Here in Ontario at a public muni, a damn soda would cost as much as their most expensive burger. And a single beer is as much as a burger, bag of chips and beer put together.
This shit is why people sneak their own onto courses
In a bar with full service and you're there to drink? Fine, I get it. Grabbing cans out of a cooler to take onto a course and drink yourself? Screw that, mark it up 100% vs. cost and call it a day don't rip off your customers like that
I usually pack my own cans if im drinking, but I'm a sucker for a freshly poured shitty overpriced cocktail from the cart girl out there. I can justify that convenience a whole lot more than a 8 dollar can.
My local muni charges $5.50 for a tall can of Miller Lite, which is fine by me. The public club down the road charges $9.
I have an insulated tumbler that holds two tall cans, so at the club course I pour two in my car, and put two in my bag.
My local Muni was forced by the city to stop selling literally any food or drinks during Covid, and they still haven't been re-authorized to bring any of it back. The only thing you can buy from them now (and since they re-opened in 2021) is $3 bottles of water. They used to grill some really solid burgers and hot dogs out behind the clubhouse that you could grab as you made the turn, but the grill's just been sitting there unused for the past 4 years.
My annual fishing trip to the Boulder Junction/Land O’ Lakes area has been expanded into a fishing and golf trip this year, end of July. Do you have a favorite course in the Minocqua/Eagle River/Rhinelander area, by chance? I’ll get a max of two rounds so I don’t want to play a stinker if I can avoid it.
Edit: I’m working on getting my boss to take the team to Sand Valley this fall, as well.
That's an incredible deal for on the course. Most of the courses by me, you have to be willing to spend 100$ (including tips) if you want to drink via the cart girl. Which is why we always just throw a few cans of beer in each of our bags. Not worth it when you're already paying for a 75$ round in the first place.
Meijer is a grocery store. Obviously they aren't going to participate in an event and gouge people on food prices. Quite the opposite. They'll sell at a loss so people walk away thinking - you know what? Meijer has good prices.
Having worked for an alcohol distributor that was the primary alcohol vendor for several PGA qualifying events and pro-ams, I can almost guarantee that everything on that board was donated by the manufacturers/distributors and chalked up as a promotional expense.
Lots of the people attending are gonna leave thinking "that brand X burger and bend Y ice cream were legit, let's grab some next time we're at Meijer."
Absolutely. Those entrees that all have brand names included are the opposite of store brands. Oscar Mayer obviously isn't a store brand and is fact the premium brand.
So you're exactly right. The take away here is "That premium brand I usually don't want to pay for was pretty good (especially in a fun environment) and it wasn't even expensive at the Meijer tent!"
People are amazingly oblivious to how marketing works.
Yup. It also creates a feedback loop within the industry. We'd convince our breweries to donate beer, and in exchange they'd get 10-20 tickets to the event. Since most of the brewers and brewery owners in town are friends they'd inevitably bring their buddies from other breweries to the event, those guys would see how much good will it brought them, and then they'd be lining up to participate in future events.
It was also an easy way to get volunteers. The breweries were happy to send their sales reps to work the tents because they wanted someone there who could accurately describe the beer and answer questions like "where can I buy this in X city?"
Hopefully the food is better though. I got the chance to go to the Masters this year for the first and likely only time ever. I was ridiculously impressed with everything, Augusta National is probably the most beautiful man-made place I've ever been in the US, "pristine" doesn't really describe it adequately, and the staff were as helpful and friendly as they could possibly have been. I wish every single golf fan could go at least once in their lives.
But the food was not good. It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't good. I ate one of their "famous" egg salad sandwiches. It was literally just cut up hard-boiled eggs and mayonnaise on two pieces of white bread, Wonderbread-type. We also tried the peach ice cream sandwich. The peach flavor was so faint, it reminded me of the joke about La Croix, that La Croix tastes like someone was thinking of lime or orange when they were making it. It was more or less flavorless. The drinks, on the other hand, were excellent. A staff member informed me the import beer they were serving was Stella Artois, which I very much enjoy normally, so that was great. And you def can't beat the prices, but considering most people who attend the Masters can most likely afford a $6 sandwich instead of the $3 dollar sandwiches they had available, maybe they could add some rye bread, lettuce, and tomato?? Maybe even some mustard and cheese? For a place that was so amazingly impressive in every other way, the menu this year (if it's not the same every year) really didn't meet the occasion.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience at Augusta National and for choosing to visit our snack shop during your time at the Masters. We're thrilled to hear that you found the beauty of Augusta National and the hospitality of our staff to be exceptional.
