Booths, the family-owned independent Northern food and drink retailer, said it delivered a strong performance over the festive period.
Booths reported record Christmas week sales up 6.7% (following +8.7% in 2023) across its 26 stores and December 23 recorded the biggest ever single day sales at Booths.
It has reported like-for-like retail sales increasing 9.3% in the key thee-week trading period ending January 4 (+8.3% in 2023).
Managing director Nigel Murray said, “Booths really does love Christmas, and this is reflected in our strong performance again this year. Customers trust us to provide the best quality and store experiences and we are delighted to deliver.
“Our teams work year-round to develop delicious new products for our customers across Booths Country. We focus equally as much on making the Christmas shopping experience a real pleasure, from sharing our Christmas Book full of recipes and inspiration, to great instore events and tastings that share our love of great food and drink.”
Booths saw like-for-like sales at the butchers counters grow by 16% in December, it said with both fruit and vegetable categories up by more than 10% in the month.
Sales of Christmas cheese were up by 29%, Booths pigs in blankets were up 14%, all hand rolled in house at Booths own manufacturing facility and sales of single malt whiskeys from regional distilleries across the UK rose by over 6%.
Its café business saw sales grow by 17% in December.
