In message <1188726220.278312.179950@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com>, at
02:43:40 on Sun, 2 Sep 2007, CJB remarked:
>One BAA leaflet, entitled Guide to Stansted Airport, stated: "The
>price of all food and drink sold in BAA airports is matched with the
>UK high street, so you won't pay a penny more than you' re used to."
>
>The leaflet listed airport food and drink outlets. A second leaflet,
>entitled Taste, stated: "Don't forget, our caterers are committed to
>matching the price of all the food and drink they sell within their
>airport stores against their high street equivalents." BAA told the
>ASA that it had contracts with retailers which demanded price parity
>with the high street. It claimed that prices at each airport were
>compared with the local high street, or, in cases where the retailer
>did not have a branch on that high street, with the nearest outlet.
Luton Airport (yes, I know it's not BAA, but I'm pretty sure the retail
outlets have a consistent policy across airports): £3.10 for a pint of
lager landside, £2.90 airside [is there VAT on beer, and would that
account for the difference?]. Is that the price in a pub in Luton (can
anyone comment?)
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Roland Perry |