Anyone know of any places a touring band can get cheap/free food?

[tmemike]

Anyone know of any places a touring band can get cheap/free food? My band is getting pretty good at minimizing food expenses on the road but we can always spend less! Thanks!

 

[TRENCHLORD]

dumpster dive much?

 

[MoshJosh]

Kind of off topic but I was wondering if a band got popular enough do you think they could get sponsored by a fast food company? I mean bands get endorsements energy drink companies and I even knew a local band who was sponsored by Vitamin Water (dudes had cases of the stuff), if so you'd be set for touring (assuming the food company sponsoring the band has locations nation wide)

 

[asher]

 

[broj15]

ask the locals. they'll k now where the cheap food is more than anyone, or they might even be willing to feed you.

 

[tmemike]

A band we played with in the Quad Cities (right by Iowa) called Fallstar is endorsed by vitamin water. That would come in handy on the road for sure!

 

[Dog Boy]

Many years ago my band used to hit happy hours. Buy a drink and pig out on cocktail sausages and popcorn!

Ya know I look back on those days and don't remember them fondly.

 

[Explorer]

You might be in places where you can't rely on this, but Yelp reviews can help you zero in on decent prices combined with good food.

Areas near a college often have cheap food for students.

If you see a construction site, you can often get great cheap eats recommendations from the workers.

Some cities have magazines and newspapers which run cheap eats articles. You can often find them online.

Not directly related, but having a cheap netbook to do internet searches in Starbucks puts a lot of information at your fingertips.

 

[JeffFromMtl]

Subway. 5 dolla footlongs.

 

[Explorer]

Oh, and don't ask me how I know this, but...

There used to be a few times a day when Safeway would replace its baked rotisserie chickens, and then put the others into the trash.

 

[Alex Kenivel]

dumpster dive much?

This.

Noah's bagels throw away perfectly good bagels made that morning into the dumpster at the end of the night.

Never fails.

 

[broj15]

^^^ reading that reminded me that jimmy johns sells day old loaves of bread for 50 cents each.

 

[Yo_Wattup]

pls read OP, he said food

 

[asher]

 

[wheresthefbomb]

lots of bar and grill type places do cheap appetizer specials for happy hour or during sports. ask around, use the internet.

otherwise there's dumpster dive, food bank, food stamps

you could liberate groceries from shitty chains like wal mart, but I would *never* tell you to steal or advocate breaking the law.

 

[Duosphere]

These days touring bands need food?!
We used to get our food right from the source.......... (oYo)

 

[MikeH]

Finding actual nutrients while on tour is a struggle when you have no money. Luckily, on my last tour, two of the venues provided us with free pizza. Other than that, I used to always buy my own stuff before leaving. A cooler filled with ice, lunch meat, a loaf of bread, fruit, and some other snacks that are quick to no prep, like a bag of granola, or some protein bars. Honestly, peanut butter is also a good friend. It's not so much about the quantity of food you eat. You just need the proper amount of nutrients.

 

[Nats]

Hope that you're popular enough that locals will like you and feed you. I would totally bbq for a band if I liked them. MAYBE even let them shower at my place if they were respectful and decent humans.

 

[TedEH]

I recently heard about a guy (in Montreal I think?) who was able to live off of dollar store food.

 

[rockskate4x]

Avoid fast food if you possibly can. I even like fast food, but if you are having mcdonalds more than even just couple of days in a row, you are gonna feel like shit for lack of nutrition. That stuff is poison.