MISSISSAUGA, ON, October 7, 2011 - Compass Group Canada, the nation’s leading foodservice and support services company has earned Canada's Top 100 Employers recognition for 2012 by Mediacorp Canada Inc, for the fourth consecutive year. Compass’s recognition can be attributed to a number of factors that include a comprehensive health and family-friendly benefits program, charitable giving, community involvement, plus career and skills development programs.

“We are extremely proud to be recognized for a fourth consecutive year as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers. This honour acknowledges the shared pride and commitment of our associates who work at Compass Group locations coast to coast. I believe this pride is a direct result of working for a company that embraces a commitment to shared success and which offers benefits and programs that promote personal and professional growth,” says Saajid Khan, Chief Executive Officer Compass Group Canada and ESS North America.

Compass’s vision is simple: We want to attract and support Great People, deliver Great Service, achieve Great Results to help drive our strategy to become a Preferred Employer.  Programs that have helped Compass achieve its rank for a fourth consecutive year include:

• Compass in the Community – Compass supports and encourages associate participation in charitable initiatives and community reinvestment programs at a local and national level where we live and work. Our commitment includes being a founding sponsor of the Aboriginal Hall of Fame and supporter of the Foundation for the Advancement of Aboriginal Youth
• Career and Skills Development - Associates can take advantage of various skills development and training programs and focus on career development through tuition subsidy programs for courses related to their position, receive subsidies for professional accreditations, participate in in-house apprenticeship and skilled trades programs and all new managers participate in mandatory diversity training.
• Health and Family-Friendly Benefits - Compass offers associates a wealth of health, family and wellness benefit programs such as maternity top-up payments, parental leave top-up for new fathers and adoptive parents, offsite daycare subsidy, academic scholarships for children of employees, telecommuting, a reduced summer hours program, subsidized meal plan for children of employees attending a post-secondary institution where Compass is the foodservice provider and summer job recruitment program for employees' children.

Compass Group Canada is the country’s leading foodservice and support services company, with over $1.4 billion in revenues in 2010 and over 23,000 associates across the country.  Operating sectors include:  Canteen Vending Services, Chartwells, Compass Group Leisure & Entertainment, Crothall, Eurest Dining, Eurest Services, ESS, Gourmet Cuisine, Marquise Group, Morrison, Levy Restaurants, Restaurant Associates, and The Hurley Corporation.  With 428,000 associates worldwide, its parent company, UK-based Compass Group PLC had revenues of £14.5 billion in the year to September 30, 2010.

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For more information, please contact:
Kathy Salazar, Manager Corporate Communications
Compass Group Canada
5560 Explorer Drive, Suite 102
Mississauga, Ontario L4W 5M3
P: (905) 568 - 4636 (ext. 432)
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