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

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.