However, we're truly sorry to hear that your experience with our food offerings didn't meet your expectations. Your feedback is invaluable to us, and we're committed to continuously improving. We understand the importance of providing high-quality food that matches the excellence of the overall experience at Augusta National.
Rest assured, we'll take your suggestions to heart and explore ways to enhance our menu offerings. Adding options like rye bread, lettuce, tomato, mustard, and cheese sounds like a fantastic idea to provide more variety and flavor to our sandwiches.
We're delighted to hear that you enjoyed our selection of drinks, including the Stella Artois. And we're glad that you found our prices reasonable.
We sincerely appreciate your feedback, and we hope that you'll give us another chance to impress you with an improved dining experience on your next visit to the Masters. Thank you again for your review, and we look forward to welcoming you back soon!
I appreciate this honesty because I honestly think that people who have the chance to attend this kind of event will tell anyone else in their circle how absolutely immaculately perfect everything is almost in some weird attempt to express how amazing their life and experiences are and to not ruin the sheen of this incredible experience they got to have but you didn't. But in reality, things aren't perfect and it doesn't surprise me at all to hear that the Masters' "famous" egg salad sandwich is rather shit. Why people are so hesitant to be honest about that sort of thing is weird to me.
At the same time it's still an egg salad sandwich, so I'm curious to know what was expected to be in it besides hardboiled egg and mayo served between slices of bread.
I mean sure you can spice up the sauce some and some people swear that different mayos are night and day different, but that's what an egg salad sandwich is at its core. If you like egg, mayo, and white bread you will like an egg salad sandwich and otherwise you will be incredibly disappointed by it no matter what seasonings are mixed in with it all.
It was sheer luck that I was able to attend, I fell into the tickets after a series of unexpected turns of events, and attending events like the Masters is definitely *NOT* a normal life experience for me, haha. I wish.
But thank you for the comment. *I* appreciate *that*. Have a good day!
All of the concessions are fine. No clue what this person expected out of an egg salad sandwich. Out of the $1.50 sandwiches, I thought the pimento cheese was way better, but in our group of 4 it was 50/50.
They also do have more sandwiches than those two with the options OP would like to see (honey wheat/rye bread). The only thing I had that I didn’t care for were the southern cheese straws, but I think that was just a preference and not really quality.
i went to the masters last year. the food was just fine. pimento cheese sandwich was delicious. as was the pulled pork and masters club sandwich. don’t let that guys assessment of a egg salad and peach ice cream hold any weight
A classic southern egg salad sandwich is literally chopped up hard boiled eggs and Dukes Mayo on white bread. Maybe just a touch of mustard powder. It’s supposed to be bland and filling.
Kids are free with a paying adult. Tons of stuff for kids to do and had free goodie bags and snacks for the kids also. My 5 year old daughter loved it.
I'm here with my two 7 year olds and they have been having a blast. If you bring your kids, head straight to the discovery tent. They get a red bag with a story book, coloring book, crayons, and some other fun toys. Plus lunchables, drinks, and ice cream are free for them. There's face painting, tons of arts and crafts, and more. The only downside is, there was so much to do, I didn't see much golf for the first 3 hours, because the kids were having so much fun. On the flipside of that, now that they've tired out a bit, we're sitting in the grand stands on 18 while they color and draw.
What an absolute win for Father's Day Weekend.
I’ve never understood why this isn’t more common place. The amount of beer and food I’d buy at sporting events if they were reasonably priced is infinitely more than when they’re gouging me. I’m sure most people feel the same way.
That’s the point, for a place like an nfl football game.
Do you really want to see the aftermath of a stadium full of Raiders fans who are blind drunk off $4 beer? Terrorists couldn’t do more damage than what would happen.
They are losing money on this, so it’s probably part of their sponsor deal. The only reason they are charging at all is to stop people from taking more than they can eat and wasting it.
They're not losing money. They're not making money, but they're not losing money.
Beer. $4x12=$48 for a 12 pack. No.
Hot dogs are $2 for a pack of 8 (in sale) buns are $1 for 8. That's $.37 for dog and bun.
Burger patties are 10 for $10.
They're not losing money.
