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SSP Group

March 2019

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Shares in food services group SSP climbed towards £7 after it announced trading in Q1 ’19 came in slightly ahead of expectations with net contract gains of 3.8% and like-for-like sales growing 2.5%. The company, which trades through Upper Crust and Cafe Ritazza brands in airports and railway stations, said solid performance is driven by contract wins in the US and to a smaller extent Rest of World.A special dividend of 32.1p will be paid on 26th April to shareholders (ex 12th April). Highlighted at 255p in October ‘14, the shares have gained 158%. Part profits have been taken and with CEO Kate Swann, who has done so much to extract margins gains, leaving, we are selling the remainder. ...

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