Xmas pud sales up more than 50% at Waitrose
Waitrose saw grocery sales increase by 9.5% during December, with customers buying 53% more Christmas puddings than last year, said the firm. The supermarket also saw rocketing sales in the week before Christmas, its highest ever sales for a single …
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ChildLine counsellors got 200 Xmas 'cries for help'
ChildLine counsellors in Derry received just under 200 “cries for help” from children and young people over the Christmas holidays. In all, ChildLine centres in Derry and Belfast dealt with more than 700 “counselling interactions” between Christmas Eve …
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Consumers suffer Xmas card blues
December 2010 holds the records for the biggest month credit card bill in the nation's history. Source: AP AUSTRALIANS racked up billions of dollars in credit card spending in December and the Christmas period, and now comes the hard part paying it off …
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