Festival Burger

joejoem

I just had a craving for a festival burger, you know the ones that are €8 and taste like a metal spoon... With the summer coming on and all the talk of festivals etc I guess thats where the craving came from.

On the subject though, why does no one try to open up that market, its criminal that we are charged so much for sub standard food. How are these licences allocated and is there no regulation on prces?

garthv

Dunno man but all I can remember is that the prices went up as the festival went on. I remeber paying 10 euro for a chicken baguette at Oxegen last year. 10 EURO!! Now it was the best goddamn baguette i had ever tasted because I was starving but still...10 euro!

jor el

As far as I know you will pay a hefty fee to the event organisers to park your chuck wagon at one of these concerts, hence the inflated price.

Plus they have a captive audience, it's not like you can call for a Dominos now is it?

The food a Croke Park is the worst, most over priced food you're every likely to buy though.

There's no real reason for the high prices though except greed on the part of the promoters.

AARRRGH

joejoem wrote:

I just had a craving for a festival burger, you know the ones that are €8 and taste like a metal spoon... With the summer coming on and all the talk of festivals etc I guess thats where the craving came from.

The crunch of the bones in the burgers is a sensation I will never forget.

Giblet

As someone who has worked selling this food, yes they do make loads of money. The smaller vendors don't however and they get charged stupid prices for licenses, so they have to charge more. The larger vendors just charge around the same but get more customers.

The food itself is usually fine unless you have somewhere with young people who can't work the machines or forget how long food has to be cooked. Always go to the vendors with the older people if you have a choice between two similar stalls.

Remember the people working there usually have nothing to do with the prices and have been working hard all day. It's probably one of the toughest food service jobs you can do. 24 hours straight usually.

meditraitor

Giblet wrote:

As someone who has worked selling this food, yes they do make loads of money. The smaller vendors don't however and they get charged stupid prices for licenses, so they have to charge more. The larger vendors just charge around the same but get more customers.

The food itself is usually fine unless you have somewhere with young people who can't work the machines or forget how long food has to be cooked. Always go to the vendors with the older people if you have a choice between two similar stalls.

Remember the people working there usually have nothing to do with the prices and have been working hard all day. It's probably one of the toughest food service jobs you can do. 24 hours straight usually.

They should all be wearing balaclava's, 5yoyo's for 2 sausages last year...

jor el

jor el wrote:

As far as I know you will pay a hefty fee to the event organisers to park your chuck wagon at one of these concerts, hence the inflated price.

Plus they have a captive audience, it's not like you can call for a Dominos now is it?

The food a Croke Park is the worst, most over priced food you're every likely to buy though.

There's no real reason for the high prices though except greed on the part of the promoters.

Yeah was chatting to some of the people serving food at oxegen last year, who told me it cost 40,000 a day or something like that.

meditraitor

Myth wrote:

Yeah was chatting to some of the people serving food at oxegen last year, who told me it cost 40,000 a day or something like that.

The pitches on the campsite cost
10,000 for friday to monday....

meditraitor

meditraitor wrote:

The pitches on the campsite cost
10,000 for friday to monday....

Meh, I was fairly gone when I was talking to them.

meditraitor

Myth wrote:

Meh, I was fairly gone when I was talking to them.

51 days left to oxegen,,,

Blisterman

Well if the food wasnt so expensive, we' be paying more for tickets anyway.

joejoem

I must remember to bring more than sliced pan and Vodka this time

Gegerty

I'm looking forward to a different kind of tasty burger

meditraitor

Gegerty wrote:

I'm looking forward to a different kind of tasty burger

Smells like fish and tastes like chicken... :rolleyes:

keevita

joejoem wrote:

I must remember to bring more than sliced pan and Vodka this time

ah memories, making plain toast over that lamp thing, taking gulps of vodka in the morning cos you think its water... will miss that this year.

LadyJ

Mmmmmmmmmm...............festival chicken burgers...................
I'd sell my soul for one right now