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steeleye20 Flag Croydon 22 Aug 18 1.39pm Send a Private Message to steeleye20 Add steeleye20 as a friend

I always think the same about Palace catering, the 'pate de froie gras' is not kept at the right temperature.

Neither was the 'pouilly fuisse' chilled adequately.

No wonder the French won the World Cup......


 

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Cucking Funt Flag Clapham on the Back 22 Aug 18 1.50pm Send a Private Message to Cucking Funt Add Cucking Funt as a friend

As controversial as this may be, I actually go to a football match to watch the football - if I was going somewhere to grab a burger and a beer and the service fell as short as you all seem to think it has, then I'd simply not go there again.

As far as I'm concerned, a football match is a football match and the quality (or the lack thereof) of the cuisine is of minimal importance.

 


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JRW2 Flag Dulwich 22 Aug 18 2.01pm Send a Private Message to JRW2 Add JRW2 as a friend

I wonder whether the answer is to follow, for example, Twickenham and the railway companies and hand over all catering to third-party operators. The obvious drawback is that the latter would only be needed once a fortnight and for only part of the year. But this applies to Twickenham, and on match days there the car parks are dotted with mobile operators, who before kick-off are besieged by customers.

The customers benefit from reasonable and varied food offerings (fish and chips, burgers, roast pork rolls, pizza, etc.), and the rugby union benefits from a substantial rental income without raising a finger. (And the operators appear to be making a fortune.)

 

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turbohorsebox Flag Coulsdon 22 Aug 18 2.14pm Send a Private Message to turbohorsebox Add turbohorsebox as a friend

Originally posted by JRW2

I wonder whether the answer is to follow, for example, Twickenham and the railway companies and hand over all catering to third-party operators. The obvious drawback is that the latter would only be needed once a fortnight and for only part of the year. But this applies to Twickenham, and on match days there the car parks are dotted with mobile operators, who before kick-off are besieged by customers.

The customers benefit from reasonable and varied food offerings (fish and chips, burgers, roast pork rolls, pizza, etc.), and the rugby union benefits from a substantial rental income without raising a finger. (And the operators appear to be making a fortune.)

That's how Jordan ran it, and as I recall, it was even worse!

 


All good. Nothing bad.

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eagleman13 Flag On The Road To Hell & Alicante 22 Aug 18 2.30pm Send a Private Message to eagleman13 Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add eagleman13 as a friend

Originally posted by JRW2

I wonder whether the answer is to follow, for example, Twickenham and the railway companies and hand over all catering to third-party operators. The obvious drawback is that the latter would only be needed once a fortnight and for only part of the year. But this applies to Twickenham, and on match days there the car parks are dotted with mobile operators, who before kick-off are besieged by customers.

The customers benefit from reasonable and varied food offerings (fish and chips, burgers, roast pork rolls, pizza, etc.), and the rugby union benefits from a substantial rental income without raising a finger. (And the operators appear to be making a fortune.)


Glad you brought this up, i go 'egg-chasing' quite alot, Northampton Saints & their set-up is brilliant. They have at the rear of one of the stands the 'Village' as they call it, a larger version of our Fan Zone.


It is full of different food outlets from burgers to pizzas to hog roasts & a huge beer tent doing Carlsberg, Tetley & Guiness. 8 tills all manned & behind the tills are operators who just pour drinks. There is also an Ale bar seperate from main beer tent. The place is packed.


Your 1st drink costs £5 pint, BUT, you keep your polymer glass & when finished take it back& they change it for another one & at the end of the match return it to a collection point & you get £1 back per glass.

 


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chris123 Flag hove actually 22 Aug 18 2.42pm Send a Private Message to chris123 Add chris123 as a friend

Originally posted by Cucking Funt

As controversial as this may be, I actually go to a football match to watch the football - if I was going somewhere to grab a burger and a beer and the service fell as short as you all seem to think it has, then I'd simply not go there again.

As far as I'm concerned, a football match is a football match and the quality (or the lack thereof) of the cuisine is of minimal importance.

Pure solipsism.

 

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Cucking Funt Flag Clapham on the Back 22 Aug 18 2.48pm Send a Private Message to Cucking Funt Add Cucking Funt as a friend

Originally posted by chris123

Pure solipsism.

Hardly

 


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chris123 Flag hove actually 22 Aug 18 2.56pm Send a Private Message to chris123 Add chris123 as a friend

Originally posted by Cucking Funt

Hardly

I, I, I, I.

 

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YT Flag Oxford 22 Aug 18 3.09pm Send a Private Message to YT Add YT as a friend

Originally posted by Cucking Funt

As controversial as this may be, I actually go to a football match to watch the football - if I was going somewhere to grab a burger and a beer and the service fell as short as you all seem to think it has, then I'd simply not go there again.

As far as I'm concerned, a football match is a football match and the quality (or the lack thereof) of the cuisine is of minimal importance.

Not controversial at all. I’m the same as you. However there are many who like to eat and drink at sports grounds, so a club like Palace ought to be able to provide a reasonable offering to make a decent profit.

 


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steven_t92 Flag Orpington 22 Aug 18 3.36pm Send a Private Message to steven_t92 Add steven_t92 as a friend

I always find there's the odd kid behind the till who has no interest in how much of a rush people are in before kick off. One who I won't name or describe on the main Holmesdale outlet was just staring into space as people waited to order!

 

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benmccarthy Flag Kent 22 Aug 18 4.11pm Send a Private Message to benmccarthy Add benmccarthy as a friend

Its the same every f***ing year. Last year, they forgot to play Glad all over against Huddersfield.

 

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becky Flag over the moon 22 Aug 18 4.16pm Send a Private Message to becky Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add becky as a friend

Perhaps, instead of moaning to Steve over here, all catering complaints should be addressed to the American investors - running baseball/football or whatever teams they are, they should be well up on the way of mass catering at events in a properly organised manner.


Isn't it always said that American sports always have 4 quarters in a game so that you can get twice the eating and drinking in that you can with a game of 2 halves?

 


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