New Snack Boxes Coming To Surfliner Business Class

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"Inside each #traintreats box you'll find sea salt pita chips, hummus, nuts with dried cranberries, chocolate chip cookies and a mint taffy!" This is the third updated snack pack since I've been taking the train. I think the pita chips and hummus is a good addition. Now only if they can change the breakfast items so something different. It has been the same for years.
 
It would be nice if they could include something fresh and not shrink wrapped.
Not going to happen anytime soon. What I have seen over the last three years is that Amtrak likes to stock non perishable items. Also, with only a small fridge which they use for drinks, train staff have no place to store fresh stuff. They stock boxes of the morning pastries and the snack packs on the train for service throughout the day. Adding fresh food would probably cause a lot of logistic headache and costs which the State would probably not want to absorb.
 
Smart.

It's nice that the box has some branding ("train treats") and that the selections appear to be from local companies.

For a while they were using the same snack packs used as "emergency food" on severely delayed trains... and they included a lot of food. It's nice to have a lot of snacks when you're on a train that has been delayed for 3+ hours, but it's overkill on a train where you're only riding for 3 hours.
 
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For a while they were using the same snack packs used as "emergency food" on severely delayed trains... and they included a lot of food. It's nice to have a lot of snacks when you're on a train that has been delayed for 3+ hours, but it's overkill on a train where you're only riding for 3 hours.
SAN-SLO is a lot longer than that.

I'd miss the chips to have with my sandwich from the cafe, but as long as I still get my bottle of wine....
 
SAN-SLO is a lot longer than that.

I'd miss the chips to have with my sandwich from the cafe, but as long as I still get my bottle of wine....
True, but most passengers aren't riding all the way from San Diego to San Luis Obispo.
I guess my point was... the snack packs are meant to be just that... a snack. The old packages had enough calories to almost be a meal.
 
Got to sample the new snack box in Business Class this weekend. According to the Business Class attendant, the plan is to change the content every 6 months. The box is nicely designed with Pacific Surfliner route specific artwork. The snack items themselves tried to use California Items where they could (I'm guessing). The cookies are Los Angeles based, and the nut mix are from Santa Barbara. The humus is from Oregon and the pita chips from the midwest. The taffy, I have no clue.

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Looks decent, but it's carbs with 2 sides of carbs which only makes you hungrier and fatter. Some cheese or sausage should be tossed in.
 
Back when I used to fly United Airlines regularly I would buy their snack boxes instead of eating their coach meals...

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They weren't amazing but they kept well and got the job done. Then one day United simply decided that they weren't going to stock any snack packs on any TPAC/TATL flights, leaving their tasteless reheated coach entrees as the only remaining option on extended 10-15 hour flights. Just one more example in a long list of decisions that made leaving UA easier than ever.
 
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