They’re serving up a bitter shot of sticker shock.
A Starbucks stop at Los Angeles International Airport prices 42.9% more than at a metropolis store — the nation’s Tenth-steepest airport markup, according to an Upgraded Points examine.
A basket of common gadgets at the java retailer jumped from $24.45 outside the airport to $34.95 inside — a $10.50 hit to vacationers.
A Starbucks stop at Los Angeles International Airport prices 42.9% more than at a metropolis store Facebook/@doug.greenwald
A basket of common gadgets at the java retailer jumped from $24.45 outside the airport to $34.95 inside — a $10.50 hit to vacationers. Starbucks Coffee Company
The highlight on gateside gouging comes as LA raises minimal pay for coated airport employees — with a city-approved baseline of $25 an hour, before healthcare prices — hovering to $30 by 2029.
Southern Californians are already being pushed to the pricing restrict when flying — appetite-killing asks at eateries inside Hollywood Burbank Airport’s gleaming new terminal hit the headlines earlier this week, with officers dashing to acknowledge that they were addressing the situation.
Meanwhile, at LAX, the Starbucks order studied included a grande brewed espresso, grande caffé latte, bacon, Gouda and egg sandwich, Strawberry Açaí Refresher and birthday cake pop.
The average premium was 26.5% — far below the practically 50% grub gouge endured by LAX flyers. Getty Images
Researchers checked pretax app costs in July at one Starbucks in each of 53 airports — against one store in the corresponding metropolis.
The average premium was 26.5% — far below the practically 50% grub gouge endured by LAX flyers.
Still, caffeine-craving Angelenos could fare worse, at an airport many frequent — Harry Reid International in Las Vegas tied with Charlotte Douglas for the greatest markup nationwide, at 56.4%.
A California airport espresso run doesn’t always carry an LAX-sized sting — San Francisco International’s five-item basket value $27.90, a comparatively modest 13.7% premium.
Closer to home, Burbank passengers have been choking on costs at the airport’s $1.3 billion alternative terminal, which opened October 13.
As The California Post reported Wednesday, one traveler flagged a $25 bean-and-cheese burrito at Poquito Mas — in contrast with $11.95 at another Burbank location.
Another claimed they’d paid practically $50 for three tacos and a bottled water.
“Plan on taking out a loan,” that traveler griped on Reddit.
“I paid $35 for the breakfast burrito and coffee,” another wrote.
The airport’s printed concession guidelines typically restrict food and beverage costs to 15% above an estimated street-price benchmark.
But the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority informed The California Post that concessions supervisor MSC Burbank LLC missed its deadline to submit the knowledge needed to set up those benchmarks.
Officials said they were working with the company to secure compliance.
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