A perfect home record. That’s historic. I’m weighing my words. And at the same time, at half-time, a Currywurst and chips at €7.20 against €5.70 before, according to the local fan community. That’s a disgrace. I’m weighing those words too. Same stadium, same Saturday.
RB Leipzig left their regional caterer Gastrobüro after twelve years for the Levy group, on a six-year contract. The promise: shorter queues, more efficient payments, more quality and variety. The result, according to the biggest online fan community: hundreds of reactions. Taste, portions, prices, choice, waiting times. The Bratwurst smaller, the bread rolls poorer quality, the chips criticised.
I’m not saying this because I’m a season-ticket holder. Well, yes I am. The half-time paper cone of chips, for me, is morale. Stand 2, seat 14: if the cone shrinks, so does the score, it’s mathematics.
Levy says the new sausage is shorter and thicker, same weight. We lacked a bit of length, but there are positives.
A sausage had a shape. You didn’t change it. Well. It’s the times.
And the club reacted like a club that listens: it admits that some products and processes don’t meet its expectations, and says it takes social media and supporter surveys seriously. From Saturday evening against Eintracht Frankfurt, adjustments to the Bratwurst, the bread rolls, the pretzels, the Currywurst and the portions. Historic, really. Well, not bad.
I posted the article in “Sunday Devils”. My brother-in-law replied with a photo of his cone, asking who had the tape measure.
It’s true, we checked: Voetbalkrant.
