Gate Gourmet is one of the largest, independent providers of catering and provisioning services for airlines and railroads in the world. It serves more than 200 million meals annually at over 100 airports throughout the world. The company serves a variety of sandwiches and snacks. Gate Gourmet offers a range of preflight cart packing, delivery and galley loading services. It also provides postflight aircraft stripping, trash disposal, and equipment washing and sterilization solutions. The company offers airline inventory management and storage services. Gate Gourmet serves several clients in the airline industry. Its customers include American Airlines, Qantas Airways and Continental Airlines. The company is a member of gategroup.