How is business ..... had a flop

cjschuckwagon · Posted: Jul 16 2012 Post subject: How is business ..... had a flop

my first larger vending event...last year sold out early...this year, did25% less meat, and was undercut by the stinkin' boy scouts on drinks....50 frickin cents for a drink.

i tried to explain basic economics, and even told her that they were being considered bad vendors.....

oh well....what i did notice were the crowds were thin, noone had a good day, except the gate at 3 dollars a head...

...and as i was going by the boyscout tent, they were all arguing about how much food they had left, and how much money they lost.....cj

Texman · Posted: Jul 16 2012 Post subject: Re: How is business ..... had a flop

Mr Tony's BBQ · Posted: Jul 17 2012 Post subject:

I had a very similar incident with the "little granny next door"...no ins, no license, no 3 bay sink,no sanitation, no inspector..just a little gas grill her husband was running [ btw, he bought a brisket sammich from me and loved it]. She was thrilled to break even on her purchases on day 1, was selling high quality large burgers and brats for less than mcshizzle!! She ran out of buns [ I had TONS] asked to buy some off me - I told her I would sell them at my cost - she complained she could get buns cheaper in town! I had quality hard rolls, she has for shizzle cheapo's..I held out and she did buy while complaining..Her sales died day 2 and mine took off late in the day....I ended up losing $300.00 on the weekend Evil or Very Mad

I'll go back next year, and invite my inspector to inspect my setup Cool

I STRONGLY disagree with only 1 vender selling water / drinks....it is key to keeping people in line - why would anyone wait in one line for a sammie to then have to get in another line to get a drink where a sammie of some other kind is available - they often just get whats available with a drink. I did an event with that rule ONCE, never again!
I too was a scout leader for a few years - teaching the boy's to cut the competitions nutz off was never a lesson I taught! Also, if they were audibly arguing at the event about money, they have a long way to go, and need another LEADER.
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Texman · Posted: Jul 17 2012 Post subject:

cjschuckwagon · Posted: Jul 17 2012 Post subject:

i fully support the boy scouts, i was being flippant with that term, and meant only to rant....that said, they were being inconsiderate, and quite frankly, not being good stewards with their resources....and they had a pretentious attitude, not really consistant with their motto...just my humble opinion ....cj

daddywoofdawg · Posted: Jul 21 2012 Post subject:

I have noticed that sales/attendance is down at all the events I have done.
I did one this year that had 27k people last year,this year maybe 1k!
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cjschuckwagon · Posted: Jul 22 2012 Post subject:

at the last event, they added food vendors, successfully diluting the potential dollars....and our local ribfest, seems to be almost vacant, lots of parking spots up close....cj