Café Intermezzo/Buckhead Books at HJAIA Named Best Food & Beverage Offering within a
Retail/Convenience Store.

AIRPORT CONCESSIONS OPERATOR CREWS AWARDED SECOND CONSECUTIVE INTERNATIONAL MOODIE DAVITT REPORT FOOD & BEVERAGE (FAB) AWARD AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE & AWARDS CEREMONY

Atlanta, GA – June 26, 2018 – Family owned and operated airport concessions company, Crews (d.b.a. Airport Retail Management) has been awarded a 2018 International Moodie Davitt Report Food and Beverage (FAB) Awards for Café Intermezzo/Buckhead Books located on Concourse B of the world’s busiest airport, Hartsfield‐Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Crews received this prestigious award for Best Food & Beverage Offering within a Retail/Convenience Store. This is Crews’s second FAB award in consecutive years being awarded in 2017 for Rock & Brews located at Los Angeles International Airport. The shortlist was comprised of the Moodie Davitt Report’s highest rated operations located in travel centers all around the world. The award was presented at the annual Food & Beverage (FAB) Conference & Awards in Helsinki, Finland on June 20‐21. The finalists were as follows:

Best Food & Beverage Offering within a Retail/Convenience Store:

Crews, Cafe Intermezzo/Buckhead Books, Hartsfield‐Jackson Atlanta International Airport ‐ Winner

Areas, Samarium, Multiple locations (Spain)

Irelands Eye Seafood’s, Wrights of Hot, Dublin Airport

Lagardère Travel Retail, Premium Food Gate, Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport SSP Norway, Point, Oslo Airport

About Company

Crews is an Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) operating company with thirty one (31) food & beverage and retail locations spread between four (4) of U.S.’s Top 30 airports across the country. Crews’s operations are found at Hartsfield‐Jackson Atlanta International (ATL), Los Angeles International (LAX), Washington Dulles International (IAD) and Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA) Airports.  Crews’s largest retail operation resides in ATL with twelve (12) locations. The aforementioned full service café/bookstore Café Intermezzo and authorized Apple reseller electronic store iTravel are among two of ATL’s top grossing locations in their respective categories. LAX boasts nine (9) food & beverage such as two (2) Rock & Brews Concert Bars, Klatch Coffee and the award winning Lemonade. Between IAD and DCA Crews operates a mix of food & beverage and retail. IAD’s six (6) travel essential and specialty retail locations are led by the internally created Capital City Ink and sister location iTravel 2 selling electronic accessories. Rounding out the operation, DCA has a true mix of concessions in Terminal B also known as “South Pier”. The terminal’s flagship location is one of the country’s fastest growing brands, the Mediterranean fast casual concept Cava Grill.  Cava offers a fast, delicious and quality Mediterranean fare at the pace travels need. Crews also redeveloped the End Pier to grab‐n‐go concept Lickety Split, news & gift kiosk iTravel 2 and full service bar Sip, Munch & More. Crews is an organization with entrepreneurial spirit that values creativity, customer service and “innovating the traveler’s experience.”

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