By Angela Green: Winners of BM Caterers 2024 FOODIES awards announced. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services BM Caterers has revealed the winners of its internal 2024 FOODIES Awards, with the top award decided by the company’s founders going to Dodou Jobe. Jobe, a chef manager at a BM site in East London, was recognised with the Founders’ Award for his positivity … [Read more...]
Fuelling Young Minds report highlights need for food education
By Angela Green: Fuelling Young Minds report highlights need for food education. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services Chartwells, the UK’s leading school and education catering company, has launched a new report, Fuelling Young Minds, highlighting the importance of providing food education within schools to equip younger generations with vital information to make … [Read more...]
Sodexo line up alongside 90 football clubs today celebrating Green Football Weekend
By Angela Green: Sodexo line up alongside 90 football clubs today celebrating Green Football Weekend. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services Sodexo Live! has partnered with The Devil's Kitchen to introduce a tasty, low-carbon, plant-forward burger at four of its football club clients - Blackburn Rovers, Brighton & Hove Albion, Everton FC and Preston North End - … [Read more...]
Gary Lineker joins catering squad urging fans to go veggie on Green Football Weekend
By Angela Green: Gary Lineker joins catering squad urging fans to go veggie on Green Football Weekend. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services The UK’s three biggest football club caterers, Delaware North, Levy, and Sodexo Live! have joined forces to support Green Football Weekend, putting on special tastings, promotions and giveaways on plant-based burgers, pies, … [Read more...]
SSP broadens operations at Liverpool John Lennon Airport
By Angela Green: SSP broadens operations at Liverpool John Lennon Airport. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services SSP Group has secured a new contract with Liverpool John Lennon Airport, broadening its operations at the airport until at least 2036. All of SSP’s existing units will be refurbished, rebranded or extended, and additional outlets will be created, … [Read more...]
Grazing appoints chef director
By Angela Green: Grazing appoints chef director. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services Delivered-in office and venue catering specialist Grazing has promoted Sebastian Price to chef director, a new role for the business. The role will see Price take on more responsibility for Grazing’s wider operations outside of the kitchen, extending his reach to front-of-house, … [Read more...]
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust appoint ISS UK as catering provider
By Angela Green: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust appoint ISS UK as catering provider. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services The new five-year contract, which begins on Thursday, 8 February 2024, responds to feedback from patients and staff and will also create 50 new jobs in the county as well as providing an improved catering service to staff … [Read more...]
Focus on sustainability and nutrition serves Chartwells new contract wins
By Angela Green: Focus on sustainability and nutrition serves Chartwells new contract wins. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services Chartwells Independent, Compass Group UK & Ireland's specialist provider of catering to the independent education sector, has won two new three-year contracts with South Hampstead High School and Wimbledon High School, to help evolve … [Read more...]
Charity adventurers’ row the Atlantic for Hospitality Action
By Charlie Laidlaw (Robbie Laidlaw's very proud Dad): Charity adventurers’ row the Atlantic for Hospitality Action. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services An intrepid duo has rowed 3,000 miles across the Atlantic to raise funds for a hospitality charity. Robbie Laidlaw (34) and Chris Mitchell (41) from Genuine Dining, a contract catering business, completed the … [Read more...]
Compass confirm £475 million acquisition of CH&CO
By Angela Green: Compass confirm £475 million acquisition of CH&CO. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services Compass Group UK & Ireland, the UK’s largest food and support services business, has today agreed to acquire CH&CO, subject to regulatory approval. Initial enterprise value is £475m/$600m with an additional earn out over the two years following … [Read more...]
Compass lining up £400 million move to acquire CH&CO
By Denis Sheehan FIH: Compass lining up £400 million move to acquire CH&CO. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services The acquisition team at catering giant Compass Group are at work this weekend aiming to put the finishing touches on the acquisition of CH&CO. Earlier today Sky News reported the deal was in progress stating that advanced talks are … [Read more...]
UA92 forge partnership to enhance campus experience with Sodexo
By Angela Green: UA92 forge partnership to enhance campus experience with Sodexo. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services The Sodexo UK and Ireland Corporate Services team is proud to announce a three-year partnership with University Academy 92 (UA92), which will enhance the overall campus experience for more than 800 students and staff. University Academy 92 (UA92) … [Read more...]
BM Caterers launch central London offsite kitchen, Atelier
By Angela Green: BM Caterers launch central London offsite kitchen, Atelier. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services Workplace catering company BM Caterers has invested in a new 1,200sq ft offsite kitchen in London’s Millbank that will support businesses in the city that don’t have their own kitchen spaces. The kitchen, named Atelier, will expand BM’s capacity … [Read more...]
Sustainable Food Barometer shows 73% believe eating more sustainably is urgent
By Angela Green: Sustainable Food Barometer shows 73% believe eating more sustainably is urgent. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services Sodexo UK and Ireland has unveiled the UK results of its first annual Sustainable Food Barometer, with data taken from international research conducted with Harris Interactive. The study, which surveyed more than a thousand … [Read more...]
Vegan and vegetarian meal sales continue to grow at Sodexo
By Angela Green: Vegan and vegetarian meal sales continue to grow at Sodexo. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services Marking Veganuary 2024, Sodexo has today announced another year-on-year increase in the consumption of meat-free meals. Analysis of over 2.7 million meals sold across 285 of its UK and Ireland client sites in 2023* reveals that 11% were … [Read more...]