Elior in talks with food tech brands for B2C operations

NEW DELHI: Contract food catering and support services provider Elior said it will extend operations from the business-to-business space to include a consumer-facing business. For the same, Elior will soon launch a business-to-consumer food services arm, a company official said.
Elior India managing director Sanjay Kumar said the company has outpaced industry growth in food services, and that it plans to touch sales of $100 million in India by 2020. Compass and Sodexo are the other two significant contract catering operators in the country.

The contract catering market in India is valued at $3.3 billion, clocking growth of 16%, and comprises of over two million organised caterers, according to industry estimates.

The Elior group, which entered India three years back owns majority stake in Chennai-based CRCL and acquired Bengaluru-based Megabite Food Services. The company said post-acquisition, its customers include Daimler, Pfizer, Godrej, Goldman Sachs and Cisco.

Elior which extended operations to Delhi and Hyderabad earlier this year, said in a statement that it has eight central kitchens in India.