Monisha and Rajiv Singla are celebrating not only the opening of their latest concessions concepts at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), but a return to the facility where they began their airport careers. The brother-sister duo behindACDBE-certified M&R Concessions recently debuted a new Dunkin’ in JFK’s revamped Terminal 8 and will soon open an Alidoro sandwich shop in the terminal as well. Monisha and Rajiv first worked with T8’s concessions development partner Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) in 1996, when they assisted their father Ram Singla at his restaurant in the old Terminal 8. After creating a web development consulting company, Monisha returned to the hospitality business, founding M&R Concessions in 2013. Rajiv, who had been working in asset management, joined as M&R Concessions CFO and partner in 2015. In addition to their work in T8, Monisha and Rajiv assisted JFK in its redevelopment of the Terminal 1 food program and will operate several concessions in the new Terminal 6.
“M&R Concessions truly takes a customer-first approach and is exactly the type of business with whom we seek to partner,” said Ian Carter, URW’s vice president at JFK. “We are proud to work with Monisha and Rajiv as, together, we raise the bar at JFK Terminal 8.”
“We sought to bring brands to the airport that we care about but are also recognizable, even iconic, to New Yorkers,” added Rajiv of the move to operate New York favorites like Alidoro in JFK. “We are operators first so finding a brand that we can successfully translate is also important. We want to be sure we can provide the same customer experience as on the street and are confident we can.”
