Catering Companies

The Catering Companies section on Catering Today focuses on the UK’s contract catering and event catering sectors, highlighting the businesses, partnerships, and innovations driving industry growth. It covers corporate, education, healthcare, and leisure catering, with news on contracts, sustainability, workforce management, and operational efficiency. Through company profiles, market analysis, and expert commentary, Catering Today provides professionals with insight into the strategies and challenges shaping modern catering services across the UK.

Mar- 2024 -

18 March

Compass Group Foundation surpasses £1m in charitable funding

Compass Group’s independent charitable foundation, the Compass Group Foundation has exceeded £1m in grant funding and charitable donations since its launch just over one year ago. The foundation, which is an independent charity registered with the Charity Commission in England and Wales, provides grants to non-profit organisations in countries where…
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8 March

BM signs £10m worth of contracts in six months

BM Caterers has announced that it has won contracts worth more than £10m over the last six months with clients across the legal, investment, real estate and media sectors. Its new clients, who are based across multiple sites across the UK, includes global real estate investor, developer and manager Hines,…
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4 March

Social Pantry announces catering partnership with Tower Bridge

Social Pantry has announced its exclusive catering partnership with London’s Tower Bridge. Founded by Alexandra Head in 2011, Social Pantry will work in tandem with the venue and clients to produce bespoke events and menus from canapés and cocktails to “innovative” food and drink stations. The group will utilise three…
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Feb- 2024 -

28 February

Compass reduces emissions by 9.4% amid 20% business growth

Compass Group UK and Ireland has reported an absolute reduction in emissions of -9.4% across Scope 1,2,3 (FY19 baseline – FY23) amid a 20% growth in business. This has been achieved, inclusive of the company’s “high” organic growth, acquisitions and joint ventures. By including Compass’ growth within its analysis, an…
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27 February

Levy UK&I extends contract with Sheffield United FC by 10 years

Sports and entertainment caterer, Levy UK&I, has announced a 10-year extension of its partnership with Sheffield United Football Club. As part of the contract extension, Levy will continue to manage all catering operations, including matchday hospitality, public concessions, corporate and non-matchday events, such as concerts. According to the caterer, the…
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13 February

Taylor Shaw extends contract with Elliott Hudson College

Taylor Shaw, a catering specialist in the UK education sector, has extended its catering contract for a further three years with Elliott Hudson College in Leeds. For the last two years, Taylor Shaw has served up to 1,000 students daily at the Elliott Hudson College. Taylor Shaw’s contract extension was…
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5 February

AC Event Catering partners with Worcestershire County Cricket Club

AC Event Catering has announced its new partnership with Worcestershire County Cricket Club, serving as the club’s official catering partner. The collaboration marks a significant step towards “enhancing” the overall culinary experience at the club’s New Road venue, elevating the standard of catering for both cricket and non-cricket events. The…
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Jan- 2024 -

26 January

Chartwells announces raft of new contract wins and retentions

Chartwells Independent has announced it has successfully won two new three-year contracts with South Hampstead High School and Wimbledon High School. Both schools are members of the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST), the UK’s largest group of independent schools educating 20,000 girls each year. Chartwells Independent will also support both…
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22 January

Compass Group to acquire CH&CO for £475m

Global food service company Compass Group has signed an agreement to acquire CH&CO, a contract and hospitality services company that operates in the UK and Ireland, for an initial enterprise value of £475m. Plans of acquiring CH&CO comes as the company is a “highly regarded” management team and a track…
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10 January

BM Caterers strengthens business development team

BM Caterers has strengthened its business development team, with two new appointments and an internal promotion. Deniz Inceer has been recruited as business development manager with Lisa Cook appointed head of regional business development, while Michelle Jugessur has been promoted from new business relationship manager to head of business development…
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