One big gripe about FoS this year
Discussion
I went yesterday on the Thursday for the first time (usually go on a Friday or Saturday) and being a veteran of previous years actually found it a really good day out, despite some things (like the rally stage) not running on that day. BUT one thing that really pi**ed me off isn't the price of the food, it's the sh*t quality of most if it:
- If you are going to charge Five Guys prices of £6.50 for a cheeseburger, at least provide something that seems vaguely worth that money rather than a cheap white bread roll with a processed meat burger (of dubious quality) and a wafer thin piece of processed cheese, no onion, salad etc.
The other thing is that many of the traders seem to be straight off a market stall with a lot of hawking going on as you walk past - not something I've noticed in previous years, I know the poor sods have to make the dubious commercial decision of paying whatever extortionate fee they have to somehow turn a profit, but that isn't my problem.
Shame really, the food thing though really annoys me, because just improving the quality would go a long way to making the rip-off prices there seem more justifiable.
Apart from that... it was a great day
- If you are going to charge Five Guys prices of £6.50 for a cheeseburger, at least provide something that seems vaguely worth that money rather than a cheap white bread roll with a processed meat burger (of dubious quality) and a wafer thin piece of processed cheese, no onion, salad etc.
The other thing is that many of the traders seem to be straight off a market stall with a lot of hawking going on as you walk past - not something I've noticed in previous years, I know the poor sods have to make the dubious commercial decision of paying whatever extortionate fee they have to somehow turn a profit, but that isn't my problem.
Shame really, the food thing though really annoys me, because just improving the quality would go a long way to making the rip-off prices there seem more justifiable.
Apart from that... it was a great day
Just to clarify, I am not a GRRC member (that's another discussion in terms of Goodwood's latest ruse to raise money from those on the waiting list etc. which has been discussed elsewhere), so was commenting on the catering for the general public. My main point in response 'no worse than other events' comments, is that FoS is intentionally an upmarket event, aimed at a certain demographic/wallet size, and by allowing below standard food vendors at the event they are undermining this by requiring (or allowing) them to charge extortionate prices for crap food, as well as making those attending feel disppointed and ripped-off in the process. It is just clumsy marketing and greed IMHO...
Look if this was Race Retro, or similar, I wouldn't even raise this as an issue.
Look if this was Race Retro, or similar, I wouldn't even raise this as an issue.
Gassing Station | Goodwood Events | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff