Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Popcorn Bags vs Tubs

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Posted by Marc Jones (Member # 29) on 07-05-2000, 06:04 PM:

What do you like better Popcorn Bags or tubs.
Have you noticed if sell more Popcorn if your using bags or tubs.
Has any one found a bag manufacture that can make a bag that doesn't leak.
Thanks
Marc Jones

Posted by Ian Price (Member # 14) on 07-05-2000, 07:02 PM:

Ah an old topic.

I like the tub, but...

We use the bags for environmental, cost and trash hauling cost conciderations.

Don't butter the sides of the bags and don't over butter.

Posted by Mark Huff (Member # 480) on 07-05-2000, 07:36 PM:

We serve the famous Tub in a 170oz. It is out X-Tra large size and our customers love them. When we first started the Tubs we sold more than all other sizes combined. Customers seem to love the old style. We also made it easy to upsell them by charging .25 cents more than the large.

Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 07-05-2000, 07:52 PM:

Tubs, definitely! I'm reasonably confident that the manufacturers have solved the "leaky bag" problem, but I've personally had several unfortunate experiences in the past and so am wary of the bags. I'm sure that many customers feel the same way.

More importantly, bags take longer to fill than tubs (though I'm told that there's a special scooper gadget that makes filling bags easier), they look bigger, and are easier for the customers to handle without spilling popcorn all over the ground.

I do agree that tubs are a problem if you're paying by volume for garbage collection, but I also believe that the tubs sell better and speed up the concession line significantly, though I have no hard data to prove this.

Posted by Richard C. Wolfe (Member # 431) on 07-05-2000, 09:29 PM:

TUBS for sure.

Our largest is the 86 oz. for $2.50
I can't imagine selling a 170 oz. tub. People don't finish the 86, and spill half of it on the floor. As for trash...we stack all of our cups, and therefore can put hundreds of them in a typical trashbag.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 07-06-2000, 03:47 AM:

YES. Tubs!

Bags are bad for all the reasons listed above. Gotta be careful not to overbutter the popcorn and then you must deal with the customers who want extra butter explaining why you cannot do it. THEN you must end up paying for their clothes as the butter seeps through the bottom of the bag! Cleanup is far easier and even just consuming popcorn in a bucket is easier than in a bag. How many times are bags found torn into little pieces on the floor delaying cleaning time because the patrons kept tearing layers of the bag away to they could easily get at the popcorn in the lower part of the bag?

Bags are just one of those ideas that look great on paper but suck in the real world.

Posted by Lance C. McFetridge (Member # 95) on 07-06-2000, 01:22 PM:

Bags all the way!!!! :P Ok, well not all the way, we sell a 170 oz and make a killing off of it. We have never had tubs other than this size so our client base is used to the bags. I agree that trash is a major concern. Most trash removal companies size the dumpster by the cubic yard, hence the more trash, the higher the bill. We use a good quality double lined bag and do not have a problem with butter leaking through, of course we meter the amount of butter put on the corn. And we use real butter. yes there is a comercial tool used to fill bags and they come in a right and left handed models. It takes very little time to use and the customers seem to like it when the girls "pack" that little extra in. One downside though, a 130oz bag that is over filled will hold as much as a 170oz tub.
lance

Posted by Russ Kress (Member # 461) on 07-07-2000, 02:44 AM:

We are one of three multiplexes in the greater Charleston area. We are the only one that uses tubs. Customers like them better.

Russ

Posted by Zach Zagar (Member # 379) on 07-10-2000, 10:22 PM:

My theater chain (Goodrich) has flip flopped on this issue over the years. The inital shock to customers when they get a lovely bag instead of a tub, was not pleasant to our ears. We offer both, with the 0.25 upgrade idea (not sure who had that idea first). The tubs sell better.

Don't you all love those people who think that they are different sizes? THAT bag is 46 oz? It feels like only 1 oz. For customers benefit, however, most of the time, we can get a bag of the same size to hold more corn. Just too compact, butter not spread properly, etc.

TUB TUB TUB, I say

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 07-11-2000, 05:41 PM:

We use tubs. I would think bags would take so long to open & fill that the cost difference would be made up in time wasted. Also customers like them better.

BTW, even if nobody eats all of a 140oz bucket....so what? It's the buying that's important!

Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 07-22-2000, 03:23 AM:

If anyone's planning on coming out for the Olympics and happen to take in a movie while you're here, you'd better bring your butter with you. Popcorn ain't served with it here...that's why I have to make it to the States every so often so I can get my 'fix'.

Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 07-23-2000, 12:34 AM:

Tubs for sure! The bags have another annoying side effect....they sure seem to be noisier than the tubs rustling in the theatre. Particularly when a group gets the community sized popcorn for multi-person distribution.

Factors on my popcorn purchase include:

Tubs
Real Butter (Odel's Real is my personal favoite). If you have it, I WILL buy the popcorn (and tell all my friends too!)

Steve

------------------
"Old projectionists never die, they just changeover!"

Posted by Mike Spaeth (Member # 524) on 07-23-2000, 01:14 AM:

Bags seem to work just fine for me. Ours are manufactured by Winpak. They do just fine for us (Cinemark). I've never had a problem w/ a leaky bag. However, next month, we are offering some sort of a popcorn tub combo. It'll be interesting to see how that goes over. A little off topic, but are we the only company that is such a whore for advertising? I don't sell a single bag w/ Cinemark imprinted on it:
46 oz - Kirby's Adventure (Nintendo)
American Express (previously)
85 oz - Thomas & Magic RR
Cybergold.com (previously)
Pitch Black (previously)
130 oz - Rugrats In Paris
Mission Impossible 2 (previously)
Snow Day (previously)
Sleepy Hollow (previously)

it's kind of annoying.
At least our drink cups are still Cinemark cups.

Posted by Charles Everett (Member # 889) on 08-05-2001, 05:06 PM:

Where I'm coming from every chain (AMC, General Cinema, Loews, National Amusements, Reading, Regal, UA) uses bags. So does the nearby arthouse.

Posted by Rachel Carter (Member # 693) on 08-05-2001, 08:30 PM:

I like the tubs but unfortunatly they cost more and take up more space in the trash can.

We have bags for our Small, Medium, Large, and X-Large but also have the choice of the tub for our X-large. The X-Large tubs fly off the counters while the X-Large bags just sit on the counters getting dusty I can't wait for the day that we sell out all the X-large bags so we can just get rid of them completly! It probably helps that we have pictures on the tubs from various kids movies, they do great at the matinees!

Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 08-05-2001, 09:13 PM:

Tubs, Tubs and More Tubs. Easy to fill, customers like them better, and much less fiddleing around for the concession staff to deal with. Quicker sales, faster service, and higher per capita benefit from tubs.

Posted by William T. Parr (Member # 677) on 08-06-2001, 07:08 AM:

I Prefer Tubs myself, but I can see why most thetare chains have started using the bags as Ian pointed out they take up less space in a trash can. Storge space is also reduced by the bags versus the Tubs, but I still prefer my popcorn to be in a huge bulky Tub.

Posted by Paul Turner (Member # 832) on 08-06-2001, 02:33 PM:

Bags and tubs. We use the bags because they are recyclable. We have a 170 oz tub (called the "Damn Huge") which people love to order -- and they do. I'm not sure if this is in all areas, but the 170 tubs i used can be recycled in the single layer cardboard bins. Our town is very enviornmentally oriented so unless i want to have daily converstions about the recyclablility of the "butter bags" i better just use paper. for that reason we don't have butter.

Posted by Bill Enos (Member # 440) on 08-06-2001, 11:49 PM:

Putting yourself on the other side of the counter you'll find a couple tubs easier to carry especially when you're also carrying a couple humongous drinks and have to get those 400 pound auditorium doors open and squeeze thru a crowded row to get back to your seat.

Posted by Christopher M. Belch (Member # 846) on 08-13-2001, 06:32 PM:

Ok, here goes my first post, and please excue the spelling, but this thing wont let me cut and paste, and i have yet to find a spellchecker (though it might be here). Anyways, i am gonna be sacreligious and say that THEATERS SHOUDLNT SELL POPCORN!!! lol!!! Ok, so i used to love popcorn, especially at the movies, but work with smelling it everyday and you get sick of it...cuz of it, now i cant stand to eat popcorn. And bersides, think of how easy it would be to clean our theaters...

Posted by Rachel Carter (Member # 693) on 08-16-2001, 01:10 PM:

Just think of it this way Christopher. If your theater didn't sell popcorn they probably wouldn't make enough money to give you a job.... therefore, KEEP THE POPCORN COMING!!!

*Just for the record, I'm not a big fan of popcorn either!

Posted by Charles Everett (Member # 889) on 08-16-2001, 05:41 PM:

Update to my previous post: UA now offers a super-giant-size tub filled with Orville Redenbacher. Plus a free refill if you want it!

Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 08-16-2001, 05:43 PM:

Chris works at an institutional theater. We're not supposed to make money or we get in trouble with the feds.

Oh, and I vote for tubs. And I'm sick of popcorn, too.

Posted by Josh Jones (Member # 447) on 08-17-2001, 12:19 PM:

Yes I will agree, the smell of that stuff gets real old real fast, especially durring a double shift. Funny thing is, you just keep eating the stuff. I have sworn off the stuff for the fall(popcorn and all the junk on it makes your XC running slower)

Josh

PS> I dont really have a preference, since no one around here uses tubs<bummer>

Posted by Christopher M. Belch (Member # 846) on 08-17-2001, 08:08 PM:

Of course as much as i hate it, and i swear i will never eat it again, if im hungry at work...(we dont have a fancy concession stand--all we sell is candy (off limits unless you got $3 a box), popcorn, and pop)...so popcorn will have to do.

Also, it is rumored we are getting a cappuccino machine. Does anyone have one? Do people buy cappuccino at movies?

Posted by Josh Jones (Member # 447) on 08-18-2001, 10:25 PM:

Yes, some theatres do sell cappuchino (or however you say that). In fact, West Acres Cinema (dubbed waisted acres by our staff) does sell cappuchino. the milk base of the drink mix is only good for 7 days after it is opened, but it isnt uncommon to find a bag that is over 3 or 4 weeks old.

No thank you, I'll stick with my orange tea

Josh

Posted by System Notices (Member # 2357) on 08-05-2011, 08:26 PM:

It has been 3638 days since the last post.

Posted by Melanie Loggins (Member # 6454) on 08-05-2011, 08:26 PM:

I'm going to revive this thread since I just spent too much time pricing bulk tubs only to be discouraged by the fact that they cost 2-3 times more than the bags we currently use.

Like everyone, we fight leaky bags and have people complain. But tubs are so much more expensive and would take up priceless real estate on our too-small counter.

So... what do you use? Why? Can anyone tell me about switching and which was better?

EDIT: "It has been 3638 days since the last post." That's just freaky.

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 08-05-2011, 08:54 PM:

(Ya, a 10yr old thread ....must be a record for a revival on here ... sysops are gonna have fun with this one)

170oz tubs are mainly for looks to go along with a 44 or 52 oz cup to push a large combo with refills, being the best value for the dollar to the patron... You put a tub next to a bag that same size by a jumbo drink and which one is saying "Please buy me for the best value!"

Tubs are more sturdy to handle than 170 oz bags that looks like grocery sacks being that big. Plus, you weight a bag down with all of that vegetable grease and it's prone to rip when grabbed by one hand on the side. Tubs can be taken home and gets reused by the kids...

Also, it's a cinema's largest markup item .. which also makes the most money in the snakbar and keeps the per cap up at a level so the mgr can keep his DM off his back when he's training and making sure that the staff knows on how to upsell and suggestive sell ... so the popcorn shovelers can keep your JOB!

Some locations with small counters have small tables off to the side to place their tubs on .. they've learned to be creative to make a display work for them.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-05-2011, 09:58 PM:

Melanie, how long is your counter? Our counter is only about 8 feet wide, but we still have plenty of room for 4 sizes of buckets, plus all the other stuff.

Posted by Melanie Loggins (Member # 6454) on 08-05-2011, 11:08 PM:

Okay, Mike, you got me there. Our counter is more than twice that. But I still don't want to give any of it up!

The main issue is still the price difference. Our prices are already about half what the chains charge and if I have to pay more for the container, I'm going to have to raise the price, even if just by a quarter. Which I don't want to do.

