Top 50 rank—29
2022 revenues—$133 million
2021 revenues—$49 million
Pct. Increase—171%

Pomptonian is a K-12 specialist operating in more than a hundred school districts in New Jersey that benefitted from students returning to in-person learning and from its own ability address supply chain challenges to continue to offer appealing meal choices. 
 

Top 50 rank—11
2022 revenues—$600 million
2021 revenues—$300 million
Pct. Increase—100%

Oak View Group is a major new player in the sports/entertainment market as both an operator/manager of and consultant to venues, and as a provider of guest services like concessions and catering, which is the business of its Hospitality unit. It benefitted over the past year both from the general recovery of its client industries and from its own initiatives, which included the acquisition of Spectrum Catering, which extended its reach into additional complementary markets.
 

Top 50 rank—16
2022 revenues—$344.800 million
2021 revenues—$222.325 million
Pct. Increase—55%

Whitsons mainly serves the K-12 market but also has a substantial prepared meals business that extends its reach to other markets including emergency, community and senior meals programs.
 

Top 50 rank—2
2022 revenues—$10.031 billion
2020 revenues—$6.809 billion
Pct. Increase—47%

The second largest firm on the 2023 Top 50 followed up three successive years of dips in revenues with a major jump in 2022 that put in within a whisker of its all-time high. Contributing to that result was some $400 million in net new business, which was more than 40% higher than fiscal 2021 and about 20 times greater than fiscal 2019, according to the company’s 2022 annual report.
 

Top 50 rank—21
2022 revenues—$215 million
2021 revenues—$146 million
Pct. Increase—47%

Continental operates in multiple markets and focuses on vending, catering and convenience retailing operations that all saw a resurgence over the past year. In addition, it expanded its footprint in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York with the acquisition of the Cuyahoga Franklin Group.
 

Top 50 rank—5
2022 revenues—$2.264 billion
2022 revenues—$1.541 billion
Pct. Increase—47%

Like SSP America, HMSHost benefitted from the return of travelers to airports and highways, where they could patronize the company’s airport restaurants and roadway travel plazas.
 

Top 50 rank—1
2022 revenues—$21.9 billion
2021 revenues—$15.2 billion
Pct. Increase—44%

Following a full year organic revenue decline of 6.7% in fiscal 2021 over 2020, the industry’s largest player by far rebounded strongly in fiscal 2022, posting an all-time revenue high by topping its 2019 total of $20.1 billion. In its annual report, parent firm Compass Group PLC noted net new business growth of 9% for the North American unit, “reflecting both strong new business wins and continued high retention at 97.1%. Growth was broad based across all sectors, with strong wins from first-time outsourcing,” it added.