Contract Catering Sector

Levy UK+Ireland Combines Irish Business with Fitzers Catering

Fft.ie – 15.03.2022

Levy UK+Ireland, the sports and hospitality sector of Compass Group UK and Ireland, has announced that it is combining its Irish business with Fitzers Catering, an Irish family-owned catering company. Fitzers Catering provides catering services for corporate events, conventions, and sporting events at venues including the Convention Centre Dublin, Leopardstown Racecourse, and The Curragh. The new partnership will allow Fitzers Catering to leverage Levy UK + Ireland’s scale and experience to expand its operations, and enable Levy UK + Ireland to grow further into the Irish market in seven venues in total. This will build on Levy’s existing presence in the region, which already includes the Aviva Stadium. Fitzers Catering will continue to be the leading brand of Levy UK + Ireland’s sports and conference operations in Ireland.

Caterers cook up cloud kitchen strategy for post-pandemic offices

Financial Times – 02.04.2022

Food has emerged as a new front in the battle to lure reluctant workers back to the office and just as companies are adapting to hybrid working, so too are the catering groups that serve them. Food is no longer a “commodity” but a way to entice staff to the office, said Cristina Covello, Head of Strategic Growth at Fooditude, the company producing the meals at its 3,000 sq ft kitchen on an industrial estate in London’s South Bermondsey. Fooditude is part of international contract caterer Sodexo, which acquired a majority stake in the group in 2020 to build its capacity in so-called “cloud kitchens”. They also operate a cloud kitchen on the Malahide Road in Dublin, servicing Sodexo’s Irish business https://fooditude.ie/