Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) has\nexpanded its award-winning concession program with the debut of Farmer\u2019s\nFridge, an innovative vending machine brand that sells fresh and healthy meal\noptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The smart-tech refrigerated vending units offer a menu of\nfresh salads, meal bowls, and healthy snacks, with a focus on premium and fresh\ningredients. The company uses technology to continually track inventory for\nfreshness and stock products that are customized to customer preference trends\nat each vending unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFarmer\u2019s Fridge meets a growing demand for fresh and\nhealthy meal alternatives at the airport and also accommodates those who don\u2019t\nhave time for traditional dine-in venues or food-to-go queue lines,\u201d said\nIsabella Rhawie, Assistant Director for Concessions and Business Development\nfor the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC), which operates MSP. \u201cThe\nvending machine platform allows us to expand our reach to customers with\nmultiple placements in our terminals and concourses, accessible 24 hours a\nday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MSP is the first location for Farmer\u2019s Fridge in Minnesota\nfor the Chicago-based company, which operates more than 400 vending units\nacross the country in airports, hospitals, office buildings, universities and\nother locations. Seven vending machines are in Terminal 1, with locations in\nthe Main Mall Food Court, and near gates F8, E12, C7, C10, C18, and in baggage\nclaim near Carousel 6. Another unit is operating in T2 near gate H10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Farmer\u2019s Fridge vending units also promote a more\nsustainable incentive for customers, allowing them to deposit their BPA-free\ncontainers back into the machine, where they are later collected to be\nrecycled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MSP\u2019s concessions program features 130 restaurant and shops;\n80 have opened in just the last five years. The program has received the ACI-NA\nRichard A. Griesbach Award of Excellence for Overall Concession Program and was\nhonored with Best Overall Airport Offering for the Americas handed out in 2019\nby the Moodie Davitt Report FAB Awards. In 2020, MSP was named to the ACI\u2019s\nDirector General\u2019s Roll of Excellence in Airport Service Quality, after winning\nBest Airport in North America (in its size category) for four straight years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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