School caterer Cucina hits targets

10 November 2008 by
School caterer Cucina hits targets

School caterer Cucina has achieved its target of profitability two years on from launching its first contract at Southfields School for Girls in Kettering, Northamptonshire.

The caterer, set up by Stephen Quinn - previously a regional director for education with Compass Group - has added seven new schools and colleges to its books taking annual turnover to more than £2.5m.

Quinn told Caterersearch: "We needed to achieve critical mass. We're now in a position where we will turn a profit during a full 12 months of trading]."

New deals include Esher Church of England High School in Surrey; Marlborough School Science College in St Albans, Hertfordshire and Parkside Community College in Cambridgeshire.

Quinn said that ultimately he didn't see the company growing much larger than 50 contracts as the quality of the business would suffer.

He is also looking at setting up a central production kitchen to make items, such as sauces, that are typically bought in at the moment.

Cucina currently caterers for 15,000 pupils and students at 23 education contracts across England.

For more see our dedicated school meals page and contract catering page.

Nutrition standards for schools flawed, says expert >>

By Chris Druce

E-mail your comments to Chris Druce here.

Caterersearch.com jobs
Looking for a new job? Find your next job here with Caterersearch.com jobs

[The Caterer Blog](http://www.caterersearch.com/blogs/catering-news-blog/) Catch up with more news and gossip on the Caterer Blog here
[Newsletters For the latest hospitality news, sign up for our e-mail newsletters.
The Caterer Breakfast Briefing Email

Start the working day with The Caterer’s free breakfast briefing email

Sign Up and manage your preferences below

Check mark icon
Thank you

You have successfully signed up for the Caterer Breakfast Briefing Email and will hear from us soon!

Jacobs Media is honoured to be the recipient of the 2020 Queen's Award for Enterprise.

The highest official awards for UK businesses since being established by royal warrant in 1965. Read more.

close

Ad Blocker detected

We have noticed you are using an adblocker and – although we support freedom of choice – we would like to ask you to enable ads on our site. They are an important revenue source which supports free access of our website's content, especially during the COVID-19 crisis.

trade tracker pixel tracking