AMI Group

AMI Group supplies food, wine and beverages to the travel industry. Its world headquarters is in Santa Monica, California, and it serves airlines, rail lines, cruise lines and Caribbean customers. The company says it has more than 60 customers worldwide and over 85 team members across three continents.

Services

• Culinary design: menu development for onboard service, by a team of more than 10 chefs with backgrounds in fine dining, airline catering and large-scale manufacturing
• Sourcing: food, wine and beverage products from established brands and smaller producers
• Logistics: distribution of food, wine and beverages, including global wine logistics programmes for three major airlines
• Co-packing capabilities

History

The company's story starts in 1989, when founder Thierry Leduc introduced evian water to American Airlines, which AMI describes as the first bottled water sold on a US domestic airline. It grew from a brokerage into a food and beverage solutions company.

Offices

• Santa Monica, California (headquarters)
• Atlanta, Georgia
• Miami, Florida
• Barcelona, Spain

AMI Group says its role is to support airline food and beverage programmes from concept to delivery, combining menu design with sourcing, quality and long-term programme support.