Anyone seen a pie for sale at Odsal this season? I know I haven't. That's 4 pies I've missed out on so far.

Surely someone could order some bloody pies?

I was also chatting to another poster on here yesterday who said that the bars regularly run out of crisps etc within about 5mins of opening.

Somebody's missing a trick here. Are the club so short of cashflow they can't ensure sufficient stocks in place to sell or is it just down to lack of organisation?

Does anyone know who to contact about this major issue?

Said to my daughter yesterday we must be the only rugby ground where you cant get a bloody pie. Just not good enough : )

Must admit, i wanted a pie yesterday and i asked but they just said, not got any. I just don't fancy cheesy chips or a burger.

Two months ago who'd have thought that our main concern would be that we couldn't get a pie.

And the crisps, don't forget them!

If I were you, I'd pop into The Sparrow on North Parade prior to kick off and have one of their pies with mushy pies and mint sauce.
Very worth it

When it happens the singing bunch can steal the City pie chant from 2 years ago.

I went to the bar before the match to find no crisps apparently on sale. There was an open packet of Doritos on the back, but since I doubt they were selling them one by one, I don't think they were available. They also had no milk for hot drinks. It was about 10 minutes after the gates had opened (apparently they got some later).

There was a big sign at the back of the bar saying "Two Pint Glasses Available". I requested said two-pinter. They didn't have any available. I settled for a single, I'd look a right alky carrying two separate pints!

The previous food van at the back of the Provident has been replaced by the "Wimpy" one. Now, I have nothing against Wimpy. But the one thing I enjoyed to eat on a matchday last season was a hot dog. I loves myself a hot dog. The previous van did a "Small Hot Dog" which was a proper frankenfurter (as a hot dog should be), and a "Large Hot Dog" which was a sausage in a bun. The Wimpy one does just the one style, and it ain't the Frankenfurter. A Sausage in a bun is not a bloody hot dog! It's a sausage sandwich! My blood boils....

So now I'm gonna go to the chippy at Odsal top on my way to the ground.

Tealady has been on a pie making course, she may become the pie lady or Mrs Miggins

Love a good pie me. Don't like those Hollands or pukka type pies though.

The thing is, it's a fairly minor gripe in the scheme of things, I think everyone realises. But it's also one of those "it's bloody obvious you could be making some money here" situations too.

Nobody is expecting the glory days of curry and pizza options across the concourse. But if the food is so low of a standard that you'd prefer to eat outside the ground, it's missing out on revenue. I know there's a sweet van at the back of the stand, so there's no point selling chocolate in the bars. But things like crisps, nuts, scratchings last bloody ages and you can buy them in bulk. They're not "high risk" items that if someone doesn't buy them on Sunday, they go to waste. You can just keep putting em out until you're low and buy some more. If they did get near date, you sell em at cost price.

No doubt the club will have bigger priorirties and I'd rather see them run out of snacks than beer (which is surely a reasonable source of income even with the higher prices this season). But is it that hard to buy a few boxes of Seabrooks from a (very) local supplier?

I think people are less worried about going a little hungry than they are about the revenue the club is potentially missing out on. Whilst it may be fairly small revenue per pie, it adds up. And in our recent situations, you'd think every little helps.

From what HC has observed it looks as if the Club still has credit and cash flow problems, the Management are still doing it as the pay if you can don't if you can't, so it will be a slow build up to a better level of facilities round the concourse!
The local franchises could also be very wary about starting up again in Odsal as well!

As the first person to whinge about lack of pies on here, look, if we can't afford to get in a couple of boxes of pies to warm up in the pie over that we already own, then we might as well pack it in now.