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.

Jul- 2023 -

25 July

Compass Group revenues grow 15% in Q3

Foodservice company, Compass Group, has revealed that its performance was strong in the third quarter ended 30 June, with organic revenue growing 15%, despite lapping higher comparators due to recovery of base volumes. The group also revealed that year-to-date organic revenue growth was 21% after benefiting from “excellent” client retention…
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20 July

ESS secures Bedfordshire Police catering contract

The Energy, Government and Infrastructure sector of ESS, part of Compass Group UK and Ireland, has secured the Bedfordshire Police as its latest catering contract. ESS said that key to the award was the company’s “commitment to welfare through a variety of food offerings and environments that enable officers and…
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17 July

Savore secures ‘major’ contract and appoints new non-exec chair

Savore, London’s independent workplace dining provider, launched by chef-turned-operator Dan Kelly, has won its first contract, secured further finance to develop, and strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of a non-executive chairman, Mark Philpott. New to London’s workplace dining scene, Savore has won a five-year contract with a global…
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11 July

Zero Carbon Forum to launch Marketplace for hospitality and brewing operators

Zero Carbon Forum has announced the launch of Marketplace, a new services directory designed to connect supply chain businesses with brewing and hospitality operators to help them reach net zero faster. The Zero Carbon Forum is a non-profit organisation which builds on 10 years of carbon reduction collaboration in the…
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10 July

Compass Group receives Living Wage Champion Award

Compass Group UK and Ireland has won the Living Wage Champion Award in the Recognised Service Provider Category at the Living Wage Foundation annual awards. Compass has secured the recognition for its leadership in advancing the real Living Wage within its own industry and its client network, since becoming a…
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5 July

BaxterStorey secures five-year football club catering contract

BaxterStorey has secured a five-year contract to be Wycombe Wanderers Football Club’s official food and beverage provider. Collaborating closely with the club, the caterer will be responsible for curating the F&B offerings for match days, club events, and private hire events. According to BasterStorey, its mission is to “rejuvenate” the…
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Jun- 2023 -

21 June

Chartwells partners with Feeding Britain to tackle UK hunger crisis

Chartwells, the school and education catering company, has partnered with Feeding Britain, the food aid charity, to help tackle hunger across the UK. According to Chartwells, the two organisations share a common purpose to provide “affordable, nutritious food to children and communities, and this new partnership will see them work…
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20 June

Rhubarb Hospitality appointed sole provider to 8 Bishopsgate

The Rhubarb Hospitality Collection (RHC) has been appointed as the sole food and beverage for the 8 Bishopsgate development by Mitsubishi and Stanhope. Rhubarb will be responsible for catering for multifaceted amenities across the approximately 30,000 sq ft building. The amenity offering within the building is spread across several floors,…
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20 June

VCP secures Eco-Power Stadium contract

Club Doncaster in South Yorkshire has appointed Venue Catering Partners (VCP) as its new catering operatives at the Eco-Power Stadium. VCP will operate as DN4 Events as it brings its award-winning expertise and provision to the stadium’s concourses, restaurants and hospitality offering as part of an initial five-year agreement. The…
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14 June

Elior UK raises £90k for Water Unite

Catering company, Elior UK, has raised £90k for Water Unite to help fund progressive initiatives in Kenya. Charlotte Wright, UK group’s director of CSR, and Andy Grant, the communications manager, both visited Kenya to see the work being done by four social enterprises benefiting from its contributions. The four social…
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