AussieRulesBlog is seeking expressions of interest from suitably equipped entrepreneurs for the secure carriage of mountains of cash to the live AFL games we attend in 2014. We attended our first game of the season this week at the Docklands Stadium and received our usual early-season shock at the “catering” outlet.
The indignity of paying for the equivalent of liquid gold dispensed in plastic cups was reinforced when we sought something to sate our hunger. $5.60 for an “Angus” pie! We can purchase FOUR of these same pies at the online supermarket for $8.27.
How is it that an organisation buying in bulk — the AFL’s “caterers” — can add 170% to the price of the same product in an online supermarket? We assume the online supermarkets aren’t retailing at cost, so there’s already a significant markup built into their pricing structure.
Our companion fared even worse, parting with a princely $9 for an indifferent sandwich that had spent half a lifetime in its packaging.
We’ve already scheduled an appointment with the bank manager to arrange overdraft facilities for our next visit.
Not content with fleecing us for food and beverages, venue management chose to play the game in semi-darkness, with the goals at each end a nightmare of half-shadows — and that’s just for spectators!
Doing their bit for non-existent anthropogenic climate change, no doubt.
Oh, the football? No great heights, but it was a practice match after all.
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