Been busy doing the last minute things to manage the kitchen event tomorrow. The race is called Ride 542 -- State Route 542 (also known as the Mount Baker Highway) is the road that the race is happening on so the 542 theme is used throughout.
Eat 542 is tomorrow early evening and we are beginning to have some serious issues with the event planner. We met a few weeks ago and decided that 200 servings would be appropriate -- the runners get to eat for free but Charlie will kick in $5/head for their meals and everyone else pays $5.42 for a really good hot-dog (Hemplers all natural), a can of soda, a bag of chips and a side of potato salad.
I got a phone call from him this afternoon and he said that there will be about 100 runners and that his volunteers expect to be fed for free... This is being pitched as a big community event so we are expecting quite a number of locals to stop by for their dinner. We are in danger of running out of food! It is too late to purchase some more dogs -- we get them wholesale and buying them retail will throw off the cash flow. This event is supposed to be a moneymaker for the two Chambers of Commerce but I am starting to have some misgivings about it...
Our store is planning to run a food station at the top of the bicycle race the following day. Charlie told us four weeks ago to expect 200 people so we bought energy bars, bananas, oranges, etc... for that many people and at $400, this was about what we wanted to donate for the publicity. In an email yesterday, he tells us that he is expecting 700 people to enter the race and that we need to buy more food.
In the words of the great Starkist Tuna commercial, Sorry Charlie...
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