Module · Commercial

F&B / Concessions

Half-time is a retail window. Queues, range and pre-order decide whether it earns like hospitality or like a kiosk.

25
assessment questions, size-tiered
25
evidence-cited best practices
6
KPIs tracked on the module dashboard

The module dashboard

Illustrative data

Spend per head
€4.20
+€0.90 YoY
Capture rate
44%
+7 pts
Cashless share
78%
+26 pts
Avg transaction
€7.60
+€0.80
Gross margin
58%
+4 pts
Half-time queue
7 min
-5 min

Spend per head is up €0.90 year on year on the back of cashless tills, half-time combos and an earlier pre-match window — capture rate rose seven points without a single headline price increase.

The assessment

Questions that already know your league.

Every question comes with suggested answers per club size, drawn from what small, medium and large clubs actually report. Three of the 25:

Spend per head (F&B revenue ÷ attendance)

The core stadium catering KPI in hospitality revenue management.

small
3.00
medium
4.00
large
6.00
Sales points open on a normal matchday

Throughput scales with open tills; under-provision caps spend regardless of demand.

small
2
medium
5
large
12
Who operates matchday F&B?

Operating model determines who keeps the margin and who controls the experience.

small
Volunteers / club-run informal
medium
Club-run with paid staff
large
Mixed club + partner outlets

Open to read

Best practices with the evidence attached.

high impactmedium effort
Go fully cashless at every outlet

Card/phone-only tills serve faster and lift average spend.

Cashless outlets typically serve faster and lift average transaction value versus cash tills. (Retail/hospitality revenue management practice)

high impactlow effort
Measure spend per head every match

F&B revenue ÷ scanned attendance, reported the Monday after.

Spend per head is the F&B KPI benchmarked across European clubs; tracking it weekly typically surfaces quick menu and staffing wins. (UEFA club benchmarking)

high impactmedium effort
Fix half-time throughput

Open every till, add pop-up points, pre-pour drinks before the whistle.

Prevents the revenue leak of walked-away queues — half-time throughput caps the day's F&B revenue. (Retail/hospitality revenue management practice)

22 more best practices for f&b / concessions, with status tracking and euro predictions, live in the workspace.

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