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.

Aug- 2021 -

5 August

Levy to cut out air freight usage

Levy has announced that it will no longer use air freight for the supply of produce to its hospitality venues across the UK and Ireland in a bid to reduce its carbon impact. The move will see “greater emphasis” being placed on British seasonal produce by the Levy culinary team…
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Jul- 2021 -

27 July

Levy secures five-year contract with Nottingham Forest F.C

Catering company Levy UK and Ireland has announced a five-year hospitality deal with Nottingham Forest Football Club ahead of the 2021/22 season. The deal will see Levy support the football team through match day meals, beverage experiences at the City Ground stadium, as well as bolstering the venue’s conference and…
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Jun- 2021 -

23 June

RA Venues wins Imperial War Museum contract

Restaurant Associates (RA) Venues, a premium hospitality company, has won a contract to provide catering and hospitality services at the Imperial War Museum (IWM) London. Through the three-year contract, RA Venues will be responsible for all food and beverage operations for both day catering and events at the museum. The…
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May- 2021 -

24 May

Compass Group to convert 40% of meals to plant-based alternatives by 2030

The Compass Group has revealed plans to convert around 40% of its meat-based meals to plant-based alternatives by 2030. This is part of the company’s aim to deliver net zero emissions as it joins the UN Race to Zero campaign to “help build a more sustainable food system”. The shift…
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6 May

Galvin brothers set for Glyndebourne partnership

RA Venues has announced that the Michelin-starred Galvin brothers are set to partner with Sussex opera house Glyndebourne for its 2021 festival, set to run from 20 May to 29 August. The contract will see Chris and Jeff Galvin provide their La Chapelle dishes to the venue’s fine dining restaurant,…
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Apr- 2021 -

7 April

The Frostkrone Food Group acquires Abergavenny Fine Foods

Abergavenny Fine Foods has announced that it has been acquired by The Frostkrone Food Group for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition falls in line with Frostkrone’s expansion into international markets by adding Abergavenny to its portfolio. The South Wales based caterer was founded in the early 1980s and has since…
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Mar- 2021 -

29 March

Peppermint partners with Levy hospitality

Peppermint, bar services, has announced a partnership with Levy, the sports, leisure and hospitality sector of Compass Group. The partnership will enable the group to provide bar solutions and services at sporting and music events that take place at Levy’s venues across the UK. From the build process to operational…
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17 March

SSP to raise £475m from shareholders

SSP Group, the airport and railway caterer, has announced its intentions to raise £475m from its shareholders through a fully underwritten 12 for 25 rights issue. The owner of Upper Crust and Camden Food Co has also secured an extension of its bank facilities to January 2024. The measures are…
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16 March

ISS appoints new country manager for UK and Ireland

ISS has announced that Liz Benison will join as new country manager for the UK and Ireland on 1 May 2021. The company which has an integrated food service division, stated that Andrew Price, who is currently the interim country manager for the UK and Ireland, will assist Benison with…
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Feb- 2021 -

16 February

Searcy’s named catering partner at Royal College Surgeons of England

One of the UK’s oldest events caterer and restaurateur, Searcys, has announced it has been appointed the new catering partner for the Royal College of Surgeons of England. From May 2021, Searcys will commence providing hospitality services for the RCS for the next seven years. It said it will provide…
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