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Feb 25, 2026

A Layover Lifesaver: Snack Smarter at the Airport with Health-conscious Grab & Go

The evolution of Avolta’s award-winning Eat Well. Travel Further. program has landed at select HMSHost dining venues at Chicago O’Hare, and will arrive soon at LAX and Phoenix Sky Harbor.

BETHESDA, Maryland (Feb. 25, 2026) – The evolution of Avolta’s award-winning Eat Well. Travel Further. program has landed at select HMSHost dining venues at Chicago O’Hare, and will arrive soon at LAX and Phoenix Sky Harbor.

Say hello to food that fulfills and nourishes. A better way to fuel while on the move is landing at three of America’s busiest airports.

Avolta (SIX: AVOL), a leading global travel retail and food & beverage player, announced it has evolved its award-winning Eat Well. Travel Further. collection of grab & go options to serve and satisfy a new generation of health-conscious travelers.

Now available at select HMSHost dining venues at O’Hare International Airport (ORD), and coming soon to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), Eat Well. Travel Further. offers fresh ingredients and bold flavors in a convenient grab & go format, expanding travelers’ options for tasty, nutrient-rich foods that energize and support a healthy lifestyle.

Shaped by extensive consumer research and insights, the new Eat Well. Travel Further. program is a chef-curated collection that spans three categories — high-protein, plant-based, and macro-balanced — and is free of artificial flavors and sweeteners, synthetic colors, high fructose corn syrup, and hydrogenated fats. These balanced meals, sandwiches and wraps, salads, snack cups, parfaits, and more are tasty and nutrient-rich, providing travelers with premium options that incorporate quality ingredients, products, and flavors, for every preference and taste.

“Our Eat Well. Travel Further. offering is a purposeful evolution of a bold idea that began almost a decade ago to empower travelers to eat healthier in airports,” said Steve Johnson, President & CEO, North America, Avolta. “The travel food & beverage scene has undergone a major transformation, driven by new consumer expectations and emerging needs, and so we’ve responded by raising the bar for what airport grab & go can and should be. We’ve designed a contemporary program that puts today’s travelers at the center by leaning into their lifestyle preferences.”

Travelers seeking these high-quality culinary creations, can find the Eat Well. Travel Further. collection at select O’Hare locations, including:

  • Chi Life (Terminal 1, C Gates)
  • Chi Life (Terminal 5, M Gates)
  • Ciao (Terminal 1, C Gates)
  • Eat Well. Travel Further. (Terminal 2, F Gates)
  • Stanley’s Blackhawks Kitchen & Tap (Terminal 2, E Gates)
  • Farmers Market (Terminal 3, Rotunda)
  • Fulton Street Cafe (Terminal 3, H Gates)
  • Brioche Dorée (Terminal 3, K Gates)
  • Carry Out Carry On (Terminal 2, E Gates)

“The initial Eat Well. Travel Further. launch at O’Hare, LAX, and Phoenix Sky Harbor is just the beginning,” Johnson added. “Our goal is to expand this unique program across our convenience and food & beverage operations in North America’s airports and continue to evolve it based on customer feedback and insights, so, no matter where their journey takes them, travelers know they can rely on us for real, good food.”

About HMSHost
HMSHost, part of Avolta AG (SIX: AVOL), is a leader in creating dining for travel venues. The restaurateur operates over 1,000 locations in nearly 80 airports across North America, including proprietary concepts, local, regional, and national brands, and partnerships with award-winning chefs. For decades, HMSHost has curated food and beverage programs that make a traveler’s journey as exciting as the destination.

The industry has repeatedly recognized HMSHost with awards such as Restaurateur with the Highest Regard for Customer Service and Best Brand Restaurateur for Shake Shack by Airport Experience News. In recent years, USA TODAY's 10Best Readers' Choice Awards has awarded first place honors to HMSHost's Three Kings Public House at St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) and its Whisky River locations at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) and Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU). ACI-NA, the trade association representing commercial service airports in the United States and Canada, recognized HMSHost with the 2020 Associate Inclusion Champion Award for leadership and achievement in the ongoing inclusion of business and workforce diversity, outreach, and advocacy. Additionally, ACI-NA awarded HMSHost the 2024 Excellence in Airport Concessions Award for the Best Employee Recognition Program. The company also creates original, award-winning events and campaigns including Airport Restaurant Month, Channel Your Inner Chef live culinary contest, 1,000 Acts of Kindness, JBF@ORD Chef Series, and Eat Well. Travel Further.

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