date:Jan 10, 2014
Waitrose has seen its most successful Christmas on record with total branch sales (excluding fuel) for the twelve trading days ending December 31st up 6.5% on last year and 4.1% on a like for like basis.
Sales on Monday 23 December were 51m - the highest ever taken by the business in a single day with an average of 22,000 items going through checkouts every minute.
For the five week period ending on Christmas Eve, total sales (excluding fuel) were 736m - up 5.4% on the equivalent period last y