Compass school struggle.Catering group Compass reported a weak performance at its schools arm today as students shunned healthier food during their lunch breaks The company reported a 6% increase in pre-tax profits to pounds 363m during the year to September 30 as revenues grew 7% to pounds 10.8bn. Compass has been rebuilding after a profits warning caused by weaker margins on UK school meal contracts and poor summer trading in Europe. The firm reported turnover at the UK operations had remained generally flat at pounds 1.95bn, but admitted feeling the pinch pinch, n a small amount of chewing tobacco (snuff) an individual takes to use the substance for its desired effect. A “pinch” is called a quid in Britain. in school canteens. The firm has a presence across the North through its Eurest workplace catering, Medirest hospital catering and Scolarest schools catering operations. Eurest's Northern England Northern England, The North or North of England is a rather ill-defined term, with no universally accepted definition. Its extent may be subject to personal opinion and many companies or organisations have differing definitions as to what it constitutes. operation, oversees 450 foodservice contracts for clients including Wynyard One in the Tees Valley The Tees Valley is an area the North East of England. It can be described as "greater Teesside" and consists of the four unitary authorities created by the breakup of the County of Cleveland in 1996: Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland, and Stockton-On-Tees along with and Garlands call centres in Stockton, Middlesbrough and Hartlepool. |
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