnt tea (a diuretic) going to make dehydration more likely? :greengrin :nerd:
Agree though, it is really manky stuff.

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Originally Posted by Steve-O

Exactly - the club don't really give a monkey's about the fans, until they stop turning up in droves, but even then all they do is put out some media release urging us all to 'stick together' and all the rest of it, without actually making any improvements!

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And is really irrelevant whether club make profit/loss on this - the figures are miniscule in relation overall turnover/payment of players etc and I doubt if the difference (whether positive or negative) would mkae much inroads into a reserve (or senior officals) salary - the general attittude of O'Hagan etc is the real cancer at Hibs.

And as long as even a few thousand people buy season tickets this mindset looks likely to continue as they have no incentive to improve things.

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Originally Posted by steakbake

The most expensive matchday experience in the SPL also includes the worst food. You don't have to eat it though and a person could just about survive 90mins without wedging something into the face. The kiosks are about making the most amount of money possible from the least amount of outlay. Profit for both the catering company and the club is the only consideration.

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Well - if the only consideration is exploitation of the fans (because that's what you are effectively saying) then it's an idiotically short sighted policy. The football on display hasn't exactly been enticing lately, and being literally ripped off for eating/drinking at the game is just another expensive reason to add to the list for NOT taking your kids (or indeed yourself) along to the game.

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Originally Posted by LancashireHibby

Most (professional) grounds down here only serve pies, burgers and hot dogs - the first time I mentioned that not only could you buy chips at ER but also pizza, nobody would believe me, so I suppose that's a plus point on this topic! :greengrin

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How much do they cost???

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Originally Posted by basehibby

How much do they cost???

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Don't know about the burgers and hot dogs but I think the pies are marginally cheaper than those at ER.

I like the mince pies at ER. And the pizza tastes great.

Then again, what doesn't taste good after 5 pints and no breakfast....

Reading this thread has made me pretty hungry, so the first thing I`ll be doing when I get to ER today is to get myself a couple of pies and a bovril to wash it down with, and going by the almost universal condemnation of the fare on offer, there will be no queuing involved either!

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Originally Posted by Carheenlea

Reading this thread has made me pretty hungry, so the first thing I`ll be doing when I get to ER today is to get myself a couple of pies and a bovril to wash it down with, and going by the almost universal condemnation of the fare on offer, there will be no queuing involved either!

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You would think that, but I've found that you can wait a ridiculously long time to either be served or get given what you've ordered regardless of how few people are in the queue.

They have the bad service/poor product/massively overpriced combination down to a fine art. It's almost as if they're trying to get you to keep your money.:agree: