Compass Group PLC operates as a food and support services company in North America, Europe, and internationally. The company offers support services, such as cleaning in hospitals; reception services at corporate headquarters; managing remote camps; grounds and facilities services at schools and universities; and others. It serves business and industry; healthcare and senior living market; education; sports and leisure; and defense, offshore, and remote sectors. Compass Group PLC was founded in 1941 and is based in Chertsey, the United Kingdom.

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Compass Group PLC is a world leading food and support services company, which serves meals to millions of people in c.35 countries and employs and engages more than 550,000 people globally. The Company specialises in providing food and a range of support services across the core sectors of Business & Industry, Healthcare & Senior Living, Education, Sports & Leisure and Defence, Offshore & Remote, with an established brand portfolio.

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Earlier this month Compass Group Canada proudly hosted an Indigenous Cuisine Spotlight and Training for our culinary team, welcoming Chef Zach Keeshig to teach 17 of our chefs.

During the 8-hour educational session, Chef Zach taught our teams how to prepare progressive and authentic Indigenous cooking traditions and techniques.

This inspirational and educational teaching event encouraged our chefs to take these recipes and culinary philosophies back to their kitchens to share with their teams, clients and guests.

After the event, we had the chance to chat with a few of our chef participants, including Chef Eugene, Executive Chef, Chartwells:

“This event was a fantastic opportunity to work collaboratively with our chefs in learning about Indigenous cuisine. Learning, and working hands on with Chef Zach gave me much more confidence in cooking Indigenous cuisine without fear of misrepresenting. Culinary is so expansive, and there’s an infinite supply of knowledge for us chefs to learn from. Nobody knows everything and so I’m grateful we can be the student from time to time and get a chance to learn, gather and share knowledge.”

Read more: https://lnkd.in/gnZc-KAv

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We are thrilled to share that Compass Group Canada has been recognised as one of the 2024 Best Workplaces™ with Most Trusted Executive Teams by Great Place to Work® Canada!

This recognition is awarded based on feedback through the Great Place to Work Trust Index associate survey, where our #teamCompass colleagues in Canada had the opportunity to share their valuable thoughts on working at Compass Group Canada – which makes this recognition incredibly special.

In the words of Saajid Khan, CEO Compass Group Canada: “There is no greater success as a leader than knowing the people we work with trust us and feel valued.”
 
Congratulations team! #GreatPeople

We couldn’t be prouder of our #teamCompass colleagues who shone at the IKA/Culinary Olympics 2024 in Stuttgart, Germany last week.

Compass Group Finland: First place in the Community Catering category, and chef Karri Käki was a competition judge.

Compass Group Norge: Three Compass chefs joined the Norwegian national team, coming third in the National Team category. And one of those Compass chefs won gold with distinctions in his category.

Compass Group Sverige: chef Krister Dahl mentored the Swedish junior national teams and was a competition judge.

Compass Group UK & Ireland: Silver and Bronze medals for our Compass team, four Compass chefs joined the UK national senior team taking a double silver medal and one Compass chef won gold as part of the Craft Guild of Chefs UK team.

Quite the medal haul between them all!

Seeing our Compass colleagues compete on the world’s largest culinary stage fills us all with so much pride. Congratulations to everyone involved!

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At Compass, we’re passionate about attracting, retaining and developing our female talent.

That’s why we’re very proud of our ‘Women in Food’ network.

Initially created to great success in 2016 by our UK and Ireland business, we’re delighted that Women in Food has this month been launched by Compass Group Australia.

#WomenInFood Australia is an ambassador and community-led group, committed to supporting and uplifting our female colleagues across Australia, particularly in culinary, so they can continue to grow and thrive.

Watch the video below to hear from some of our inspiring colleagues who have worked tirelessly to launch this important programme.

Together, we’re building a community that’s inclusive and supports the development and growth of our female talent.

#teamCompass #GreatPeople #WomenInCompass 

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As a business, we are agile, innovative leaders in #sustainability – a position that supports our growth and enables us to set ambitious climate targets.

