June 30 (Reuters) - French catering and food services group Sodexo (EXHO.PA) on Friday raised the full-year outlook of its voucher business for the second time this year as it benefits from companies' attempts to get employees back to the office.
Employers have also turned to companies like Sodexo to offer vouchers to staff to help them cope with the rising cost of living.
Sodexo last raised its forecast for the voucher business in April, targeting organic growth close to 20% and an operating margin near 32%.
Sodexo also tweaked the group's full-year outlook, seeing an underlying operating margin of 5.5%, versus "close to" 5.5% previously.
Total group revenue was 6.03 billion euros ($6.55 billion) in the third quarter, slightly ahead of the 6.02 billion euros expected by analysts polled by the company.
Persons:
Sophie Bellon, Bellon, Sodexo, Diana Mandiá, Milla Nissi, Jane Merriman
Organizations:
Employers, Thomson
Locations:
Gdansk