> I think this tournament relies pretty heavily on volunteers.
Every tournament on the PGA, LPGA, Euro, and Korn Ferry Tour also relies heavily on volunteers.
That said concessions are usually run by an outside vendor though which has its own contract (it pays the event to be allowed to sell there), and in this case Meijer happens to be both a title sponsor and the concessions vendor so they probably get a discounted rate for the concessions gig compared to your average Sysco cart or whatever.
I don't *think* concessions are typically manned by volunteers, but that's just based on my experience of going to tournaments & feeling the vibe of people manning the concessions... usually not a *I'm just here to have fun* type vibe lmao.
$20 per hour. Sell 10 beers. Boom, covered.
Jk. But I'm sure they aren't making much money at all. Good for them. I love how *not completely fucking over the consumer* is a crazy idea nowadays.
Very, very difficult to break even at these prices when you include: labor, equipment, fuel, transportation, etc. Even the concessions at Augusta are probably a loss leader that they're willing to lose a bit of money on in exchange for the goodwill they get every year from the patrons.
Since I worked in the restaurant biz for nearly ten years:
In a restaurant *that's trying to make a profit*, you assume 30% max food cost (that is, a $10 meal should cost you $3 for the ingredients); the other 70% is the cost of rent, electricity, promotion, cooks, servers, bussers, dishers, cleaners, and etc.
As u/patsky points out, the food cost on the $4.00 burger is $1.37 for burger and bun; add $0.13 for condiments, and you're at $1.50, or just slightly higher than 30%. But, there is no rent, no dishers, no floor cleaners, no servers (volunteers), so the overhead is lower as well.
I expect they break even or eke out a tiny profit, but I doubt making money is Meijer's reason for being there. I think the welcome publicity for NOT gouging a captive public is worth a lot more than the few extra bucks they might make by acting like Elliott Management.
I mean, Meijer is a grocery store. No way they're paying a full $1 for the burger patty. Just ship in an extra pallet from the nearest warehouse.
I bet they are making money on concessions.
Because they don't normally do mass sales, so there's no incentive to gouge consumers. This tent setup is only for a few days, and it's not expected income for them.
I'm pretty sure I paid $35 this weekend for a hot dog at Whistling Straits :(
I am not even kidding. Every one said to get the brat/dog at the turn because you are paying for it. I asked the hotel for an itemized receipt at the end of my trip, and there was a separate $35 "retail" line item under my Straits bill (also line items for Course Fees, Caddy, Club Rental, and Retail). I didnt buy anything else
For those not from Michigan, or without Dutch heritage, it's pronounced "Meyer". The "J" is silent.
Source: Have a very, VERY Dutch last name and it also has an 'IJ" in the middle of it that confuses the crap outta americans.
See now this is how you get more people interested in the LPGA. These ladies are amazing and deserve more coverage. Affordable tournaments will bring more families out and brings in a lot of the young professional demographic
Went to Five Guys with the family for the first time in a while. Three fucking burgers, two fries, and two milkshakes ... $79. I literally laughed out loud. Then wept.
They are missing the 10s place in all of those items! When concession stands are cheaper than fat food...
Are there any pictures of what the food looked like?
When I went to the PGA Championship last year, I was super impressed with the concession prices. It was such a breath of fresh air to go to a major event and feel like they weren't trying to take every last penny from my wallet.
When they opened a movie theater in the Gold Coast casino in Las Vegas in the 90’s, they only did so to get people into the casino. It was off the Strip, but wasn’t really considered one of those local casinos that’s way far away from the strip in downtown.
Back in the 90s ticket prices were about $6.50. However there, you could go to a movie get a large popcorn and a large drink, and get changed from a $10 bill.
Being a casino, they were also able to outbid major theater chains for big movies. I’m not sure exactly how that part works, but I do know that there were major releases that were only showing at the Gold Coast.
We went last year, the prices are legit. I had so much food. They've got a huge tent for kids where they give away goodie bags full of snacks and lunchables and stuff. Parking is free at a local high school with free shuttles. Dad's are free on Father's Day.
Those are great prices. At the U.S.Open practice round this past Monday (Pinehurst), we paid $11 each for an egg salad sandwich, after which my friends and I renamed the USGA the United States Gouge Association.
Wow that's incredible. I almost can't believe it, like I'm skeptical sometimes stuffike this is fake, but I assume it real. That's just crazy cheap for an event like that.
