> As a free-market worshipper
Free market in a location owned by the government where the government gets to control who the vendors are and what the customers are allowed to bring in? Thats not a free market to begin with.
Free market in a location owned by the government where the government gets to control who the vendors are and what the customers are allowed to bring in? Thats not a free market to begin with.
Keep in mind that the venue owner has overhead for each and every vendor, awarding a concessions contract to a single entity simplifies things for the organization that owns the airport. There’s also a limited amount of space in an airport and having one concessions company storing food for all of their ‘restaurants’ in one location instead of having a dozen or more tiny food storage areas simplifies things for the airport yet again.
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