Smart Group, the UK’s pre-eminent hospitality, catering and event management provider has won the contract to deliver Christmas parties at Finsbury Square, City of London in 2015. The win takes the organisation’s number of UK sites to five and will see the transformation of one of the most prestigious outdoor spaces in the capital. Appealing to the large number of financial … [Read more...]
CH&Co chefs’ got talent!
With four chefs in national competitions - two in two national finals - Chefs at CH&Co have been showing off their talents and achieving high level recognition for their cooking skills in competitions across the country. After seeing off 650 others, Ranjit Salian, Head Chef at 113 Chancery Lane (The Law Society) was a finalist at the highly prestigious national South … [Read more...]
Medirest renews with University Hospitals Bristol
Medirest, part of Compass Group UK and Ireland, has successfully renewed a £3.8 million contract with University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust to deliver a range of food and support services to South Bristol Community Hospital. The leading provider of catering and soft services to the NHS and wider UK healthcare market has secured the two year contract extension, … [Read more...]
Food and drink prices: lessons from 2014
In 2013, predictions for UK food and drink prices in 2014 were for continued inflation at around 3.5% - as the graph above indicates, the reality was a very different deflation of up to 1.5%, though this is more like 0.5% inflation for foodservice (see explanation in Summary below). So what at was it that caused the disparity between the forecast and the actual performance? … [Read more...]
Sodexo encourages sites to Waste Less
Sodexo, the world’s largest services company, is celebrating a successful WasteLESS Week. During the week-long campaign in October,Sodexo sites across the UK took active steps to reduce their waste and raise awareness of the importance of doing so on an ongoing basis. Highlights from the week included - Emanuel School Emanuel School in south west London won Sodexo’s … [Read more...]