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Last home game concessions checklist
The last home game is the hardest order of the season. Order short and you sell out by halftime; order long and the leftovers sit in a closet until spring.
This one-page checklist covers the week before, game night, and the hour after. It was written by a band booster concessions chair, using two seasons of our own stand's sales numbers.
What's on it
Before the final order
- Count what's in the building first
- Check whether it's really the last game
- Size the order by the kind of night
- Plan for cold
- Order perishables to the low end
- Sell down candy and bottled drinks
Game night
- Push the items that keep and earn the most
- Cook to the crowd, not the plan
- Set a last call for perishables
- Write down what runs out, and when
After the game
- Count everything that night or the next morning
- Sort leftovers into three piles
- Check dates on what you keep
- Record what sold, item by item
- Leave a five-line note for next year's chair