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SSP Group Q1 sales up on strong travel demand

SSP Group, which operates food outlets at airports and train stations globally, has today reported a 14% rise in first-quarter sales, boosted by robust travel demand, and left its full-year forecast unchanged.

Business • 28 Jan

Upper Crust owner SSP today posted a 23% jump in core profit to £343m for the year ended September 30

Profits at Upper Crust owner SSP jump 23%

Upper Crust owner SSP plans to increase its regional operating profit margin in its struggling Continental European unit to about 3% in the current fiscal, up from 1.5%, and also posted an annual profit rise today, in line with estimates.

Business • 03 Dec 24

Upper Crust owner SSP Group was helped by a strong performance during its peak summer period.

Upper Crust owner SSP forecasts upbeat revenue

Upper Crust owner SSP Group has today warned of lower than expected annual profits as a stronger pound and weakness in some European markets offset robust summer trading elsewhere.

Business • 03 Oct 24

Upper Crust owner SSP Group said sales grew at its airport and train station food outlets aided by robust travel demand

SSP posts higher H1 revenue as travel demand improves

Upper Crust owner SSP Group has reported higher half-year revenue today as sales grew at its airport and train station food outlets aided by robust travel demand.

Business • 21 May 24

SSP Group's stores are mostly located in airports and train stations

Eateries operator SSP resumes annual dividend

SSP Group, which operates food outlets at airports and train stations around the world, raised its 2024 profit guidance and resumed dividend payments today after a rebound in air travel and as passengers spend more on food.

Business • 05 Dec 23

SSP Group owns the Upper Crust snack chain

SSP sees profit at upper end of expectations

Upper Crust owner SSP Group said today it expects annual profit at the upper end of its view, betting on strong sales at its airport and railway station snack outlets amid robust domestic and leisure travel demand.

Business • 23 May 23

SSP Group's sales for the first four months of its fiscal year were at 103% of pre-pandemic levels

SSP Group's sales rise above pre-pandemic levels

UK snack chain group SSP Group said today that sales for the first four months of its fiscal year were at 103% of pre-pandemic levels, as a pick-up in travel over the holiday season lifted demand.

Business • 16 Feb 23

SSP reported an underlying core profit of £142m for the year ended September 30, compared to a loss of £108.3m last year

Upper Crust owner SSP returns to annual profit

Upper Crust owner SSP Group said today its sales on average rose above pre-pandemic levels in the first eight weeks of the new financial year, benefiting from higher prices and increased domestic travel.

Business • 06 Dec 22

Upper Crust owner SSP said it expects to offset cost inflation and manage supply chain snags

Upper Crust owner SSP upbeat on full year earnings

Upper Crust owner SSP said today it expected full-year core earnings to be slightly ahead of its earlier guidance, as passenger numbers recovered close to pre-pandemic levels.

Business • 27 Sep 22

SSP said its sales were recovering after the lifting of curbs in the UK and some European markets

SSP sales at 57% of pre-Covid levels in recent weeks

Upper Crust owner SSP said today that its sales were recovering after a slowdown in recent weeks, when fewer people travelled due to Omicron-led curbs that hit its stores at train stations and airports.

Business • 04 Feb 22

SSP Group said that sales in the first nine weeks of its new fiscal year averaged at about 66% of pre-Covid levels

Upper Crust owner posts bigger annual loss

Upper Crust owner SSP has today warned of uncertainty from the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, despite sales improving to two-thirds of pre-pandemic levels in recent months thanks to an extended European summer and workers returning to offices.

Business • 08 Dec 21

The Upper Crust snack food group sells food and drinks in airports and train stations in 35 countries

Upper Crust's losses widen on slow recovery in travel

Upper Crust owner SSP Group has reported a first-half loss of £182m, bringing its shortfall over the past 18 months to more than £600m as traffic at its airport and railway kiosks were slow.

Business • 09 Jun 21

Upper Crust owner SSP sells food and drinks in airports and train stations in 36 countries

Upper Crust owner SSP reports improving sales

The owner of the Upper Crust and Caffe Ritazza snack chains said today that its sales had finally started to recover from coronavirus lockdowns and forecast a smaller than feared cash burn for the second half of its financial year.

Business • 23 Sep 20

Upper Crust owner SSP operates food and beverage outlets in airports and train stations in 36 countries

Upper Crust owner SSP warns of 5,000 job cuts

Upper Crust owner said today it could cut about 5,000 jobs in a proposed restructuring of its UK business due to very low passenger numbers even as coronavirus-led restrictions ease.

Business • 01 Jul 20

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