date:Apr 12, 2013
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Woolworths slightly upgraded its full-year guidance to 4-6 percent growth in February when it reported a 4.2 percent rise in first-half net profit to A$1.25 billion.
Woolworths and Coles, owned by Wesfarmers Ltd, together control 80 percent of Australia's supermarket sector and have been competing to lure shoppers by slashing prices of basic items such as milk and bread.
But the consumer price war has led to complaints from dairy farmers and other suppliers that the pair have misused th