Champagne and party food sales helped Waitrose to an ‘exceptional’ sales in the run up to New Year’s Eve.
The supermarket, which has 288 shops across the country and is owned by John Lewis, said like-for-like sales were 5.4 per cent higher than last year between December 18 and 31.
With shoppers entertaining friends and family during the festive period and demand for fresh food also strong, total sales in the 12 day period broke the £300 million barrier for the first time.
Managing director Mark Price said: ‘Our sales for the festive period as a whole have been record-breaking, but… Read the full story