Food offer has been increased, First Class is still limited to drinks/snacks at the moment.
Route 26 branding was dropped some time ago, as is evident in on-board artwork and chinaware for passengers in First.
Hot food is available, has been for a while now although within a fairly small range. Full menus are now available in the buffet cars on all trains.
Hot Sarnies £3.00 (Bacon, Sausage and Double Egg)
Meals £4.90 (Macaroni Cheese, Chile Con Carne, Shepherds Pie)
Good range of cold Tiffin sandwiches in addition to pasta pots and subs, starting at around £3 if my memory serves me right.
Then there's the usual cans of booze and spirits, some already mixed in the case of JD and Coke and so forth. Soft drinks, crisps, chocolate bars and bags of Haribo starting at 80p. Range of small and large bottles of wine which many of the customers have commented on as being rather nice, big bottles start at a tenner a pop, sadly limited in terms of choice but there is only so much stock that can be carried, especially in a 180 buffet.
Also a good range of local / handmade products such as the very tasty Piper's crisps, IPA real ale, Black Sheep, Mad Hatter Tea and so forth.
The specialty coffee machines are also playing a bit better now, it would seem, and 'proper' coffee is available onboard many trains now which is a definite plus as well as different types for those who fancy something a bit more upmarket than the standard Kenco.
The catering offer is slowly growing and contain some really good products but does not, sadly, compare well to the rather formidable new offer introduced by East Coast.
Hope that clears up some of the questions -sadly the price list is stuck in my brain
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When I asked on Grand Central I was advised "Quite a few sandwiches, what do you not like and I will bring some along"
Like doh, do they not know what they have or could not even bring one of each label along to remind them
You were unlucky then, most of the CSAs write down what is available and then take a walk along and see what, if anything, is wanted!!
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There's a few available, but not fresh.
No, not as in 'made and cooked on the train', that's a safety-related issue with regards to cooking on the trains that has been examined before but I am unaware of all the background behind it. The offer is currently based around freshly prepared chilled products to re-heat on board, as with most catering on trains and planes - it's not practical to cook a meal from scratch in the confines of a HST buffet, never mind 180!