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Post by Mike C on Apr 7, 2006 17:51:12 GMT -8
Is it just me, or are the snack-bars on our minor class vessels disapearing?
If you want to go way back, the Tenaka had a snack bar for the crossing between Powell River and Comox, when it had the name MV COMOX QUEEN, when it was owned by the Ministry for Transportation.
More recently, the snack bars on the Powell River class vessels have been removed, the one on the Mayne Queen completly gone.
Looking outside the Minor Class, we see the Queen of New Westminster snack bar rarely used, and the B class snack bars completley disapated from their recent renovations (Queen of Burnaby, reno when with Victoria Line).
The Intermediate Class vessels (Queens of Capilano and Cumberland) have snack bars,so does this mean they're next?
I think that the snack bar on the Mayne Queen could potentially make money, same with the one on the Powell River Queen. If added,one on the North Island Princess would be nice.
So are snack bars on Minor/Intermediate Class vessels money makers, or money losers?
Your comments on this.
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Apr 7, 2006 17:58:49 GMT -8
I think the reason they are removing some of the snack bars on the minor vessles is in favor for vending machines... Instead of paying someone to operate the snack bar, they get a percentage from the vending provider...
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Post by Balfour on Apr 7, 2006 18:03:33 GMT -8
I think they still run a snack bar on the Bowen Queen in the summer, when it does route 9a (southern gulf islands).
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Post by Curtis on Apr 7, 2006 18:19:37 GMT -8
I think they need to put some microwaves, and some microwavable meals in some vending machines so they can heat the meals. and the mirowave could be stuck in the wall so nobody could steal it
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Post by Mike C on Apr 7, 2006 18:41:59 GMT -8
Bread Garden refrigerator?
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Post by Dane on Apr 8, 2006 1:28:53 GMT -8
If it loses money they won't want to run it, so I assume the working theory is if it is there it should be making money. I'm not sure that's universally true... Is it very busy on the Bowen run?
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Post by Mike C on Apr 8, 2006 9:10:56 GMT -8
If it loses money they won't want to run it, so I assume the working theory is if it is there it should be making money. I'm not sure that's universally true... Is it very busy on the Bowen run? The Queen of Capilano has a fully-functional money-making snack bar service, that offers some foods from the Coastal Cafe. It goes same with the Queen of Cumberland. The Queen of Cumberland has a snack-bar service, with a wide variety of choices, with some, like I said, from the Coastal Cafe, a.k.a. the Cafeteria. If you've ever looked at the schedule for the Queen of Cumberland, it mostly provides inter-island service, with many connecting transfers to other ferries i.e. Queen of Nanaimo. Therefore, the Queen of Cumberland's route is a busy one. The snack bar seems to have a nice flowing business, doing well. The Mayne Queen, on the other hand, provides service mainly to Mayne and Galiano, mostly out of Swartz Bay. This ferry is subject to heavy foot-passenger traffic, thus having more people in the lounge as opposed to the vehicle deck. That's what I think, sparks business in the food industry on ferries. |
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Post by Retrovision on Apr 13, 2006 16:48:31 GMT -8
Queen of Cumberland, it mostly provides inter-island service, with many connecting transfers to other ferries i.e. Queen of Nanaimo. Therefore, the Queen of Cumberland's route is a busy one. The snack bar seems to have a nice flowing business, doing well. The Mayne Queen, on the other hand, provides service mainly to Mayne and Galiano, mostly out of Swartz Bay. This ferry is subject to heavy foot-passenger traffic, thus having more people in the lounge as opposed to the vehicle deck. That's what I think, sparks business in the food industry on ferries. During the week, the only real difference in the frequency of which the Queen of Cumberland and Mayne Queen serve the 4 (regular) terminals, other than Swartz Bay, of route 5 is the fact that the Mayne Queen is the only one to regularly make trips to Lyall Harbour, Saturna Island. During the Summer, however, some of the trips out of SB are traded between the two ships. Cheers |
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Post by Neil on Apr 14, 2006 22:51:09 GMT -8
Another minor vessel which used to have food service was the North Island Princess, even before it was re-built, when it sailed as the Island Princess from Kelsey Bay -Beaver Cove- Alert Bay -Sointula for Coast Ferries.
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