Booths delivers Christmas cheer with 3.5% sales uptick

// Booths Christmas sales up 3.5%
// Like-for-likes up 2.7% for the same same 3-week period ending January 5
// Orders for its annual Christmas Book surged 6.8%Booths has enjoyed a solid Christmas period, as an increase in footfall and demand for the grocers’ own-brand products led to sales growth during the peak trading period.
The Northern grocery retailer said its sales for the three-week period ending January 5 grew 3.5 per cent year-on-year, while retail like-for-likes increased 2.7 p