Trading Update

Thursday 17th September, 2015

Crawshaw Group Plc

Trading Update

Crawshaw Group Plc ('Crawshaw', the 'Company' or the 'Group'), the fresh meat and food-to-go retailer, is pleased to report that following various initiatives undertaken by new management, like-for-like sales have been particularly strong in the last quarter, with the growth being realised across the entire estate. This has been accompanied by a strengthening gross margin position.

In addition, the two new stores that opened recently are trading very well and above our 'base case'. We look forward to presenting a strong trading position at our interim announcement on 29 September 2015 and now expect the Company to exceed market expectations for the year ended 31 January 2016.


Enquiries:

Crawshaw Group plc
Noel Collett, Lynda Sherratt 01709 369 600

Peel Hunt LLP
Dan Webster, Richard Brown, George Sellar 020 7418 8900

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