Contract catering
Pages 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21... Previous | Next
Compass Group has announced the launch of Rapport, a new specialist provider of front- and back-of-house guest services. The world's largest contract caterer said its new business division was developed in recognition of the growing demand for a tailored, premium service of this nature.
Posted: 30 January 2012 | 17:39
Five Croydon schools have been selected to take part in a 12-week school food collections waste pilot scheme, with a view to possible expansion across the borough. Recycling in Croydon was stepped up last year when a domestic food-waste collection service was introduced.
Posted: 27 January 2012 | 16:06
Education caterer Innovate Services' recent research into packed lunches found that just 7% complied with the food-based standards for school dinners. The caterer's Lunch Box Amnesty study group also found that just under a quarter (24%) of lunch boxes analysed achieved the food-based standard.
Posted: 26 January 2012 | 15:37
There will be few people who are not already aware that hosting the Olympics in the UK this year presents a great chance for a much-needed increase in business. London 2012 offers plenty of opportunities for operators around the country to get involved. Emily Manson reports
Posted: 26 January 2012 | 14:52
Schools are being invited to compete for the opportunity to prepare a Diamond Jubilee menu for the Queen at Buckingham Palace. To celebrate The Queen's 60 years on the throne, British Food Fortnight is running a competition for schools in which students will create a menu.
Posted: 25 January 2012 | 15:11
The establishment of a cross-Cabinet committee to coordinate government policies affecting the hospitality industry is one of the key recommendations to be made by the Tourism Regulation Taskforce which has been submitted to the Tourism Minister, John Penrose.
Posted: 25 January 2012 | 12:00
Education caterer Alliance in Partnership (AiP) has been awarded a new five-year contract with a Worcestershire school. AiP will deliver school meals to 398 pupils at Birchensale Middle School in Batchley in a deal worth around £340,000.
Posted: 25 January 2012 | 09:52
High-end caterer Searcys has parted company with the Army and Navy Club in Pall Mall after just six months. Following a mutual agreement by both organisations, the Army and Navy Club has opted to revert to an in-house catering operation...
Posted: 24 January 2012 | 15:50
Jan Matthews, head of catering for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), will take to the podium for the Arena Savoy Lecture, it has been announced. The Arena Savoy Lecture is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 20 March.
Posted: 24 January 2012 | 12:49
Keith Prowse, Compass Group's specialist hospitality division, has been awarded a lucrative five-year contract to deliver overseas tours and UK hospitality programmes at the Championships, Wimbledon. The new appointment, which starts in 2013, was awarded by the All England Club.
Posted: 24 January 2012 | 11:10
Harrogate International Centre was the big winner at the Kudos "K" Awards, after two of its staff members picked up the employee and general manager of the year titles at the company's annual awards event, held last week. Kudos, the food and venue arm of the Crown Group, named Leah White its employee of the year.
Posted: 24 January 2012 | 10:45
The Crown Group's Kudos Cafés business has won a £12m contract with Warwick District Council to deliver food and venue management services at four venues in Royal Leamington Spa. The six-year deal sees Kudos provide a new food offer at the Restaurant in the Park, renamed Jephson's Brasserie, and the Aviary Cafe, both located in Jephson Gardens.
Posted: 24 January 2012 | 10:24
Hospitality Action is calling on its physically fit supporters to take part in a cycle ride from London to Paris this summer as the charity endeavours to raise £20,000 for those in need. Travelling between two of the world's most fascinating cities, participants will leave London on 29 June.
Posted: 23 January 2012 | 18:19
Independent contract caterer Pabulum has won a two-year deal with Wembley High Technology College. Worth in excess of £450,000, the contract was won as a result of Pabulum's commitment to ethical catering.
Posted: 23 January 2012 | 16:24
BaxterStorey has scooped a sweet deal to provide staff dining at gum and jellies manufacturer Haribo. Believed to be worth in excess of £100,000, the two-year contract will see BaxterStorey cater for 550 Haribo employees at its UK head office in Pontefract, West Yorkshire.
Posted: 23 January 2012 | 16:15
Police have begun an investigation into allegations that food served by Eurest at a London crown court were spiked with urine. The advocates' lounge in Snaresbrook Crown Court was closed after police were contacted when judges and barristers complained the food smelled "a bit off".
Posted: 23 January 2012 | 12:10
The Grant SV100 immersion circulator is more versatile than a water bath as it clamps onto any suitable sized pot, so we can use it in a smaller container for service, but if larger amounts are required we can simply clamp it to a larger container.
Posted: 20 January 2012 | 18:19
Mark Blunt has just launched his franchise of Jasper's Corporate Catering in Manchester. Janie Stamford found out what the new role involves
Posted: 20 January 2012 | 16:47
Pride Catering has named Kevin Pyatt as its new operations director. He joins from the National Trust where he held a senior regional management position with responsibility for hospitality services in the South-east, and prior to that he gained experience at a Hampshire caterer working in B&I...
Posted: 20 January 2012 | 16:26
Consumers are certainly tightening their belts, and may even have resolved to drink less in 2012, but one luxury it seems we can no longer contemplate cutting back on is coffee. Since 2005, the branded coffee chain market has doubled and is now estimated to be worth £2.1b according to Allegra Strategies.
Posted: 20 January 2012 | 14:38
Pages 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21... Previous | Next