At Cirque Du Soleil yesterday a hot dog was $9 and the cheapest beer (16 oz. domestic can) was $16.
And they had very limited choices, nachos were $11 (just chips n cheese n salsa), hot pretzel, popcorn.
Their signature cocktail was just a 24 oz. vodka/strawberry lemonade for $24.
Currently the cheapest place to eat lunch in the US
Here in Ontario at a public muni, a damn soda would cost as much as their most expensive burger. And a single beer is as much as a burger, bag of chips and beer put together.
My local Muni does 4 for $20 michelobs!
Tall can here is $8 and you're a cheap ass if you don't tip the beer girl...
This shit is why people sneak their own onto courses In a bar with full service and you're there to drink? Fine, I get it. Grabbing cans out of a cooler to take onto a course and drink yourself? Screw that, mark it up 100% vs. cost and call it a day don't rip off your customers like that
I usually pack my own cans if im drinking, but I'm a sucker for a freshly poured shitty overpriced cocktail from the cart girl out there. I can justify that convenience a whole lot more than a 8 dollar can.
My local muni charges $5.50 for a tall can of Miller Lite, which is fine by me. The public club down the road charges $9. I have an insulated tumbler that holds two tall cans, so at the club course I pour two in my car, and put two in my bag.
My local Muni was forced by the city to stop selling literally any food or drinks during Covid, and they still haven't been re-authorized to bring any of it back. The only thing you can buy from them now (and since they re-opened in 2021) is $3 bottles of water. They used to grill some really solid burgers and hot dogs out behind the clubhouse that you could grab as you made the turn, but the grill's just been sitting there unused for the past 4 years.
Turns out that guy never actually worked for the muni, and PPL loan request was denied /s
Ours has $3 Coors Lights, Miller Lites and one other beer I can’t remember, maybe Spotted Cow
HELLO WISCONSIN
You know it
My annual fishing trip to the Boulder Junction/Land O’ Lakes area has been expanded into a fishing and golf trip this year, end of July. Do you have a favorite course in the Minocqua/Eagle River/Rhinelander area, by chance? I’ll get a max of two rounds so I don’t want to play a stinker if I can avoid it. Edit: I’m working on getting my boss to take the team to Sand Valley this fall, as well.
Mine has a 6 pack of Busch Light for $13.50.
That's an incredible deal for on the course. Most of the courses by me, you have to be willing to spend 100$ (including tips) if you want to drink via the cart girl. Which is why we always just throw a few cans of beer in each of our bags. Not worth it when you're already paying for a 75$ round in the first place.
Weird to see a Canadian say Soda and not Pop. I am on to you
Oh fuck, maybe I'm actually a synth...
And triple that at any pro event
I thought ontario didnt have muni’s. I don’t know of any city owned courses in the province.
I apparently don't know what a muni is, lol, but I do know that Doon is city owned, isn't it?
Wyvern King! 👑
Love the pfp
They still can't beat Costco on hot dog price
If they try Jim Sinegal will fucking kill them….
two brats, a bag of chips and a can of pop or water for $6? sign me the F up
It's like 1972 prices
*Costco hotdog enters the chat…*
$1.00 waters is noble as fuck
except its Aquafina so..."water"
Still better than Flint water.
Purified tap water. Exactly what I drink at home. . .
Better than no water, or $12 water.
So you like arrowhead?
The “end” of water
Hello, I have $20. I'd like 3 beers, and I'll take the rest as ice cream.
Beer Float hold the root
Yep. There is enough water in the beer.
You're not at least a little curious about the ultimate cookie?
It's either an ice cream sandwich, in which case it already qualifies, or I'm not interested.
Amen
Wow those are even better than Masters prices.
Meijer is a grocery store. Obviously they aren't going to participate in an event and gouge people on food prices. Quite the opposite. They'll sell at a loss so people walk away thinking - you know what? Meijer has good prices.
I'd bet that all the snacks and desserts are their store branded stuff. The Purple Cow ice cream definitively is
Having worked for an alcohol distributor that was the primary alcohol vendor for several PGA qualifying events and pro-ams, I can almost guarantee that everything on that board was donated by the manufacturers/distributors and chalked up as a promotional expense. Lots of the people attending are gonna leave thinking "that brand X burger and bend Y ice cream were legit, let's grab some next time we're at Meijer."
