Compass Group NZ

What Compass Group NZ does

Compass Group NZ is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UK-listed Compass Group PLC (LSE: CPG) and operates as New Zealand's market leader in outsourced food and support services, established in 1987 and serving clients across 300+ locations nationwide. The business is organised around two core service lines — Food Services and Support Services — delivered through a portfolio of sector-specialist sub-brands: Eurest (Business & Industry), Restaurant Associates (Corporate, Sports, Leisure & Events), Medirest (Hospitals & Senior Living), ESS (Defence, Offshore and Remote), Chartwells (Education), and 14Forty (integrated facilities management). Customers span enterprise corporates, government ministries, healthcare providers, education institutions, defence bases, and remote mining/construction sites.

The operating backbone is the Compass Service Framework, a global proprietary standardisation platform that drives consistent delivery across single-site and multi-site contracts. It is complemented by sector-specific tooling including the Saffron allergen management system, the Lunches4Me online ordering application, a digital health & safety tool applied across the school lunch value chain, and Cambro Go-Box insulated carriers for last-mile distribution. Workforce capability is supported by Compass College, an in-house L&D platform delivering NZQA hospitality qualifications and apprenticeships. The School Lunch Collective, formed in February 2025 with Gilmours and Libelle Group, delivers the Ministry of Education's Ka Ora, Ka Ako healthy school lunch programme to ~12,000 students across 50 schools at a mandated NZ$3 per meal, with Compass acting as conductor of the partnership.

Commercially, Compass NZ earns revenue primarily through multi-year managed service contracts priced on a bespoke quote basis per client, sector and location, supplemented by transaction-based revenue from cafés, bars, grab-and-go outlets, barista services and vending machines operated at client venues. The school lunch programme adds a high-volume, fixed-price government revenue stream. The group maintains ISO 14001:2015 environmental certification across the school lunch operations and operates a confidential SpeakUp ethics and integrity programme across the workforce.

Name

Compass Group NZ

Legal name

Compass Group NZ

Website

https://compass-group.co.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Compass Group NZ is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UK-listed Compass Group PLC and operates as New Zealand's market leader in outsourced food and support services, delivering catering, hospitality and integrated facilities management through sector brands (Eurest, Restaurant Associates, Medirest, ESS, Chartwells, 14Forty) to enterprise, government, healthcare, education, defence and remote-site clients across 300+ locations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contract Catering and Food Services

akta.pro primary industry

Contract Foodservice Management (Outsourced Catering) (THAFAIAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Contract Foodservice Management for Schools (EDAEAEAB), Corporate Catering & Office Food Programs (HSACAGAC), Catering, Pantry & Food Service (On-site Refreshments/Events) (IMAIALAD)

Keywords

• Contract catering services
• Food services outsourcing
• Support services
• Facilities management
• Hospitality services

Headquarters

HQ city

Auckland

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Contract catering (food services): Recurring outsourced food service contracts with enterprise, government, healthcare, education and defence clients across 300+ NZ locations, delivered through sector-specific brands (Eurest, Restaurant Associates, Medirest, ESS, Chartwells). Operates on multi-year managed service contracts.
2. Consumer retail and barista/vending solutions: Revenue from operating cafes, bars, restaurants, grab-and-go outlets and vending machines at client venues and events, including Barista-made espresso and texture-modified meals for special care residents.
3. Support services (cleaning, maintenance, security, reception, laundry, grounds): Soft services delivered alongside or independently of food services to hospitals, corporate HQs, remote camps, schools and universities. Delivered via the 14Forty integrated facilities management brand. Often bundled with food contracts but can be standalone.
4. Government-funded school lunch provision (Ka Ora, Ka Ako): Fixed per-meal government-funded contract at NZ$3 per meal under the School Lunch Collective, serving 12,000 students daily across 50 schools. Volume-based, operationally-driven revenue stream.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Core offering

Compass Group NZ delivers outsourced food services (contract catering, consumer retail outlets, barista-made espresso, texture-modified meals for special care residents and vending solutions) and support services (cleaning, building operations and maintenance, facilities management, business and office services, outdoor maintenance, reception, security and laundry) to enterprise, government, healthcare, education and defence clients across 300+ New Zealand locations. Services are channelled through sector-specialist sub-brands — Eurest, Restaurant Associates, Medirest, ESS and Chartwells — with 14Forty providing integrated facilities management, and include the government-funded School Lunch Collective (Ka Ora, Ka Ako) programme.

Product overview

Compass Group NZ operates a single integrated food and support services business, wholly owned by Compass Group PLC, delivered through two core service lines — Food Services and Support Services — and a portfolio of sector-specialist sub-brands. The sector sub-brands (Eurest for Business & Industry, Restaurant Associates for Corporate & Leisure, Medirest for Hospitals & Senior Living, ESS for Defence, Offshore and Remote, and Chartwells for Education) provide tailored offerings within each vertical, while 14Forty operates as the dedicated integrated facilities management brand within Support Services. The flagship programme-level offering is the School Lunch Collective (Ka Ora, Ka Ako), through which Compass Group NZ, together with Gilmours and Libelle Group, delivers government-funded healthy school lunches across New Zealand, supported by the SpeakUp, We're Listening ethics and integrity programme that underpins group-wide conduct.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Food Services Outsourced contract catering covering contract catering, consumer retail outlets, barista-made espresso, texture-modified meals for special-care residents and vending solutions, delivered to clients across business, healthcare, education, defence and remote sites.
• Support Services Soft-facilities services including cleaning, building operations and maintenance, facility management, business and office services, outdoor maintenance, reception, security and laundry, standardised through the Compass Service Framework.
• Eurest Sector brand delivering food and hospitality services to business and industry clients, providing cost-effective, scalable dining solutions, events, reception and office support services.
• Restaurant Associates Sector brand providing food, beverage and hospitality services for corporate, leisure, sports, exhibition and major cultural venues, including restaurants, cafés, bars, hospitality suites and full event catering.
• Medirest Sector brand delivering patient and senior-living dining alongside bespoke support services (environmental, laundry, facilities management, ambulatory) to hospitals and aged-care facilities.
• ESS Sector brand delivering integrated food and support services to defence bases, offshore/mobile installations and remote mining/construction camps, with over forty years of experience in remote village design and operations.
• Chartwells Sector brand providing catering and hospitality services across education settings — high school cafés, university food halls, boarding-school meals and special event catering — plus facilities services such as cleaning, housekeeping and waste management.
• 14Forty Integrated facilities management brand within Compass Group NZ providing commercial, industrial, corporate and office cleaning, bundled FM packages and combined service bundles tailored to client sites.
• School Lunch Collective (Ka Ora, Ka Ako) Compass Group NZ-led collective (with Gilmours and Libelle Group) delivering the Ministry of Education's Ka Ora, Ka Ako healthy school lunches at a $3 mandated price point, producing food at a central manufacturing facility, distributing via trucks/vans in Cambro Go-Box insulated carriers, and serving ~12,000 students daily across 50 schools using recyclable aluminium trays.
• SpeakUp, We're Listening Compass Group's confidential, 24/7/365 reporting programme accessible to anyone, managed by the global Group Ethics and Integrity team, allowing reports to be submitted confidentially or anonymously in line with local law.

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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