"Autogrill Wins Texas Contract Worth $105 Million in Sales"

Wednesday, December 6, 2006

Autogrill Wins Texas Contract Worth $105 Million in Sales 
By Alessandro Torello
Bloomberg


Autogrill SpA, the world's biggest manager of airport and highway
restaurants, won a contract to run outlets at the El Paso, Texas airport.
The contract is worth $105 million in sales over 11 years. 

Autogrill, through its U.S. subsidiary HMSHost Corp., will manage 11 new
food and beverage shops in El Paso International Airport's main terminal,
Autogrill said today in a statement to the Italian stock exchange. The
contract starts in January and the restaurants will open between the third
quarter and the end of 2008. 

The new outlets ``will feature international brands like Starbucks Coffee,
Quizno's Sub, Pizza Hut, Burger King and local concepts such as Carlos &
Mickey's, a famous El Paso Mexican food label, El Paso Vineyards Wine Bar,
El Taco Tote and El Paso Market,'' Autogrill said. 

Autogrill runs the Spizzico and Ciao restaurant chains and manages U.S.
airport and highway outlets for Starbucks Corp., the world's largest
coffee-shop chain, and Burger King Corp., the second-largest U.S. hamburger
chain. The company makes half of its sales in Europe and half in the U.S.
through HMSHost and its Anton Airfood Inc. unit.

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