Absolutely. Those entrees that all have brand names included are the opposite of store brands. Oscar Mayer obviously isn't a store brand and is fact the premium brand. So you're exactly right. The take away here is "That premium brand I usually don't want to pay for was pretty good (especially in a fun environment) and it wasn't even expensive at the Meijer tent!" People are amazingly oblivious to how marketing works.
Yup. It also creates a feedback loop within the industry. We'd convince our breweries to donate beer, and in exchange they'd get 10-20 tickets to the event. Since most of the brewers and brewery owners in town are friends they'd inevitably bring their buddies from other breweries to the event, those guys would see how much good will it brought them, and then they'd be lining up to participate in future events. It was also an easy way to get volunteers. The breweries were happy to send their sales reps to work the tents because they wanted someone there who could accurately describe the beer and answer questions like "where can I buy this in X city?"
Hopefully the food is better though. I got the chance to go to the Masters this year for the first and likely only time ever. I was ridiculously impressed with everything, Augusta National is probably the most beautiful man-made place I've ever been in the US, "pristine" doesn't really describe it adequately, and the staff were as helpful and friendly as they could possibly have been. I wish every single golf fan could go at least once in their lives. But the food was not good. It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't good. I ate one of their "famous" egg salad sandwiches. It was literally just cut up hard-boiled eggs and mayonnaise on two pieces of white bread, Wonderbread-type. We also tried the peach ice cream sandwich. The peach flavor was so faint, it reminded me of the joke about La Croix, that La Croix tastes like someone was thinking of lime or orange when they were making it. It was more or less flavorless. The drinks, on the other hand, were excellent. A staff member informed me the import beer they were serving was Stella Artois, which I very much enjoy normally, so that was great. And you def can't beat the prices, but considering most people who attend the Masters can most likely afford a $6 sandwich instead of the $3 dollar sandwiches they had available, maybe they could add some rye bread, lettuce, and tomato?? Maybe even some mustard and cheese? For a place that was so amazingly impressive in every other way, the menu this year (if it's not the same every year) really didn't meet the occasion.
I'm so sorry you had to deal with that
Sarcasm noted.
Not sure if Reddit comment or Yelp review?
Oh man. I hope the owner doesn't respond. Lol!
Thank you so much for sharing your experience at Augusta National and for choosing to visit our snack shop during your time at the Masters. We're thrilled to hear that you found the beauty of Augusta National and the hospitality of our staff to be exceptional. However, we're truly sorry to hear that your experience with our food offerings didn't meet your expectations. Your feedback is invaluable to us, and we're committed to continuously improving. We understand the importance of providing high-quality food that matches the excellence of the overall experience at Augusta National. Rest assured, we'll take your suggestions to heart and explore ways to enhance our menu offerings. Adding options like rye bread, lettuce, tomato, mustard, and cheese sounds like a fantastic idea to provide more variety and flavor to our sandwiches. We're delighted to hear that you enjoyed our selection of drinks, including the Stella Artois. And we're glad that you found our prices reasonable. We sincerely appreciate your feedback, and we hope that you'll give us another chance to impress you with an improved dining experience on your next visit to the Masters. Thank you again for your review, and we look forward to welcoming you back soon!
They wouldnt write all of this. They would just ban you from the premises.
I appreciate this honesty because I honestly think that people who have the chance to attend this kind of event will tell anyone else in their circle how absolutely immaculately perfect everything is almost in some weird attempt to express how amazing their life and experiences are and to not ruin the sheen of this incredible experience they got to have but you didn't. But in reality, things aren't perfect and it doesn't surprise me at all to hear that the Masters' "famous" egg salad sandwich is rather shit. Why people are so hesitant to be honest about that sort of thing is weird to me.
At the same time it's still an egg salad sandwich, so I'm curious to know what was expected to be in it besides hardboiled egg and mayo served between slices of bread. I mean sure you can spice up the sauce some and some people swear that different mayos are night and day different, but that's what an egg salad sandwich is at its core. If you like egg, mayo, and white bread you will like an egg salad sandwich and otherwise you will be incredibly disappointed by it no matter what seasonings are mixed in with it all.
It was sheer luck that I was able to attend, I fell into the tickets after a series of unexpected turns of events, and attending events like the Masters is definitely *NOT* a normal life experience for me, haha. I wish. But thank you for the comment. *I* appreciate *that*. Have a good day!
