Tesco Christmas sales edge up despite ‘subdued’ market

Tesco boss Dave Lewis today claimed Christmas saw the “best operational performance” he had seen since he joined the supermarket in 2014. Plus, on a hectic morning, festive grocery sales rise for Waitrose and M&S, trading updates from Naked Wines, Nichols, Hilton Food Group, Mitchells & Butlers and all the rest of the latest news from the City.