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A New Era for Street Food

As the appetite for street food grows ever more popular, Olive have given their restaurant pop up a rebrand.  The refreshed concept, now known as ‘The Van’, is stronger than ever and hitting the road on its journey to bring world flavours to every client’s workplace dining. The newly fuelled Van includes two new street A New Era for Street Food

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2024 starting strong

2024 marks Olive’s 20th year providing catering solutions for B&I clients within the UK.  Following the pandemic, the company’s growth continued with turnover in 2023 up to £42.9 including £5.9m of new business.  2024 looks set to follow suit with 6 confirmed new openings, including partnerships with distribution giants Euro Car Parts and B&M Retail, 2024 starting strong

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Learning and Development investment sees training hit an all-time high

Olive’s investment in their learning and development program has seen the volume of team member training increase by a staggering 42% in 2023.  As a people focused business, they set out a clear strategy for the year that was underpinned by their human sustainability pillar.  The aim, to give every team member wider access to Learning and Development investment sees training hit an all-time high

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Its Christmas!!

Christmas season is almost here and Olive’s annual Christmas culinary workshops have yet again proved to be a huge success. This year saw an additional day added so festive cheer could be shared with even more of our Team Members. Over the course of three days, our Chefs tasted an array of Christmas inspired dishes Its Christmas!!

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Olive takes support to the next level

This year has seen Olive build their senior operational support with a number of new key appointments. The people focused investment includes new roles with two Regional Directors and a Purchasing Director. With continued increases to food inflation, coupled with market volatility, the appointment of Robert Smith as Purchasing Director is one that aims to Olive takes support to the next level

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Cupcakes fit for the King

To celebrate the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, Olive launched a competition for Team Members to create a cupcake worthy of royalty. The coronation cupcakes will be featuring in our restaurants throughout this coronation year.nn1st place went toJulia Christian from Capital One with her savoury cupcake made from Bombay potato sponge, cream Cupcakes fit for the King

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Olive Food Innovation Team expands

To support their quality fresh food offer, Olive have expanded their Food Innovation Team. The new appointment sees Olive Support Manager, Pedro Vega Fuentes, promoted to Food Innovation Chef. Pedro brings a wealth of experience as he joins the successful Team to work alongside talented Chefs: Daniel McNairney and Robert Swinfen. Pedro Vega Fuentes Olive’s Olive Food Innovation Team expands

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