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 08-06-2011, 12:04 AM:

quote:
Our counter is more than twice that. But I still don't want to give any of it up!

...you might have to... be creative.

I wouldn't raise the price by a quarter since your prices are cheaper than the larger competition.

You start shooting prices up, it could show signs of desperation that can scare customers off.

Give the customers (your guests) a break - make them feel like a winner..for if you do, they'll pass that info onto others and your biz will gradually increase due to a wonderful atmosphere that will grow, where right now, you're just starting out in getting your feet wet.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-06-2011, 12:31 AM:

Melanie....look at it this way: If you raise your prices by a quarter, you'll still be WAY LESS than what the chains charge, and you will be using containers that are much better than the bags the chains use, look better, are amazingly easier and faster to fill and carry, don't leak, and most importantly, they project more value to the customer. Your customers will love that it takes your counterperson a fourth of the time (or less) to fill a popcorn order.

You wouldn't believe the compliments we get on our tubs. And people always have a story about "those stupid bags Carmike uses" to go with the compliment.

The other thing they're good for, they make great little storage bins for stuff. I even used one for a lampshade in one of our store rooms -- it needed a shade to stop the light from getting out into the auditorium when the door was open, and the 85oz tub did the trick.

The one and only bad thing about the tubs is the amount of space they take to store. But the counter space shouldn't be too big a challenge: You can put a stack of each size, with 25 to 50 in each stack, and only use a foot or so of counter space, depending on the depth of your counter and how many sizes you have. (We use 24, 46, 85 and 130 ounce.)

I'll bet that if you switch, you'll never look back. But the good thing is, if you DO decide to switch back for whatever reason, you're out nothing except the cost of a couple of boxes of the tubs.

Posted by Mike Frese (Member # 4361) on 08-06-2011, 01:03 AM:

Tubs!

We use the plastic souvenir tubs that Cinema Scene makes with the movies on them being promoted. The Twilight ones sell phenomenally well as you would imagine. We also offer customers a nice refill price on later visits. So we have zero trash concern. We only sell tubs in the 170 oz size and do not have a bag that size. The refill price is the same as our 130 oz bag.

Posted by Cassandra Palko (Member # 5362) on 08-06-2011, 03:03 AM:

Tubs!

Bags are loud in the auditorium. I went to a "bag" theatre and couldn't help but hear all the people around me making noise with their popcorn bags. It upset me so much that I wrote my corporate office and told them that we should never go to bags because it degrades the guest experience.

Posted by Edward Havens (Member # 4715) on 08-06-2011, 04:28 AM:

Tubs are the only way to go.

Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 08-06-2011, 09:32 AM:

What Mike said. I hate bags.

Posted by Jen Pelto (Member # 6447) on 08-11-2011, 08:08 PM:

Any smaller theaters out there know where to buy cost-efficient tubs? I went the tub route years ago when we first opened and it was steep to buy 500 or less at a time.

We switched to a new formula of 100% organic popcorn (it is delicious -- we have never received so many compliments. Time to enter Screentrade's annual popcorn competition!). We keep our prices much lower than the megaplex and we don't really want to raise our prices much more than we had to when we made the switch to organic. An upcharge for a nice-sized tub will be totally acceptable for our patrons.

Anyone know of any good places to buy those tubs?

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-11-2011, 08:12 PM:

We have always gotten our tubs from the same place we get our concession supplies. Currently, Mountain States Concessions in Salt Lake City. They offer a free-shipping deal if you buy 35 cases or more. (Of anything, not just tubs.)

Posted by Sam Graham (Member # 2889) on 08-12-2011, 10:13 AM:

quote: Rachel Carter
We have bags for our Small, Medium, Large, and X-Large but also have the choice of the tub for our X-large. The X-Large tubs fly off the counters while the X-Large bags just sit on the counters getting dusty I can't wait for the day that we sell out all the X-large bags so we can just get rid of them completly! It probably helps that we have pictures on the tubs from various kids movies, they do great at the matinees!

That makes me wonder...if tubs in the largest size with bags in the smaller sizes would actually help up-sell the product.

This would be an especially interesting experiment in self-serve concession stands.

