Go to: Message List•New Topic•Search
Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales
Author: wsabo
Date: 08-04-2012 - 14:27

I believe Amtrak tried to contract out with Subway on some Northeast corridor trains a few years ago but that ran into fierce opposition... mainly replacing union workers with non union...also the quality and variety of food was an issue


I don't know how much could be saved in labor costs... dining car crews on transcontinental trains work long hours and have to be put up in hotels at the end of the first half of a round trip across the country. The housing and costs of transporting workers from the stations to hotels is not cheap

It's not an easy life and if they tried hiring minimum wage workers who supplement their income with tips which is a common restaurant industry practice I don't think many people would last very long on the railroad

Navigate: Previous Message•Next Message
Options: Reply To This Message•Quote This Message


Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales David Smith 08-02-2012 - 16:51
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Freericks 08-02-2012 - 17:47
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Tom 08-03-2012 - 03:00
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Freericks 08-02-2012 - 17:49
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Michael Mahoney 08-02-2012 - 18:07
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Mark 08-02-2012 - 20:00
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Freericks 08-02-2012 - 20:12
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Freericks 08-02-2012 - 20:13
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales SP4460 08-02-2012 - 20:19
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Carol L. Voss 08-02-2012 - 20:50
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales J Squared 58 08-02-2012 - 21:25
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Adam Smith 08-02-2012 - 21:43
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Lonk 08-02-2012 - 21:59
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Freericks 08-02-2012 - 22:17
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales hmm. 08-03-2012 - 07:40
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Bruce Kelly 08-03-2012 - 08:00
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Freericks 08-03-2012 - 10:24
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Mark 08-03-2012 - 11:06
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Bill 08-03-2012 - 11:16
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Freericks 08-03-2012 - 11:39
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Burger Time 08-04-2012 - 03:25
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales wsabo 08-04-2012 - 14:27
  From someone who remembers the 1970s Minneapolis Depot 08-04-2012 - 11:35
  Re: From someone who remembers the 1970s Freericks 08-04-2012 - 14:10
  Re: Amtrak lost $800 million on soda and burger sales Fred Harvey 08-04-2012 - 23:15


Go to: Message List•Search
Subject: 
Your Name: 
Spam prevention:
Please, enter the code that you see below in the input field. This is for blocking bots that try to post this form automatically.
 ********  **      **  ********   ********  **    ** 
 **    **  **  **  **  **     **  **        ***   ** 
     **    **  **  **  **     **  **        ****  ** 
    **     **  **  **  ********   ******    ** ** ** 
   **      **  **  **  **         **        **  **** 
   **      **  **  **  **         **        **   *** 
   **       ***  ***   **         ********  **    **
This message board is maintained by:Altamont Press
You can send us an email at altamontpress1@gmail.com