Morrisons is the supermarket Christmas winner

Over the festive period, Morrisons tempted in more than 4million extra customers The Bradford-based chain saw like-for-like sales excluding petrol soar 9.5% in the six weeks to January 6 - well above the 7% expected by analysts - and enjoyed record trading across its 375 stores. Its update comes after the UK's biggest grocer, Tesco, disappointed the market last week with sales figures, although Sainsbury's posted a solid festive performance. Morrisons chief executive Marc Bolland said he was delighted with the Christmas trading, which helped the group steal ground on its rivals. "We welcomed significantly more customers to our stores, and they were well served with attractive offers and great fresh food."