Tags:Food service Contract catering news round up

message posted 09-Jun-09 11:12:37

The UK contract catering market is worth almost £3.8b in annual turnover and from more than 17,000 outlets serves 1.54 billion meals a year and employees nearly 115,000 people.

Dominated by the big four of Compass, Sodexho, Aramark and Elior the sector has changed hugely from its cost-sector post-war roots and today embraces oil rigs, hospitals, schools, leisure centres, sports stadia and race tracks and Ministry of Defence sites.

Many of these contracts are now run on a commercial basis – as many as 70% of the total outlets – demanding the caterer make money.

While business and industry remains the largest slice of the pie by meals served and number of outlets, it is also the most mature market with limited growth potential.

message posted 09-Jun-09 11:29:58

And the point of this is ............. ??

message posted 09-Jun-09 18:46:18

one point to make is in my (admittedly limited thank goodness) experience they all had to make a profit - so all run on a commercial basis.....oh and yes what is the the point of this thread ...reads like it was regurgitated from an industry promo