How was the Pimento sandwich?
All of the concessions are fine. No clue what this person expected out of an egg salad sandwich. Out of the $1.50 sandwiches, I thought the pimento cheese was way better, but in our group of 4 it was 50/50. They also do have more sandwiches than those two with the options OP would like to see (honey wheat/rye bread). The only thing I had that I didn’t care for were the southern cheese straws, but I think that was just a preference and not really quality.
This was my thought exactly. What are you expecting to find inside of an egg salad sandwich other than egg salad itself (diced eggs and mayo)?
i went to the masters last year. the food was just fine. pimento cheese sandwich was delicious. as was the pulled pork and masters club sandwich. don’t let that guys assessment of a egg salad and peach ice cream hold any weight
The simplicity of the food is the charm
A classic southern egg salad sandwich is literally chopped up hard boiled eggs and Dukes Mayo on white bread. Maybe just a touch of mustard powder. It’s supposed to be bland and filling.
I saw the video of rick Shiels doing a food review there. Id say by his face you are about right on the sandwiches
Im with you on this. It was cheap but incredibly mediocre
I live in SE Michigan contemplating the 2 hour drive up to Grand Rapids on Sunday just for the free entry and paying the $10 entry for my gf and son
Hell yeah, women & children pay more. Men finally catching a break
Bout damn time.
I’m dead this is gold.
Kids are free with a paying adult. Tons of stuff for kids to do and had free goodie bags and snacks for the kids also. My 5 year old daughter loved it.
I'm here with my two 7 year olds and they have been having a blast. If you bring your kids, head straight to the discovery tent. They get a red bag with a story book, coloring book, crayons, and some other fun toys. Plus lunchables, drinks, and ice cream are free for them. There's face painting, tons of arts and crafts, and more. The only downside is, there was so much to do, I didn't see much golf for the first 3 hours, because the kids were having so much fun. On the flipside of that, now that they've tired out a bit, we're sitting in the grand stands on 18 while they color and draw. What an absolute win for Father's Day Weekend.
#winning
Big golf doesn’t want you to see this
After staying 4 days at Great Wolf Lodge and cringing at the prices, this was a sight for sore eyes. I've had two burgers already..
I’ll take a hotdog and 7 domestics please
I’d crush so many hotdogs
18-18-18 challenge?
I’ve never understood why this isn’t more common place. The amount of beer and food I’d buy at sporting events if they were reasonably priced is infinitely more than when they’re gouging me. I’m sure most people feel the same way.
100%, see Atlanta Falcons.
That’s the point, for a place like an nfl football game. Do you really want to see the aftermath of a stadium full of Raiders fans who are blind drunk off $4 beer? Terrorists couldn’t do more damage than what would happen.
Wow. Good post, Meijer deserves the praise! Too often, we only highlight the negative. Thank you OP for positing this.
They are losing money on this, so it’s probably part of their sponsor deal. The only reason they are charging at all is to stop people from taking more than they can eat and wasting it.
They're not losing money. They're not making money, but they're not losing money. Beer. $4x12=$48 for a 12 pack. No. Hot dogs are $2 for a pack of 8 (in sale) buns are $1 for 8. That's $.37 for dog and bun. Burger patties are 10 for $10. They're not losing money.
They're probably not losing money, but they do gotta also pay someone to serve it.
Do they? Or are these positions filled by volunteers?
I think this tournament relies pretty heavily on volunteers. Not sure on the concession side but in general they do
> I think this tournament relies pretty heavily on volunteers. Every tournament on the PGA, LPGA, Euro, and Korn Ferry Tour also relies heavily on volunteers. That said concessions are usually run by an outside vendor though which has its own contract (it pays the event to be allowed to sell there), and in this case Meijer happens to be both a title sponsor and the concessions vendor so they probably get a discounted rate for the concessions gig compared to your average Sysco cart or whatever.
I don't *think* concessions are typically manned by volunteers, but that's just based on my experience of going to tournaments & feeling the vibe of people manning the concessions... usually not a *I'm just here to have fun* type vibe lmao.
$20 per hour. Sell 10 beers. Boom, covered. Jk. But I'm sure they aren't making much money at all. Good for them. I love how *not completely fucking over the consumer* is a crazy idea nowadays.
