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NewsWelcome Break reports successful year
During the peak trading period in 2023, many sites and units broke weekly trading records, delivering an excellent summer for the motorway service area operator
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Analysis & InsightFood to go leaders positive about direction of travel
Steadily increasing footfall, particularly on the high street, has been encouraging for the food to go sector, despite the impact of the rail strikes
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InterviewsWelcome Break CEO John Diviney: ‘We’re looking to ourselves to provide the solutions for ourselves’
Motorway service operator Welcome Break will not be relying on government support to help it through the upcoming months of uncertainty, CEO John Diviney has said. Of the opinion that schemes put in place earlier in the year were “superb”, Diviney told MCA’s The Conversation that the business is now much better prepared to tackle whatever lies ahead, and it will henceforth be “looking to ourselves to provide the solutions for ourselves, rather than being reliant on government for every solution.”
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NewsWelcome Break shows “resilience” in post-lockdown recovery
Motorway service operator Welcome Break has seen a “resilient” recovery in sales post-lockdown, owner Applegreen has announced.
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NewsWelcome Break signs up to Eat Out to Help Out
Motorway service operator Welcome Break has signed up to the Eat Out to Help Out scheme.
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NewsWelcome Break boosts liquidity
Welcome Break has boosted its liquidity after repurposing £25m of a dedicated capital expenditure facility in into a revolving credit facility. Lenders to Welcome Break have also relaxed or remove covenant conditions for tests up to and including June 2021. Parent company Applegreen said it thanked the lenders for their “ongoing support for Welcome Break and the confidence they have demonstrated” in its business model.
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NewsWelcome Break non-fuel lfls up 3.7% in 2018
Welcome Break, the motorway service station operator, saw non-fuel sales grow 3.7% on a like-for-like basis in 2018.
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NewsJolly swaps Welcome Break for Stick n Sushi
Karl Jolly, who spent 13 years as director of people at Welcome Break, has taken up the same role at Sticks n Sushi.
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NewsWelcome Break: the focus is on brands and new technology
UK consumers are “wedded to brands” when it comes to food to go in travel hub locations, John Diviney, CEO at Welcome Break told delegates.
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NewsBell to depart Welcome Break following Applegreen deal
Applegreen, which this week completed the acquisition of Welcome Break, has announced that the motorway service station operator’s chief executive, Robbie Bell, is to depart the business.
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NewsApplegreen acquires Welcome Break
Applegreen is to become the leading operator of motorway service areas in the UK, after agreeing to acquire a majority holding in Welcome Break
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NewsWelcome Break appoints finance transformation director
Welcome Break, the UK’s largest roadside services operator, has appointed Paul Roy, as its new finance transformation director.
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NewsSSP and Welcome Break extend partnership
SSP and Welcome Break are to extend their partnership which has already seen an Upper Crust unit open at Oxford Services.
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NewsWelcome Break confirms PizzaExpress pipeline
Welcome Break has confirmed the pipeline for further rollout of PizzaExpress restaurants across its estate, as previously revealed by MCA.
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NewsMcKie to swap Welcome Break for Sticks n Sushi
Welcome Break chief executive Rod Mckie is to step down from his role at the end of next month to join Sticks n Sushi as worldwide chief executive.
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NewsWelcome Break to begin PizzaExpress rollout
Welcome Break is to begin the extension of its partnership with PizzaExpress with a further opening at South Mimms services
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Welcome Break to expand Starbucks and Pizza Express openings
Welcome Break to expand Starbucks and Pizza Express openings
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NewsWelcome Break to open five PizzaExpress restaurants in 2018
Welcome Break intends to open a further five PizzaExpress restaurants across its estate next year, including anchoring the new-look Fleet services off the M3, MCA understands.
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NewsPizzaExpress eyes Welcome Break rollout
PizzaExpress plans to open “many more” restaurants across the Welcome Break motorway service station estate, following the launch of the first in Oxford today.
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NewsWelcome Break strengthens Starbucks partnership
Motorway service operator Welcome Break has added two new Starbucks stores to its business.