Keith Williams wrote:
> In article <43CBB846.C095284D@sympatico.ca>,
> adavid.smith@sympatico.ca says...
> > Pooh Bear wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > > A nice option would be reasonably priced takeout food at airports. It
> > > > would be nice if there was a decent deli where you could get a good
> > > > sandwich without paying an arm and a leg. With current day security
> > > > problems you have to be at the airport 2 hours ahead of time. Between
> > > > travel time to the airport, two hours or more at the airport and then a few
> > > > hours in the plane, most people start to get pretty hungry, but how many
> > > > can afford the hyper inflated prices at airport concessions.
> > >
> > > Overheads are high at airports. The traveller pays for the convenience of
> > > shopping there.
> >
> > True, though I would suggest that they are artificially high because of extremely
> > high rent. Parking is also extremely expensive at most airports. Travellers are
> > a captive audience. They have to be there early. They are often stuck there for
> > hours and unable to leave. Travellers tend to have more money, and everyone
> > wants to get a piece out of them.
>
> There are exceptions. Pittsburgh has a rather nice airport with
> reasonable prices. The concourses look like a mall. AIUI the
> retailers cannot charge more for products sold in the airport than
> they do elsewhere. Last time I was there (a while back) I got a
> slice of pizza and a bottle of beer for about $4.
A number of the shops at Heathrow ( and elsewhere in the UK ) are 'multiple stores'.
Dixons, Boots and W H Smith come to mind.
They charge the same as their other high street shops.
Graham
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