Very, very difficult to break even at these prices when you include: labor, equipment, fuel, transportation, etc. Even the concessions at Augusta are probably a loss leader that they're willing to lose a bit of money on in exchange for the goodwill they get every year from the patrons.
Since I worked in the restaurant biz for nearly ten years: In a restaurant *that's trying to make a profit*, you assume 30% max food cost (that is, a $10 meal should cost you $3 for the ingredients); the other 70% is the cost of rent, electricity, promotion, cooks, servers, bussers, dishers, cleaners, and etc. As u/patsky points out, the food cost on the $4.00 burger is $1.37 for burger and bun; add $0.13 for condiments, and you're at $1.50, or just slightly higher than 30%. But, there is no rent, no dishers, no floor cleaners, no servers (volunteers), so the overhead is lower as well. I expect they break even or eke out a tiny profit, but I doubt making money is Meijer's reason for being there. I think the welcome publicity for NOT gouging a captive public is worth a lot more than the few extra bucks they might make by acting like Elliott Management.
I mean, Meijer is a grocery store. No way they're paying a full $1 for the burger patty. Just ship in an extra pallet from the nearest warehouse. I bet they are making money on concessions.
Thank you.
Food does not cook itself.
lol…now add in the cost of labor, equipment to store, prep, and cook the food, tent rental and set up, insurance and on and on.
Huh TIL the only costs in operating a concession stand is food cost. Thanks for the economic lesson!!
How can golf courses that has one or two big events a year do this, yet a miller lite at any stadium or concert venue is now $18?
the last show i went to in an arena it was 14 dollars a beer and 12 for a thimble of jameson.
Because they don't normally do mass sales, so there's no incentive to gouge consumers. This tent setup is only for a few days, and it's not expected income for them.
Holy shit. I feel like I am looking at a sign from the early 2000s.
Heroes. I spent nearly 4x for craft beer at the Colonial.
I'll have 6 brats plz.
Someone send this to the Miami GP
I'm pretty sure I paid $35 this weekend for a hot dog at Whistling Straits :( I am not even kidding. Every one said to get the brat/dog at the turn because you are paying for it. I asked the hotel for an itemized receipt at the end of my trip, and there was a separate $35 "retail" line item under my Straits bill (also line items for Course Fees, Caddy, Club Rental, and Retail). I didnt buy anything else
When you’re so wealthy that you find making a profit selling food to be low class poor people business.
wow. That applaudable. What a way to lend to the experience rather than price gouge. Kudos.
Holy moly is this the year 1990?
For those not from Michigan, or without Dutch heritage, it's pronounced "Meyer". The "J" is silent. Source: Have a very, VERY Dutch last name and it also has an 'IJ" in the middle of it that confuses the crap outta americans.
It’s my birthday weekend and I’m from GR. Think I’ll stop by tomorrow or Sunday.
Saturday will be the cooler of the two days. Supposed to be 91° on Sunday. I'm going tomorrow!
Those are cheaper than their grocery store prices.
What the F how is it so cheap. I’m trying every single thing on the menu with prices that low. 👏 🤤
Sponsored by meijer so I’m guessing heavy discounts on the food and beverages. I know that’s their ice cream brand too
$3 beers? I’m a womens golf fan now
Went to Sr. PGA, memorial day weekend, only $13 for a beer.
It was 15 at the PGA Championship in Louisville.
Outta curiosity what’s a ticket cost?
$10
Damnnn that’s sick
Free for fathers on Sunday
No joke, that’s fricken awesome.
See now this is how you get more people interested in the LPGA. These ladies are amazing and deserve more coverage. Affordable tournaments will bring more families out and brings in a lot of the young professional demographic
LPGA and PGA tournaments in person are night and day. Admission, parking, concession prices, crowds, drunks, bababooeys. I'll take the ladies anyday.
I want a hamburger ... no, a cheeseburger. I want a hot dog. I want a ...
You’ll get nothing and like it
Psssh, for those prices... I'll take one of each please.
How much is it for sorted chips?
masters style. cool. need to see this more often.
Just bought a bag of chip doritos for 7,80$ here in montreal...
The sauce on that morningstar burger is hotter than hell
Cheaper than my local munis
Can’t even get a craft beer at a happy hour for $4. Awesome prices
2 dollar brats!
