Nutrition, Health & Wellbeing

Compass Group UKI: Our Wellbeing Promise

With the goal of addressing the national obesity issue and enhancing everyone's quality of life and productivity, Compass Group UK & Ireland (UK&I) has introduced "Our Wellbeing Promise." In the UK&I, we produce 500 million meals annually at more than 6,000 client locations and we are aiming to change the way we approach nutrition and wellbeing by integrating behavioural science into our operations. This will expand the variety of healthy food options on offer, whilst continuing to educate both our customers and employees on the topic.

As part of this, we will update over 10,000 of our recipes to go above and beyond the Government's recommendations for a balanced diet. Where sugar is used as an ingredient, we’ve committed to a 20% decrease.

Nudging consumer behaviour with eco-labelling

Compass Group UKI partnered with one of our global clients to run a two-month food eco-labelling pilot in London. With the support of Foodsteps, a leading provider of environmental footprint data and environmental labels, we assessed the environmental impact of every ingredient used in our recipes, including carbon footprint, land and water use, and pollution. Clear eco-labels were then attached to each product showing consumers an A-E eco rating, serving as clear indicators to recommended more sustainable choices for customers.

We found that 63% of the foods on our pilot menu fell into the most sustainable A or B categories. The pilot recorded a 15% increase in choices rated A, resulting in a rollout of the programme to the rest of the UK and to two further global locations in Hong Kong and Dubai.

At the same time, we are working with our clients to help consumers make informed and healthier choices. We do this through a number of evidenced behavioural mechanisms, including choice design techniques to canteen layouts, menu labelling and communications campaigns.

Our plant-forward meals