Lew Perkins in his infinite wisdom deep-sixed the fountain drinks like three seasons ago for reasons unknown (I assume money?) Did not go over well with Sept2007's family.
For some odd reason fountain drinks are still available at the football stadium . . .
Poor business decison. The profit margin on fountain drinks is insane. Seriously, the cost of the water, CO2, paper/plastic cup, ice and syrup is like 15 cents for a 32 oz coke. I guess you will have less spills with bottles, but I thing the loss of revenue would make up for it.
I'm a fan of the bottles. It is actually a really smart decision.
1. You can actually serve more people, more quickly than with ftn (no waiting on the foam to go down three times). Lines are shorter and you can actually get to a stand and back during a timeout.
2. You get a guaranteed quality product every time without relying on the CO2 to be ratioed correctly and the machine to be operating at 100% efficiency and no ice melt
3. The margin is not all that much greater (to fill a 32 oz cup is actually closer to $0.65). Anyway, at $3.50 per, your margin is in tact regardless of cost
4. Do not discount the "mess factor" With almost 5000 being served during a game, the spills are almost eliminated completely.
5. Customers actually get their money's worth. You wanna guess how much ice, K-State concessions puts in their drinks? At least with a 20 oz bottle, I know I'm getting 20 oz of product. It may cost me $3.50 but I know what I am getting.
I realize this may be a bit
, but even at home games, I always get bottles.