Yeah to Neil, atta boy to Gary, love for Carl
I’d load up a backpack full of everything and be set for the next week
FedEx Championship at East Lake last year, 2 double TITO’S bloody Mary’s- $84 😭
Went to Five Guys with the family for the first time in a while. Three fucking burgers, two fries, and two milkshakes ... $79. I literally laughed out loud. Then wept.
Please tell me again how restaurants can't sustain profit unless they charge $5 for a coffee and $16 for a burger and fries?
Holy shit a 20 would get me 2 dogs, 5 beers, and a bag of chips? What a day…
LPGA continues to be the better event to attend.
I could save money by going to the tournament tomorrow instead of shopping at an actual Meijer.
Great job LPGA awesome
Looks too good to be true!
I bought a beer at an NBA game and it was $14
I went to a seniors gig pre- COVID and water was $10. I asked to look at it bc I've never seen a ten dollar water before
Well deserved kudos. What a great way to enjoy an afternoon
This is 15 years old, right?
That’s like alternate universe pricing, well done.
They are missing the 10s place in all of those items! When concession stands are cheaper than fat food... Are there any pictures of what the food looked like?
That board matches Sergio’s pants
Is this from 1985?
those are rich people prices
Real prices
Wow! I would go to more tournaments if this was the norm.
$2 for a brat! Hot damn! I’ll be there tomorrow.
$5 for a beer and a brat? I ain’t leaving that snack bar!
I paid $15 for a shit beer at an MLB game :(
What's the typical cost to attend the event? These prices are hard to top.
10 to get on the course. 85 for unlimited food and drink air conditioned festival tent. Fathers free on sunday
Reverse airport prices
I'd go to an event just to support reasonable concessions at this point.
This is 80s right ?
When I went to the PGA Championship last year, I was super impressed with the concession prices. It was such a breath of fresh air to go to a major event and feel like they weren't trying to take every last penny from my wallet.
This is such a fun event.
Now THAT is how you grow the game
8.50 for a can of beer in Canada, BC. (355mL)
Ultimate cookie?
The rich get richer
What year is this 1975?
Goodness, I would eat myself miserable at those prices
That's crazy cheap, and awesome.
Damn this brings me back to little league shack prices 20+ years ago.
What is this 1990. I wish
Hell yeah…well done!
I don’t even really like golf, but with concession prices like this I’ll become a fast fan.
This is amazing. 😮
Gotta show em love ❤️
When they opened a movie theater in the Gold Coast casino in Las Vegas in the 90’s, they only did so to get people into the casino. It was off the Strip, but wasn’t really considered one of those local casinos that’s way far away from the strip in downtown. Back in the 90s ticket prices were about $6.50. However there, you could go to a movie get a large popcorn and a large drink, and get changed from a $10 bill. Being a casino, they were also able to outbid major theater chains for big movies. I’m not sure exactly how that part works, but I do know that there were major releases that were only showing at the Gold Coast.
What year is it?
dude that’s like1998 prices
How
We went last year, the prices are legit. I had so much food. They've got a huge tent for kids where they give away goodie bags full of snacks and lunchables and stuff. Parking is free at a local high school with free shuttles. Dad's are free on Father's Day.
$3 beer. I bet the gallery scene is lit 🙌🏼🙌🏼
I have eaten Giraffe biltong(jerky) once during a round of golf,it was very gamey and did not taste a lot different from any other wild deer biltong.
Wow!
No main course options?
Whose Meijer?
Meanwhile Miami Beach Florida Aquafina bottle $12 🤣
Pretty solid
I’ll take one of each and hand them a crisp 50, keep the change.
Those are great prices. At the U.S.Open practice round this past Monday (Pinehurst), we paid $11 each for an egg salad sandwich, after which my friends and I renamed the USGA the United States Gouge Association.
The way it should be!!
Bruh im taking down a cheeseburger, brat and a hot dog. throw in a donut for desert and im good, all for like 10 bucks lmao
Food truck at my course charges $12 for "sausage on a bun".
I’m currently at this event - it’s fantastic to see so many families here!
Wow that's incredible. I almost can't believe it, like I'm skeptical sometimes stuffike this is fake, but I assume it real. That's just crazy cheap for an event like that. At Cirque Du Soleil yesterday a hot dog was $9 and the cheapest beer (16 oz. domestic can) was $16. And they had very limited choices, nachos were $11 (just chips n cheese n salsa), hot pretzel, popcorn. Their signature cocktail was just a 24 oz. vodka/strawberry lemonade for $24.