Record food sales at M&S

High street giant Marks & Spencer said today that it had overcome the severe weather over Christmas after recording its biggest ever day in food sales.

The retailer said big-impact promotions helped food sales achieve a record of more than 50 million on December 23, while UK like-for-like sales in the 13 weeks to January 1 grew at a better-than-expected 2.8 per cent.