Topic: Buying in teas (Read 33583 times)

smilley792 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 27, 2014, 10:50:56 AM »

Thankfully we have plenty of lady volunteers, so many infact, I think each Saturday team only has the same tea lady twice a year.
Teas are lovely too, no exception. All our tea lady's rock.

On special occasions we have ran bbqs for tea. (Mainly friendly and t20 tournaments)

And not he one occasion on a Sunday when we had no tea ladys(Sunday league is no teas but we do them if wanted)
We actually had our teas made by the local subway. No joke. An awesome tea.

http://www.subway.co.uk/menu/subway-platters.aspx

uknsaunders · « **Reply #16 on:** January 27, 2014, 11:08:10 AM »

Rota it and man up.

Doing a decent quantity of tea cost effectively is difficult. You can take shortcuts such as buying frozen sausage rolls, cheaps crisps and hand baking cakes but the fillings normally cost the most. If Melon is on special offer it helps to pad out the tea. Don't forget tea, sugar, squash. When I started playing we rarely had a drinks break unless it was very hot. Another issue is colts! They race to the tea room first,pay half a match fee and then stack their plates to the ceiling. Leaving little or nothing for the older guys. Putting the stuff plated out normally stops this :-)

In theory you could do a perfectly acceptable tea for �25 per match if you hand made most things and were volume ie. doing 3 or 4 clubs. That's the only way I could see it being worth somebody doing it as a business as it would still take several hours preparation.

A-Swing-And-A-Miss · « **Reply #17 on:** January 27, 2014, 11:36:39 AM »

Quote from: DiscoStu on January 27, 2014, 04:15:04 AM

The margins are a bit thin unless you can do more than 1 club on any given day. The most you can probably charge for 1 match (2 dozen or so people) would be 60 quid and the vast majority of teams would baulk at 50 quid. Even with a good supplier you are still looking at costs of over 20 quid minimum. Therefore your absolute max. Return would be 35 quid before fuel and other costs but more likely to be 25 pounds. It's going to be around 2 hours work if not more prepping the food, setting up and serving it and tidying up. So unless you can do more than 1 match then it becomes uneconomic.

This is done off guesswork but the only times I see outside caterers do amateur matches is when they have a chance to sell to the watching spectators.

It could potentially work at a ground with two pitches being used. Bulk buying would improve the margins a little bit but it still wouldn't be a massive earner.

uknsaunders · « **Reply #18 on:** January 27, 2014, 12:22:59 PM »

Funny thinking about it, I made a proposal in one of my old clubs to actually change cricket teas to a smaller healthy option ie. bin cake and sandwiches and replace it with food to help players recover ie. fruit/pasta, but with some portion control going on. My argument was that it wasn't good for the players to consume large teas and eat stuff that most proper sportsman wouldn't touch. It would possibly be cheaper to make and encourage post match food sales, where the club could actually make some money.

Naturally my suggestion wasn't even considered for 5 seconds

ilanz_bess · « **Reply #19 on:** January 27, 2014, 12:44:22 PM »

Our rota system involves one guy, me! Either I prepare tea and we have or I don't and we don't. Have tried several occasions to implement a rota but everyone always have an excuse. I usually end up making the teas as I feel embarrassed when the other team comes and there is none. Our tea compramises basically a couple of sandwiches, fruits and a drink. Works up to about $150, an equivalent of around 15 pounds..

Red Ink Cricket · « **Reply #20 on:** January 27, 2014, 04:54:07 PM »

�35 for us. when i do it i always do some pasta as it tends to go a long way and can fill people up. range of sandwiches and some cakes, biscuits and fruit. its not always easy doing it for the budget and it usually costs a little more but if you have the right connections and could source the produce for a good price there may be a little in it. as others have said bulk buying or doing it for multiple teams would help. otherwise it may sound like a lot of effort for not alot of reward.

Bulldog Cricket · « **Reply #21 on:** January 27, 2014, 06:56:24 PM »

I say scrap teas all together. Very old fashioned and as everyone has mentioned above its expensive.

Gingerbusiness · « **Reply #22 on:** January 27, 2014, 07:14:29 PM »

I'm the eldest in our team at 30 and have always been concerned about nutrition so tend to bring my own tea (Pasta etc).

