Compass pays $18m to settle US school meals row The world's largest caterer is accused of failing to pass on savings it secured from its own food suppliers to 39 schools, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said. Chartwells, one of Compass's US subsidiaries, did not pass on the savings as it was required to do between 2003 and 2010, authorities said. "This corporation will be held accountable for siphoning funds meant to benefit students," Mr Schneiderman said. The settlement is a blow to a company that has spent recent years recovering from allegations of corruption linked to UN contracts, and a backlash over the quality of school dinners it served in the UK, after Jamie Oliver, the television chef, publicised its Turkey Twizzlers. Compass said it had misinterpreted the contracts and has taken corrective measures. North America accounted for almost half of Compass's £8.55bn of first-half revenues.