How will LSU concessions ever get any better?

After tailgating in the parking lot of Tiger Stadium, what foods are you expecting to find inside?

Didn’t you already answer the question? Woodward is just going to blame alleva and wait until the contract expires.

After that he’ll fix it, but I’m sure it would cost lsu more to terminate the contract.

The answer is that LSU’s concessions will get better after the contract expires, but Woodward isn’t going to lose money in the short run for better hot dogs.

Going to safely assume he’s aware people hate the Aramark situation but he’s not touching the issue until 2027.

So there’s your answer

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Aramark provides all materials and labor and gives at minimum 45% of GROSS revenue back to LSU.

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Damn, the prices this year are going to be insane.

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Going to safely assume he’s aware people hate the Aramark situation but he’s not touching the issue until 2027.

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Why wait? Our baseball and WBB teams just won natties, football won the West in year 1 of a new coach… bite the bullet and make the improvement while things are going well.

I gotta think that Woodward will improve it.

He listens to the fan base, he is a fan and he hasn't missed yet

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Aramark provides all materials and labor and gives at minimum 45% of GROSS revenue back to LSU

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What a joke. I know bean counters like Alleva and Alexander probably thought that was super cool from a numbers standpoint but I really don’t buy stadium food anymore and I’d imagine a ton of other people don’t either. LSU would make more money if they contracted someone at 30% who provides an excellent product instead of the dog food and shite service Aramark is throwing at us

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Crap deal for the fans, but a great deal for LSU

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Again, only a great deal for LSU if Aramark is selling as many concessions as a superior alternative would, and I can assure you they’re not. There’s also the lost goodwill from a degraded fan experience which counts for something. The whole thing is a clusterfrick and Woodward will definitely get rid of them when their contract expires

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how much they cut back on labor 

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Aramark's labor cost is a bare minimum anyways. They do not pay for the people in the stands. These are groups that work the stands for a percentage of sales. How many people you can bring dictates the size of the stand you are assigned. Now, what usually happens is Organization B says we have 40 people and get assigned one of the largest stands. GameDay comes and only 20 show up. Aramark and concession managers are at the mercy of these groups.

Definitively, here’s what will happen: 1)As a public entity, LSU is required to do a RFP (Request for proposal). Companies will submit bids, including their proposed terms. Last time there were 2, yes, 2 bids.
2) LSU will pick the bid that’s best for them.
3) A certain percentage of the population will bitch incessantly about the company that won the bid.

But LSU isn't required to request bids for a one size fits all, all inclusive, exclusive, all sports solution. That certainly limits the pool of bidders.

I would think there are countless alternative models that includes auctioning access to individual sections or even individual concession stands Within each stadium/ venue, or even for each event.

While such models would require full-time staff with some measure of talent to organize and oversee things, product will be far superior, and it would allow for more flexibility in an addressing issues of poor service/quality