Eurest

Eurest is a catering company owned by the Compass Group. They operate within 80 countries, providing staff restaurants and supplying vending machines for businesses.

They have operated within the United Kingdom for over fifty years, and as of 2005 they employ 15,500 people in 1,850 sites, operated by five holding companies: Eurest Corporate Accounts, Eurest Business & Industry" (B&I) Scotland and Ireland, Quadrant, Baxter and Platts and Restaurant Associates"'. In the UK the company is now recognised as "Investors in People", a national standard independently awarded on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.

In the United States the company is known as Eurest Dining Services.

Just recently they have made a deal with ASDA to transform all their in-store restaurants into Eurest restaurants, along with this they are also opening up Caffe Ritazza coffee shop in the ASDA living format.

References

* [http://www.cgnad.com/default.asp?action=article&ID=12 United States Compass Group website]
* [http://www.eurestuk.co.uk/background/index.htm United Kingdom Compass Group website]
* [http://www.investorsinpeople.co.uk/IIP/Web/Case+Studies/Eurest+National+Accounts.htm Contract Catering - Eurest National Accounts (Compass Group) - Business Case Studies - Investors in People]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4669396.stm BBC News: Compass finds UN 'irregularity']
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/02/01/ucompass.xml&sSheet=/money/2006/02/01/ixcitytop.html Daily Telegraph: Compass investigation finds 'serious irregularities']
* [http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=406797&in_page_id=2 Evening Standard: Compass faces fresh grilling on UN scandal]