BoddaH1994 Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Good article about what Chef Nathan does for KI: http://m.journal-news.com/news/news/new-executive-chefs-add-flair-to-local-food-offeri/ngPg5/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedevariouseffect Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 People gatta eat. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Mr. Dick Kinzel would be so very proud. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 Okay, for the history lesson required to understand the above two comments... On a quarterly conference call, Dick Kinzel (former CEO of Cedar Fair) essentially played down quality and justified raising food prices throughout the chain on the basis of "people gotta eat." It was probably something that was shared behind closed doors with other former board members and wasn't intended to be said publicly... but was. From the article: “We try to give guests better value for what they’re paying,” Gushulak said. Most of Gushulak’s time is spent preparing food and menus for special events. Companies and other groups can rent space at the park’s picnic grove with meals catered by Kings Island. To serve food at a roller coaster park, challenges include transportation and how to keep hot food hot and cold food cold when its being delivered at various locations across a more than 300-acre site. Other concerns are portability and promotional packaging, Gushulak said. Guests “may or may not buy merchandise. They may or may not ride a roller coaster,” Gushulak said. “Something everybody has to do at least a couple times a day is eat or drink.” Not to put words into Chef Nathan's mouth, but it seems like what he's trying to stress is the importance of quality and value in the food offerings since it's a product that people are most certainly going to purchase. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonofbeast2.0 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I hope/ think we will see some exciting new foods seen at the park in the coming years! maybe some more healthy options, maybe higher quality at the current price... (I wouldn't mind that one myself). Food and water is a big deal wherever you go, cause you need both! In my opinion, if the park improved food quality even more, and lowered the prices a bit, Also not giving smaller portions, for lowered price, I think they would see more profit that way than they would at current quality and prices... Another thing the park could do is kind of go with their blueberry ice cream idea, and run with it. By this I mean maybe drinks you can only get at KI or maybe some weird, but good foods you can only get at KI. (We did get a little taste [no pun intended] of that this year, with the DB and The Beast hot sauces). Then with these they could mark up the price for it since it would be a thing you could "only get at Kings Island". So lets say 16oz of fountain pop is $2.25 at KI, but their new "Rattlesnake Venom" (drink and not real Rattlesnake venom) that also comes in a 16oz cup, is maybe $3.50-$4.50 instead of fountain pop price of $2.25 (for a 16oz cup). then since they would probably be selling a higher volume of the specialty drinks/food, they could lower the price of "regular" drinks and food. Side note: For anyone that has tried the park's new hot sauces, how do they taste/ how do they compare to other major brand hot sauces? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medford Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I think I caught a McDonald's ad in there from KI's executive Chef. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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