Record Christmas for British supermarkets

British supermarkets enjoyed a record run-up to Christmas with takings of more than £16.9bn (€24.1) in the final three months of 2004, new figures showed today.

Record Christmas for British supermarkets

British supermarkets enjoyed a record run-up to Christmas with takings of more than £16.9bn (€24.1) in the final three months of 2004, new figures showed today.

The haul was higher than the £16.2bn (€23.1bn) spent by shoppers in supermarkets during the same period a year earlier, according to analysts TNS Superpanel.

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