AFL fans have had a gutful of the price of food at the MCG

FOOTY fans have hit out at high food prices at the MCG as gourmet pizza costing almost $10 a slice went on sale over the weekend.

Supporters, who are used to having to pay almost $5 for a bottle of water and $5.30 for hot chips, say the ground's excessive food prices are hitting them hard in the pocket.

This weekend fans saw five new Crust Gourmet Pizza bars opened in the stadium as the AFL season got underway in Melbourne.

With the gourmet pizza costing $9.90 a slice, supporters have been quick to criticise the MCG for its food pricing policy.

Angry fans said they would bring their own tucker to cheer on their teams this season.

Geelong Tigers president Tamara Doheney said MCG food prices hit families most of all.

"The food at the ground could be much cheaper," she said.

"I tend to take my own food but I have young ones and if you buy a couple of buckets of chips and drinks, then you are looking at anywhere around 50 bucks.

"It all adds up and, for those fans who have to travel to the ground, it can get very expensive. I know they need to make money but it's going to get to the stage where nobody will buy it."

Fans have long had to contend with above-average prices at the ground, even before the introduction of pizza.

Crust will sell four types of pizza, which is handmade on site, from its new outlets. It has forecast it will use about 3 1/2 tonnes of fresh ingredients at the MCG during Melbourne's first footy weekend.

Geelong fan Ben Jensen gave food at the MCG the thumbs down.

"Some of the stuff is a rip-off but the variety of food, or lack of it, is also a big problem," he said.

"It's all pizza, chips, pies, nuggets. The AFL should go to America to see what they serve to fans at the baseball and football over there.

"We could do with having healthier food at the MCG."

heraldsun.com.au 1 Apr 2012

Who really cares? Not the Authorities nor the corporates, blatantly ripping of the herd.

Junk food for Junk people, not like it's a quality class of people.

AFL (nee VFL) was created by the authorities in the working class suburbs to keep the uneducated masses amused on the weekends.