Booths: Northern food and drink retailer sees record Christmas period

Booths, the family-owned independent Northern food and drink retailer, has announced that it enjoyed a record Christmas period.

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00:00Hello, I'm Michael Crosland, Business Reporter with the Yorkshire Post, here with the news

00:04that Booths, the independent, family-owned northern food and drink retailer, has announced

00:09that it enjoyed a record Christmas period. Booths reported Christmas week sales up 6.7%

00:17across its 26 stores, with December 23rd representing the biggest ever single day of sales within

00:24the company. This followed an 8.7% uplift in Christmas week sales in 2023. The company

00:32also recorded an increase of 9.3% like-for-like retail sales in the key three-week trading

00:38period ending January 4th, a jump from an 8.3% increase in 2023. Managing Director Nigel

00:47Murray said the strong performance represents the company's love of Christmas and thanked

00:52customers for their continued trust in the business. That's all for the time being,

00:57I'm Michael Crosland reporting for the Yorkshire Post.