ROMANIA. Lagardère Travel Retail Romania has shared plans with The Moodie Davitt Report to inaugurate a new food & beverage concept, Local+40, at Timisoara International Airport this month.
Timisoara is located in western Romania, near the country’s borders with Hungary and Serbia. The city is the country’s fifth most populous.
The 315sq m concession – located in the airside Schengen Area – will become the airport’s largest F&B space and combine the new bar/restaurant with an adjacent 1Minute store selling travel essentials and to-go food and drinks.
The name Local+40 reflects Romania’s +40 country telephone number prefix, inspired by the similar Local+48 concession established by Lagardère Travel Retail in Polish airports (+48 is Poland’s equivalent).
Local+40’s food offer comprises classic pub dishes and finger food such as burgers, chicken wings, chicken nuggets, wedges and sausages. Bringing healthier options, various salads are also menu staples.
The drinks menu includes a wide range of spirits, cocktails, beers and coffee varieties.
1Minute complements the Local+40 F&B offer with a wide range of wraps, pastries, desserts, yoghurts, lemonades and other popular beverages.
Local+40/1Minute becomes Lagardère Travel Retail’s ninth Timisoara International Airport concession. The company also operates three Relay stores, three So Coffee cafés, Hub Convenience and an additional 1Minute.
Lagardère Travel Retail Romania Chief Operating Officer Costin Neacșu told The Moodie Davitt report the company is present with its three main business lines (Duty Paid, Travel Essentials and Food Services) in most major airports across the country. Offers include Aelia@Bucharest, Discover and Relay stores at Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport.
So Coffee, Relay, Hub Convenience, Discover and 1Minute concessions can be also found in other Romanian airports such as Bacau, Brasov, Craiova, Cluj, Iasi, Sibiu and Suceava. 
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