date:Nov 28, 2013
24.4 per cent on the previous year
Net Profit After Tax from continuing operations before significant items of $2.35 billion, was up 8 per cent
Every division grew its earnings:
Australian Food and Liquor was up 8.7 per cent
New Zealand Supermarkets up by 5.3 per cent
BIG W was up 7.2 per cent
Hotels up 34.7 per cent
The return to shareholders were fully franked Dividends of 133 Cents Per Share, up 5.6 per cent on the previous year
In 2013, Woolworths said it served an average of 28.4 million cu