Honestly, I think MyPie *are* close to indispensable, for one key reason - their speed and throughput, which sets them apart from all the other food vans eg pizza van takes forever and is a lost cause nearer kick-off.

It’s nothing to do with not having opinions Spit - it’s just looking at facts - I have no issues with people digging the club if it is warranted - have done it myself - ask anyone that knows me - but I find it so tedious that some people look for things that just aren’t there - or make stuff up

I think if James Woodroof ever does drop in here, his first reaction would be disappointment that people keep spelling his name wrong.

Is cashless the way to go, someone said that the speedway event the internet went down so no payment could be taken on drinks.

Usual Dazzer post,. You pesky fans can have no opinion.

If Woodroff ever drops in here - I'd look at increasing the revenue and margin even further (whilst making accounting for it less open to deceit/under reporting) - through the introduction of a Stadium Physical & Digital Gift Card which would become the only means of payment within the stadium. Very simple and low cost to implement and extremely easy for fans to load and use. Whatever margin the club is now making would be automatically taken from the amount passed onto the vendor. The real margin (around an additional 15%) comes from non-redemptions - particularly from occasional or away fans.

Not sure if this is Andy Roberts but [Link]

“The club needs to increase revenue and margins from every aspect of fan engagement…” - that’s fair comment, but if the food truck prices put people off in sufficient numbers, you could potentially see the club receiving less overall…. That would be far from “excellent” - as usual, the proof of the pudding (pie) will be in the eating… 🥧 🍽️

We don't know if right or wrong. I suspect right because I think many vendors will turn up and make money. It definitely needs to be tried but hopefully we now have a team in the club that will monitor and review and tweak if required.

It's hard (in my mind) to think of another ground that has anything like what we have in terms of the food trucks zone - but then we don't typically get to see the home fans' experience.

So far only one van - MyPie are dissenting - and there are vendors on a waiting list to join in - why are people talking about all tbe vans disappearing 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️- too busy looking for something to clobber the club with I think

Went to the Oval a couple of times last year and the food concessions were very pricey. OK for an occasional treat but no way every other week (£20 for fish & chips, or thereabouts).

I thought you meant this Archer [Link]

Ok hands up if you saw this one coming [Link]

CW - thanks. I think vendors at PL next season can get away with £13 but not much more

REPD-most meal combos seemed to cost between 10 and 15 quid when I went to international hockey recently, had a very tasty shawarma

If the club is not hearing any complaints about what it's charging then it is probably pricing things too low. One pitch owner out of 4/5 complaining suggests that there is a bit of pain but most vendors will accept it. £240 a pitch seems way too low - has no one reviewed that in all the time we've been at PL?

You know the cost of everything but the value of nothing

I totally support and applaud the professional business like stance taken towards the independent food retailers within the fanzone. The club needs to increase revenue and margins from every aspect of fan engagement and had questioned whether it was doing so. Not before time it appears to be doing exactly that. Excellent.

It is a VERY fine balance - if we charge too little for the van pitches, they make the lion's share of the profit and AFCW get a few coppers. If we charge too much either (a) no vans turn up or (b) vans turn up to start with, but sell too little so stop coming. Without a good food offering, people will arrive later, reducing beer sales too. Sometimes you have to accept a lower profit on one thing (the vans) in order to retain the sales and profit on another (beer). Assuming that if the vans go, fans will switch to buying from the club's food stands would be a very BRAVE assumption!

Archer IS back, Wicket in his first over.

The £1 would barely cover costs as Woodruff points out. How many stewards are allocated to the food zone? True the trucks get fans into the ground at 1:30ish and they buy beer etc.. We've got to be commercially savvy on this and other areas, otherwise losses mount/player budget goes south

I suspect we make just as little out of the exorbitant drinks prices. Similar prices to Young's etc outside, limited selection and nowhere to sit. Roll on a nice supporters' lounge underneath a bigger south stand - unlikely to be in my lifetime.

Isle or Wight and Glasto vendor prices were £6k pitch and 30% of profits, they also had to use festival pay points, hence no cash purchases.

The queue at the mypie outlet showed that his cheap muck was tasty and popular. Be interesting if he comes back and charges more per pie.