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Sep. 1, 2011

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Morrison Lets Loose the Moose

Detroit Medical Center's Children's Hospital new mascot and menu program designed specifically for children's hospital environments....More
Sep. 1, 2011

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Growing the Business

Visa re-opens its renovated Metro 1 Café on Northern California campus...More
Jul. 1, 2011

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Compass Expands HQ Operation

Two hundred new jobs in Charlotte include some consolidation from regional sites....More
Apr. 25, 2011

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Compass Unveils Carbon Footprint Toolkit

Compass Group is offering its clients a web-based toolkit that helps mitigate the carbon footprint of a foodservice account. The easy-to-use...More
Apr. 1, 2011

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Steve Sweeney: 2011 Silver Plate Winner in the Foodservice Management Category

Steve Sweeney has helped build Compass North America's Chartwells organization from an amalgam of acquired accounts into a $1.6 billion educational foodservices giant....More
Mar. 8, 2011

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Compass Makes a Pair of Targeted Acquisitions

Compass Group has made a pair of acquisitions through two of its subsidiaries. It has acquired Coffee Distributing Corp., which it describes...More
Mar. 1, 2011

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Morrison Intros Probiotic Menu at Hospital

Waffles, pancakes are functional foods designed to boost immune and digestive systems....More
Jan. 4, 2011

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Judge Dismisses Mandatory Meal Plan Suit

A Jefferson County judge has dismissed a lawsuit against three Alabama state universities that claimed they violated the state constitution by forcing...More
Jan. 1, 2011

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Microsoft's Point-and-Shoot Promo Solution

A new technology based on cell phone cameras delivers discount offers and promo messages to the company's onsite dining customers...More
Jan. 1, 2011

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Whole Grains Council Honors Schools

Flik Independent School Dining has been named the grand prize winner in the 2010 Whole Grains Challenge of the Whole Grains Council. The company, a unit...More
Oct. 7, 2010

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Uno Opens First Two Campus-Specific Units

Uno Restaurant Holdings Corporation ("UNO") announces the opening of two franchised Uno Due Go units by the Compass Group. The two units are located in the new state-...More
Oct. 1, 2010

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Why the Block Rocks at NEU

In the heart of Boston…Northeastern University realizes over $25 million in foodservice sales, more than 40 percent of that from retail and voluntary block meal plans...More
Sep. 30, 2010

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Univ. of Portland Opens New Dining Venue Named for Alumnus, Bon Appetit CEO Fedele Bauccio

The University of Portland (OR) has unveiled its new Bauccio Commons, named for alumnus Fedele Bauccio, CEO of the school's dining services...More
Sep. 1, 2010

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Not So Simple

Eurest's new Simply Puur café concept shows an ambitious attempt to find an efficient "small site solution"...More
Aug. 23, 2010

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Compass Acquires Indian Firm

Compass Group has acquired Tirumala Hospitality Services Private, an onsite foodservice specialist operating...More
Jun. 1, 2010

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Ballpark Food Continues to Upscale

Concessionaires pile on the gourmet goodies for fans...More
Mar. 29, 2010

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New Washington Schools FSD Sets Goals

Jeff Mills, the new director of food services for the Washington, DC, Public Schools, is starting to implement a number of initiatives he hopes will begin to...More
Apr. 1, 2009

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Compass Raises its POS-ibilities

Recent deals inked by Compass Group with MasterCard and Visa, and with wellness communications firm Nutricate, Inc., signal an increased concentration...More
Feb. 1, 2009

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The Other Side of the Service Equation

Non-food services are becoming a much more significant part of foodservice contractor service portfolios....More
Jul. 14, 2008

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St. Louis Schools to Go With Chartwells/Thompson

St. Louis Public Schools has terminated its foodservice contract with Aramark and turned management of the districts food and nutrition program over to Chartwells School Services and Thompson Hospitality Services. Chartwells and Thompson, a minority ......More
May 1, 2008

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The House Dining Operations

Restaurant Associates operates eight outlets for the House of Representatives around the U.S. Capitol. They are In the U.S. Capitol Members Dining Room...More
Jan. 1, 2007

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Compass Gets Steamed

Above: Prototype packages of Dream Steam Cuisine meals as they were sold in early test markets. Inset shows a close up view of the steam valve that is...More
Jan. 1, 2007

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Viewpoint Interview: A Conversation with Compass Group's Rick Post

Rick PostiglioneRick Post as he is known to colleaguesjoined Compass Group in 1997 as president of the newly-acquired Flik organization. He became president...More
Oct. 1, 2005

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GLOBETROTTING!

For the country's three largest contractors, the competition is worldwide but the U.S. remains the most strategic market opportunity. Here's a look at how that competition evolved and where it stands today....More
Jan. 1, 2002

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Bon Appetit Management Company Built Its Culture Around Chefs

If there was ever a management company that earned its reputation one meal at a time, that distinction would have to belong to Bon Appétit...More