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...
The "Big Three" and the Year That Was
When FM published its 2006Top 50 ( September issue), Compass Group had taken over the top spot from Aramark Corp., with Sodexho, Inc., remaining third....
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...
A Big League Player in a Very Competitive Business
The Many Faces of Centerplate. (top, to bottom.) Yankee Stadium in its mid-game glory, the action station at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, insuite...
Aramark Launches Restaurant Brand
Aramark Healthcare will open Soluna Caf Bakery, its first branded free-standing retail restaurants this month at the Texas Medical Center in Houston and...
HSG Acquires Senior Dining Specialist
Healthcare Services Group, Inc., has announced that it signed a definitive agreement and plan of merger to acquire all of the capital stock of Summit...
Board Approves Aramark Buyout
Aramark has signed a definitive merger agreement under which a group led by Chairman/CEO Joseph Neubauer will acquire the company in a transaction valued...
The 2006 FM Top 50 Management Companies
FM's Top 50 has never been as stable as it was in 2006. Absent the acquisitions and mergers that characterized the contract management company sector...
Unidine's Second Act
The Atrium Caf at Cell Signaling Technology SIGNALING SUCCESS. The caf at Cell Signaling Technologies, Danvers, MA, was transformed...
District Manager by Day, Soul Man by Night...
Eurest District Manager John Castro's album, featuring a Who's Who of Chicago Blues legends. John Castro is the district general-manager for contract...
Aramark Unveils Nutri Info Portal
WEB NUTRITION. Campus Dish includes info on menus and healthy lifestyle tips. A ramark has unveiled CampusDish, a web portal-that offers college and university...
Shattered Glass and Personal Journeys
CONNECTING A DOUBLE HELIX. past SFM president Debi Benedetti moderating the Women's Council panel, including (l. to r.) Patricia Harris, chief diversity...
RA Restaurant Unit Spun Off
Diners enjoy lunch at the Morgan Library and Museum Dining Room, New York, NY, one of RA's latest accounts. The commercial restaurant division of Compass...
P&A Deal Puts CulinArt on West Coast
(below) CulinArt CEO Joseph Pacifico (l.) and P&A CEO Anthony Pecoraro shake hands on the deal merging P&A into CulinArt. P&A operates 23 corporate cafs...
Canteen Vends iPod
Canteen Vending Services has installed a "cyber-accessory" vending machine on the campus of Columbia University that sells batteries, office supplies,...
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