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'''Eurest''' is a catering company owned by the [[Compass Group]]. They operate within 80 countries, providing staff restaurants and supplying vending machines for businesses.
They have operated within the United Kingdom for over fifty years, and [[as of 2005]] they employ 15,500 people in 1,850 sites, operated by five [[holding companies]]: '''Eurest Corporate Accounts''', '''Eurest Business & Industry'' ('''B&I''') '''Scotland and Ireland''', '''Quadrant''', '''Baxter''' and '''Platts and Restaurant Associates'''. In the UK the company is now recognised as "Investors in People", a national standard independently awarded on behalf of the [[Department for Education and Employment]].
In the [[United States]] the company is known as '''Eurest Dining Services'''.
Just recently they have made a deal with [[ASDA]] to transform all their in-store restaurants into Eurest restaurants, along with this they are also opening up [[Caffe Ritazza]] coffee shop in the [[ASDA]] living format.
==References==
* [http://www.cgnad.com/default.asp?action=article&ID=12 United States Compass Group website]
* [http://www.eurestuk.co.uk/background/index.htm United Kingdom Compass Group website]
* [http://www.investorsinpeople.co.uk/IIP/Web/Case+Studies/Eurest+National+Accounts.htm Contract Catering - Eurest National Accounts (Compass Group) - Business Case Studies - Investors in People]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4669396.stm BBC News: Compass finds UN 'irregularity']
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/02/01/ucompass.xml&sSheet=/money/2006/02/01/ixcitytop.html Daily Telegraph: Compass investigation finds 'serious irregularities']
* [http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=406797&in_page_id=2 Evening Standard: Compass faces fresh grilling on UN scandal]
[[Category:Catering and food service companies of the United Kingdom]]
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