Aramark and South Gloucestershire and Stroud College has announced signing a new seven year catering services. Aramark has taken over all the catering, food retail and hospitality services on the college’s campuses in Wise, Filton, Berkeley Green and Stroud, delivering services to almost 15,500 students and college employees.Comprising six campuses located in and around … [Read more...]
World’s busiest international airport opens 14 new foodservice outlets
Dubai International is the world’s busiest international airport with 89 million customers travelling through each year and now has 14 new restaurant and bar openings operated by HMSHost International.The Food Village is now open and featuring strong international brands such as KFC, American Chinese Restaurant Panda and McDonalds. The ready-to-go wraps of Qfta appeal to … [Read more...]
Vegan focus 2020 for caterer serving 10 million visitors a year
Catering company Amadeus has pledged to put an increasing focus on vegan throughout its venues in 2020. As one of the UK’s leading venue caterers, serving 10 million visitors a year, the business has seen vegan options double over the past two years, increasing its vegan offering to cope with demand.Research suggests that there has been a fourfold rise in the number of … [Read more...]
Sodexo awarded with a new four year TfL contract
Sodexo has been awarded with a new four-year contract to provide food services at 26 Transport for London (TfL) sites across the London Underground network.Sodexo, which has delivered services to TfL for more than 25 years, was awarded the new food services contract following a competitive tender. The new contract includes the management of staff restaurants, out of hours … [Read more...]
Five minutes with… Charles Beer
Charles Beer is the Senior Partner at Crown Partnership having started with Seasoned Events as Managing Director almost twenty years ago. Having spent 5 years as MD of Seasoned Events, Crown Partnership Chairman Russell Morgan invited Beer to head up Crown Partnership as Senior Partner, a role he has enjoyed to this day.With more than four decades of business growth and … [Read more...]
Crown Partnership invest in growth 2020, with new sites and 300 new people
Crown Partnership, the catering, hospitality, retail and event services provider, is looking forward with plans to focus more on flexible investment, rapid expansion and taking on new companies within the Partnership in 2020.Charles Beer, Senior Partner told us: “I am proud that after four decades, the Partnership is still an active player in an ever expanding and … [Read more...]
Multifunctional appliances help historical independent school’s catering operation
Woodbridge School in Suffolk is an independent school with a history stretching back to 1662, when local lawyer Robert Marryott, known as ‘the great eater’, gathered local dignitaries to discuss creating a school for the poor of the town.Food remains a key part of the character of the establishment. “We serve 800 covers a day,” says Jon Ellis, the school’s executive head … [Read more...]
LSG Sky Chefs sale to gategroup sees immediate union disruption to operations
Last week at a Lufthansa AG company meeting the Supervisory Board approved the sale of the LSG Group's European business to the world leading provider of full range catering services for the airline industry gategroup.The contract was not detailed in the announcement but will be by both seller and buyer in the weeks ahead, the sale is subject to approval by antitrust … [Read more...]
Primarket Café launches at Primark Edinburgh
Gather & Gather, part of CH&CO, has opened a second Primarket Café – Primark’s instore café concept – at the store on Princes Street, Edinburgh to fuel shoppers through the busy festive period and beyond. The 60+-cover café enhances the customer experience in the Primark Edinburgh store which has five floors of amazing fashion at amazing prices.The extensive menu … [Read more...]
dnata to acquire 100% of Alpha LSG UK shareholding
After many months of speculation in the financial media world as to who would buy Alpha LSG, dnata has announced an agreement to purchase the remaining 50% of its UK inflight catering joint-venture, Alpha LSG, from the LSG Group.The acquisition expands Dubai-based dnata’s international portfolio, and will make it the sole shareholder of the biggest inflight catering, … [Read more...]
School of Service to focus on ‘destination-ers’ and ‘journey-ers’
With standards of service and hospitality product knowledge continuing to be a priority in the hospitality and events industry, UK events caterer and restaurateur Searcys has taken a lead with the introduction of a new School of Service.The school is built on over 170 years of hospitality experience and includes three training modules - the Searcys customer journey, School … [Read more...]
Derbyshire School Catering Service celebrates Food for Life schools
Children in Derbyshire are making healthier eating choices thanks to Food for Life Served Here and Derbyshire County Council’s School Catering Service. Soil Association’s Food for Life Served Here programme has been working with school caterers across Derbyshire, supporting them to provide healthy school meals, great lunchtimes and food education that has a positive impact on … [Read more...]
Senior management promotions announced at Bartlett Mitchell
Bartlett Mitchell has made three significant promotions to support the company’s sustainable business growth. Angus Brydon and Antony Prentice have both been made divisional managing directors at the business, reporting to Francois Gautreaux, who has been promoted to the role of UK managing director.The promotions come amid a prolonged period of positive growth for BM as a … [Read more...]
SSP Group report year end showing robust global growth
SSP Group, the operator of food and beverage outlets in travel locations worldwide, has announced its financial results for the year ended 30 September 2019.Underlying operating profit of £221.1m: up 12.1% at constant currency, and 13.3% at actual exchange rates. Revenue of £2,794.6m: up 7.8% at constant currency, and 9.0% at actual exchange rates. Strong net … [Read more...]
