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The whole point in this is that I agree that if CF-A won't be open on Sundays during normal FF business hours, they shouldn't get the DIA concession. They've made the decision to remain closed on Sundays. The respective DIA (or whoever) authorities made the decision to serve their patronage full-time instead of part-time. I can respect that. Free market at work.
I agree...to a point.
If it's a decision based on choosing a type of restaurant (for example, here it might be between KFC and CFA), then being open for full service would be a fair issue; after all, an airport has a limited amount of space for food vendors. Isn't Sunday one of the highest travel days of the week?
This may not be that unlike when I was a school principal, and certain purchases/contracts needed to be put out on bid. We didn't have to take the lowest bid, but we had to be able to outline why we made a choice that was not the lowest bid. For example, in a Yearbook contract, we didn't go with the lowest bid, because that company had certain deadlines that we felt were unreasonable. Another year we didn't go with a particular company because we could point to timeliness in shipments of supplies for industrial arts. So to me, being closed on a big travel day would be a poor case for CFA to get one of the limited spaces in the airport.
The airport isn't taking a % cut of the revenue. It's leasing space. If the shop wants to leave it dark on Sunday, God bless them.
On signage every weekend, they can even also explain to their prospective customers why.
Percentage Rent is common in malls and food courts - the landlord gets a % of sales above a threshold. Management at a municipal airport has a duty to provide suitable eating options to passengers and should have the right to say that outlets must be open 7 days a week. I don't know if CFA closes on Sundays at other airports.
Since Chick Fil-A is not guilty of 1) discriminating in their hiring practices, and 2) discriminating on whom they serve, I see a very fat lawsuit coming against the city of Denver.
The owners of Chick Fil-A have religious views that include marriage as one man and one woman, but they still are following the law. THIS is a freedom of religion issue. You have a company that follows the law, but also has PERSONAL beliefs which is prohibiting them from getting their lease renewed.
One of the main reasons why Chick-Fil-A is not getting the license is because of their policy on closing on Sundays. Since that is 1/7 of the week they are closed; that means valuable retail space is being taken up by an establishment that is shut down one day of the week. Considering it is an airport which has people coming and going every day of the week and any time of day; this is unacceptable from a business standpoint.
Percentage Rent is common in malls and food courts - the landlord gets a % of sales above a threshold. Management at a municipal airport has a duty to provide suitable eating options to passengers and should have the right to say that outlets must be open 7 days a week. I don't know if CFA closes on Sundays at other airports.
Here's the rent structure at DIA:
"What is the rent structure?
"The rent is equal to a Minimum Annual Guarantee (MAG) which is the rate per square foot or a Percentage Fee, whichever is greater. The Percentage Fee is established in the RFP document according to the concession policy.
"Retail $70 per square foot
"Food/Beverage $59 per square foot
"Services $36 per square foot
"Office Space $59 per square foot
"Storage Space $12 per square foot"
business.flydenver.com/bizops/documents/faqs.pdf
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