Annual Report
2025

Connecting people around the world through memorable culinary experiences from the ground to the sky. We are a passionate global food company with a large portfolio of brands offering culinary and hospitality services.

A message from
Chairman and CEO

2025 was a year in which we capitalized on our strengths as the leader in airline catering

Timo Vättö

Chairman of the Board

Christoph Schmitz

Chief Executive Officer

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Key facts & figures 2025

680M

passengers served

EUR5.6BN

revenue

3.9M

flights catered

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Our locations

North America

39 catering facilities

1 deSter production facility

Latin America

14 catering facilities

1 retail operation

Europe

Headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland

58 catering facilities

2 deSter production facilities

3 retail operations

Southern Europe & Africa

36 catering facilities

Asia Pacific & Middle East

22 catering facilities

1 deSter production facilities

1 retail operation

Strategy 2030

Ignite 2030: lead, grow strengthen.

Strategy 2030 charts our path to deeper customer partnerships, unrivaled scale and a future-proof gategroup.

Lead

Lead the Market

  • Elevate customer centricity and deploy holistic KPI system
  • Drive operational and network efficiency
  • Scale culinary excellence
Grow

Grow Profitably

  • Lead with organic focus and strategic inorganic consolidation
  • Grow synergistic adjacencies
  • Optimize Portfolio
Strengthen

Strengthen Resilience

  • Build on People strategy to deliver high-performance
  • Achieve cost transformation and optimization
  • Accelerate innovation and digitalization
Lead the Market. Scale with Purpose.

People, Planet, Product

At gategroup, we view our social, environmental, and commercial goals as mutually reinforcing. From cultivating an empowering company culture to implementing high-efficiency waste and resource management, gategroup integrates sustainability into every facet of our operations.

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