Britain’s big freeze hit sales at department store chain John Lewis last week as the snow and ice kept shoppers away from the high street, the group said today.

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Resurgent supermarket chain Sainsbury’s stretched its record of sales growth today after shoppers took up Jamie Oliver’s advice to “try something new”.