Nearly all the food and drink places are run by Select Service Partner. That includes the O'Briens. They're just freshening up their range I guess with a Subway.
SSP pay the airport £millions in concession fees every year (in fact they now have the concession for all 4 group airports) yet have to employ minimum wage staff from southern and eastern Europe cos their wages are so low. But MA made £80m profit last year, so that's ok. What profit did SSP make at MAN? Nil probably.
Staff facilities have got worse and worse since the old canteen upstairs that was always busy. Nothing to do with competition. It's all to do with bosses working us harder and harder so a lunch hour has become nothing more than a memory. Now it's expected that you take your lead from the bosses who come into the office with a Boots bag at 3pm cos it's the first chance to stop for a quick bite. Pathetic.