Those fancy food trailers with sinks, running water and sparkling lights are very pricey, some costing as much as a quarter of a million dollars. Electricity comes from the traveling show's own generators and each user must pay their share. The biggest annual expense is product liability insurance. We sue each other so much these days that we contribute significantly to price inflation. Finally, a concessionaire must provide for a profit.
Pop corn is dirt cheap with a considerable profit as is cotton candy.
At the old Playhouse on Mill Mountain, we used to make lemonade for less than ten cents a cup that was sold for a dollar. Obviously, youre gonna make big bucks on that kind of profit. Fancier food has a smaller margin of profit. Now you know why a soda that cost one dollar at the 7 -11 costs two dollars at the fair. You cant see a crafts show or ride the bumper cars at the 7-11.