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CatererSearch online - 2 Feb 07

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WELCOME BREAK STARTS WH SMITH TRIAL

Roadside caterer and service station operator Welcome Break has entered into a trial with newsagent WH Smith.

Welcome Break will open a WH Smith store at its Newport Pagnell site during the middle of this month.

Last month the motorway services operator signed a seven-year contract with Eurotunnel to operate the catering facilities at its Passenger Terminal Building at Folkestone.

Turnover in the year ended 26 September 2006 was 2.4% up at £631m, while operating profit increased 13.1% to £26.9m.

Rod McKie, chief executive of Welcome Break, said "Since our financial year ended, we have accelerated the momentum in the business through deals with Eurotunnel and a new trial with WH Smith."

Welcome Break is owned by Investcorp and operates 24 motorway service areas across the UK, serving around 80 million customers a year.