please empty your brain below
They let people drink water???? I thought that was a dangerous terrorist material :-)

Dave | 24.07.12 - 1:02 p.m. | #

Not too bad on the whole. They could have really taken the piss with this, but those prices are cheaper than most festival stalls and, in some cases, similar to shop prices. Of course, the portions could be tiny for all I know.

M@ | Homepage | 24.07.12 - 1:02 p.m. | #

British spirit indeed. If only that were true for the cricket Test match against South Africa...

If my experience on 5 May is anything to go by, when you finally reach the tills for the (non-McDs) food then you may still have to wait a while after paying for your order...unless it's a vegetarian dish. ;)

Never thought I'd say this, but I may opt to refuel at McDs for the first time in years, if only to save time.

Edvid | 24.07.12 - 1:18 p.m. | #

"Abbey Well water (250ml) £1.60"

You sure it is only a quarter of a litre? When I was in the Olympic Park for the Water Polo test event and BUCS Athletics/Celebrity School Sports Day thingy it was 500ml for £1.60

I was slightly impressed that they priced water cheaper than Coke etc. (even though presumably the bottled water is also made by Coca Cola).

Were the water fountains plumbed, or water coolers (with the big blue water drums on the top)? If the latter then I can imagine that being particularly chaotic if they keep having to shuttle in more water.

Darren | 24.07.12 - 2:26 p.m. | #

It wasn't special CocaCola water, then?

Audrey | 24.07.12 - 3:11 p.m. | #

Ummm. I think the word some people might be looking for is "Dasani"
(probably followed by one of those little trademark symbols, that prevents anyone else from copying it)

RogerW | 24.07.12 - 3:19 p.m. | #

I don't see a whole lot there that people who are coeliac or vegetarian (or both) could eat (eg salad, jacket potato).

I was given a Nature Valley Cereal Bar as a freebie handout at a station in London last week, and the variety I had are wheat and animal product free, but contain oat gluten, so not good for a true coeliac.

Looks like they've misjudged on the water fountain provision. Maybe they were thinking it would rain rain rain (and it still might!) and people wouldn't get so thirsty?

Blue Witch | Homepage | 24.07.12 - 3:51 p.m. | #

How much was the beer?

MarcB | 24.07.12 - 3:54 p.m. | #

The beer was £4.60 (you can see prices here http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelc/7635137404/)

There were huge queues for water at every place - not enough of them. There were also huge queues for soft drinks at many of the stands too - although it wasn't help when stands appeared to run out of them and didn't tell the people in the queues until they got to the till

Rachel | Homepage | 24.07.12 - 4:24 p.m. | #

Thanks Rachel!

MarcB | 24.07.12 - 4:30 p.m. | #

I've been given free Nature Valley cereal bars every time I've walked through Liverpool St station recently. some are marked with the rrp of 55p, so that's quite a markup, as is only to be expected.

amber | 24.07.12 - 6:45 p.m. | #

Thanks Rachel for the photo of beer/wine prices - now added to my list.

And you're right, the bottles of water and Coke were 500ml. I was going by the "nutritional information" on the signs, which was for 250ml.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 24.07.12 - 9:05 p.m. | #

Here's hoping they get pressurized into putting more water fountains in by the time I go there.
Bacon sarnies only in the morning?!! Just had one of the brilliant all day View Tube bacon baguettes from the Counter cafe - £3.50.

martxw | 24.07.12 - 11:15 p.m. | #

£1 for a gherkin?!!

Karen | Homepage | 25.07.12 - 7:40 a.m. | #

One thing they may be banking on is that for foreign visitors, the pound is so low that these prices will seem relatively good.

misspiggy | 25.07.12 - 1:48 p.m. | #

I was willing to put up with all the other sponsors skewing the prices and billboards but £4.60 for an ale when Heineken is £4.20.

This sort of discrimination against drinkers of English ale is nothing short of harassment.

Tom @ Tired of London | Homepage | 25.07.12 - 3:36 p.m. | #

Im vegetarian.

I am not impressed. Looks like I will be squashing sarnies into my bag....

Flash Bristow | Homepage | 25.07.12 - 4:17 p.m. | #

I've only listed a selection of items, and from one corner of the Olympic Park. There'll be several vegetarian options, don't worry.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 25.07.12 - 5:15 p.m. | #

"...but £4.60 for an ale when Heineken is £4.20."

Tom - it appears that it is £4.20 for 330 mL of Heineken and £4.60 for a pint of ale.

The equivalent price for a pint (568 mL) of Heineken would be £7.23.

Plastic Man | 25.07.12 - 8:46 p.m. | #

The 'British Ale' is Heineken owned (keg) John Smith's sadly, I hope the world doesn't judge our brewing industry on that product!

Mikey C | 25.07.12 - 11:33 p.m. | #

Just catching up with DG after a few days and absolutely love the two pictures of the queues. Makes me so proud to be British.

Whiff | 26.07.12 - 10:11 a.m. | #

At least there IS John Smiths, I don't really like it, but I dislike it less than lager, so I will make do and drink it. At a recent festival I ended up with a choice of "belgian lager, german lager, or cider" so at least there is a bitter of a sort on offer here.

Flash Bristow | Homepage | 26.07.12 - 3:42 p.m. | #

While singing at the Olympic Park I was fed cereal bars in the green room. I hadnt eaten all day, and this is what the chaperone fetched. I have never tried Nature Valley bars before but found the ginger nut type to be tasty and filling, it filled a hole til dinner despite being all I ate til then. We now buy them for our house!

The chap escorting us said that other flavours taste like athletes' foot (appropriate? scary? or both?) but due to their sponsorship Ive tried a product that I wouldnt otherwise know about, and have bought some subsequently. Proof that sponsorship is valuable (to the sponsors, not us) after all?

Mind you, I will take my own in. Not spending £1.50 on them unless I get desparate. But if you *are* desparate, you could do worse.

Flash Bristow | Homepage | 30.07.12 - 12:07 a.m. | #











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