BaxterStorey has opened a new store powered by Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology. The new micro supermarket that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to create a checkout-free experience is at Amazon’s London headquarters in Shoreditch. The BaxterStorey-operated shop, called Social Bee, ...
Read More »‘Lunch at Work’ podcast launched by BM
Workplace catering firm, BM, has launched ‘Lunch at Work’ – a podcast providing practical advice for businesses to improve their workplace environments. Aiming to showcase innovative and creative solutions for workplace challenges, such as improving employee satisfaction, boosting productivity, and ...
Read More »Sodexo introduces 24/7 automated deli solution for hospitals
Sodexo has partnered with unattended retail experts, SV365 Technologies, to be the first provider in the UK to offer the 24/7 Deli, a ground-breaking automated retail solution. The announcement comes in Nutrition and Hydration Week 2023, an annual event to ...
Read More »Sodexo extends 12-year partnership with Oasis
Sodexo has been awarded a three-year catering contract extension with Oasis Community Learning. The two organisations first partnered over 12 years ago, and today Sodexo’s Food & Co offer provides breakfast, morning break and lunch to 28,000 Oasis pupils, as ...
Read More »Houston & Hawkes invests in its operational team
The independent B Corp caterer has announced seven senior appointments to support the company’s continued growth. Emilie Whiteoak, previously with BaxterStorey, joins as Account Director and will oversee a number of Houston & Hawkes’ key accounts. Marinela Golfita, who joins ...
Read More »Elior launches social value campaign
Contract caterer, Elior UK, has launched The Lifetime of Enrichment campaign which aims to elevate social value awareness and unite efforts into a companywide focus with one vision: to deliver 28,835 days of social value by 2025. The campaign seeks ...
Read More »Contract catering: rising to the challenges of 2023
The latest Contract Catering Tracker shows sales are substantially up year-on-year and are approaching pre-COVID levels. However, it also acknowledges the impact of record levels of inflation hitting the contract catering businesses hard along with the challenge of servicing hybrid ...
Read More »Sodexo awarded £16.5m pharmaceutical contract extension
Sodexo has extended its catering and FM services contract with TriRx Pharmaceuticals Services in Speke, Liverpool for a further five years. Sodexo has been the catering and FM partner at the Speke site since 2012, the facility was acquired by ...
Read More »Eurest enrols in social norms research project at the University of Oxford
National contract caterer, Eurest, is working with PhD students at the University of Oxford to explore the impact of social norms on how consumers choose what they eat in a workplace restaurant. The impact of peer choice and peer review ...
Read More »Levy UK + Ireland renews catering partnership with ExCeL
The sports and entertainment arm of Compass Group UK & Ireland has extended its partnership with London events venue, ExCeL. Shared sustainability, technology and service ambitions were key to the retention. Levy UK+I has been the catering partner at ExCeL ...
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