California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) announced the opening of a new franchise location at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The opening marks the brand’s second location within the airport as CPK continues to expand across U.S. markets. Located within Terminal 6 at LAX, the new restaurant is owned and operated by Greg Plummer, CEO and managing partner of Concord Collective, a minority-owned airport concession operator.
The location will provide guests with the full-service “California Casual” dining experience, with a menu featuring a range of classic CPK dishes including hearth-baked pizzas, salads and pastas. The menu will also carry several new California-inspired breakfast items.
CPK expanded into Canada for the first time in August with the opening of its new Edmonton location and opened in Santiago International Airport early last month. Additional CPK locations in Costa Rica and India are scheduled to open later this year.
Plummer began his career in restaurant management at LAX in 2005. He and his Los Angeles-based team at Concord Collective recently acquired SSP America’s LAX businesses, making the company the first Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) business to take over the entire portfolio of a major food and beverage concession operator. Together, the joint venture partners currently operate eight food and beverage outlets for Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield Airports (URW), the prime commercial developer and manager at LAX.
