The firm behind catering company Upper Crust is making more than half its workforce redundant, it has been reported.
At the end of a grim day for British workers it was reported that the SPP group will axe up to 5,000 jobs.
The announcement is due to be made in a joint statement with the London Stock Exchange, Sky News reported this evening.
About 850 of SSP's sites, which include those trading under the Caffe Ritazza brand, are located in the UK.
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The impact that the coronavirus has had on the travel industry - with Brits having been encouraged to stay home for the past three months - has also had knock on effects.
Today easyJet and Airbus announced that 1,900 and 1,700 jobs respectively would be cut in the UK.
And now Upper Crust, which has outlets at many British railway stations, is due to announce mass redundencies.
Other companies to bare bad news today include Blue Group, which owns Harveys Furniture and Bensons for Beds, which announced 240 jobs at least would be lost.
TM Lewin added to the misery with the announcement that it was cutting 600 positions.
A message circulated amongst Upper crust staff seen by Sky News read: "come to the very difficult conclusion that we will need to simplify and reshape our business and, from tomorrow, we will be starting a collective consultation on a number of proposed changes to the business".
It added: "This includes a proposed reorganisation which could lead to a headcount reduction of up to c.5,000 across SSP Group, SSP Finance and SSP UK, which includes all head office colleagues and both salaries and hourly paid colleagues in operations."
