Waitrose has posted a sales surge for the week before Christmas, with a 3.5 per cent boost in like-for-like sales.
Total sales in the seven days before Christmas Day rose six per cent, reported Reuters, and sales on December 27 were up 36.9 per cent on the same day last year.
Like-for-like sales for the three days preceding Christmas Day were up 12 per cent, and the chain enjoyed its busiest ever day of trading on December 23, with sales of £34.4 million and more than 879,000 transactions.
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