You reported recently that John Lewis, the London department store, had maintained its marketbusting performance with "outstanding sales" for the final week of February (The Argus, March 3).

A few days later, you wrote about the refusal of Asda at Hollingbury to allow a young mother to breastfeed her baby in a quiet section of the superstore (The Argus, March 6).

In London, last week, I was driven by the cold to get a snack in John Lewis's crowded restaurant, where a young woman was discreetly breastfeeding a child at her table in the middle of many other people.

She was cheerfully served by a young waitress and, beyond a glance, other people ignored her and showed a distinct lack of interest in what she was doing.

If it is all right for John Lewis...

-June Broomer, Peacehaven