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Woolworths and Coles drew consumer ire for cost-of-living pressures in 2024

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Woolworths and Coles, Australias supermarket goliaths, have gone from Covid-19 heroes to cost-of-living villains in the last two years. Woolworths and Coles drew consumer ire for cost-of-living pressures affecting Australian households, business costs, and the viability of suppliers of agricultural products and manufactured goods.

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Woolworths profit falls 20.6 per cent amid strikes, changing consumer habits

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Woolworths Group booked lower profit in the first half, attributed to the 17-day industrial action impacting its supermarket business last December and a trend of customers seeking more value when shopping. The group’s net profit fell 20.6 The post Woolworths profit falls 20.6 per cent to $1.45

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Analysis: Coles, Woolies’ shrinking product ranges are all about the bottom line

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Retailers have long been obsessed with expanding their product ranges product diversification and line extension have been critical for supermarkets to keep pace with online marketplaces like Amazon. However, Australias leading supermarkets are changing tack. per cent to $739 million and earnings before interest and tax fell 14.2

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Victorian supply chain disruption drags Endeavour’s revenue, profit

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Endeavour Group’s net profit declined in the first half, impacted by the Victor ian supply chain disruption during the peak end-of-year trading period. The group’s net profit fell 15.1 per cent to $298 million while sales slid 0.7 per cent to $6.62 Retail sales declined 1.5 per cent to $5.5

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For Thai retailers CP Axtra and Big C, new stores and fresh food drive growth

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Note that although Makro is billed as a wholesaler, its customer base includes an enthusiastic consumer segment that prefers the Makro bulk-buy experience and uses it as an alternative go-to for products it cannot get at a regular supermarket. per cent, and net profit was 1.3 Big C has delivered net profit of 4.0

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Thai hypermarket Big C boosts profits with fresh food focus

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Thailand’s Big C, the retailing arm of Berli Jucker (a vertically integrated company that also has its nose in manufacturing and distribution of consumer products and packaging) talked up its bottom line rather than its top one when it presented its third-quarter results to investors on November 18. Net profit was 715 million baht (US$21.7

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Coles pockets $1 billion profit as Smarter Selling pays off

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Coles’ Smarter Selling strategy is paying off for the Australian supermarket giant, with approximately $300 million in extra savings in the bank at the end of FY21. At its full year results announcement on Wednesday morning, Coles revealed that net profit broke the one-billion-dollar mark, rising 2.8 per cent to $1.005 billion.