We're licensed to cook (but we keep it outdoors and simple, like waffles and burgers). We made nearly 2K at the last crowded B meet (more than we usually do). But the food-preparation part in particular is a _lot_ of work and requires experienced volunteer leadership and a steady stream of new folks training up.

Our team makes $3k/season selling concessions at all meets. Keep it simple and keep your overhead costs low

We sell candy, drinks and snacks. B meets generate more income than A meets. We track what sells and have it down to a science. Less is more. Sell less stuff. Do 5 kinds of candy instead of 10. We don’t grill but that generates a lot of income but I think that requires a food license.

Our MCLS snack bar pulls in about $30k over the course of the summer and nets about $10k in profit after expenses and salaries, but that’s a full snack bar with teenage paid staff. Swim meets are by far our biggest money maker. I think we made about $800 in concessions (breakfast sandwiches, donuts, muffins, candy, ice cream, etc) at our last A home meet. B meets are even better, especially if we sell burgers. We generally sell things for 2-3X cost. It’s a pain to stock food and get grill volunteers but has a big payoff. Our profits go to the pool though, not the team, since the pool runs it all. Profits support facilities upgrades.

^^ PP above. We're also at a lower division pool. We've found that B meet concessions are very lucrative. Candy sells well at all times. Get Ring Pops and push pops and the like (no chocolate, it melts).

A bunch of it goes into more concession lol.

But seriously … we use it to help fund special projects and augment our coaches’ salaries for the next year. Some of it goes into a fund for maintenance (chair covers, new banners, new flags, etc.)

What do you do with the money generated for concession? How much are teams averaging during the swim season. We are in a lower division and trying to see if it is worth the effort.