19 Facts About Compass Group

Compass Group plc is a British multinational contract foodservice company headquartered in Chertsey, England.

Compass Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Compass Group has its origins in a company which was founded by Jack Bateman in 1941 as Factory Canteens Limited and which subsequently became known as Bateman Catering.

Compass Group was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1988.

Compass Group purchased Morrison Management Specialists and then merged with Granada plc as part of a planned strategy to separate the media and catering interests of the latter.

Related searches

Compass Group then sold its roadside and travel catering businesses for a combined £1.

Compass Group PLC made further acquisitions in 2009, including Kimco in the US and Plural in Germany.

Compass Group acquired Feedr just before the COVID-19 pandemic, which allowed the company to use Feedr's online technology to support both the business and people as it was able to send free meals to those in need using Feedr's technology.

Compass Group operates several owned service systems including Steamplicity, and Trim Trax.

Summary of Compass Group scandals was compiled by Corporate Watch in June 2022 for cleaners affiliated to the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain who were campaigning for PPE, fair treatment, and higher pay.

In November 2005, Compass Group sacked the head of its UK division and two other employees as the investigation continued.

Compass Group said staff members had been dismissed but did not officially say how many.

The lawsuits, in which the two competitors who claimed a total of £600m in damages against Compass Group, alleged that Compass Group had tried to rig the awarding of UN contracts worth in excess of $350m for United Nations peace keepers across the world.

Compass Group had agreed by October 2006 to pay to up to £40m to settle two lawsuits brought against it for allegedly bribing a UN official to win catering contracts.

Compass Group did not admit any legal liability and paid a confidential settlement in the region of £40m.

Compass Group USA settled for $18 million on its overcharging on school meals in 2016.

In 2019 Chartwells Higher Education, a Compass Group subsidiary, ended its relationship with Cenikor, a drug rehabilitation organization that had been providing labor for Louisiana State University's cafeterias.

Chartwells, a Compass Group subsidiary, was criticized, and the company issued an apology.

Corporate Watch's profile on Compass Group listed campaigns by Unison and GMB members against second class working conditions in NHS hospitals between 2011 and 2019.