Posted by Melanie Loggins (Member # 6454) on 08-12-2011, 10:24 PM:

Jen, that's my question! Now that I think I've committed to switching, I'm a little overwhelmed at the cost of starting over. And, you know, there are four to choose from. Are the more expensive ones noticeably better than the cheaper ones? And shipping adds another 8 cents to the cost.... (I can't afford to buy 35 cases of anything at one time!)

So, if you figure something out, let me know.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-12-2011, 11:34 PM:

We get all of our concession supplies (except Pepsi cups and lids) from the same place so its pretty easy to hit the 35 target. But, there has to be a distributor fairly close to you I'd think.

Posted by Edward Havens (Member # 4715) on 08-13-2011, 11:43 AM:

Melanie, who are you using now for concessions supplies?

Posted by Melanie Loggins (Member # 6454) on 08-13-2011, 02:30 PM:

Edward, we buy popcorn, oil and salt from Jolly Time, which is 45 minutes from me. (It's great to live in corn country!) Soda and cups come from our Coke distributor. And bags, so far, have come from Sam's Club. (Best price, free delivery.) We're one screen and have 4-6 shows a week, so I just don't need that much at any given time. I have the room to store just about anything, but not the money to buy huge quantities of anything at once.

Jolly Time doesn't carry tubs, and a distributor in Omaha, who supplies a theatre between us and him, is pretty expensive and won't cut me any deals on delivery. Twice so far I've just begged someone who was already going to be in Omaha to get something for me if I needed it. I think I'm just going to have to take a deep breath and either pay for the delivery, or drive 3 hours each way to Snappy and pick them up.

But I'm still not sure which ones to get; I'd be pretty peeved if I spent a grand on new tubs - when I still have hundreds of bags in the basement - just to find out they leak, too.

Posted by Frank Cox (Member # 6258) on 08-13-2011, 04:37 PM:

I have always used tubs made by International Paper and I don't think I have ever had one leak.

Posted by Tony Ratcliff (Member # 1196) on 08-13-2011, 04:43 PM:

I use tubs in my theatre as well, always have, always will.
32oz, 46oz and 85oz.
Customers love them compared to the bags at the other theatre in town.

Here is another angle on the cost: It takes about 3 seconds for us to fill a tub - you can scoop with the tub itself by holding it by the bottom - plus no one touches the rim of the tub.
To fill a bag you have to open the bag and fluff it, then get a scoop and "stuff" the corn inside. That takes at least 15 seconds or more.
TIME is money on a crowded Saturday night.
One customer that skips the stand because the wait it too long is way more than the increase in cost of tubs vs bags!!

And don't get me started on the bag leaks, rips, tip-overs on the counter and floor, etc.!!

Only bean counters in the big chains could come up with the bag idea. It sure wasn't we owners that know all the side issues they cause that costs.

Posted by Melanie Loggins (Member # 6454) on 08-14-2011, 12:03 PM:

Tony, your large is my small! I'm rethinking our sizes now....

If you don't mind if I beat this dead horse just a bit more: what tubs do you use? I mean, what do they actually look like?

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-14-2011, 12:11 PM:

Here's a picture showing the tubs we use:

We use 32, 46, 85 and 130 ounce. The 85 is by far the best seller with 46, 32 and 130 following in order. We use the 85 in a couple of our combos too so that adds to its quantity.

A lot of people buy the 130 to share, so even though it's the least popular, that size "serves" about twice as many people as it appears to.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 08-15-2011, 08:44 AM:

Tubs, tubs, tubs....and a trash compactor to foil the waste company cubic charges.

And don't bags now come with a coating on the inside surface to thwart leaking oil?

quote:
are we the only company that is such a whore for advertising? (snip) it's kind of annoying.

Why annoying? Better advertising on the cups rather than on the screen....oh wait...they do that too. If ads on the cups or bags or lobby walls or countertops makes them loose even one screen ad, it's worth it.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-15-2011, 10:58 AM:

Bags are indeed coated but the butter leaks thru the cracks down at the bottom where the folds of the bag are glued together. It's possible to only butter the top of the popcorn lightly to avoid the leaks but there are lots of people who want "extra butter" or want butter in several layers, etc. Hence, leaks.

I think advertising on the cups is useless. Our local Pepsi distributor has been selling ads on their cups for years and I've never seen anybody looking at them or trying to figure out a way to clip a coupon from a cup. It's even worse in a movie theatre because the environment is dark and you can't read the cup anyway.

