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Woolworths Financial Summary

Woolworths Limited is an Australian based holding company specializing in retail. They serve millions of customers in both Australia and New Zealand primarily in the food, petrol and consumer electronics markets. They employ over 190,000 people making them one of Australia’s private sector employers. They focus on local sources for their commodities where possible as over 95% of the meat and produce they sell comes from Australia.

Woolworths showed growth in both sales and the resultant EBIT from 2007 to 2008 as detailed in the performance summaries below:

Performance Summary 2008

Sales ($m)

Total Group: 47,034.8

Earnings before interest and tax ($m)

Total Group: 2,528.8

EBIT to Sales (%)

Total: 5.38

Profit After Tax ($m): 1,651.5

Performance Summary 2007

Sales ($m)

Total Group: 42,477.1

Earnings before interest and tax ($m)

Total Group: 2,111.3

EBIT to Sales (%)

Total: 4.97

Profit After Tax ($m): 1,311.3

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