Easy Snacks
 

:D Oh this year I'm off to sunny Spain... :D Well next week actually, and me bruv just told me that EasyJet aren't doing their scrummy sandwiches any longer. Is that right?

He said they were serving soup and a roll. Surely soup and a roll is more complex to organise and serve? The website seems to confirm that changes have been made, but just mentions "snacks".

Could someone clarify the grub situation for me? An idea on prices would be handy too.

EZY are serving sandwiches again... but at £3.00 a go I would recommend making your own!

Thanks for that fly babe - just what I needed to know.
:cool: I'm just off to find my shades. :cool:

Easy Kiosk
 

Hi


Well Easyjet do snacks and they are
BLT, chicken slad and cheese and pickle all at £3.00 each, they are nice though.
Soup and a roll, chicken and veg and minestrone at £2.00 all served with a roll.
Pringles, snackpacks chocolate etc, it isn't bad at all, and we sell loads on the planes.
You can bring your own grub,we don't mind at all, just enjoy your flight
/Mike

Thanks Mike. I've never had the slightest problem with EasyJet's offerings, I was just a bit puzzled by my brother's comments that they "don't do sandwiches any more".

Those snacks sound fine - how are they served though? It sounds suspiciously like they're heading the way of other airlines: nice plastic tray, neat little compartments etc.

:) Oh - and how come you work for them if you're only 16? :)

Hi Spork


Well i use 16,as this is my fav numbver, don't ask me why, because i don;t know,i am 34 now, old tart........
Well served to you with a napkin, no trays, no fancy glasses just a sandwich and a napkin, i hope you enjoy your flight
/Mike

Cheers mate - I'll look out for you on EZY5221 how will I recognise you? I will be carrying a copy of the Reader's Digest...

about a year ago easy stopped sandwiches, as there were never enough to go round. Also as they use an al day bar, it was impractial to keep that many on board without proper refrigeration. Now they have come to an arrangement with alpha to uplift fresh ones for every crew change.

Hi


Thanks for your lovely reply, where are you flying from and where to ? I work at EMA , i do hope you have a nice time, and hopefully will meet one day
Mike

Aha! Nottingham airport eh Mike?

I'm going Gatwick to Alicante, for a few days de-stressing in beautiful Almeria.

Thanks for the info jettesen, nice to hear that they should be fresh, mind you, Gatwick early on a February morning should be chilly enough!

There are real difficulties for any airline offering sandwiches in flight.

1. Some days you sell out and need twice as many, other days nobody wants to know. Unused sammies have to be thrown away at the end of the day, thereby incurring a cost. On days where you sell out, passengers that go without are unhappy, so the airline loses goodwill and revenue. On days where you gash sandwiches, the accountants yell at you. Gashing a relatively small percentage of sammies at the end of the day can easily wipe out your profit margin on the sales that you have actually made.

2. Contrary to popular belief, cold food can often be more expensive to produce than hot food - you can't freeze a sandwich or a salad! Sammies have to be produced fresh and made daily, and then stored at a safe temperature for the rest of the day. They can't be allowed to go stale or soggy. Therefore there are extra costs in the production, loading, packaging and storage of sammies, which bumps up the cost, reduces the profit and reduces the volume of wastage you can accept before the profit disappears.

3. Choice - Not only is there an issue about the number of sammies carried per sector, but also an issue about the selection. You can also disappoint a passenger by not having available their choice of filling or bread.

Now, in the light of the above, you begin to see why a packet of (long shelf life) soup and a bread roll start to become attractive! After all, what is really being sold is a temporary tummy filler, to stop the growls, until you can get to the Burger King or whatever at your destination.

I appreciate all of those points, most of which also apply to the "full meals" that some airlines provide. Maybe the flight duration is the key to getting it right.

On Air Portugal Faro to Lisbon (very short) we had an offer of a choc-ice or a biscuit-pack - suits me fine. On a Monarch Gatwick to Thessaloniki (4hrs?) we had the usual tray of bits and pieces. Judging by the clear-up period a lot of people seemed to reject about 50% of that food.

My personal preferences would be: <2hrs Not bothered at all; >2hrs<3hrs Snack/sandwich availability; longer flights, the current set-up seems about right. Unfortunately a high level of waste is common in the food business everywhere. Letting customers down completely (no food when expected) is obviously a big problem, whereas not having their favourite filling is not so bad. People with special dietary needs are probably used to catering for these travel times. It's a bit of a minefield really, isn't it? Knowing what to expect is important, which is why I asked in the first place.

Hi /Spork


Well in regards to the last post, no airline, lo-cost or hi-class, can cater for everybodys needs, if we did, we would have to have a plane with a large sainsburys on the back.
I feel with what EJ have done is just right, a nice drinks menu, nice snack menu and also the sandwiches and soups.
I feel this is quite ample for most people, yes, you will get people who will ask for egg mayo or ham salad, but we have not got the room to stock everything.
Shame i will miss you on your flight spork, i do hope you enjoy, and have a great time in Spain, see ya soon

Mike

Spork, you sound like the model passenger. If I said to you "I am terribly sorry, but we have run out of sandwiches" you would be fine and maybe order something else. I am amazed when I politley tell a passenger that something has run out from the kiosk that they get angry, tut and glare, and start a five minute rant about how they will never fly ezy again. It's at time like this I just want to scream "I SAID WE HAVE RUN OUT OF SANWICHES, NOT FUEL!!!!" :ok:

I think the selection we have now is pretty good. If one thing runs out with have a lot of back up choices to offer. Unlike two years ago when it was pringles or a kit kat. That was not funny. :\

Sounds good to me - thanks for all your help everyone! Orange rules ok! ;)