Record sales at crowded Shropshire stores
Supermarkets today reported record sales as shoppers continued to stock up for Christmas.
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Queues of traffic blocked the entrances to retail parks and supermarkets.
Sainsbury's in Shrewsbury's Meole Brace Retail Park reported its busiest day of the year yesterday, with record takings.
Store manager Peter Briggs said that in just the three hours to 9am, the store had taken the equivalent of a normal Friday's takings.
At Telford's Donnington Wood Asda traffic the car park was full by 8.30am and traffic backed up towards Oakengates.
Figures released today reveal retail websites will receive three billion visits throughout December for the first time.
