Olympic
Operational problems were causing ‘chaos’ in the giant catering operations at the Olympics, warned suppliers.
They reported that the logistics of anything from recruiting staff to arranging deliveries had been fraught with difficulties.
Olympic horror stories included the fish and chip outlet that ran out of fish but was not allowed to sell chips on their own. That was because McDonald’s was the key Olympic food sponsor and had the monopoly on selling chips at games venues.
Spectators also complained of long queues, including a half-hour wait for sandwiches at the Olympic rowing event at Dorney Lake in Eton, poor availability, long queues and badly trained catering staff.
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