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A NORTHERN retailer experienced a bumper Christmas this year with sales increasing by over 10% in the three week period. Booths, the family-owned independent food and drink retailer, saw sales increase by 11.8% over the key trading period and an increase of just over 16% in the week running up to Christmas. Chief Operating Officer Nigel Murray said: “It’s been a Christmas like no other at Booths, but we were determined to deliver it safely and with appropriate cheer. “Customer trust in Booths has grown steadily throughout the pandemic and these results reflect on our commitment ...

Pigs in blankets and rum help Booths Christmas sales surge Supermarket Booths said its Christmas sales increased by 11.8 per cent. The family-owned chain, which has stores in Keswick and Penrith, said the increase was tracked over the key three week trading period. Sales over the seven days in the run-up to Christmas Day were up by 16.6 per cent. Chief operating officer Nigel Murray said: “It’s been a Christmas like no other at Booths, but we were determined to deliver it safely and with appropriate cheer. “Customer trust in Booths has grown steadily throughout the pandemic and th...

Lancashire supermarket chain Booths said it had seen a bumper Christmas with a rise in sales as people changed habits in the coronavirus crisis.

THROUGHOUT the coronavirus pandemic Booths supermarket chain has stayed true to its values, keeping an eye on the bigger picture and supporting artisan food producers and owner-managed companies.. At the peak of the crisis the chain launched a campaign to help British artisan cheesemakers by promoting their products and encouraging shoppers to buy more. At the time, Graham Kirkham, one of the last makers of farmhouse Lancashire cheese in the country who lost 60 per cent of his business overnight as food service and wholesale markets shut down, said: “Booths is one of the ‘good ’uns�...

More than stunning views: the vineyards of Duoro's Quinta de la Rosa In 1906, Claire Feueheerd was given a christening present that sounds as if it comes from the imagination of the Brothers Grimm. Quinta de la Rosa was bought expressly for her by her Yorkshire maternal grandmother. It consisted of a small house, which clung to the steep slopes that rise up from the Douro river in Portugal, plus 15 hectares of port vineyards, in the (ravishingly beautiful) back of beyond. After the Second World War, when her marriage to her Swedish husband Eric Bergqvist failed, Claire moved to live there ful...