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We are a little further behind the like of Matlock and Alfreton on this. It looks like it'll be a gamechanger for many. I'll be sticking with a Yorkie and Bovril.
Chips On The Concourses Thoughts
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Posted 01 July 2025 - 08:03 PM
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Posted 01 July 2025 - 08:54 PM
We are going to trial it in the pre season games , chicken and chips!
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Posted 01 July 2025 - 09:03 PM
FFS. Most folk in chesterfield don’t need any more
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Posted 01 July 2025 - 09:11 PM
Bald magician, on 01 July 2025 - 09:03 PM, said:
FFS. Most folk in chesterfield don’t need any more
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Speak for thi sen.
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Posted 01 July 2025 - 09:40 PM
danblue, on 01 July 2025 - 09:39 PM, said:
Cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast
That and a Big Kahuna Burger!
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Posted Yesterday, 12:47 AM
1978blue, on 01 July 2025 - 08:54 PM, said:
We are going to trial it in the pre season games , chicken and chips!
It’ll have to be a quick service or cold chips on concourses will be the next moan.
God I hate this league.
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Welcome to 2025 a time of endless choices.
To truly maximise both revenue and the matchday experience, the club must broaden its food offerings. For too long, we’ve lagged behind in this area.
The days of paying public wanting just a sausage roll, a burger, and a Bovril are long gone. They want choice!
One of the best concourse experiences I’ve had was at Hillsborough (Main Stand), offering Chinese, Indian, street food… you name it. They’ve been ahead (and many others) of the curve for years. It’s all about enticing fans with variety and generating additional revenue for the club.
To truly maximise both revenue and the matchday experience, the club must broaden its food offerings. For too long, we’ve lagged behind in this area.
The days of paying public wanting just a sausage roll, a burger, and a Bovril are long gone. They want choice!
One of the best concourse experiences I’ve had was at Hillsborough (Main Stand), offering Chinese, Indian, street food… you name it. They’ve been ahead (and many others) of the curve for years. It’s all about enticing fans with variety and generating additional revenue for the club.
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Posted Yesterday, 10:30 AM
Waller is my hero, on 02 July 2025 - 10:10 AM, said:
Welcome to 2025 a time of endless choices.
To truly maximise both revenue and the matchday experience, the club must broaden its food offerings. For too long, we’ve lagged behind in this area.
The days of paying public wanting just a sausage roll, a burger, and a Bovril are long gone. They want choice!
One of the best concourse experiences I’ve had was at Hillsborough (Main Stand), offering Chinese, Indian, street food… you name it. They’ve been ahead (and many others) of the curve for years. It’s all about enticing fans with variety and generating additional revenue for the club.
To truly maximise both revenue and the matchday experience, the club must broaden its food offerings. For too long, we’ve lagged behind in this area.
The days of paying public wanting just a sausage roll, a burger, and a Bovril are long gone. They want choice!
One of the best concourse experiences I’ve had was at Hillsborough (Main Stand), offering Chinese, Indian, street food… you name it. They’ve been ahead (and many others) of the curve for years. It’s all about enticing fans with variety and generating additional revenue for the club.
Before there is any thought of increasing the options available they need to become remotely proficient in serving what they currently offer.
Without wanting to go too far down this route again, the concourse service in the East Stand is diabolical.
They cannot handle a pint and a burger.
You stand in the queue and watch punter after punter take an age to be served and the bottom line is they are ordering very often a couple of pints and paying contactless. It couldn’t, or certainly shouldn’t, be any easier or fluid.
I think we’ve done the concourse stuff to death but it never seems to get any better so I can’t see how they can possibly increase options internally
It would have to be outside catering stands..
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Posted Yesterday, 11:41 AM
the best way for the east stand would be to ditch pints of lager and bring in plastic bottles - 100 times quicker to serve and taste a damn sight better as well. the amount of lager shifted in the away end at walsall was proof of this.
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Posted Yesterday, 11:50 AM
Exharboroughspireite, on 02 July 2025 - 11:41 AM, said:
the best way for the east stand would be to ditch pints of lager and bring in plastic bottles - 100 times quicker to serve and taste a damn sight better as well. the amount of lager shifted in the away end at walsall was proof of this.
Not sure it wouldn't be a good idea in all the concourses to be honest
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Posted Yesterday, 12:16 PM
martatcross, on 02 July 2025 - 11:50 AM, said:
Not sure it wouldn't be a good idea in all the concourses to be honest
maybe not but after being in the east stand each home game since the place opened anything that can speed up service whilst still providing what people want can only be a good thing
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Posted Yesterday, 12:25 PM
Didn’t we trial an offering of various different food, little pot things?
Assume it didn’t do well?
Club have to weigh up cost of offering and what sells and what doesn’t
Bottles of beer not a bad idea as long as we have fridge capacity
Assume it didn’t do well?
Club have to weigh up cost of offering and what sells and what doesn’t
Bottles of beer not a bad idea as long as we have fridge capacity
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Posted Yesterday, 12:27 PM
Exharboroughspireite, on 02 July 2025 - 11:41 AM, said:
the best way for the east stand would be to ditch pints of lager and bring in plastic bottles - 100 times quicker to serve and taste a damn sight better as well. the amount of lager shifted in the away end at walsall was proof of this.
No idea why they don't do this. Said it years ago. From the club's point of view it's a win in every conceivable way.
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Posted Yesterday, 03:36 PM
I don’t buy food or drinks from the stadium regardless.
When you have 2 supermarkets within spitting distance - what’s the point?
When you have 2 supermarkets within spitting distance - what’s the point?
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Posted Yesterday, 03:44 PM
Burgerman, on 02 July 2025 - 03:39 PM, said:
If I missed lunch and I’m hungry, I will call in at the garage at Tesco and grab a meal deal for four quid.
A Wrights pie or something from Leek Oatcake Shop also can keep you going all afternoon…
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Posted Yesterday, 04:36 PM
We normally arrive early enough for a pint, warmer days I’ve had lager or the Salt Loom option although had a very ropey one of those but most of the time it’ll be golden bud. Ive always liked it plus it’s cheaper and the queue tends to be smaller. tend to like most of bramptons beers that are on the lighter side probably to Brampton best.
With regard to tasters tend to find a lot of pubs offer them without asking if you ask about a beer so they must be happy with doing it. I tend to choose drinks based on the weather. When it’s warmer I steer clear of real ale for something colder and fizzy then migrate back to real ale in the colder weather.
With regard to tasters tend to find a lot of pubs offer them without asking if you ask about a beer so they must be happy with doing it. I tend to choose drinks based on the weather. When it’s warmer I steer clear of real ale for something colder and fizzy then migrate back to real ale in the colder weather.
