Compass Group UK & Ireland

  • Footprint Awards shortlist reveals industry’s green leaders

    THE SHORTLIST for the prestigious Footprint Awards has been announced, revealing the foodservice and hospitality sector’s leading sustainable companies.                     The annual awards scheme this year celebrates its fifth anniversary, and… Read More

  • A Fairtrade label is just the start

    BUSINESSES ARE being challenged to go even further in supporting farmers – and Compass Group has picked up the gauntlet.                           As the fair-trade market continues to grow… Read More

  • Compass Group UK & Ireland appoints new Managing Director

    COMPASS GROUP UK & Ireland has announced the appointment of Dennis Hogan as its new Managing Director, from 1st January 2014.   Hogan will replace Ian Sarson, which is moving to a new role as Director of Healthcare & Senior… Read More

  • Brakes takes foie gras off the menu

    LEADNG FOODSERVICE provider Brakes Group UK has today (19th July) confirmed it will no longer offer foie gras once its current stock has sold out.   This decision comes after Brakes Group UK was contacted by animal cruelty charity and… Read More

  • Footprint Awards Winners 2013 Revealed

    ANNE PIERCE, the CEO of The Springboard Charity, was last night [23rd May] revealed as the winner of the Footprint ‘Special Achievement’ award 2013, for her contribution to the social sustainability of the industry, at a ceremony held at RIBA,… Read More

  • Prize display for champions of healthy living

    ACCORDING TO dubious research cooked up for a marketing campaign a few years ago the third Monday of January deserves the title of “Blue Monday”. That’s when people are at their most miserable, thanks to a combination of post-Christmas blues, cold… Read More

  • Compass and Whitbread find horse DNA

    THE FOODSERVICE sector has been dragged into the horse meat scandal with Compass and Whitbread having found horse DNA in products sold as beef. Horse meat has also been found in cottage pies supplied to 47 schools in Lancashire.  … Read More

  • Companies rewarded in first ever Health & Vitality Honours

    LEADING PERSONALITIES from the foodservice and hospitality industries, including the likes of Raymond Blanc OBE, LACA’s Anne Bull and Westminster Kingsway’s Gary Hunter, teamed-up with health and nutrition expert Dr Susan Jebb and Sodexo Health Ambassador Matt Dawson MBE to… Read More

  • S – Word Ssssssshhhhhh

    IT MAY be the most overused word of the 21st century – and we’re among the worst offenders. But does it mean so many different things to so many people that we’re better off avoiding it altogether? We ask the… Read More