Waitrose sales soar in hot weather

Press Association
Updated
Waitrose
Waitrose

Scorching temperatures and a bumper week of sport lifted upmarket grocer Waitrose to its best sales performance outside Christmas and Easter.

Sales of charcoal soared 450%, Pimm's sales leapt 316% and it sold 262% more sun cream, helping the supermarket to a 16.8% sales surge in the week to July 6.
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