At least Dick Turpin wore a mask : Sat Jun 27, 2009 8:50 pm  

The concession stands are bordering on extortion. £1.80 for a bottle of Irn Bru, the "drink of rugby league."

And the barely cold crap they tip out of a can is hardly classed as ale.

Sooner we get in the new ground and the club can control the prices and we can moan at them about it, the better!

: Sat Jun 27, 2009 9:14 pm  

Would the club have control or would they give that to an outside company?

The prices are ridiculous for Powerade (£1.80) and Mars (£1). I can just about tolerate paying £1.50 for a coffee.

: Sat Jun 27, 2009 9:14 pm  

ST_CONROY wrote:

Would the club have control or would they give that to an outside company?

The prices are ridiculous for Powerade (£1.80) and Mars (£1). I can just about tolerate paying £1.50 for a coffee.

When we get the new ground, we will control the catering.

: Sat Jun 27, 2009 9:36 pm  

Ski wrote:

When we get the new ground, we will control the catering.

Surely we'll contract out the concessions just as we do now? Do the club not have control over who they give catering licesnses to at KR?

: Sat Jun 27, 2009 9:51 pm  

FearTheVee wrote:

Surely we'll contract out the concessions just as we do now? Do the club not have control over who they give catering licesnses to at KR?

This was discussed at the SBS meetings with the club last season. The word was we would control it to maximise income.

Saints are currently bound to a ten year lease (MacGuire's doing) and have as good as no control over what the caterers charge.

: Sun Jun 28, 2009 12:58 am  

Ski wrote:

This was discussed at the SBS meetings with the club last season. The word was we would control it to maximise income.

Saints are currently bound to a ten year lease (MacGuire's doing) and have as good as no control over what the caterers charge.

I would still expect Saints to contract out catering.
Its standard practise in organisations to outsource none core activities.

Saints core activity is RL so you can expect catering, cleaning, stadium maintenance, stewarding etc to be outsourced.

However ,It would be wise in a new stadium to review the terms of said contract, to perhaps give the RL club more control over pricing and products sold.

: Sun Jun 28, 2009 12:57 pm  

The Chair Maker wrote:

However ,It would be wise in a new stadium to review the terms of said contract, to perhaps give the RL club more control over pricing and products sold.

I think this is probably what was being inferred at the SBS meeting Ski mentioned more so than the club providing the catering staff/merchandise etc, the previous contracts with caterers becomes null and void and the club will be able to do the things you mentioned.

Re: At least Dick Turpin wore a mask : Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:26 pm  

Ski wrote:

The concession stands are bordering on extortion. £1.80 for a bottle of Irn Bru, the "drink of rugby league."

And the barely cold crap they tip out of a can is hardly classed as ale.

Sooner we get in the new ground and the club can control the prices and we can moan at them about it, the better!

Crap at all grounds isn't it. I rarely buy from any ground as i don't like queing up for 20 mins to be robbed!!

: Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:36 pm  

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: Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:39 pm  

Steven Soderbergh wrote:

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