Neil Williams wrote:

Do GG have anything to do with RailGourmet, out of interest? If not,
I wonder how such similar names ended up existing?

I had the same thought and, as usual, Google had the explanation. They
are two separate companies, but they have a common ancestry in the
Swissair group.

Rail Gourmet are part of Compass Group, the world's largest catering
organisation. Compass bought Rail Gourmet in 2001 from SAirLines AG, a
subsidiary of Swissair's SAir Group.

Gate Gourmet was sold by SAir Group to Texas Pacific Group in 2002.

I don't think that any aspect of the present dispute at GG reflects on
RG at all. (Unless of course you take the view that they're both big
nasty global corporations and therefore A Bad Thing [TM]. But then the
Competition Commission seems happy with Rail Gourmet - see
http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/2002/470compass.htm.)
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