Sodexo has launched the first loyalty app in the contract catering industry. The Reward Tree app has been developed to meet the growing consumer appetite for discounts. The app, which acts as a virtual loyalty card, is being introduced at some 400 Sodexo-run workplace, hospital and university restaurants across the UK and offers two loyalty schemes: Drink: buy eight hot … [Read more...]
Restaurant Associates welcomed back to the Wellcome Trust
Restaurant Associates, the executive dining division of Compass Group UK & Ireland, has retained its catering contract with the Wellcome Trust for a further three years. Under the new £5 million deal, Restaurant Associates will deliver best in class food to 700 Wellcome Trust employees in their staff restaurant and cafe. The 45 strong Restaurant Associates on-site team … [Read more...]
Passion 4 Hospitality builds careers
Now in its fourth year, the Institute of Hospitality’s Passion 4 Hospitality (P4H) Student Careers Forum takes place on Monday 17 March 2014 at University College Birmingham, and brings hospitality management students face-to-face with prospective employers. This year’s event comprises the exciting live student debating competition, a contest to manage a virtual hotel business, … [Read more...]
HCA welcomes James Martin’s third series of Operation Hospital Food
The broadcast of the third series of ‘Operation Hospital Food’ starring celebrity chef, James Martin began on Monday 24 February with James Martin again taking on the task of trying to transform food at a number of NHS hospitals across the country. The two previous BBC series featuring James Martin were successful in highlighting the limited resources with which many hospital … [Read more...]
Research reveals coffee challenge for caterers
United Coffee UK & Ireland has unveiled its latest research into the nation’s coffee drinking habits, revealing the fierce competition contract caterers face when it comes to serving coffee in the workplace. 31% of coffee sales lost because of quality concerns The survey of 1,000 consumers who regularly drink coffee at work, found that contract caterers are losing up to … [Read more...]