The LSG Group is proud of its long heritage and international success.
We have been providing best-in-class food products and services to airlines across continents for more than 80 years.
Now also serving convenience retailers, our company and its expert brands continue to evolve. Customers old and new appreciate our unwavering commitment to facilitating the best culinary and hospitality experiences.
1941
American Airlines establishes Sky Chefs in Texas, United States
1966
Lufthansa establishes LSG in Germany
1978
International expansion of LSG into Italy, Egypt, the United States, and Asia
1993
LSG’s acquisition of minority share in Sky Chefs launches joint marketing activities under the LSG Sky Chefs brand, making it the largest airline catering brand in the world Second wave of global expansion (Latin America, Canada, Eastern Europe, and South Africa)
1994
LSG acquires the remaining shares in Sky Chefs
2001
LSG acquires the remaining shares in Sky Chefs
2002
Further acquisitions and partnerships in Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa
2009
Launch of partnership to provide packaged meal solutions with Oakfield Farms Inc., United States
2011
Acquisition of Norris Food Services facilitates entry into the convenience retail market in the United States / Launch of Train Services as a strategic business segment
2013
Strategic partnership with Retail inMotion for onboard retail / Launch of the SPIRIANT brand for onboard equipment
2015
Convenience retail business expands into China
2016
Launch of the LSG Group as a corporate umbrella brand / Full acquisition of Retail inMotion / SPIRIANT’s global expansion begins
2017
Retail inMotion opens offices in the United States and Latin America, launch of the global convenience-retail division
2018
Launch of Evertaste at the WTCE in Hamburg, the new brand for packaged products and convenience-food solutions for airline, train and retail customers
2019
Lufthansa Group and gategroup sign a sale agreement for the LSG European Business, openings of new CSCs in Phoenix, Nairobi and Novosibirk, cooperation with Barilla signed
2020
LSG Group hands over its European Business to gategroup
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