Enodis is taking steps to mitigate any weakness in the North American market, although it said on Thursday that most of its businesses continued to perform strongly in the half year to end March and it was not changing expectations for the full year.

North America accounts for around three-quarters of sales made by the supplier of kitchen equipment, such as ovens, fryers and fridges, to restaurant chains and institutions. It counts McDonald’s, Starbucks, Subway and Tesco among its customers.