Catering firm serves up profits rise despite sales fall

Sales at Fitzers Catering were hit in 2016 after Belfast Titanic brought its catering contract in-house, according to new accounts, writes Gordon Deegan.

The firm, which employs around 580 full and part-time staff, still boosted pre-tax profits by 21.5% to €546,869, as revenues tumbled by 9% to €14.38m. The drop in revenues was attributed to a catering contract at Titanic Belfast coming to an end, in June 2016.