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- 2020 -

6 March

Gather & Gather agrees contract with Southampton Football Club

Catering and events firm Gather and Gather has announced it has reached an agreement with Gather and Gather to enter into a new catering and events partnership. Gather and Gather, which launched in 2013, is part of CH&CO, a specialist catering and hospitality company that holds a Royal Warrant for…
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2 March

Vacherin joins independent caterer CH&CO

Boutique caterer Vacherin has announced it has joined independent caterer CH&CO. Vacherin, based in London’s Hatton Garden area, has an annual turnover of £30m and operates from 45 locations across London working with a broad range of clients. It was founded in 2002 by Mark Philpott and Clive Hetherington and…
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Feb- 2020 -

21 February

Administrators appointed to MPM Catering Limited

Conrad Pearson and Patrick Lannagan of Mazars, the international accounting and advisory firm, have been appointed as joint administrators of MPM Catering Limited. The company, which trades as Cook Street, operates from leased premises in Shrewsbury and provides high volume mobile catering to public events around the UK. The family-run…
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Jan- 2020 -

20 January

Green and Fortune wins third London contract

Green and Fortune has announced it will be the exclusive operator of all hospitality and retail catering services at Central Hall Westminster. The hospitality reform has signed a contract with the London-based conference venue, and will begin its role on 1 March 2020. It will now cater for all corporate…
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16 January

Totally Delicious wins £5m catering contract

Staffordshire-based independent contract catering company Totally Delicious has announced a new £5m contract with Tyne and Wear Archives. The seven-year contract with the Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums service will see Totally Delicious operate and manage all event catering and cafes at the Discovery Museum, the Laing Art Gallery…
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Nov- 2019 -

28 November

Elior launches new Foodsmiths brand

Contract caterer Elior UK has launched its new Foodsmiths brand, which brings together all its services for owners and operators of attractions, venues, events and stadia. The new brand promises handcrafted, delicious, healthy, imaginative food, made with fresh ingredients, from sustainable sources, cooked and prepared freshly on site, then served…
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11 November

Deliveroo launches new ‘Pickup’ service for customers

Deliveroo has launched a new click and collect service for its customers named ‘Pickup’. Deliveroo said Pickup aims to help people save “time and money” as they won’t have to wait in a queue for their order to be prepared or pay a delivery fee. It added that this will…
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Oct- 2019 -

16 October

CMA launches investigation into Amazon and Deliveroo deal

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into whether Amazon’s investment to acquire a minority stake in Deliveroo could result in a “substantial lessening of competition”. Earlier this year in May, Amazon led a $575m (£450m) investment round in the food delivery app raising a $1.53bn (£1.2bn)…
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15 October

Lexington Catering launches new ‘Independent Schools’ brand

Contract caterer Lexington Catering has launched Lexington Independent Schools, which it said aims to bring an “innovative”, high-end food and service solution offering to the market. It will operate as a dedicated and specialist division of Lexington, and brings together the independent school clients that were previously managed by Elior,…
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14 October

Northampton Saints extends catering partnership with Levy UK

Premiership Rugby Club Northampton Saints has extended its contract with Levy UK, which will continue to be the official food and hospitality partners at the Franklin’s Gardens stadium until 2025. According to the club, the contract extension will allow Levy UK to “enhance the supporter experience” at the 15,000-capacity stadium…
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