School lunch provider Compass' multimillion-dollar Government contracts explained

School lunch provider Compass' multimillion-dollar Government contracts explained
Compass not only makes school lunches but has defence and health contracts too. (Image: NZME)
Cécile Meier
The Compass Group has contracts with the public sector worth more than $210 million this year.This means the Government is a significant customer for the school lunch provider, whose most recent public financials put its total New Zealand revenue at $296.5m.Compass Group NZ (CGNZ), wholly owned by a British-based multinational public company, has been under fire this year for multiple failings in delivering its $80m a year school lunch contract.“We openly acknowledge there have been challenges, we welcome feedback from students and school...

More Editor's Picks

Channel increases dividend, mulls ASX listing
Infrastructure

Channel increases dividend, mulls ASX listing

Dividend up from 11c to between 12c and 12.5c. 

Ian Llewellyn 23 May 2025
Budget 2025: Du Val statutory management costs reach $2.35m
Property Property

Budget 2025: Du Val statutory management costs reach $2.35m

Du Val statutory managers’ advances and write-downs detailed in Budget documents.

Garth Bray 22 May 2025
James Kirkpatrick's K Rd development may get reprieve
Property

James Kirkpatrick's K Rd development may get reprieve

Planners have a change of heart on building deemed too big and 'not in keeping'.

Maria Slade 22 May 2025
Wine sector has harvest windfall, faces pricing pressures
Primary Sector

Wine sector has harvest windfall, faces pricing pressures

The harvest jumped as much as 39% compared with the prior season. 

Rebecca Howard 21 May 2025