CATERING and facilities management company Mount Charles has won a £9 million catering and hospitality services contract with Griffith College in Dublin.
The deal, worth £1.25m a year, will see the family run firm deliver diverse food services at the college’s main seven acre campus.
Mount Charles will provide catering, food retail and hospitality services to 5,000 students and staff situated in their main Dublin campus during the academic year, and also a significant summer school business too.
Established more than 45 years ago, Griffith College offers 170 programmes which are internationally recognised at both post-graduate and under-graduate degree level, complemented by a wide range of professional, short term and corporate training educational solutions.
Mount Charles has invested £180,000 in refurbishing and transforming the dining facilities across the college’s main estate.
Internationally inspired menus, innovative retail brands and casual dining offers have transformed the catering provision, which will be managed by a dedicated culinary team.
The catering giant's chairman and founder Trevor Annon said the contract win was testament to the company's expertise in providing “healthy, fresh and affordable food in modern facilities with a professional service, that meets the diverse needs of both the student body and university staff.”
He added: “Our success has been down to the relationship building strategy and the market research our Dublin based senior management team has carried out on student and staff preferences, to deliver the exciting, locally sourced, value for money food offers that they want.”
Griffith College director Ronan Fenelon added: “We're delighted to have awarded our campus wide catering contract to Mount Charles – and the feedback from clients has been excellent.”
The latest win comes a year after Mount Charles announced £8m in major new contracts with the Public Appointments Service, Ordinance Survey Ireland, Abbey Theatre, National Aquatic Centre and Custom House in Dublin.
