A 24/7 market for your airport-area facility costs the site nothing. Chewings owns the equipment, holds the King County food permit, stocks it and services it. You provide the space and one 120V outlet. We serve the businesses around Sea-Tac and Paine Field — cargo, ground handling, parking, FBOs, maintenance and airport hotels.
Straight answer on terminal concessions
We do not operate inside the Sea-Tac terminal, and it is worth saying so plainly rather than implying otherwise.
Concessions on the secure side are awarded by the Port of Seattle through competitive leasing, with multi-year terms, minimum annual guarantees and badging requirements built for national concession operators. That is a procurement process, not a sales conversation, and a local operator our size is not the right answer to it.
What we do serve is everything in the ring around the airport — and those businesses have the same round-the-clock problem with none of the concession bureaucracy.
Airport-adjacent sites that work
| Site type | Why it works |
|---|---|
| Air cargo and freight forwarding | Runs overnight, when nothing nearby is open |
| Ground handling and ramp crew rooms | Shift-based, short breaks, no time to leave |
| Aircraft maintenance facilities | Long shifts, secured sites, limited exit |
| Off-airport parking operators | Staff on site 24/7, customers waiting for shuttles |
| FBOs and charter terminals | Crew and passengers at unpredictable hours |
| Airport hotels | Late arrivals — see hotel markets |
| Rental car service centres | Shift work, campus sites away from retail |
Why the ring around an airport is underserved
The airport industrial belt — SeaTac, Tukwila, Burien, Des Moines, and the Paine Field corridor in Everett — is dense with employers and thin on anywhere to buy food after dark.
These are also sites where leaving is genuinely costly. A badged facility means going out and coming back through security. A ramp crew has a fixed turnaround window. An overnight cargo shift finishes when nothing is open anyway. For that combination an unattended market is not a convenience, it is the only practical option.
What these sites stock
Closer to a shift breakroom than to a terminal shop: real meals rather than snacks, caffeine at the start of every shift including the one beginning at 11pm, and over-the-counter basics. Over 3,000 items in the catalogue, with local brands and a standing international range, and your team can request specific items.
Frequently asked questions
Can you operate inside a secured or badged facility?
Yes, on the same basis as any other vendor coming onto your site — scheduled visits, escorted or badged access per your security procedure. Tell us the requirement early, because it shapes the restock schedule.
Do we need a permit?
A micro market in King County is a permitted food establishment and needs plan review from Public Health — Seattle & King County before opening, under the Washington State Food Code, Chapter 246-215 WAC. Chewings is the permit holder. Sites in Snohomish County near Paine Field are permitted through the Snohomish Health District instead; we handle either.
What if the crew room has no reliable wifi?
The kiosk needs a data connection for payments. Most sites use building wifi on a device network. Worth flagging early on warehouse and hangar sites, where placement is sometimes decided by signal rather than by footfall.
How small can a site be?
Hours matter more than headcount. A 40-person operation running three shifts often beats a 150-person daytime site. Bring your shift pattern to the walkthrough — that is the number that decides it.
Book a walkthrough
We serve airport-area businesses around Sea-Tac — SeaTac, Tukwila, Burien, Des Moines, Renton — and the Paine Field corridor in Everett, from our base in Kenmore. Book a free 30-minute walkthrough.
