The price of stuff at the Footy

[azabob]

I usually buy the chicken strips with chips at Etihad and get a beer. What else is good on the menu there?

Eastdog you are best bring a couple of rolls from home or go for a counter meal somewhere before or after the game.

[azabob]

Unsure if SlimPickens is able to elaborate on why the prices are what they are for the quality you get.

[Remi Moses]

The irony is they have a food outlet " Healthier foods" around aisle 28 ground level.
Is this to say the other crap they dish out is healthy?

[bornadog]

The irony is they have a food outlet " Healthier foods" around aisle 28 ground level.
Is this to say the other crap they dish out is healthy?

I went there the other week and asked for whole meal bread and they only had white bread.

So much for healthier, may as well have a pie its about the same.

[HOSE B ROMERO]

The food at Etihad is putrid beyond belief.

I buy a Pump water most games, and eat either before or after the game. The water costs me $6.50 for 750mls, roughly four time the amount a litre of premium unleaded might cost me!

When and if I have a family I'll be taking food with me.

Good grief jeemak, you buy water at the footy!! Just bring a bottle from home.

[HOSE B ROMERO]

As a family, regardless of match time, we all just have a big meal before we leave home.
Then we take:
4 bottles of water,
bag of large chips from supermarket
4 pieces of fruit
biscuits

maybe buy a bucket of chips at half time but footy food is overpriced, overcooked and over rated.

[jeemak]

Good grief jeemak, you buy water at the footy!! Just bring a bottle from home.

Good grief HOSE B ROMERO, do you actually expect me to be sufficiently organised to forward plan with such a high level of complexity!

You're a bloody optimist, that's what you are!

I really should though, you're right.

[AndrewP6]

Since I joined the Social Club I most often eat in there before home games. At least the food is edible, you get cutlery and a seat (if you time it right!) and they always offer extra chips (well, they offer me anyway!). I will buy a pie at other games, but the other stuff is way overpriced and usually crap. Pre-social club, I would take a thermos and usually some rolls or something. If we're getting done, I will overeat (and drink!), so this losing caper is costly

[azabob]

Since I joined the Social Club I most often eat in there before home games. At least the food is edible, you get cutlery and a seat (if you time it right!) and they always offer extra chips (well, they offer me anyway!). I will buy a pie at other games, but the other stuff is way overpriced and usually crap. Pre-social club, I would take a thermos and usually some rolls or something. If we're getting done, I will overeat (and drink!), so this losing caper is costly

Out of interest what are the prices of the meal and what type of food?

[AndrewP6]

Out of interest what are the prices of the meal and what type of food?

They've gone up a bit in the last few years. They usually have fish and chips as well as parma + pot (around $17 I think), soup, and one or two things that change every week or two (last week I think it was butter chicken, around $17-18). You can also get a bowl of chips (about $8 which is a bit steep) or the usual pie/sausage roll. To me, a reasonable meal at under $20 is a fair deal - as I said, you get proper cutlery, a table to sit at and comfortable surrounds.

Sometimes the quality is a bit dicey - last week I had a bowl of chips which tasted like they were cooked the day before. But generally it's a better deal IMO.

[LostDoggy]

The irony is they have a food outlet " Healthier foods" around aisle 28 ground level.
Is this to say the other crap they dish out is healthy?

That is near my seat. Their sandwiches, wraps & sushi are very expensive (over $10) I have started buying their fruit salad this year though. It's $4.60 so quite reasonable for footy prices, and quite tasty. Problem is they are hit & miss with actually stocking it. Last game they didn't have it at all. I also go to Nandos outside the ground either before or after the game for a full meal.

[KT31]

The irony is they have a food outlet " Healthier foods" around aisle 28 ground level.
Is this to say the other crap they dish out is healthy?

True irony is the food merchant makes more than the Dogs from a home game at Etihad.

[Doc26]

So much for economies of scale, the price of junk food at VFL matches is an absolute bargain (if you can regard any junk food as a bargain) compared to that of its AFL brethren. For example, at yesterday's Williamstown match: Bucket of Hot Chips $3.50, Hot Dog $3 etc. Can of Carlton Draught $4.