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Fortnum & Mason Reports Record Sales

The luxury grocer has shrugged off various disruptions to post an 8% rise in sales to £54.9m for the year to July 2011. Pre-tax profits also showed signs of a turnaround, rising to £1.1m compared to a loss of £5.9m in 2009.

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