8 of our first team are 18-22. We put out tiny plates because they eat TONNES! To the point I accused their mums of not feeding them!

All rake skinny too! As you rightly say, �35 is not enough if you have some Starvin' Marvin's in your team!

WalkingWicket37 · « **Reply #23 on:** January 27, 2014, 07:22:26 PM »

We have �40 to do teas, and some cost a lot more, some people are out to make a profit.

6 uncut French sticks, a block if cheese, a pack of ham and some cheap crisps and shop bough cakes "I put loads of effort into that and it cost me �40, can I have it back please"

I like to do 4 loaves of sandwiches (ham, cheese & coronation chicken/chicken tikka).
Homemade cakes go down well.
A few frozen sausage rolls, pizzas and Indian nibbley bits are always good.
A cold pasta dish costs pence and looks a bit posh, and there has to be crisps!
Then if melons or bananas are on offer they pad things out a bit more too.
I almost always make a loss when I do teas but it's worth it to put a decent spread on for the oppo.

As far as buying them in we considered setting up a business making them but the margin would be virtually non existent if you wanted to put a decent spread out.

WalkingWicket37 · « **Reply #24 on:** January 27, 2014, 07:23:01 PM »

Quote from: Bulldog Cricket on January 27, 2014, 06:56:24 PM

I say scrap teas all together. Very old fashioned and as everyone has mentioned above its expensive.

But then the fatties like me lose interest in cricket!

smilley792 · « **Reply #25 on:** January 27, 2014, 07:28:37 PM »

No tea? Nooooooooo

It was a proposal at our league Agm, 1 team proposed it, and when it was voted upon. Only that team voted for rest against. So teas stay woohoo.

Our league have a flat fee �42 for teas. So we get 84 to do 22players, 2 umps and 2 scorers.
They do a Buffet, sandwiches(varied) crisps, cakes, pizza, chips, fruit.
And there's always tea left over for supporters to took into after, and for us if we are hungry when the games finished.

thecord · « **Reply #26 on:** January 27, 2014, 07:48:13 PM »

Our league want to scrap teas. They think it will lead to earlier finished which will be encouraging to youngsters who want to go out on the lash.

It's a truly horrifying proposal for me

jwebber86 · « **Reply #27 on:** January 27, 2014, 08:00:06 PM »

my team are in the process of going to the league for 2015 and this season hosting 15 - 20 weekend games. previously it has only been 2-3 a season. im trying to push that 5 players a game do a small part of the tea and dont pay any match fees. not sure if this will work but i would like to spread the work out even if its the same five players each week. we currently pay match fees of �5 but im not sure this will be a big enough budget if would like it to be �35-40 but will have to wait and see

Gingerbusiness · « **Reply #28 on:** January 27, 2014, 08:29:10 PM »

Quote from: CameronPye94 on January 27, 2014, 07:22:26 PM

We have �40 to do teas, and some cost a lot more, some people are out to make a profit.

6 uncut French sticks, a block if cheese, a pack of ham and some cheap crisps and shop bough cakes "I put loads of effort into that and it cost me �40, can I have it back please"

I like to do 4 loaves of sandwiches (ham, cheese & coronation chicken/chicken tikka).
Homemade cakes go down well.
A few frozen sausage rolls, pizzas and Indian nibbley bits are always good.
A cold pasta dish costs pence and looks a bit posh, and there has to be crisps!
Then if melons or bananas are on offer they pad things out a bit more too.
I almost always make a loss when I do teas but it's worth it to put a decent spread on for the oppo.

As far as buying them in we considered setting up a business making them but the margin would be virtually non existent if you wanted to put a decent spread out.

Fish Fingers Cam! Honestly, A big Iceland bag will go down a treat for a �1!

WalkingWicket37 · « **Reply #29 on:** January 27, 2014, 08:37:33 PM »

Quote from: Gingerbusiness on January 27, 2014, 08:29:10 PM

Fish Fingers Cam! Honestly, A big Iceland bag will go down a treat for a �1!

That's a quality suggestion! I'm also thinking their 56 chicken dippers for �3 would be a good shout too!

All this discussion of cricket teas is making me want the season to hurry up!

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