Food service

UK contract catering turnover - Industy data

Food and Service Management Survey 2007Annual turnover in the UK contract catering marketing grew by 5.5% to £3.977b in 2007.
Posted: 08 May 2008 | 15:47

Number of meals served by UK contract caterers - Industry data

The number of meals served by UK contract caterers grew by 3.8% to 1.59 billion in 2007, according to the latest survey by the British Hospitality Association, with business and industry accounting for nearly 42% of the total.
Posted: 08 May 2008 | 14:45

Key ratios in contract catering - Industry data

The tables below show the cost of food and labour as a percentage of turnover in the UK contract catering industry during 2007.
Posted: 08 May 2008 | 12:29

Types of catering contract - Industry data

2007 continued the trend away from cost plus/management fee-based contracts towards fixed price/performance guarantee contracts.
Posted: 08 May 2008 | 12:09

Number of employees in UK contract catering market - Industry data

The number of employees in the UK contract catering market (calculated as full-time equivalents) grew by 0.9% to 115,255 in 2007, up from 114,246 the previous year.
Posted: 08 May 2008 | 11:18

Structure of the UK contract catering market - Industry data

The number of catering outlets in the UK grew by 1.3% to 17,603 in 2007, up from 17,373 the previous year, according to the latest survey by the British Hospitality Association.
Posted: 07 May 2008 | 16:22

Market snapshot: Business and Industry sector

Key trends in the business and industry sector of the foodservice market
Posted: 17 May 2006 | 11:36

Market snapshot: Contract catering

Key trends in the contract catering market
Posted: 18 April 2006 | 12:37

Defence catering

According to this year’s British Hospitality Association’s Food and Service Management survey, last year contract caterers accounted for 520 Ministry of Defence outlets, serving 110 million meals.
Posted: 26 July 2005 | 00:00

Market snapshot: School meals

Some 120 million meals were served by private contractors in state-run nursery, primary and secondary schools during 2004, according to the British Hospitality Association’s Food and Service Management Survey 2005.
Posted: 31 May 2005 | 13:10

Market snapshot: Business & industry

The business and industry (B&I) sector of the contract catering market accounted for £582m-worth of meals last year.
Posted: 16 May 2005 | 16:31

Contractors poised for steady growth in 2005

Despite a difficult market, caterers used sales techniques adapted from the high street to drive turnover last year. 2005 looks more positive, as Karl Cushing reports
Posted: 17 March 2005 | 00:00

Industry data: Sodexho School Meals Survey

Not pizza again! Yes, it still holds the number one slot in the school meals popularity chart. But what are children's biggest dining hall gripes? Find out in the Sodexho School Meals and Lifestyle Survey 2005.
Posted: 02 March 2005 | 17:11

Industry data: Contract catering trends 1998-2003

The number of contract catering outlets and number of meals served has remained fairly stable between 1998 and 2003. Food sales, though, have increased.
Posted: 05 July 2004 | 11:49

 
8th January 2009