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but doing well with Covid-times. I guess if you can't go more than 5km, then the 'local' becomes the only option

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 Significant growth in sales volumes across all Pillars
 Strong earnings growth with underlying Group EBIT up 30.4% to $203.0m
 Group revenue increased 12.2% to $7.1bn and 12.3% to $8.1bn including charge-through sales
 Strong sales growth underpinned by investment in MFuture initiatives
 Food –move to ‘shop local’ and the improved competitiveness of retailers resulted in an increase in both foot traffic and average basket size
 Liquor –high levels of demand across the retail stores more than offset the adverse impact of trading restrictions on ‘on-premise’ customers
 Hardware –elevated demand from DIY customers and a return to growth in Trade
 Underlying profit after tax increased 43.0% to $129.6m
 Statutory profit after tax of $125.1m (1H20: Loss of $151.6m1)
 Strong cash generation and efficient management of working capital
 Positive operating leverage supported through efficient management of costs while investing in COVID Safe work practices
 COVID related costs have been well managed and were ~$8m in 1H21
 Continued investment in growth opportunities, including the acquisition of Total Tools and the Kollaras private label business
 Sales momentum has continued into 2H21 with strong growth in first five weeks
 Increase in interim dividend to 8.0 cents per share (1H20: 6.0 cents)

<blockquote data-quote="Dona Ferentes" data-source="post: 1103207" data-attributes="member: 66457">but doing well with Covid-times. I guess if you can&#039;t go more than 5km, then the &#039;local&#039; becomes the only option[ATTACH=full]115959[/ATTACH] Significant growth in sales volumes across all Pillars Strong earnings growth with underlying Group EBIT up 30.4% to $203.0m Group revenue increased 12.2% to $7.1bn and 12.3% to $8.1bn including charge-through sales Strong sales growth underpinned by investment in MFuture initiatives Food –move to ‘shop local’ and the improved competitiveness of retailers resulted in an increase in both foot traffic and average basket size Liquor –high levels of demand across the retail stores more than offset the adverse impact of trading restrictions on ‘on-premise’ customers Hardware –elevated demand from DIY customers and a return to growth in Trade Underlying profit after tax increased 43.0% to $129.6m Statutory profit after tax of $125.1m (1H20: Loss of $151.6m1) Strong cash generation and efficient management of working capital Positive operating leverage supported through efficient management of costs while investing in COVID Safe&nbsp; work practices COVID related costs have been well managed and were ~$8m in 1H21 Continued investment in growth opportunities, including the acquisition of Total Tools and the Kollaras private label business  Sales momentum has continued into 2H21 with strong growth in first five weeks Increase in interim dividend to 8.0 cents per share (1H20: 6.0 cents)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dona Ferentes, post: 1103207, member: 66457"] but doing well with Covid-times. I guess if you can't go more than 5km, then the 'local' becomes the only option [ATTACH type="full" alt="1607296332485.png"]115959[/ATTACH]  Significant growth in sales volumes across all Pillars  Strong earnings growth with underlying Group EBIT up 30.4% to $203.0m  Group revenue increased 12.2% to $7.1bn and 12.3% to $8.1bn including charge-through sales  Strong sales growth underpinned by investment in MFuture initiatives  Food –move to ‘shop local’ and the improved competitiveness of retailers resulted in an increase in both foot traffic and average basket size  Liquor –high levels of demand across the retail stores more than offset the adverse impact of trading restrictions on ‘on-premise’ customers  Hardware –elevated demand from DIY customers and a return to growth in Trade  Underlying profit after tax increased 43.0% to $129.6m  Statutory profit after tax of $125.1m (1H20: Loss of $151.6m1)  Strong cash generation and efficient management of working capital  Positive operating leverage supported through efficient management of costs while investing in COVID Safe work practices  COVID related costs have been well managed and were ~$8m in 1H21  Continued investment in growth opportunities, including the acquisition of Total Tools and the Kollaras private label business  Sales momentum has continued into 2H21 with strong growth in first five weeks  Increase in interim dividend to 8.0 cents per share (1H20: 6.0 cents) [/QUOTE]

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