Posted on 05/18/2022 2:44:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey recently announced a number of new measures to rein in pricing at airports after a traveler saw beer being sold at LaGuardia Airport for $28 last year.
Authorities said the Aviation Department has “significantly enhanced” compliance with the fair market pricing policy for goods sold in airport concessionaires. This means that no item should be sold above local “street prices” with a 10% maximum surcharge. The policy also requires vendors to offer lower-priced options.
The most popular craft brewery in every state, according to Yelp Revisions to the Concessionaire Street Pricing Standards and Procedures Manual came after the Office of Inspector General received reports of policy violations, including the traveler’s complaint on social media last year regarding the overpriced beer.
Along with his complaint, the traveler shared a photo of the beer menu, which showed beer prices ranging from $13.05 to $27.85 per glass at the LaGuardia restaurant. He also alleged that the restaurant was charging a “10% recovery fee.”
OTG, which operated the restaurant that sold the beer, had overly charged 25 customers, according to the Office of Inspector General. As a corrective measure, all patrons were contacted and were given refunds for the “totally indefensible” prices, the Port Authority said.
Why isn’t beer sold in plastic bottles like soda? The Office of Inspector General further determined that a former version of the pricing policy was too unclear for concessionaires to comply with. Moving forward, the Aviation Department will regularly check the prices of goods being sold.
“All airport customers should rightly expect that policies which limit the pricing of food and beverages at concessions will be followed and enforced,” Port Authority Chairman Kevin O’Toole said in a statement. “Nobody should have to fork over such an exorbitant amount for a beer.”
The Aviation Department held an initial round of workshops to explain the new policies to terminal operators and vendor managers.
Almost as expensive as Alaska...
The song I like for this article is: “I’m pretty good at drinking beer.” Here are the lyrics.
I wasn’t born for diggin deep holes
I’m not made for pavin’ long roads
I ain’t cut out to climb high line poles
But I’m pretty good at drinkin’ beer
I’m not the type to work in a bank
I’m no good at slappin’ on things
Don’t have a knack for makin’ motors crank, no
But I’m pretty good at drinkin’ beer
So hand me one more
That’s what I’m here for
I’m built for having a ball
I love the nightlife
I love my Bud Light
I like ‘em cold and tall
I ain’t much for mowin’ thick grass
I’m too slow for workin’ too fast
I don’t do windows so honey don’t ask
But I’m pretty good at drinkin’ beer
A go getter maybe I’m not
I’m not known for doin’ a lot
But I do my best work when the weather’s hot
I’m pretty good at drinkin’ beer
So hand me one more
That’s what I’m here for
I’m built for having a ball
I love the nightlife
I love my Bud Light
I like ‘em cold and tall
I wasn’t born for diggin’ deep holes
I’m not made for pavin’ long roads
I ain’t cut out to climb high line poles
But I’m pretty good at drinkin’ beer
I’m pretty good at drinkin’ beer
O hand me one more boys...
That’s what I’m here for
No beer on earth is worth $28 dollars a glass, but wine drinkers on the other hand.....oh boy......no value shoppers with that crowd.
Sadly (for them), I'd happily pay $5 or $6 for a beer, even though that is way overpriced and at high margin for the vendor. But they get too greedy.
$28 beer. Government setting the price is worse, much worse.
Just don’t buy it.
Right.
If you want to be a big shot, you have to throw some money around!
I saw a little news blurb where apparently Justin Thomas complained that spectators at the last PGA tournament had to pay $18 for a single can of beer. He was not complaining for himself (he earned $6.7 mil last year) but that is not the way to treat the fans that go to watch the players.
Beer in plastic containers?
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I damn straight ain’t buying beer or whiskey in anything but a glass container
Good thinking andy
New York sheisters.
> What if they are an alcoholic?
Pretty sure the pilots get a discount.
Lol.. ivory tower folks don’t get real working class Americans. Nice post.
Thirty odd years ago I heard a joke about how drinks cost so much at the airport that you had to order two singles before you could get up the nerve to order a double.
$28 for a beer. And here I thought $5 for a hot dog at the airport 30 years ago was robbery.
Safe to say when you go to any airport drinks and snacks will be very overpriced. So either pay up and don’t complain or don’t buy any.
Bar-S frank - 13 cents
Bun - 12 cents
Condiments - 5 cents
Total - 30 cents
There’s a reason I made burgers at home tonight.
There’s a reason I don’t like eating out. Ok, lots of reasons.
Some 40 years ago I worked at a national soft drink manufacturer that held the contract for Texas Stadium soda concessions.
What was always left unsaid is that the City of Irving collected 25% of the gross of all pours.
Same with the Texas State Fair and numerous other venues.
So when we complained about $6 sodas, the single biggest stakeholder(?) was the city government.
It was true then and is true today.
And that was just off the soda contracts that I saw.
Can’t imagine what shakedowns the alcohol concessions have to go through.
Horse puckey. If people are paying it, it's 100% defensible. Also good business. To quote Marie Antoinette, "Let them drink Woke-a-Cola."
Wait a second... Did this person purchase this $28 beer? Were people willingly buying these $28 beers?
Let the market work it out.
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