Silver Star Menu

[Seaboard92]

I don't know if you guys have noticed this yet or not. But on Amtrak Food Facts website the Silver Star has an entire menu complete with the steak and every other option. And it's current the half roasted chicken isn't there instead herb chicken breast. Is this maybe a sign of good things to come?

 

[Philly Amtrak Fan]

http://www.amtrakfoodfacts.com/lp.do?sk=B4BD42FAAADA4451FF7B4807F7132B6DF49DC7C6169D01BC&EV=2

 

[greatcats]

I would hope this was the case, but methinks this is a bureaucratic snafu.

 

[pennyk]

I was on the Silver Star yesterday and there was no dining car. Those menu offerings linked above were not offered in the cafe car, although they did have 4 "new" hot entrees.

 

[Carolina Special]

These menus show H-D ice cream instead of Blue Bunny. Looks outdated to me, unfortunately.

 

[jis]

I was on the Silver Star yesterday and there was no dining car. Those menu offerings linked above were not offered in the cafe car, although they did have 4 "new" hot entrees.

Ah! So the new hot entries we heard about at the NARP meeting have already been deployed. Good to know.

 

[Cho Cho Charlie]

These menus show H-D ice cream instead of Blue Bunny. Looks outdated to me, unfortunately.

I am more yearning for the return of H-D, than for the diner.

 

[IndyRacingNut]

Ben & Jerry's would sell far more if they ever offered that....

 

[RSG]

Ben & Jerry's would sell far more if they ever offered that....

I think so too, but it's fair to point out that most B&J flavors are "concoctions" which tend to either not sell well, or become problematic to carry in an en masse foodservice setting (think nut allergies, etc).

Or it could be something simpler, such as that their supplier gives them a better deal on Nestlé [parent of Häagen-Dazs] products than they do on Unilever products [parent of Ben & Jerry's].

 

[Cho Cho Charlie]

Ben & Jerry's would sell far more if they ever offered that....

I think so too, but it's fair to point out that most B&J flavors are "concoctions" which tend to either not sell well, or become problematic to carry in an en masse foodservice setting (think nut allergies, etc).

They could offer just B&J's vanilla ice cream, like they offered only H&D vanilla. Anything but that bunny junk.

 

[Devil's Advocate]

Ben & Jerry's would sell far more if they ever offered that....

I think so too, but it's fair to point out that most B&J flavors are "concoctions" which tend to either not sell well, or become problematic to carry in an en masse foodservice setting (think nut allergies, etc).

They could offer just B&J's vanilla ice cream, like they offered only H&D vanilla. Anything but that bunny junk.

Originally Amtrak offered multiple Haagen Dazs flavors. Then they cut back to just vanilla. They also bounced around a few different other brands before settling on Blue Bunny brand Coolwhip. How that crap legally qualifies as legitimate "ice cream" is simply beyond my comprehension. At this point there is nothing on Amtrak's dessert menu that's worth the cost in coach or the calories in a sleeper.

 

[Just-Thinking-51]

Blue Bunny wins on cost per unit.

It is that simple.