Qantas Business Class meals & menus

[HMcM]

You all sound like babies! “I can’t eat a meal unless it has meat in it!” Seriously? That is such an immature way to get around.

How about "If I am paying J class money on an Australian airline I expect to be provided with meat as a main course"? The vast majority of Australians (~95%) eat meat, if you do not and want a special meal then feel free to get one, but give the majority what they want.

 

[DC3]

The ability to pre-order will come some day. Or, choose another carrier that provides the meat dishes.

 

[DC3]

You all sound like babies! “I can’t eat a meal unless it has meat in it!” Seriously? That is such an immature way to get around.

And most of us will eat our veggies at some point anyway

 

[TheRealTMA]

100%

Dnata catering (out of BNE and other Aus ports) accommodates preordering by multiple airlines, a good example being SQ with Book the Cook.

It’s a matter of how much (or little) money QF is willing to pay their caterer.

Around $1.50 per meal I suggest. Gotta keep executive bonuses up.

 

[TheRealTMA]

And most of us will eat our veggies at some point anyway

Only if they are hidden in the rissoles

 

[Berlin]

And most of us will eat our veggies at some point anyway

Nah. Bah- veggies

 

[ols]

Nah. Bah- veggies

No curly hair for you

 

[hutch]

Is it only a slight increase?

Because if it was, you would think even the dumbest MBA graduate should be executed if they didn't think it up as a good, immediately implementable idea. But here we are.

For the sake of making a tiny more amount of profit, why would someone ignore this idea and the capex (presumed small) required to bring it to life. (It's short-termism, you don't need to answer that)

We have already conceded that Qantas, in having no catering division owned by it in any capacity, already has an inherent difficulty in recreating the Select on Q experience it offered many years ago.

Frankly if I were GateGourmet or Dnata, if Qantas approached and said, "hey, we want specific meal preordering", I'd tell them either go jump or pay 100x the rate (or some other equally exhorbitant multiplier). No way I'd be giving something to the enemy to improve their position.

Barring that, this is a discrete cost and investment, which is worth it, but QF don't want to pay it (or they think they have time up their sleeves to not offer it before they have to, like most things). I think it seems we are the only people who think QF need to do this as a priority; most other people outside this forum sitting in the front just think it would be nice.

Companies want to make money and the catering companies actually want to keep airlines as their customers, otherwise they lose their business. They also invest a fair chunk of money in building these facilities, so actually want customers to cover the costs... Otherwise it's a non productive asset.

For example, I think GateGourmet even does the food for NSW Trains... They have built the capacity and then they sell it.

Using Dnata in Australia, they have local management, with performance targets... they are not turning down work because it "may assist" another airline. Dnata caters for many airlines other than Emirates. We have no actual evidence that the lack of owning a catering company is stopping pre-order for QF and the information we do have, indicates catering companies supply food for various airlines that aren't connected to their owners.

Ultimately, there are more airlines out there than catering companies...

 

[MEL_Traveller]

And I’d think - in this situation - denial of service to benefit a competitor would be against a one or more company laws?

 

[Berlin]

We have no actual evidence that the lack of owning a catering company is stopping pre-order for QF and the information we do have, indicates catering companies supply food for various airlines that aren't connected to their owners.

Ultimately, there are more airlines out there than catering companies...

Totally- it’s a rather silly argument to begin with. And as I’ve said before, American has offered this pre-order service Domestically for about two decades now and they own zero of the catering facilities at their outstations across the US.

Likewise, plenty airlines flying out of Australia offer the service and some of them actually do use DNATA. So the catering company ownership question is a total non-argument in my view!

 

[DC3]

… and more pumpkin to sweeten the pot

 

[DC3]

…the jet setting execs is that the food on their flight was cough ..

Yes, some ‘execs’ can be a bit needy.