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...

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