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Haven't seen airport-only chains in Europe, do they exist here? In Stockholm (Arlanda) there is standard McDonald's (among other chains) in the terminal.

by reisse 4y ago

ajmurmann 4y ago
Not aware of an airport-only chain there either, but European airports night not need them since they tend to funnel you through massive duty-free shopping malls. It will forever be a mystery to be who buys all that shit and keeps these stores in business. A bottle of liquor would need to be at a ridiculous price for me to deal with the hassle of transporting it back from an international trip.
- boguscoder 4y ago
  Ha, you should watch slavic tourists in those duty frees (source: l’m slav) - a bottle of any above-cheap imported alcohol might be 10$+ cheaper there, nice cologne would save you even more and has higher chance of not being a knockoff from Asia. When they have a chance to save few dozen bucks - they do and I don’t see what’s bad about it, maybe apart from overflows in baggage compartments. I imagine folks like Swedes with alcohol monopoly and pretty fly taxes on alco would understand this too
- throwaway2037 4y ago
  Chinese tourists are probably the #1 customers. The most savvy stores will have Mandarin-speaking staff!
- laurentlb 4y ago
  I often buy local alcohol in the airport (instead of having to take a checked-in luggage).
fuzzfactor 4y ago
In Houston, they have a single city contractor operate all the concessions under the different branded establishments at each airport. It's the biggest-ticket way to do it, therefore it should provide the biggest bonus for some individual. Maybe even more than one individual could be intended to share the glory. The long-time franchisee was a very well-established & respected Houston-based restaurant corp that came in a decade ago on their strength of multiple local restaurants of various cuisines which were popular, successful, and affordable for at least occasional dining for most Houstonians. This could not hold up, recently dethroned by a nationwide airport-centric conractor with a deal crafted to compete on purely financial terms. related: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/houston-hobby-airport-contract-pappas-17825820.php#photo-23519032 https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/ho... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pappas-sues-houston-over-hobby-airport-deal-citing-call-from-former-mayoral-aide-during-bid-process/ar-AA19JZj0 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pappas-sues-houston-over-h... Firm that prevailed: https://us.areas.com/ https://us.areas.com/ >With an operating presence in 12 countries throughout Europe and the Americas, Areas offers a very broad range of food services designed to meet the expectations of both travelers and landlords in airports, highway service plazas and railway stations. Doesn't appear they would ever expect to prosper from non-captive food service. I can only imagine some of the councilmembers who voted in favor of the change could reason that sandwiches already cost $15 so they might as well take a bigger cut of that themselves.

Haven't seen airport-only chains in Europe, do they exist here? In Stockholm (Arlanda) there is standard McDonald's (among other chains) in the terminal.

by reisse 4y ago

Haven't seen airport-only chains in Europe, do they exist here? In Stockholm (Arlanda) there is standard McDonald's (among other chains) in the terminal.

ajmurmann 4y ago

Not aware of an airport-only chain there either, but European airports night not need them since they tend to funnel you through massive duty-free shopping malls. It will forever be a mystery to be who buys all that shit and keeps these stores in business. A bottle of liquor would need to be at a ridiculous price for me to deal with the hassle of transporting it back from an international trip.

boguscoder 4y ago
Ha, you should watch slavic tourists in those duty frees (source: l’m slav) - a bottle of any above-cheap imported alcohol might be 10$+ cheaper there, nice cologne would save you even more and has higher chance of not being a knockoff from Asia. When they have a chance to save few dozen bucks - they do and I don’t see what’s bad about it, maybe apart from overflows in baggage compartments. I imagine folks like Swedes with alcohol monopoly and pretty fly taxes on alco would understand this too
throwaway2037 4y ago
Chinese tourists are probably the #1 customers. The most savvy stores will have Mandarin-speaking staff!
laurentlb 4y ago
I often buy local alcohol in the airport (instead of having to take a checked-in luggage).

fuzzfactor 4y ago

In Houston, they have a single city contractor operate all the concessions under the different branded establishments at each airport. It's the biggest-ticket way to do it, therefore it should provide the biggest bonus for some individual. Maybe even more than one individual could be intended to share the glory. The long-time franchisee was a very well-established & respected Houston-based restaurant corp that came in a decade ago on their strength of multiple local restaurants of various cuisines which were popular, successful, and affordable for at least occasional dining for most Houstonians. This could not hold up, recently dethroned by a nationwide airport-centric conractor with a deal crafted to compete on purely financial terms. related: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/houston-hobby-airport-contract-pappas-17825820.php#photo-23519032 https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/ho... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pappas-sues-houston-over-hobby-airport-deal-citing-call-from-former-mayoral-aide-during-bid-process/ar-AA19JZj0 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pappas-sues-houston-over-h... Firm that prevailed: https://us.areas.com/ https://us.areas.com/ >With an operating presence in 12 countries throughout Europe and the Americas, Areas offers a very broad range of food services designed to meet the expectations of both travelers and landlords in airports, highway service plazas and railway stations. Doesn't appear they would ever expect to prosper from non-captive food service. I can only imagine some of the councilmembers who voted in favor of the change could reason that sandwiches already cost $15 so they might as well take a bigger cut of that themselves.