Yes, your contact referring to them as 'squeezy' can only be relating to legroom. You mentioned in another post you left property on a flight only for it to never been seen again. My apologies, I got that one slightly wrong.
I'm sure it was established that the onboard products in the bars are not easy' s to sell. The contents belong to the caterer. The money goes to the caterer. Pricing logic should surely be with the caterer and not the airline. The airline can't take off the VAT as its not the airline that is charging the VAT. The POS devices do not belong to the airline, receipts are made out by the caterer and not the airline. Therefore it's the catering companies who supply the airlines and not the airlines them selves who are ripping off