Concessions

[Anonymous]

We sell a few watermelon slices and a few bananas. Usually not worth it for us to sell fruit.

We have done fruit cups and they are hit or miss.

Granola bars don’t sell either.

Pizza sells well. Hot dogs are hit or miss. Hamburgers do well. We make good money on those.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Fruit cups (prepared night before or day of and kept on ice) do the best for us in both morning and evening meets.

Mornings: burritos, donuts, bagels, smoothies, cup o’ Noodles (yes even when it’s hot outside), coffee.

Evenings: pizza, burgers, hot dogs, nachos, shaved ice.

Plus: water, sodas, chips, candy, etc.

Do you need a food license for all this?

In MoCo, yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of most popular items at our Monday night B meets were snow cones. We had a line all night long - the hotter the night, the faster we sold out. We bought a machine several years ago and it paid for itself in less than one summer. Unfortunately, the parents who took over the concessions didn't want to deal with the machine so we haven't sold them the last couple of years.

Our biggest profit margins on Monday nights were hot dogs and burgers. BUT finding parents to grill was always difficult. We always sold out of Chick-Fil_A sandwiches but we only made about $1 per sandwich versus making $4 per burger. This was a couple of years ago so the prices have changed, but probably not by much.

Lol! We had this issue, but they stopped the sno cones because some parents claimed it wasn’t healthy.

Not sure what at any concessions is healthy!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For chips, soda, water and even donuts, we ask for donations from parents. It counts as volunteer hours and it’s 100% profit for us. We use it towards coaches bonuses and for their meals.

Wow - I feel like we already hit up the parents a ton - but maybe we could think about this. What constitutes a volunteer hour worth of chips or soda, water etc?

We figure about $12-$15 an hour per volunteer hour. A dozen dunkin donuts is over $14 now. Or we ask for a box of the variety chips or goldfish from Costco. Some times we ask for 2 packs of gatorade, the larger individual bottles. We have families that are more than willing to buy their way out of working.

Curious how big your team is. With ~150 swimmers, I don’t think we could staff a compliant swim meet if we had a mechanism for parents to opt out of deck jobs.

We are fairly large - around 200 swimmers. Whether or not we offer this buy out option, it's always a struggle to find volunteer.s. At least this way they can contribute and we can use the proceeds to buy necessary equipment (starter/lanes lines) or fund an activity without asking the board.

[Anonymous]

We do Chic-fil-a breakfast sandwiches and then lunch sandwiches (individually and as a meal with a soda and chips.) Always sell out and easy - the only thing is someone placing order, picking up, and dropping off the warming bags. Because we don't prepare them, we don't need a food license.

We also do donuts from Shoppers..which are a hit (they are HUGE.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We do Chic-fil-a breakfast sandwiches and then lunch sandwiches (individually and as a meal with a soda and chips.) Always sell out and easy - the only thing is someone placing order, picking up, and dropping off the warming bags. Because we don't prepare them, we don't need a food license.

We also do donuts from Shoppers..which are a hit (they are HUGE.)

The Fairfax Shoppers closed and we’ve had a hard time finding a reasonably priced replacement. Any suggestions? Wegmans and HT are $$ and Walmart and BJs aren’t always able to fill a large order.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For chips, soda, water and even donuts, we ask for donations from parents. It counts as volunteer hours and it’s 100% profit for us. We use it towards coaches bonuses and for their meals.

Wow - I feel like we already hit up the parents a ton - but maybe we could think about this. What constitutes a volunteer hour worth of chips or soda, water etc?

That’s a good question. I believe it’s an hour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We do Chic-fil-a breakfast sandwiches and then lunch sandwiches (individually and as a meal with a soda and chips.) Always sell out and easy - the only thing is someone placing order, picking up, and dropping off the warming bags. Because we don't prepare them, we don't need a food license.

We also do donuts from Shoppers..which are a hit (they are HUGE.)

The Fairfax Shoppers closed and we’ve had a hard time finding a reasonably priced replacement. Any suggestions? Wegmans and HT are $$ and Walmart and BJs aren’t always able to fill a large order.

Giant is at least cheaper than Dunkin and will do a preorder (have to do this in person). Can order both donuts and bagels this way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of most popular items at our Monday night B meets were snow cones. We had a line all night long - the hotter the night, the faster we sold out. We bought a machine several years ago and it paid for itself in less than one summer. Unfortunately, the parents who took over the concessions didn't want to deal with the machine so we haven't sold them the last couple of years.

Our biggest profit margins on Monday nights were hot dogs and burgers. BUT finding parents to grill was always difficult. We always sold out of Chick-Fil_A sandwiches but we only made about $1 per sandwich versus making $4 per burger. This was a couple of years ago so the prices have changed, but probably not by much.

How much do you charge for a burger? That’s a pretty good profit. I think we’d have a tough time selling them for much more than $4.

We charge $5 and $6 with chips and water.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of most popular items at our Monday night B meets were snow cones. We had a line all night long - the hotter the night, the faster we sold out. We bought a machine several years ago and it paid for itself in less than one summer. Unfortunately, the parents who took over the concessions didn't want to deal with the machine so we haven't sold them the last couple of years.

Our biggest profit margins on Monday nights were hot dogs and burgers. BUT finding parents to grill was always difficult. We always sold out of Chick-Fil_A sandwiches but we only made about $1 per sandwich versus making $4 per burger. This was a couple of years ago so the prices have changed, but probably not by much.

How much do you charge for a burger? That’s a pretty good profit. I think we’d have a tough time selling them for much more than $4.

We charge $5 and $6 with chips and water.

Thanks. That’s pretty good of your cost for a burger, chips and water is only $1.
What is the difference between what they get for $6 vs $5?

[Anonymous]

It cost about $1/burger and then another dollar for bun, ketchup, mustard, etc.

We profit about $3/burger. We charge $6 for a combo with chips and water.

It’s not a lot but we are also not ripping people off. People that buy are also our team members.

[Anonymous]

Our buyout is $400 now. I would think everyone would pay $120 & not volunteer.

[Anonymous]

We don’t offer buyouts for volunteer hours. We need all the volunteers to run the team.