Why Does a Plastic-Wrapped Turkey Sandwich Cost $15 at the NYC Airport?

Re:Why Does a Plastic-Wrapped Turkey Sandwich Cost $15 at th... by ajmurmann on Saturday April 15, 2023 @07:54PM (#35585860)

Not aware of an airport-only chain there either, but European airports night not need them since they tend to funnel you through massive duty-free shopping malls. It will forever be a mystery to be who buys all that shit and keeps these stores in business. A bottle of liquor would need to be at a ridiculous price for me to deal with the hassle of transporting it back from an international trip.

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Re:Why Does a Plastic-Wrapped Turkey Sandwich Cost $15 at th... by boguscoder on Saturday April 15, 2023 @10:08PM (#35586614)

Ha, you should watch slavic tourists in those duty frees (source: l’m slav) - a bottle of any above-cheap imported alcohol might be 10$+ cheaper there, nice cologne would save you even more and has higher chance of not being a knockoff from Asia. When they have a chance to save few dozen bucks - they do and I don’t see what’s bad about it, maybe apart from overflows in baggage compartments. I imagine folks like Swedes with alcohol monopoly and pretty fly taxes on alco would understand this too

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Re:Why Does a Plastic-Wrapped Turkey Sandwich Cost $15 at th... by throwaway2037 on Sunday April 16, 2023 @04:57AM (#35588359)

Chinese tourists are probably the #1 customers. The most savvy stores will have Mandarin-speaking staff!

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Re:Why Does a Plastic-Wrapped Turkey Sandwich Cost $15 at th... by laurentlb on Sunday April 16, 2023 @11:12AM (#35590660)

I often buy local alcohol in the airport (instead of having to take a checked-in luggage).

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