Sandwich and coffee sales down 79% as lockdown kept people from SSP’s airport and railway station outlets
The owner of Upper Crust and Caffè Ritazza slumped to a pre-tax loss of almost £300m in the six months to the end of March, as Covid restrictions kept customers away from its outlets in airports and railway stations.
SSP Group operates its food and beverage branches in 35 countries, and its sales of takeaway sandwiches and coffees plunged by 79% to just under £257m, down from £1.2bn a year earlier.
