SSP Germany currently has 130 contracts in place with DB Station&Service, a subsidiary of Germany’s national railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB). The latest deal will see SSP Germany invest heavily in expanding its multi-brand portfolio, with activity at locations such as Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover and Cologne.
Horst Mutsch, head of business development leasing at DB Station&Service, said: “We are about to embark on another chapter in our cooperation with SSP. Brand expertise and operational know-how make SSP a leading specialist in the foodservice industry - just the right partner for our attractive stations.”
SSP Germany has also signed a franchise agreement for ServiceStore DB – the convenience store concept of DB Station&Service – under the new deal.
SSP will work in partnership with ServiceStore DB to operate convenience stores at approximately 40 train stations, including Hamburg, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Gottingen, Bremen, Rostock, Erfurt, Eisenach, Magdeburg and Chemnitz.
The convenience stores will open by 2021 and offer a range of travel products and convenience goods, with SSP Germany planning to further expand the franchise brand in the coming years.
Martina Köppl, head of ServiceStore system management at DB Station&Service, said: “We are pleased to have gained SSP as a professional and reliable partner for the expansion of our convenience store brand. The collaboration will be mutually beneficial and bring us closer to achieving our ambitious expansion target of 250 locations.”