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Andy Hall wrote:
And I'm not convinced there is any extra handling - the factory will be
close to the airport (in this case) and should be able to deliver
straight to the plane or a central distribution where they are treated
much as any other consumables an aircraft needs.

Items have to packed into special trays, go through security checks
which involve more handling, loaded on and off the plane, delivered to
the person, money collected and processed,....

Err, surely they'd be delivered in the packaging they're sold in? After
all, the reason for outsourcing is to end up with no labour costs? And
all aircraft have trolley dollies for security, etc, reasons. They come
free for dispensing food and drink?

There is a price/principle objection. On some flights on the same
airline, economy passengers get a similar but "free" sandwich. Most
people seem to take and eat them. As soon as they have to pay
separately, few buy.

Well, yes. But an efficient airline will have ordered their stocks with
this in mind?

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