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.

Dec- 2023 -

11 December

Levy expands into sports merchandising

Levy UK and Ireland has announced ‘Levy Merchandising’, its strategic expansion into the realm of sports merchandising. Levy Merchandising will design and manufacture a wide range of sportswear from technical products through to non-technical fanwear. The company will also produce a comprehensive range of souvenirs and accessories. Vinny Clark, has…
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Nov- 2023 -

20 November

Compass profits hit £1.89bn amid surging sales

Catering company Compass Group has reported a 26.1% increase in operating profit to £1.89bn for the year ended 30 September 2023. The group also recorded a 21.6% increase in revenues to £31bn compared with the previous year. Its operating margin was also up 60bps to 6.8% year on year. The…
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20 November

Chartwells renews University of Sussex partnership

Chartwell has announced that it has renewed its partnership with the University of Sussex for a further 10 years. Under this new contract, Chartwells will operate under a cost-plus model, ensuring that any profits generated will be reinvested back into the service. The company stated that the decision to extend…
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2 November

New StrEat Kitchen launches at NEC Birmingham

NEC Birmingham has launched a brand-new street food offering, StrEat Kitchen, as the business’ live events calendar gears up for a busy stretch of autumn events.  The new kitchen in Hall 3 of the venue is being provided by live events caterer Amadeus. StrEat Kitchen builds on the success of…
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1 November

Searcys appoints new executive chef for restaurants

Searcys, Britain’s “oldest” catering company, has appointed Thomas Piat as executive chef for its restaurants. Searcys said that with a “wealth of experience” working in kitchens across the world, Piat brings his “classical and international culinary expertise to the company’s growing portfolio of brasseries and Champagne Bars”. Having graduated with…
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Oct- 2023 -

2 October

BaxterStorey secures nine-year BCU contract extension

BaxterStorey has secured a nine-year contract extension to deliver campus catering at Birmingham City University (BCU). The company has been BCU’s home of hospitality since 2015, catering to over 30,000 students and staff. The Curzon campus now features Rahina’s Food Fusion, following a major makeover. Run by BaxterStorey’s apprentice commis…
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Sep- 2023 -

14 September

Levy Ireland inks 10-year Convention Centre Dublin deal

Levy Ireland has announced that it has agreed a 10-year contract extension to provide hospitality services at The Convention Centre Dublin (The CCD). Fitzers Catering originally won the contract back in 2010 when the venue first opened. The relationship will continue under Levy Ireland, which is a partnership between Fitzers…
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12 September

Caterplus renews £45m Anchor catering contract

Elior’s catering arm that specialises in the care and retirement living sector, Caterplus, has retained and grown its contract with Anchor, which is now worth £45m. Anchor, which is England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for the elderly, employs approximately 400 people from Caterplus to provide specialist catering…
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8 September

Food and beverage sector sees rise in M&A activity

Food and beverage M&A activity has increased 13% in Q2 2023, after welcoming signs of recovery at the start of 2023, according to new research from Grant Thornton UK LLP. The firm’s analysis has found that 42 deals were recorded in Q2 2023, as deal volumes rose for the third…
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7 September

BaxterStorey secures London Metropolitan University contract

BaxterStorey has secured a new contract with London Metropolitan University and will see it cater for its Aldgate and Holloway campuses to around 13,500 students. In addition to transforming its four locations, BaxterStorey will reopen the Highbury Canteen by revamping it into a street food market. Dishes on the new…
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