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02-08-2005, 04:05 PM
New Price Structure Angers Rodeo Vendors
LAST UPDATE: 2/8/2005 11:53:31 AM
Posted By: Jim Forsyth
Concessionaires at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo are complaining that they are being forced to raise prices for everything from hot dogs to tacos, but the company that holds the concession contract says it is making less as well.
This year the Stock Show board awarded the concessions contract to Philadelphia based Aramark Corporation, which also handles the concessions contract for the San Antonio Spurs. Previously SportService of Dayton Ohio had managed stock show concessions.
Part of the deal is calls for vendors to give up 50% of their income to the stock show and the concessionaire. The previous deal put that figure at 35%.
"We're gong to have to leave as a vendor," one taco stand operator told 1200 WOAI's Bob Branson. "At this price, I just can't stay here. We're going to have to move on, and go to another rodeo.
Other stand operators said they are having to lay off employees and raise prices. A taco that cost $2.50 last year costs $4 at this year's rodeo.
"I think what's going to happen eventually is that people are not going to come back," one onion blossom retailer said.
But Aramark District Manager Louis Keefe says the proceeds are not going to his company, but are going to the stock show, for scholarships.
He says SportService took 12% of the profits of concessionaires, with 23% going to the stock show. Under the new agreement, the rodeo gets 40%, with 10% going to Aramark.
"This is a great opportunity for them (the concessionaires) to reach hundreds of thousands of people," Keefe said.
He said Aramark has not 'told' any concessionaires to raise their prices, as some claimed, but simply explained to them the price structure they might want to adopt to deal with the new contract.
Keefe says all soda and soft drink prices are remaining uniform across all the concessionaires, to prevent undercutting.
Aramark has a ten year contract with the stock show. The vast majority of the stock show's profits go to scholarship programs.
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I'm not familiar with the Rodeo - what are all the scholarships for? It seems to me that another family friendly activity will no longer be so friendly. Who can afford to take their family with prices like that?
LAST UPDATE: 2/8/2005 11:53:31 AM
Posted By: Jim Forsyth
Concessionaires at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo are complaining that they are being forced to raise prices for everything from hot dogs to tacos, but the company that holds the concession contract says it is making less as well.
This year the Stock Show board awarded the concessions contract to Philadelphia based Aramark Corporation, which also handles the concessions contract for the San Antonio Spurs. Previously SportService of Dayton Ohio had managed stock show concessions.
Part of the deal is calls for vendors to give up 50% of their income to the stock show and the concessionaire. The previous deal put that figure at 35%.
"We're gong to have to leave as a vendor," one taco stand operator told 1200 WOAI's Bob Branson. "At this price, I just can't stay here. We're going to have to move on, and go to another rodeo.
Other stand operators said they are having to lay off employees and raise prices. A taco that cost $2.50 last year costs $4 at this year's rodeo.
"I think what's going to happen eventually is that people are not going to come back," one onion blossom retailer said.
But Aramark District Manager Louis Keefe says the proceeds are not going to his company, but are going to the stock show, for scholarships.
He says SportService took 12% of the profits of concessionaires, with 23% going to the stock show. Under the new agreement, the rodeo gets 40%, with 10% going to Aramark.
"This is a great opportunity for them (the concessionaires) to reach hundreds of thousands of people," Keefe said.
He said Aramark has not 'told' any concessionaires to raise their prices, as some claimed, but simply explained to them the price structure they might want to adopt to deal with the new contract.
Keefe says all soda and soft drink prices are remaining uniform across all the concessionaires, to prevent undercutting.
Aramark has a ten year contract with the stock show. The vast majority of the stock show's profits go to scholarship programs.
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I'm not familiar with the Rodeo - what are all the scholarships for? It seems to me that another family friendly activity will no longer be so friendly. Who can afford to take their family with prices like that?