Why does a plastic-wrapped turkey sandwich cost $15 at the NYC airport?
American living in the UK. Go back to visit family in Northern California ever year or two. On the way out (Heathrow) we can get a Pret or similar for more or less the same price as in central London, say £5-7 per person for a medium sized meal. And there are well over a dozen options of similar restaurants.<p>On the way back (SFO), it’s basically Burger King or one of the airport sandwich shops, and $20+ per person.<p>I don’t know the details of why it’s one way or the other, but clearly it doesn’t <i>have</i> to be like this!