Different Warm Nuts Formulation
 

Yesterday (1/20) on CDG-IAD in C, the warm nuts cup contained cashews and little sesame crackers, not a mixture of nuts. The sesame crackers had a coating that made them stick together when warm.
Also, it seems that the starter course no longer has a smoked salmon plate. I noticed this in both directions. In the IAD-CDG direction, the salad had two shrimps with the greens. In the CDG-IAD direction, it was just greens.

Forget the appetizers, but UA is messing with my beloved nuts?:eek:

Please, oh please, tell me this is not the case. Has anyone experienced the same?:(

Looks like more cuts in UA's already pathetic catering. Big shocker. :rolleyes:

As others have noticed, separate appetizer plates have been removed from trans-Atlantic flights to and from IAD, the thought being that customers would rather spend less time on the meal service and more time sleeping. Due to crew and passenger outrage, however, the appetizers are returning with the next catering cycle sometime in March.

I am not sure what was going on with the warm nuts (or lack thereof). Seems a bit extreme to extrapolate broad generalizations based on a single isolated experience, though.

Garbage. That's not the thinking. The thinking is "let's cut service and save some dough." The "sleeping" thing is a complete BS excuse. Do you think passengers prefer these cutbacks, or the high-quality service of international carriers?

BJ, I think rch4u was merely giving the "official" reason, and not UA's thinking. After all, everything is an enhancement.;)

I flew yesterday DEN-PHL in F, and it was the regular nuts. ^

This selection sounds much better - my wife and I just pile up the walnuts (which usually account for about 80% of the nuts) to be thrown away anyway.

I experienced the same once flying from FRA-IAD. I was told by an FA it's because the nuts come from the states and sometimes they don't fly enough over to Europe, in which case the European caterers provide them and they're different. I don't think we need to worry about sesame crackers getting mixed up with our warm nuts. Not yet at least. I do hope that rch4u is right though and the appetizer plates come back. Although, I did have a fairly decent salad on Wednesday on my FRA-IAD flight in C.

The cashew/sesame combo sounds like the same mix they hand out in little foil baggies in US Airways First Class. I switched carriers to get away from those buggers, not get more of 'em! :mad:

The appetizers are scheduled to come back in the next catering cycle. Apparently UA told Gate Gourmet to cut 'x' amount of costs and eliminating appetizers was seen as one way of working to obtain those cost cuts. Then one of the senior execs flew to Europe and was p**^#d that the appetizers were gone. So the shrimp on the salad has been added as an interim measure until catering can gear up to provide appetizers again.

Appetizers have been cut off of the F/A trays and the (gasp) pilots' trays as well. How will they fly the plane now????

Do I understand that the senior exec that got p**^#d was a UA exec? If so, that would be a, pardon the pun, delicious irony!

I'm not quite clear on this... is UA now serving only a salad (with or without the shrimp) as the first course in C?

I have flights in C soon and am not excited to hear about the abbreviated meal service. :td:

As far as I know this is only the case on IAD to Europe flights.

lucky, that would be just my luck... :rolleyes:

RE:IAD-CDG food service
 

Not an isolated incident. I flew sfo-iad-cdg and back Jan 11/16 in C. Both ways, the appetizer course had been eliminated. Lettuce and veggie salads preceded the main course; no shrimp, etc. The warmish nuts did contain other objects from what appeared to be the RCC bar mix that comes in blue baggies. The only improvement was the champagne this time was Pol Roger.

tisk tisk, cheapen an already poor international product.
Shame on you UA.
People ask me why I want to route thru FRA to go to LHR? LH and SQ of course!

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I just flew 940 ORD-FRA in C (am sitting in FRA awaiting my next flight) and we received both the 'normal' warm nuts as well as an appetizer with smoked salmon. It was very good. I also had appetizers on my earlier flights 12/28 ORD-FRA and 1/7 FRA-ORD. I only experienced varying levels of service from satisfactory to excellent.

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Duplicate. Sorry.

The DCA-ORD warm nuts today had Spanish peanuts. I was pleasantly surprised. Haven't seen peanuts on an airplane in a long time.

What!
 

I thought UA was "peanut free" :confused: :eek: :D

I think the mods must all be sleeping. This should be merged with the
Let's Eat Nut reports edition
:)

Maybe that somnolent thread should be merged into this. ;)

Interesting to read of yet another cutback, when Business Traveler magazine reports on their website, that UA will be introducing an improved in flight meal service on their European flights.

http://www.businesstraveller.com/def...224&SID=671770

Flew on 947 IAD-LAX tonight.

Warm nuts consisted of almonds, cashews, and .......... pastashios!!!
No walnuts.^

Frankly, I have no clue which one is more expensive. But I'd prefer walnuts.

I am flying that flight soon. I hope I am that lucky. I don't like the walnuts and pistachios rank right up there with cashews. I will report back.

Does UA really know how much they upset people when they mess with things that clearly are very popular with their C class pax.

I really look forward to the current nut mix.

It is the soft product that is UA's international J failing and yet they keep screwing it downwards.

Pistachios... Everybody's Nuts! Yum.

You and me both.

I also saw this on NRT-BKK in C back in March.:td:

Only a salad. But the FA did offer to make a Mai Tai:rolleyes:

UA may have saved money doing this with me once, but they won't be able to do it again.

lol.. this thread reminds of the episode from Curb your Enthusiasm, where larry david takes up David Schwimmer's dad for skimping out on the cashews in teh "cashew & raisins" package...

Maybe y'all should start flying AA.... there have been pistachios for as long as I remember. :p

(And yes, I realize that "y'all" is bad English:rolleyes: )

another different warm nuts formulation
 

ok, folks-no disrespect intended, meant or otherwise implied but i have found the "nuts" threads rather amusing, funny, silly and yes at times even childish but sorry, folks-you want nuts, have some nuts

aw-nuts #1: ooooooph

aw-nuts #2: down for the count

yes, i did stop the shot and the puck is under my glove but aw, nuts ;)

and now back to our regularly scheduled program

Well, yeah, except for the infamous soy-nut debacle, where soybeans replaced most of the pistachios for at least a year or so. But the soy-nuts are history and my warm nut mix now consists of cashews, pistachios, almonds and pecans. :)

^ ^ ^ to leaving out the walnuts! I pick the rest of the nuts out and leave the walnuts, the problem being that I never get the automatic refill because the FA thinks I'm still working on what is left! :(

I just got off a SEA-ORD flight which had another 'warm nuts formulation' that I haven't seen before: unsalted cashews and some dried fruit pieces (cranberry, mango, pineapple, I think). Anyone else come across this mix? Seems like a healthier combination, although they wern't really warm.

Lately I've been getting cashews-pecans-almonds-macadamias.