We are continuously evolving our offer to remain relevant and to serve our consumers what they want, whilst offering insights on the environmental impacts of certain foods.

We also recognise that health and wellbeing often go hand in hand with sustainability. As a result, we’re combining thought leadership, culinary expertise, and technology to achieve our goals.

To learn more about our achievements and progress throughout 2023, we invite you to read our Sustainability Report 2023. Head to our website to download a copy: https://lnkd.in/dr-yiUa

#teamCompass #PlanetPromise

Our Planet Promise Change-Makers are at the forefront of delivery in support of our sustainability priorities, leading on food waste reduction, creating delicious and innovative better for the planet menus, collaborating with suppliers, and influencing the behaviour of consumers.

Shining a light on these accomplishments is enabling our teams to learn from one another and increasing the impact we are having as an organisation.

We invite you to read our Sustainability Report 2023 which explores just some of these achievements from around the Compass family.

Head to our website to download a copy: https://lnkd.in/dr-yiUa

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Chef Arjyo Banerjee, a member of our Global Culinary Forum, takes us on a culinary journey through the vibrant streets of Kolkata in our inaugural Compass Group India ‘Food Safari’.

Chef Arjyo is joined by 15 of his culinary colleagues as they discover the culinary secrets in the city's iconic dishes. The Food Safari's objective is to unfold age-old culinary practices, whilst inspiring ideas and innovative dishes for our menus and offers across India.

Kolkata is just the beginning, with further Food Safaris planned in other cities throughout 2024, and beyond.

Watch the video below to hear from Arjyo and see some of the insights the team uncovered.

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The IKA/Culinary Olympics is the oldest, largest and most diverse international culinary arts competition in the world. Brimming with passion, professional chefs and teams work together to harmonise the perfect interaction of ingredients, preparation, flavour and presentation 🔪🏆

Taking place from the 2-7 February in Stuttgart, we’re delighted that many of our colleagues globally are flying the flag for Compass at this prestigious competition.

In the Community Catering category, we have teams from Compass Group UK & Ireland and Compass Group Finland. 

Compass Group Norge is also well represented, with Culinary Director Gunnar Hvarnes as the manager for all three Norwegian national teams, Inger Renathe Østmo as captain for the Community Catering team and Rohita Kumara as pastry artist.

And as esteemed judges of the competition, Krister Dahl from Compass Group Sverige and Karri Käki from Compass Group Finland.

Krister, who himself has won four team gold medals in previous Culinary Olympics, is also a mentor for the Swedish Junior Culinary Team. And Nick Vadis, an eight-time Culinary Olympic winner, is coaching our UK & Ireland team alongside Graham Singer.

At Compass, chefs and culinarians are integral to our success and it’s great to see their expertise being recognised on a global scale. Good luck to everyone involved!

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This morning we launched our Group Sustainability Report 2023.

Titled ‘Driving Sustainability Together’, it details the progress we are making, as well as how this is positively impacting our planet and contributing tangible commercial benefits to the Group.

We invite you to read our Sustainability Report 2023, which explores just some of these achievements from around the Compass family.

Head to our website to download a copy: https://lnkd.in/dr-yiUa

#teamCompass #PlanetPromise

Last week Compass Group España hosted our Woman’s Academy graduation event, celebrating the programme’s remarkable female talent 👩🎓👩🎓

Funded by the Compass Group Foundation, the programme is all about creating inclusive job opportunities for women at risk of severe social exclusion in Spain.

We’re pleased to report that from a total of 30 students, 24 have secured employment in the food sector, with 12 of those now working for Compass Group Spain.

The programme is supported by our partners at Fundación Integra España, as well as Humano360 Consultores who have helped to provide training. The programme has been endorsed by the Francisco de Vitoria University (UFV), who issued our graduates with an official “Kitchen Assistant” university qualification.

Congratulations to all of our Woman’s Academy graduates, and good luck for the next step of your career journey!

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