Morrisons toasts a merry Christmas as sales grow

Supermarket chain Morrisons has toasted a bumper set of results for the all-important Christmas trading period with like-for-like sales in the nine weeks to 1 January (excluding fuel) rising by 2.9%; the store's strongest performance in seven years.
Sales were given a fillip by Morrisons.com which racked up is biggest ever week of sales as well as its premium ‘Best’ range and a new automated ordering system which utilizes cloud technology and historic sales data to forecast stock req