It has been more than 20 years since Palm Beach International Airport (KPBI) has sold chewing gum at their retail stores.  Airport Director Bruce Pelly feared that passengers would ruin the terminal’s new furniture by sticking their used piece of Wrigley’s under a chair or table that in 1991 he vowed to support the ban of gum at vendors. What he didn’t realize is that gum is the single best selling item at airport retail stores, probably costing them close to $1 million dollars in revenue during the 20 year span. The obstacle to sell gum has come up numerous times, but airport officials have “always been adamant against it,” says Casandra Davis, PBI spokesperson.

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