Over priced food and drink

Although it’s not an airport, Victoria rail station in London has a good range of eating places.

When I was in London for a few days back in May I ate there. At Spud-U-Like it cost me two pounds 93 for a jacket potato and a drink (not bad considering it was a station outlet in London).

Sorry for writing the amount like that, but I’m not on my home computer, and this one I’m on is a pile of s**t, none of the keys have the proper symbols and it doesn’t have a pound sign!!:mad:

lol….i beg to differ on spain being a gastronomic paradise……theres just something a little on the heavy side about most spanish food i know……tortilla d patatas,empanada gallega, etc are all quite………..heavy…..
but i do agree in that some airports only have prepacked crap in spain….take Barajas as a good example….

Definitely food is much more expensive in all airports of the world. In Spain most are the same fanchises and charges approximately 40% more the price than a regular restaurant or snack bar. Besides food is always the same. I wonder why eating in airports is turning a particularly cheap experience in terms of service. Plastic containers, plastic glasses and prepacked food everywhere. Stale bread, unhealthy food and junk everywhere. In a gastronomic paradise like Spain, eating in our airports is almost an insult to fine eating. All industrial food.

Yes, but Terminal 3 is mainly a long haul terminal, so regardless of the McDonald’s in Terminal 4 and the Burger King in terminal 1, passengers cannot fill up on food at terminal 3 because it so unfairly priced.

oops……T4 i mean…..whatever, u know, the one where KLM, concorde, and a lot of BAs longhauls take off from……
that’s the good thing about AMS (for example)…..ONE terminal

Originally posted by T5
Heathrow’s terminal 3 is extremely overpriced for everything, especially food and drink.

Gatwick has a selection of restaurants including McDonald’s and Harry Ramsden’s. Heathrow has nothing affordable after security.

I disagree Michael….
T5 has a McDs after security…..and other stuff i cant remember

Heathrow’s terminal 3 is extremely overpriced for everything, especially food and drink.

Gatwick has a selection of restaurants including McDonald’s and Harry Ramsden’s. Heathrow has nothing affordable after security.

And in Genoa, next to the very large Ferry Terminal, a shopping Mall including a major Supermarket – and the Ferry Ticket Office is inside the Mall area so you need to go there for your tickets – clever, no?;)

Interesting concept, when you think how long most people have to hang around in airports, I’m surprised there aren’t more “leisure” facilities available to the public. I think the majority of us would consider airport shops to be somewhere to use as a last resort or for buying those things we forgot to pack for the holiday, such as sun cream and film for the camera.

If airports got more “high street” in their retail philosophy, then yes I’m sure they could attract a great deal more business, and not just from travelers.

To give an example. I was over at Leith near Edinburgh the other day, where the former Royal Yacht Britannia is docked. The area is essentially a dock for passing cruiseliners I.E. A port of entry. They have the usual things you’d expect at an international port, but they also have one huge shopping mall, right on the quayside. Result…. ? hordes of international tourists and travellers, mixing it with the locals and spending their money in actual retail stores at the same prices as their equivalent stores in town.

A good model for airports methinks ? 😎

The airport here in YYC has taken a unique approach to the issue. They have made a point of charging vendors fair market rates for their leased space in the airport. In return for the cheaper rent, any vendor in the airport must promise to charge the fair market price for their goods and services. Not only has this been a pleasent suprise to passengers eating/shopping at the airport, the airport has been able to attract the general public to come and take advantage of the unique stores and competitive prices, shopping at the airport as if it were a mall. The retailers do more business and as a result the airport is able to attract more recognizable chains which will draw even more people in. Why more airports haven’t employed this business strategy is beyond me.

hey steve, i bet you wouldnt want to pay the rent on having a premise at an international airport or any airport for that matter.