The Concessions Experience

[KajunKrazy]

Water at Costco is $.08/bottle. That's my price. What UL can buy it for? Talk about a mark up.

It's not UL. It is the catering company. Used to be sodexo not sure if they still have the contract. I paid 2 dollars for water at a freshman football game on Wed would expect to pay a little more at a college venue.

[JMV JustMyView]

It's not UL. It is the catering company. Used to be sodexo not sure if they still have the contract.

I think they switched vendors.

[CajunVic]

I think they switched vendors.

But you don’t know, right?

[Jacob81]

I think they switched vendors.

Guess they forgot to tell the vendor where the soccer fields are.

[JMV JustMyView]

Guess they forgot to tell the vendor where the soccer fields are.

The vendor were their, the workers just didn't show up.

[CajunVic]

The vendor were their, the workers just didn't show up.

The vendor WAS THERE.

[MelRock]

The vendors are the same people that have been there the last 10 years, at least.

[JamesTheJeweler]

I'm all for athletics making money and growing the brand but sometimes I feel like we just copy what others are doing without thinking. We aren't the Saints and we're not Texas. Maybe when we get there we can charge inflated prices but everything we do should be ROI what's best for the program. If we sell a thousand bottles of water at $3 but sell 5 thousand when it $2 then it's a no brainier. People will just spend more when they feel like it's reasonable mark-up. They goal should be to get the person that was gonna spend $20 to spend $30 and the family that was to spend $50 to spend $70.

If you wanna have a $30 bloody mary stand like the Superdome,I'm all for it. There will be some that will pay it for the novelty but the rest of menu needs value items. Not cheap like $1 dogs but $2 or $3 items that people will buy without thinking. Walmart does this when your about to checkout. All the impulse buy stuff is conveniently right there. That's what I mean about the $2 water.
It's not a huge mark-up so you don't think about it.

USL mindset at its best.

[Cajunrunner]

USL mindset at its best.

I said it a decade ago. Winning those first New Orleans Bowl was the worst thing to ever happen to us. It's done nothing but inflate expectations and game day prices.

[Turbine]

I said it a decade ago. Winning those first New Orleans Bowl was the worst thing to ever happen to us. It's done nothing but inflate expectations and game day prices.

Bowls and food ruined my Pec tations.

Now their "ex pec tations"

[GeauxLA]

As expected, no one was ready to handle concessions for this crowd

[RaisingCajun08]

As expected, no one was ready to handle concessions for this crowd

Hell the concessions were not ready when the gates opened late much less when the crowd was at capacity tonight.

[JMV JustMyView]

Hell the concessions were not ready when the gates opened late much less when the crowd was at capacity tonight.

No where near capacity man.

[RaisingCajun08]

No where near capacity man.

What I meant by capacity was, when the crowd was at its peak tonight. I'm sure conncession workers were happy that there was not 44k in the stands.

[zephyr]

It's not UL. It is the catering company. Used to be sodexo not sure if they still have the contract. I paid 2 dollars for water at a freshman football game on Wed would expect to pay a little more at a college venue.

Is someone complaining about paying $2 for water? I pay that at EVERY high school sporting event I go to. You're lucky that's all you're paying for it.