Originally Posted by
UpperDeckJunkie
Anyone know if it is still Gate Gourmet at IAD? Given the ongoing mess at SFO due to the switch to LSG, I'm wondering if the same thing is going to happen with flights out of IAD....
Still Gate Gourmet as of yesterday...since every station is negotiated more-or-less individually (sometimes in clusters/small groups but, AFAIK, never systemwide) it may happen eventually but I wouldn't anticipate it happening any time in the near future.
Hypothetically speaking, if UA were to change caterers at a major hub -- like IAD -- given the proportion of the airport's overall catering business that represents I would expect the outgoing caterer to impact more than 50 jobs and trigger the requirement for a WARN notice at least 60 days before taking effect [baring things like unforeseeable events/acts of God/force majeure where they may be filed retrospectively). Per the Virginia Department of Workforce Development and Advancement --
https://www.virginiaworks.gov/warn-notices/ -- the last time Gate Gourmet filed a WARN notice (affecting 330 employees) was back in 2020... For reasons I'm sure surprise no one.