Morrisons reports strong Christmas trading

Bradford-headquartered supermarket Morrisons has reported a 2.8% total sales growth for the ten weeks to January 7, with an "especially strong" Christmas and New Year period.

Total sales were up 2.6% excluding fuel and 2.8% including fuel. Group like-for-like sales excluding fuel were up 2.8%, comprising contributions from retail of 2.1% and wholesale of 0.7%. Group LFL including fuel was up 3%.

Morrisons said that sales were especially strong over the Christmas and New Year period w... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...