Re: Oh dear, how sad, never mind. : Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:06 am
Starbug wrote:
Prior to us moving to the LSV we had a company called Cheshire Catering running the bars and food outlets as well as the corporate at Hilton Park
The owner ran a local fine food pub and therefore had the staff , contacts , purchasing power and skills needed to provide all we needed at reasonable cost and still allow everybody to see some profit , I'd suggest both clubs and the council sit down and have a look around for interested parties
If the council run it , it will be either too expensive and nobody will buy it , badly run and nobody will buy it , if the clubs run it , there will be conflict , arguments and distrust from all parties
So basically find a good Chef/Pub owner looking to expand his/her business and tell them what you want , and what you expect people to be willing to pay for it , and then work with them to hopefully see everybody make something out of the deal
The owner ran a local fine food pub and therefore had the staff , contacts , purchasing power and skills needed to provide all we needed at reasonable cost and still allow everybody to see some profit , I'd suggest both clubs and the council sit down and have a look around for interested parties
If the council run it , it will be either too expensive and nobody will buy it , badly run and nobody will buy it , if the clubs run it , there will be conflict , arguments and distrust from all parties
So basically find a good Chef/Pub owner looking to expand his/her business and tell them what you want , and what you expect people to be willing to pay for it , and then work with them to hopefully see everybody make something out of the deal
Spot on that, there are several very good local caterers who could run this and I think a more sensible approach to pricing in the supporters bars would get people back in them! EMC got it wrong by over charging.
We must not forget that it is not just matchdays for both clubs that are catered for there are lots of events on using the East Stand that need servicing as well all year round.