BigMista,
I am sorry to here that you did not do well on the Red Bull Event. I am planning on attending an event, in Plant City FL, in November. The competition allows us to vend our product. I have never vended before and with 10,000 to 15, 000 people expected and 60+ contestants, I am not sure how to calculate number of meals to prepare for sale. I downloaded Capt Ron's spreadsheets to assist in how much meat to prepare for any given number of people, but it provides no information on how to calculate in an environment such as an event, that will have multiple vendors selling virtually the exact same product.
Can you, or anyone else out here, provide me with a little advice in how best to calculate numbers in such an environment? I need to prepare a proforma and see if the numbers in sale can reasonably justify the trip down and still put money in my pocket. If I could afford to take a chance and wing it, suffer the lose if it occurred, I would just count it off as a learning experience and base new event proformas on my experience there, but I need to take this to the Dragon's Den, so to speak, and make it as realistic as possible.
Looking forward to everyones input on this one.
I am sorry to here that you did not do well on the Red Bull Event. I am planning on attending an event, in Plant City FL, in November. The competition allows us to vend our product. I have never vended before and with 10,000 to 15, 000 people expected and 60+ contestants, I am not sure how to calculate number of meals to prepare for sale. I downloaded Capt Ron's spreadsheets to assist in how much meat to prepare for any given number of people, but it provides no information on how to calculate in an environment such as an event, that will have multiple vendors selling virtually the exact same product.
Can you, or anyone else out here, provide me with a little advice in how best to calculate numbers in such an environment? I need to prepare a proforma and see if the numbers in sale can reasonably justify the trip down and still put money in my pocket. If I could afford to take a chance and wing it, suffer the lose if it occurred, I would just count it off as a learning experience and base new event proformas on my experience there, but I need to take this to the Dragon's Den, so to speak, and make it as realistic as possible.
Looking forward to everyones input on this one.