Compass
1984 Grand Metropolitan's contract catering businesses, Grand Metropolitan Catering Services, were renamed Compass Services[1]
1987 Management buyout of Compass Services from Grand Metropolitan[2], the largest British MBO up to that time.
1988 Compass Group consisted of 3 divisions:[3]
- Compass Services
- Compass Healthcare
- Rosser and Russell
The Group was floated on the Stock Exchange.
1992 Acquired Letheby and Christopher and Travellers Fare
1993 Acquired SAS Service Partner
1994 Acquired Canteen Corporation of USA
1995 Acquired Eurest International of France
1998 Signed the first global foodservice contract to feed Philips workers
2000 Acquired from Granada the Sutcliffe Catering and roadside catering businesses as well as Forte Hotels; subsequently sold the hotels. Merging Granada's catering arm with the UK business of Compass to form Compass Group's UK and Ireland division.
2002 Put Little Chef and Travelodge up for sale.
2010 Acquired Vision Security Group
2011 Acquired PPP Infrastructure Management, Cygnet Catering and Integrated Cleaning Management Ltd.
2012 Purchased Acquire, food procurement software and services
See Also
Sources of Information
- [1] Compass Group