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“The competition resulted in a slate of new food & beverage establishments representing some of LA’s most sought-after restaurants and celebrity chefs“ |
Gina Marie Lindsey Executive Director Los Angeles World Airports |
US. The Board of Airport Commissioners has approved a ten-year contract to DNCTHS/M/D Food Group for new food & beverage concessions in Terminal 5 at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
All of the new concession are based on concepts from the City of Los Angeles or Southern California, and will be developed around the city’s popular The Farmers Market tourist attraction. Local favourites will be featured including Mr Marcel, aka monsieur marcel; T & Y Bakery; Magee’s House of Nuts; Light my Fire spices; Ultimate Candy Company; Bennett’s Ice Cream and Three Dog Bakery; ¡Lotería! Grill (Chef Jimmy Shaw); and The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.
The main objective of the new concessions competition is to increase passenger satisfaction by introducing a world-class concessions programme reflecting the best of local, regional and national concepts appropriate for LAX, the airport said.
Particular emphasis was placed on creating a “˜sense of place’ reflecting the locales and flavour of the Los Angeles region, while encouraging local and Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise participation.
The new concessions are expected to build out through 2012, and complement concessionaires previously selected last October.
“The competition resulted in a slate of new food & beverage establishments representing some of LA’s most sought-after restaurants and celebrity chefs,” said Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) Executive Director Gina Marie Lindsey. “We have a cast of new, talented and proven restaurants that will help put the “˜LA’ back into “˜LAX’.”
The new contract is expected to return to LAWA minimum revenue of US$2 million for the first year, and US$20 million over the ten-year term. The Board-approved contract and F&B contracts awarded by the Board in May for Terminals 4, 7 and 8 are subject to approval by the Los Angeles City Council.
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