Hockey Puck people devour sausages from cardboard cups – HS report reveals that vegetarian food is hardly asked in league matches

“This is such an unfounded, risk-free choice, ”he says Henrik Reinikka, when he buys a sausage mug on Monday before the HIFK-Kookoo league game at the Helsinki Ice Rink.

Reinikka came to watch the match for the first time during the corona pandemic and noticed that the supply of fast food has increased since then.

“There are stalls on every corner.”

Also arrived at the match on Monday Jens Lindén has observed the same development.

“I have been playing matches at Nordis for years. The food sector has developed a lot, especially in the last five years. Before, it was just this [kädessä lihapiirakka nakilla] and pizza, but now you can find a little smarter. ”

However, Linden ended up in the meat pie for a pretty clear reason.

“I came to this upstairs sales area, and this seems to be the only food on offer here. There is a wider offer on the other side of the auditorium, ”says Lindén.

“It’s not bad.”

Jens Lindén’s choice was a meat pie with a sausage.

Henrik Reinikka ended up with a “risk-free choice”, ie sausage mugs and beer.

The duo the selections are very typical of shopping in league matches, says a study by HS on fast food sales from hockey league clubs. We asked about the most popular product, the price of basic hodar, vegetarian alternatives, the demand for vegetarian alternatives, the consideration of allergies and gluten-free, and waste sorting.

Tampere’s answers are from Hakametsä Hall, where Ilves and Tappara will play for November.

Of the fourteen league clubs, eleven restaurant operations are the responsibility of the club itself. Only in the halls of Helsinki and Tampere is the restaurant operated by an external company, both by Restel Ravintolat. When Ilves and Tappara move to Tampere’s new arena in December, several different companies will be responsible for restaurant and kiosk operations.

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What did the answers show? Even in eleven halls, the most popular product was one that included sausage or sausage in one way or another. Or just sausages: the sausage mug is number one in the home halls of Pori’s Aces, Rauma Luko and Jyväskylä’s Jyp. In the matches of the Lahti Pelicans, the most popular product is also packed in a cardboard mug: it is a specialty of Lahti’s barbecue sales, ie a meat mug, where the mug is filled mainly with kebab meat.

In addition to Lahti, the most popular product in Lappeenranta is the local specialty, the classic fast food hydrogen. Hydrogen is a meat pie that contains either soup or smoked ham and an egg. In Oulu, the local “traditional food” grilled sausage is the number one. Perhaps the local product is Liepuskan french Dog, Kuopio Hall’s number one product.

The price level of the league halls was estimated at the price of the basic product, hot dog. The price differences are small: the most common price is four euros. At its cheapest, the sausage bun comes off for 3.50 euros in Oulu. The most expensive price is in Helsinki, 4.90 euros.

What about vegetarian food: With the exception of the Oulu Energy Arena, there is some supply in the halls, but it varies greatly. Instead, what is common in all places is that demand is low. At its highest, the share of vegetarian food in fast food sales is five per cent (Helsinki and Jyväskylä), but in several places the share is just over 1 per cent. And in Oulu the figure is zero percent.

Attempts have been made to invest in vegetarian food in a few league locations, but viewers have not been enthusiastic:

“There are many different options tried, not much demand,” says Jyp’s kiosk manager in an email Tanja Paananen.

“Yes, we have tested a lot of products from vegan burgers to baked potatoes in previous seasons, but there has not yet been enough demand for the products,” says Heimoravintolat oy’s restaurant manager, who is responsible for Jukuri’s restaurant operations. Tiia Töyrylä.

“At other events and concerts these [kasvisvaihtoehtoja] more is in demand than in hockey matches, for example, salads and vegetarian wok are also automatically available in our selection, for example, ”says the restaurant manager of Restel Ravintolat, the company responsible for the Helsinki Ice Rink’s restaurant operations. Anne-Maria Parkkinen.

According to Parkkinen, the demand for vegetarian food has also increased in hockey matches at the Helsinki Ice Rink.

“We have an idea to have a kiosk that only offers vegetarian products, because demand is growing all the time. Hopefully during the spring we will have this done. ”

What does a nutritionist think about the sausage and sausage tonnage of fast food sales in league halls?

“I am not surprised. I have noticed this supply. The auditorium is quite male-dominated, which partly explains the demand for sausage, ”a licensed nutritionist Hanna Partanen says.

Hanna Partanen

“It doesn’t spill the world if you eat grilled sausage or hot dog once a week. It doesn’t ruin basic nutrition if you make smart choices everyday. ”

Partanen states that food sold during short breaks must be fast to eat and easy to serve.

“Try to eat a salad quickly.”

Partanen also understands why there are few vegetarian options for those who sell fast food in league halls.

“I understand from an entrepreneur’s perspective that there may be a loss. In addition, if the soybeans are in a freezer, they have to be defrosted in a microwave and it takes time. ”

Sure Partanen hopes there will be more healthier options, but he doesn’t think such dishes will be the first to make a breakthrough in hockey matches.

“Men following hockey are not the easiest to get to try flexing, i.e. vegetarian options. For men in a testosterone-leaking state, it is hardly thought that I would try soybeans at times. That is not going to happen in this decade. ”

Partanen would like to pay more attention to a completely different issue in hall sales.

“It adds that part goes into the beer queue before the break even starts. Part of the game may be left unattended so that the beer does not have to be queued, ”Partanen wonders.

“If I wanted to make an impact, it would be a beer sale. I don’t know how to do that, though. I don’t understand why beer should be sold at sporting events. ”

In some halls only a mixed waste point

Fastfood– and kiosk sales also generate a wide range of waste. Many halls offer spectators only mixed waste points and possibly can return containers. The halls of Helsinki and Turku are an exception: they clearly sort waste.

A small specialty is the flushes in a few halls: they have return points.

League tour on Saturday: 5 pm Ilves – Jyp, Kookoo – Jukurit, Kärpät – Lukko, Pelicans – Kalpa, Sport – Tappara, Ässät – HPK and 6.30 pm Saipa – HIFK.

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