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Posted on 10/3/21 at 8:46 pm
Posted on 10/3/21 at 8:46 pm
Does anyone else see how absolutely terrible the concessions are at BDS? I know they let church groups and travel ball teams run them to raise money but the people are completely inept. Recently I’ve been to Auburn and Miss State and they had people hustling to get people taken care of but at BDS we have people with IQ’s at room temp levels running concessions stands.
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Posted on 10/3/21 at 8:54 pm to mwlewis
I agree!! It makes for unnecessary long waits... but to be honest, I think that is just about any service industry....people don't move and hustle anymore....slow...
Posted on 10/3/21 at 9:33 pm to mwlewis
You can order directly to your seat with the Waitr app. Has worked great for me all year. They gave out qr codes for it at the Southern Miss game.
Posted on 10/3/21 at 10:30 pm to mwlewis
Lines were extremely long and slow.. worse than I remember
Posted on 10/3/21 at 10:33 pm to mwlewis
I worked concession stands at BDS, but it's been a number of years.
A huge issue is the way the greedy UA handles the stands
They allow all of these service gropus, bands, etc handle them which is good, but at the time years ago, they made it even worse for the groups.
You get to keep 10% of the gross sales.
But, they started nickel and diming the groups:
*charged the groups cost for cooking too many hot dogs.
*take sales tax out of your 10% cut
In the end, you end up working a bunch of people for hours, netting less than minimum wage per worker.
A huge issue is the way the greedy UA handles the stands
They allow all of these service gropus, bands, etc handle them which is good, but at the time years ago, they made it even worse for the groups.
You get to keep 10% of the gross sales.
But, they started nickel and diming the groups:
*charged the groups cost for cooking too many hot dogs.
*take sales tax out of your 10% cut
In the end, you end up working a bunch of people for hours, netting less than minimum wage per worker.
This post was edited on 10/3/21 at 10:38 pm
Posted on 10/5/21 at 11:24 am to mwlewis
As a former "band parent" I have worked concession stands for football games and its as organized as the goat breeding festival in Lee county....no one really in charge and its a fire drill.
Posted on 10/6/21 at 4:41 pm to mwlewis
Agree. It needs to be improved. As does the game environment in the stadium. BDS could be one of the most intimidating environments in college football. But between the silent blue hairs and the ridiculous PA song selections BDS is pretty tame
Posted on 10/6/21 at 7:11 pm to mwlewis
Alabama makes an embarrassing amount of money off concessions.
Like I mentioned in a previous post, the groups get 10% to work it, the contracted company that handles the concessions gets about 10% also, sales tax is 9% or so, and cost is probably 10%.
So, the University is pocketing about 60% of gross sales.
Insane, IMO.
And to give you an idea of how much an average fan spends, in my estimation it's about $5 or more per game.
So, 100k fans, nets $500,000 in concessions.
University grabs about $300,000 to do virtually nothing.
Like I mentioned in a previous post, the groups get 10% to work it, the contracted company that handles the concessions gets about 10% also, sales tax is 9% or so, and cost is probably 10%.
So, the University is pocketing about 60% of gross sales.
Insane, IMO.
And to give you an idea of how much an average fan spends, in my estimation it's about $5 or more per game.
So, 100k fans, nets $500,000 in concessions.
University grabs about $300,000 to do virtually nothing.
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