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.

Jun- 2023 -

12 June

Foodomarket secures £9.5m Series A funding for UK expansion

Foodomarket, a digital B2B food marketplace for the hospitality industry, has raised £9.5 million in a Series A funding round to invest in its UK expansion. The round was led by Alven Capital, a leading European venture capital firm that has supported other successful marketplace businesses including Ankorstore, Meero, and…
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9 June

Levy UK and Ireland partners with Burnley FC

Levy UK and Ireland has announced that it has partnered with Burnley FC to deliver matchday concourse catering, hospitality, and conferencing and events. The collaboration will see the middle tier of Turf Moor’s Jimmy McIlroy stand, redeveloped into a new matchday experience. The stand will have a Super Box, which…
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8 June

Caterplus awarded fiver-year £25m RMBI contract

Caterplus has been awarded a contract by RMBI worth £25m to provide catering services for 13 of its care homes across England and Wales for the next five years. The company will deliver a bespoke mealtime service to around 1,000 residents daily, serving some 235,000 meals, beverages, and grazing snacks…
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8 June

Former HCI president Paul Foulger dies age 85

Paul Foulger, former president of the Institute of Hospitality and former head of catering and employee services at Sainsbury has died at 85. Foulger joined the Hotel and Catering Institute (HCI) back in 1953, 18 years before the HCI merged with the Institutional Management Association (IMA) to form the HCIMA,…
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7 June

BM appoints new operations manager

BM Caterers has appointed Alice Loose as its new operations manager. Reporting to operations director Ian Kingston, her new role involves managing a diverse portfolio of client contracts and working with onsite managers to ensure teams are operationally compliant and working efficiently in partnership with clients. Loose worked in restaurants…
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5 June

Elior UK launches Street Kitchen Collective

Elior UK has announced the launch of Street Kitchen Collective a collection of own- brand concepts and street food partners. The Street Kitchen Collective concept is a collaborative effort between Elior’s food development team, operations team and client partners to create more varied food offerings. The collective has launched with…
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1 June

OVG acquires Rhubarb Hospitality Collection

Oak View Group (OVG), a global development, service, and investment company for the sports, live entertainment, and convention industries, has acquired Rhubarb Hospitality Collection (RHC), a high-end hospitality provider in the catering industry. The purchase of the premium hospitality group from LGT Private Debt aims to “elevate the experience for…
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May- 2023 -

31 May

Sodexo’s Good Eating Company appoints new MD

Sodexo Corporate Services has appointed Alex Kristall as managing director for the Good Eating Company in the UK and Ireland, from 1 June. The news follows the catering company’s investment plans to grow the business and its footprint globally. Kristall will take over full operational and P&L responsibility for the…
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5 May

Q Catering wins sole supply agreement with ICM

Q Catering has announced that it has won a sole supply agreement with Independent Catering Management (ICM). After 15 years of sharing the business with Brakes, Q Catering has been awarded a sole supply agreement for frozen and chilled products. ICM is a school meal provider in the Southeast of…
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Apr- 2023 -

3 April

Q Catering joins Caterforce as ninth member

Buying group Caterforce has announced that Kentp-based Q Catering has joined the foodservice buying group as its ninth member as of 1 April. Q Catering, which was established in 2003, offers grocery, chilled, and frozen food products to more than 800 businesses across the Southeast of England, including 175 schools…
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