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Are contract caterers champions of balanced diets?

school canteenAs the healthy-eating bandwagon gains speed,contract caterers are touting themselves aschampions of balanced diets. But not all are livingup to their claims. Tom Vaughan asks whether some caterers are doing no more than paying lip service to the idea of healthier eating
Posted: 24 January 2007 | 17:33

Is outsider knowledge better?

Tim CooksonIn the wake of the criticism of an outsider's appointment at Compass, Tim Cookson, chairman of food service consultancy the Litmus Partnership, argues that general management skills are more valuable than technical competencies for the leaders of today's contract catering giants
Posted: 24 January 2007 | 16:46

Revolutionising hospital food

Mike DuckettMike Duckett has made it his mission to revolutionise the food at one London hospital, making it healthier, tastier - and also greener. Emma Allen met him to find out more
Posted: 24 January 2007 | 16:39

Alpha Airports win two UK airport deals

Alpha AirportsAlpha Airports has won catering and retail contracts worth £150m at two UK airports.
Posted: 24 January 2007 | 16:05

TVs in school canteens could boost healthy eating uptake

school canteenWatching television in the canteen could boost uptake of healthy food in schools, an education minister claimed yesterday.
Posted: 24 January 2007 | 15:45

MoD awards Elior UK £92m catering deal

Avenance-Elior logoThe Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a £92m catering contract to Elior UK, it was announced today.
Posted: 24 January 2007 | 14:19

LSG Sky Chefs appoints new regional chief operating officer for UK

LSG Sky Chefs logoIn-flight caterer LSG Sky Chefs has appointed Dale Easdon as regional chief operating officer for the UK following the retirement of Guenter Beer.
Posted: 23 January 2007 | 11:29

Care home manual launch

care home cateringThe National Association of Care Caterers (NACC) has called for its new care home catering manual to be adopted as a UK‑wide benchmark.
Posted: 19 January 2007 | 09:00

Welcome Break signs deal with Eurotunnel

Motorway service station operator Welcome Break has signed a seven-year contract with Eurotunnel to operate the catering facilities at its Passenger Terminal Building at Folkestone.
Posted: 12 January 2007 | 11:08

Don Davenport joins the board at Harrison

Don DavenportFormer Compass Group UK chief executive Don Davenport has joined contract caterer Harrison as a non-executive director, Caterer has learnt.
Posted: 11 January 2007 | 15:56

Sodexho wins KLM contract and other food service news

food service newsA round-up of the latest news from the contract catering industry including: Scolarest adds North Glasgow College to its books; Catermasters to provide services to Serco Docklands and more...
Posted: 11 January 2007 | 08:30

Holroyd Howe adds 14 clients to its books

Holroyd Howe logoContract caterer Holroyd Howe added 14 clients to its books and boosted pre-tax profit by 50% in 2006, the independent has announced.
Posted: 09 January 2007 | 13:22

Lexington Catering co-founder leaves to open a deli

Clare ProwseLexington Catering co-founder Clare Prowse has left contract catering behind to open a delicatessen in York.
Posted: 09 January 2007 | 11:45

Decision imminent on sacked Gate Gourmet staff’s appeal

Gate GourmetSolicitors for the Transport and General Workers’ Union are expected to make a decision shortly whether to challenge a pre-Christmas ruling that 2005’s Gate Gourmet strike was illegal.
Posted: 09 January 2007 | 08:00

Hospitality's year ahead

woman gazing into crystal ballAlways first with the big stories, the Caterer news team turns its attention to what 2007 might hold for the various sectors of our diverse industry
Posted: 04 January 2007 | 10:49

Little Chef needs cash and a business rethink

Little ChefRoadside restaurant chain Little Chef has denied reports that it is in financial trouble and seeking a rescue package from investors.
Posted: 22 December 2006 | 09:00

BP's Graham Sims takes over at Compass

Compass Group has replaced UK managing director of business and industry Chris Copner with another high-level appointment from outside the catering industry.
Posted: 21 December 2006 | 09:00

The hazards of Christmas catering

Remo FerrariRemo Ferrari, event catering manager at Ponti's restaurant, London, recalls some Yuletide lows
Posted: 20 December 2006 | 12:06

Rentokil Initial confirms Paul Daly appointment

Rentokil Initial has confirmed the appointment of Paul Daly as a consultant to its catering and facilities management division.
Posted: 15 December 2006 | 17:39

Jack Nichols Trophy winner announced

Lindsey Ann Cox from Sheffield Hallam University has won the Foodservice Consultants Society International (FCSI) Jack Nichols Trophy.
Posted: 15 December 2006 | 15:47

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