Really enjoyed yesterday, but just have one gripe.
How come the club is not smart enough to realise that with big crowds at big games they can make more money from the food/drink canteens as there will be more demand?
This has now happened at least half a dozen times as I tend to come down from London for bigger cup games/derbies/end of season promotion/relegation/Bank Hols. Surely anyone can tell if the gate is 500 bigger they can sell more!
They don't just partially get it wrong. Pastie at half time when there's big demand and big queues - no chance.
Just before kick-off, sorry no.
Yesterday they had no pasties as early as 2.36pm when only half the crowd was in. Don't know what else they ran out of, but I bought nothing when I would have put money into the club coffers.
I wonder if at the away end it's equally dopey...they have the same supplies for 50 travelling fans as 500.
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Agree with your sentiment. However I'm not sure whether the catering in the ground is under the direct control of the football club, when the club shop and Boots and laces were franchised I'm sure but not 100% the catering inside the ground was too, but could be wrong on that.
Yesterday it turns out our club were informed (from Barrow police intelligence I believe)that no more than around 20 supporters maximum would attend from Barrow, so no snack bar was opened in the away end, as it turned out 144 turned up and TUFC supplied them with free water bottles , guess they under estimated the home support also, which to be fair was nearly 1,000 above our average for the season.
I'm 100% confident if the takeover goes through, this is something the new owners will have a big review on.
Yesterday it turns out our club were informed (from Barrow police intelligence I believe)that no more than around 20 supporters maximum would attend from Barrow, so no snack bar was opened in the away end, as it turned out 144 turned up and TUFC supplied them with free water bottles , guess they under estimated the home support also, which to be fair was nearly 1,000 above our average for the season.
I'm 100% confident if the takeover goes through, this is something the new owners will have a big review on.
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The correct spelling is pasty.
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Cornish muck anyway.
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I was with Barrow fans on the train back to London and they said they've not taken less than 100 to any Saturday game, so duff intelligence to say 20.
Even if it is franchised someone should tell them as ultimately the club would still benefit. If the caterers make only a small profit from small attendances the club can't charge much for the franchise. If they start raking it in from good attendances they will be happier and the club's negotiating position is better. It works the same with Costa coffees which are owned by Whitbread and people have to decide what they're willing to pay for the franchise.
Even if it is franchised someone should tell them as ultimately the club would still benefit. If the caterers make only a small profit from small attendances the club can't charge much for the franchise. If they start raking it in from good attendances they will be happier and the club's negotiating position is better. It works the same with Costa coffees which are owned by Whitbread and people have to decide what they're willing to pay for the franchise.
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If the club wants to maximise income, there should be no franchises. All facilities and services should be owned and run directly by the club.
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Just out of interest, do you have a source for this? I haven't seen it recorded anywhere, so that would be handy.forevertufc wrote: Yesterday it turns out our club were informed (from Barrow police intelligence I believe)that no more than around 20 supporters maximum would attend from Barrow, so no snack bar was opened in the away end, as it turned out 144 turned up and TUFC supplied them with free water bottles , guess they under estimated the home support also, which to be fair was nearly 1,000 above our average for the season.
Just read it on there forum, second page on this thread near the bottom.Gulliball wrote: Just out of interest, do you have a source for this? I haven't seen it recorded anywhere, so that would be handy.
http://www.barrowafc.net/viewtopic.php? ... f60ab18a47
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That sounds dangerously like nationalisation! Not sure you're UKIP buddies would approve!Gullscorer wrote:If the club wants to maximise income, there should be no franchises. All facilities and services should be owned and run directly by the club.
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Never mind Plainmoor! There's a good pasty shop (the Starlight Bakery) in Lucius Street. Great pasties there.
As long as pasty doesn't have an 'r' in it; you can always tell an amateur: they'll say 'Parrsty'.
As long as pasty doesn't have an 'r' in it; you can always tell an amateur: they'll say 'Parrsty'.
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Marmoduck
The origins of the pasty lie in Devon, not Cornwall. They might make 'Cornish muck' west of the Tamar but the real thing is purely Devonian.
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