V18 LAN FOOD!, om nom nom nom feed me your thoughts! Options

[Tank]

Hey guys,

I have recently returned from Relaoded LAN, and have brought back with me some thoughts.

They have a shop thing that sold things like hot pies and hot dogs, and i was wondering if this sort of food (more substantial than chips / chocolate / muffin) would appeal to people?


I'm also welcoming of any/all ideas to make the RespawnCafe better! (including coffee! nomnomnom :3)

let me know! and i'll see what i cna do

-tank

[Worthless]

Obviously you need to break even, and a little profit is fine but charging $3 when it cost you $1 to make is perhaps a little outrageous. $1.50 when it cost you $1 to make I would be happy with (or something in that vicinity).

Just don't want corner shop pricing with 200% markup is all.

[wolfmother]

Obviously you need to break even, and a little profit is fine but charging $3 when it cost you $1 to make is perhaps a little outrageous. $1.50 when it cost you $1 to make I would be happy with (or something in that vicinity).

Just don't want corner shop pricing with 200% markup is all.

Labour, venue space, infrastructure (ie pie warmers don't grow on trees), transportation/logistics, time spent by people who would otherwise have better things to do.

All kinda tricky to quantify the value of accurately, but to be honest a couple of bucks extra per item is entirely reasonable given all of these things. It's easy to forget that if you buy a pie off someone they've got to stand there all day selling pies to people when they could be paid to do the same at a corner store (who would probably charge you more for the pie anyway).

So I wouldn't think of that as profit. I'd think of it as money that tank earned with hard work - work that she would be paid for elsewhere - and has graciously decided to pour back into community for nothing.

(edit: also, I feel I should mention that Respawn is probably the only 400 person event I've ever been to where food/drink is so cheap - try $8 for a bottle of water at a rave. THAT is profiteering.)