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 08-15-2011, 12:52 PM:

quote: Tony Ratcliff
you can scoop with the tub itself by holding it by the bottom - plus no one touches the rim of the tub.

..as long as the health inspector doesn't catch you doing that ..

..that turns into a critical area and good loss of points on your report - and doing the same practice with drink cups.

Basic law is that no food container should be used to put product in the same container...

Granted, you're not touching the rim, but where has the rim been..in the boxes during shipping and some of them are not in sleeves-this is what the health inspector sees.

...should use a scoop to deliver product from the source to the container.

Posted by Chris Slycord (Member # 4239) on 08-15-2011, 01:05 PM:

quote: Monte L Fullmer
Granted, you're not touching the rim, but where has the rim been..in the boxes during shipping and some of them are not in sleeves-this is what the health inspector sees.

And imo, if they're going to go down that road with health inspections, they might as well ban buckets in general since they get contaminated just by virtue of sitting on the damn counter and having germs and dust float onto them.

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 08-15-2011, 01:49 PM:

also...if a container is used as a scoop, the hand holding the back or end of the container has a good possibility to be in direct contact with the product, like popcorn, ice, et.al.

why the scoop, or food gloves ... to eliminate the direct contact.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-15-2011, 02:29 PM:

Anybody who thinks the gloves, scoops, and so forth are keeping the food from having hordes of germs on and in it is a fool.

There are germs everywhere and in and on everything, even "sanitary" gloves after they've been exposed to the air for a couple of nanoseconds. This is why we have an immune system.

Your immune system. Know it...trust it.

Posted by Frank Cox (Member # 6258) on 08-15-2011, 03:56 PM:

I just don't like the way that shoving a tub into a pile of popcorn looks. I insist that everyone use the scoop for that purpose.

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 08-15-2011, 04:11 PM:

Ya, afraid that some folks who sees that, will come majorily unglued - be like finding the long black hair in the McD's hamburger thing (happened to my wife and she went totally ballistic - she got a Large Big Mac combo out of that complaint).

Just gotta be careful when handling food around the public...

Posted by Tony Ratcliff (Member # 1196) on 08-15-2011, 08:54 PM:

I've never had anyone say anything about how we scoop with the cup in the 20+ years I've been in the biz.

I actually have the opposite reaction to using a scoop:
Where is that scoop kept in between orders? When was it last washed and how well?
As a consumer I'm more likely to assume that a fresh cup is cleaner than a scoop. If not, then I don't want to EAT or DRINK out of that cup!!

We DO use the scoop for refills, which we do on larges.
We definitely don't allow a used cup into the corn bin or ice bin.

It's tomato or tomatoe - people will like it or not both ways.

And gloves are a joke. I used to own a restaurant, and it is impossible to change your gloves as often as the letter of the law requires. As soon as a glove touches ANYTHING, it is contaminated and technically should be thrown away.
What food place actually changes their gloves between every order they fill?
It basically comes down to common sense, training and enforcement of cleanliness practices.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 08-18-2011, 07:07 PM:

I think the gloves are a joke as well.

I've seen guys handle food with the gloves, then go and handle MONEY, then go back and prepare more food. It made me wonder if the guy keeps the gloves on even when he goes to the john.

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 08-19-2011, 08:51 AM:

Tubs. Bags are way too noisy during a movie. They throw the NC level all out of wack!

Mark

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-19-2011, 02:16 PM:

quote:
've seen guys handle food with the gloves, then go and handle MONEY,

Yep....I was at our local DQ yesterday, and the lady handed my my change while wearing gloves.

Posted by Melanie Loggins (Member # 6454) on 08-19-2011, 08:12 PM:

Got the tubs. Hated writing that check..... Tonight's the first night with them. So far, so good. They look ginormous.

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 08-19-2011, 08:31 PM:

..and to the 170oz make great booth lamp shades ... and they can take the extra butter! lol

Posted by Melanie Loggins (Member # 6454) on 08-19-2011, 08:55 PM:

As much as I love my job, I don't want to spend much time in any room in which these ugly tubs could serve as decoration. But in case of the apocalypse, it IS good to know.