My father started Sams NY System in Warwick in 1968. I have been a vendor selling weiners in the Rhode Island building at the big E located in West Springfield, MA for the past 5 years supporting tourism for Rhode Island. I have a huge following of people that come to my booth at the big e every year. I have repeat customers that come to my booth several times during the fair every year. I have new customers from the big E that are not from Rhode Island that have come to visit our restaurant and tour Rhode Island. I am a small business that has invested time and money by installing permanent restaurant equipment into this booth/space in the Rhode Island building, and have a great passion for my business.
Apparently after 5 years at the big E, the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation will not renew my contract this year. It is a year to year contract, but that's not how they presented the contract. Telling me not to worry about the year to year contract, that I would remain for a long time. RI commerce also telling me that the other vendors in the building have been there over 20 years. I have been told the reason is they would like to add a space for selling Rhode Island beers. The Rhode Island building is supposed to showcase foods and products of Rhode Island. Weiners are well known to be a Rhode Island food.
My question is why can't they come up with a different option for the beer maybe put them outside in a beer tent so that I can still remain in the building where I already have all my equipment and money/ time invested.
Please support me so that I can remain in the Rhode Island building to showcase the Rhode Island weiner. Also to bring tourism to the state of Rhode Island.
Thank you,
Peter Xiarhos
Updates
June 3, 2017
I really never thought this would gain this much steam but here we are and it is honestly wild to see so many people backing the weiners. It makes me feel less crazy about the whole contract situation knowing that the people who actually visit that building get it.
Reached 100 supporters
June 3, 2017
64 Comments
I came all the way from Florida to have one of these RI specialties! Keep the small business men/woman in business and add a beer tent!
Let Sam's stay at the Big E!!! This family run business treat their customers like family and produce a great product! Craft beer is good, but not special or specific to Rhode Island. Hot weiners are a RI staple! SAM'S NEEDS TO BE AT THE BIG E!!
Great. Let's promote "Beer" over Weiners so that we can have more alcoholics visit Rhode Island. It's the same old thing: let a vendor believe they will be in the spot for a long time, let them spend an exorbitant amount of money to customize that spot, then rip the rug from under them. I guess it's just another "Rhode Island Tradition"!
Why would you take a classic food from Rhode Island out of the Rhode Island big E. That is like saying you take Minnie mouse from Mickey. People that come to Rhode Island come for 3 things.Dels lemonade, hot weinnies and clam cakes. You can get beer any where at the big E but you can only get the best Sam's in the building.
Sam's is a RI favorite, you can get beer anywhere!! Plus there is already a beer garden across the street from the RI bldg. Leave Sam's alone
Sam's hot wieners are so good and a RI tradition, my children love them, I think it's terrible to pull them out of the big e , to put in beer really, just what RI needs to attract more drinkers, drunk drivers etc...
I am from ri. I go to the big e every year for 15 years and i love my beer but taking this away for a beer garden is WRONG. dont do it. This is so wrong. Hot weiners r part of ri. Not beer. So sad that its come to this.
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My father started Sams NY System in Warwick in 1968. I have been a vendor selling weiners in the Rhode Island building at the big E located in West Springfield, MA for the past 5 years supporting tourism for Rhode Island. I have a huge following of people that come to my booth at the big e every year. I have repeat customers that come to my booth several times during the fair every year. I have new customers from the big E that are not from Rhode Island that have come to visit our restaurant and tour Rhode Island. I am a small business that has invested time and money by installing permanent restaurant equipment into this booth/space in the Rhode Island building, and have a great passion for my business.
Apparently after 5 years at the big E, the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation will not renew my contract this year. It is a year to year contract, but that's not how they presented the contract. Telling me not to worry about the year to year contract, that I would remain for a long time. RI commerce also telling me that the other vendors in the building have been there over 20 years. I have been told the reason is they would like to add a space for selling Rhode Island beers. The Rhode Island building is supposed to showcase foods and products of Rhode Island. Weiners are well known to be a Rhode Island food.
My question is why can't they come up with a different option for the beer maybe put them outside in a beer tent so that I can still remain in the building where I already have all my equipment and money/ time invested.
Please support me so that I can remain in the Rhode Island building to showcase the Rhode Island weiner. Also to bring tourism to the state of Rhode Island.
Thank you,
Peter Xiarhos
Updates
June 3, 2017
I really never thought this would gain this much steam but here we are and it is honestly wild to see so many people backing the weiners. It makes me feel less crazy about the whole contract situation knowing that the people who actually visit that building get it.
Reached 100 supporters
June 3, 2017
64 Comments
Hot Weiners are unique in Rhode Island, we can get Craft Beer anywhere! Sam's has been at the BIG E for five years, and all of a sudden they get rid of the Hot Weiners. The fix is in somewhere, this was a poor decision. Sam's has also invested in a lot of Equipment for the RI building at the BIG E,why was this business singled out?
I came all the way from Florida to have one of these RI specialties! Keep the small business men/woman in business and add a beer tent!
Let Sam's stay at the Big E!!! This family run business treat their customers like family and produce a great product! Craft beer is good, but not special or specific to Rhode Island. Hot weiners are a RI staple! SAM'S NEEDS TO BE AT THE BIG E!!
Great. Let's promote "Beer" over Weiners so that we can have more alcoholics visit Rhode Island. It's the same old thing: let a vendor believe they will be in the spot for a long time, let them spend an exorbitant amount of money to customize that spot, then rip the rug from under them. I guess it's just another "Rhode Island Tradition"!
Why would you take a classic food from Rhode Island out of the Rhode Island big E. That is like saying you take Minnie mouse from Mickey. People that come to Rhode Island come for 3 things.Dels lemonade, hot weinnies and clam cakes. You can get beer any where at the big E but you can only get the best Sam's in the building.
Sam's is a RI favorite, you can get beer anywhere!! Plus there is already a beer garden across the street from the RI bldg. Leave Sam's alone
Sam's hot wieners are so good and a RI tradition, my children love them, I think it's terrible to pull them out of the big e , to put in beer really, just what RI needs to attract more drinkers, drunk drivers etc...
I am from ri. I go to the big e every year for 15 years and i love my beer but taking this away for a beer garden is WRONG. dont do it. This is so wrong. Hot weiners r part of ri. Not beer. So sad that its come to this.
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Hot Weiners are unique in Rhode Island, we can get Craft Beer anywhere! Sam's has been at the BIG E for five years, and all of a sudden they get rid of the Hot Weiners. The fix is in somewhere, this was a poor decision. Sam's has also invested in a lot of Equipment for the RI building at the BIG E,why was this business singled out?