The UK Contract Catering Industry Faces Two Major Challenges: A Staff and Skills Shortage and a Continuing Stream of New Government Regulations that can be Costly to Implement for Many Caterers.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c29356) has announced the addition of Contract Catering & Foodservice Management Market Report 2005 to their offering The UK market for contract catering and foodservice management was valued at GBP GBP In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the British Pound. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 3.9bn in 2004, an increase of 3% on 2003 and 19.4% on 2000. The market continues to expand, despite a decline in the number of outlets served by contract caterers. The market is divided into five main sectors: business and industry, education, catering for the public, healthcare, and other contract catering and foodservice management, which serves sectors such as central and local government, the construction industry, oil rigs and prisons. Business and industry is the largest sector, but catering for the public demonstrated the fastest growth over the review period (2000 to 2004). The development of new catering ideas and concepts has boosted sales in the public catering sector. Demand from higher-education colleges and universities has helped increase revenues in the education sector. The contract catering industry faces two major challenges: a staff and skills shortage and a continuing stream of new government regulations that can be costly to implement for many caterers. Some of the staff shortages are currently being met by an influx of low-cost labour from the new East European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. EU member states, although the continuity of this cannot be guaranteed. The latest piece of government legislation to affect the industry -- the Food Safety Act, which is due to be introduced in January 2006 -- is likely to add further to the cost burden. The quality of food and especially the quality of school meals is under review at the present time. The Government has recently announced that schools will be provided with rules indicating the minimum amount of carbohydrate carbohydrate, any member of a large class of chemical compounds that includes sugars, starches, cellulose, and related compounds. These compounds are produced naturally by green plants from carbon dioxide and water (see photosynthesis). that a school meal can provide and the maximum amount of fat it can contain. Schools will also be advised to buy fresh food from local outlets, where possible. The Government has been impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: by reports from schools that have adopted healthier menus, which show that children have become less disruptive disruptive /dis·rup·tive/ (-tiv) 1. bursting apart; rending. 2. causing confusion or disorder. in the classroom and that absenteeism ab·sen·tee·ism n. 1. Habitual failure to appear, especially for work or other regular duty. 2. The rate of occurrence of habitual absence from work or duty. levels have fallen. It is estimated that the market for contract catering and foodservice management will continue to develop in the second half of the decade. Factors that are likely to influence the sector over the forecast period (2005 to 2009) include: the ongoing desire of companies and organisations to outsource their non-core businesses; the opportunities available for contractors to provide add-on services in addition to catering; the Government's move to increase spending on school meals; and the trend towards healthier diets. Companies Mentioned: - Aramark Ltd - Avenance PLC - Compass Group The British company Compass Group LSE: CPG is one of the largest food service businesses in the world. It provides catering services to many types of institutions, for example schools, hospitals, companies and nursing homes. PLC - Initial Catering Services Ltd - Sodexho Ltd - Alpha Airports Group PLC - Baxter Smith Ltd - Charlton House Catering Services Ltd - Eaton Fine Dining Ltd - Gate Gourmet Gate Gourmet is an airline catering firm with headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, and Reston, Virginia, USA. As of 2004, it had 22,000 employees, a revenue of 2.4 billion Swiss Francs, and produced 195 million flight meals per year. Holdings UK Ltd - Just Deli Ltd - Lindley Catering Ltd - Massarella Catering Ltd - Mitie Catering Services Ltd - OCS OCS - Object Compatibility Standard Group Ltd - WSH See Windows Script Host. Group Ltd For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c29356 |
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