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Compass Group appoints Zanne Burø as new Managing Director for the Nordics. On Nordic level, Compass Group has a turnover of DKK 7 billion per year and approx. 13,000 employees. Worldwide the turnover is DKK 160 billion per year and there are 600,000 employees.

Compass Group PLC (LSE: CPG), a leading global food service company, today announces that it has signed an agreement with Fazer Group, an international family-owned FMCG and direct to consumer group, to acquire Fazer Food Services for an enterprise value of approximately €475 million.

We are very excited to announce that Eurest Services has prolonged its contract with Siemens Gamesa till 2022.

The story of Eurest Services and Total Upstream Danmark’s partnership is all about dialogue, close collaboration and how that leads to a successful relationship.

Through the last couple years, fruit from Vesterled Frugtplantage on Fejø has gained great popularity. The orchard is known for their cultivation of high-quality fruit. Or as the man behind it, Laust Spandet Jensen says; "Denmark's Best Fruit".

…you will find Max Thomsens cabbage fields which were recently visited by Compass Group Denmark’s managing director, Zanne Burø, and Culinary Council members, Tina Fugl and Kristian Frederik Bruun. In the summer sunshine all three got the opportunity to see the green and red pointed cabbage that Max will be delivering to Compass Group.

Food waste is on the agenda when Stop Food Waste Day is celebrated for the first time in Denmark on April 26th. This initiative can be experienced by Compass Group Danmark’s more than 65.000 guests in more than 170 staff and campus-restaurants, cafes and convenience stores.

From the marshland farm in Southern Jutland comes Sødam’s organic chickens, especially chosen by Compass Group Danmark’s Culinary Council – comprised of some of our best food experts from across the country. They have chosen Sødam’s chicken as a special taste experience for the guests in Eurest’s staff restaurants.

Compass Group Danmark has entered into a collaboration with Grambogård, an independent slaughterhouse on Fyn. This collaboration is about focusing on the raw ingredients. Compass Group has therefore bought 300 apple pigs, which many of their staff and campus restaurants will be able to serve to their guest in the coming months.

It has just been announced that Maersk Oil’s newly built headquarter office at Amerika Plads in Copenhagen will be supported by a full Facility Management contract from Compass Group under Eurest Services.

Eurest Services and FLSmidth have recently extended their partnership with an additional three years. Not only have they extended the collaboration, but it has also been expanded with two new locations, Dania and Airloq, in Mariager. Both parties are happy to continue this relationship, which is built on transparency and dialogue.

In our previous, we wrote about the importance of considering all four generations in the workplace. But how is this done on a practical level, when Compass Group serves food to over 100,000 guests a day? Read this article and get a unique insight into Compass Group’s knowledge of generation-specific food solutions and how they are applied in practice.

Where, when and what we eat depends on many different things. One person’s eating habits do not necessarily reflect those of their colleagues. Therefore, in order to deliver the best food, and the highest level of service, companies must recognise the many different preferences and eating habits of their guests, all of which have to be addressed.

In January 2017 Compass Group was proud to announce that Søren Olsen from Eurest at Nilfisk in Hadsund, got one of the coveted spots on the National Catering Team of Denmark. The team aims at developing talent by focusing on gastronomic innovation. So, what does it takes to become part of the team?

To open oysters on top of the Chinese wall is not something anybody gets to experience. But that is exactly what Head Chef at Eurest, Jesper Mølgård Knudsen, did on his recent trip to China. Being an active competitor in oyster opening, Jesper was invited to show off his talent on a promotional tour around China. He did this with the support of, and sponsorship from, Eurest.