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Applegreen

November 2020

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Applegreen, the petrol station and motorway service area retailer, reported revenue declining only 27% to €1.1bn in the six months ended 30 June. That included 57% year-on-year declines in April during the lockdown’s peak. Adjusted EBITDA was €25.3m, down from €58.9m in FY’19. Strong cash management, alongside Government help meant net debt only increased from €525m to €550m (5.2x net debt / EBITDA).Worst affected was the large Welcome Break estate, due to a heavy reduction in motorway traffic and the closure of most of its branded food offers between 23 March and mid-May.However, Excluding Welcome Break it actually grew EBITDA 11% like-for-like to €26.5m, aided by its geographic spre ...

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