Newrest is a global catering and hospitality company that operates in multiple sectors including:
Inflight catering (airline meals and services)
Rail catering (onboard meals and logistics for trains)
Remote site management (catering and facility management for isolated locations like oil & gas or mining sites)
Contract catering (for businesses, schools, and institutions)
Retail and concessions (such as airport and motorway food outlets)
Founded: 2005, with roots in the earlier company Catair (established in 1996 by Olivier Sadran).
Headquarters: Toulouse, France.
Presence: Operations in over 50 countries.
Employees: Over 45,000 people.
Key partnerships: Works with airlines like Delta, British Airways, easyJet, and others; also collaborates with oil & gas companies and rail providers such as SNCF and OBB.
2024: Expanded into Iceland and Saudi Arabia; opened a digital factory for Transavia at Paris-Orly.
2023: Won a key Chevron oil & gas contract in Angola; expanded EasyJet services and upgraded its Mauritius unit.
Newrest is notable for being one of the only major catering companies active across all these diverse sectors, emphasizing digital innovation, sustainable practices, and global expansion.