Coles Group chief executive Leah Weckert has welcomed the company's third quarter sales result, with revenue up by 3.4 per cent, or $336 million, to $10.37 billion.
Australia's major supermarket chains have consistently increased profit margins over the past five years, but it's not enough to warrant breaking up of the big chains, the ACCC says.
Coles has reported a 3 per cent drop in profit in the first half of the 2024-25 financial year, but received a sales boost during staff strikes at rival Woolworths' operations.
Despite its total group sales revenue rising by 3.4 per cent from $9.7 billion to $10 billion in the March 2024 quarter, Coles Group chief executive officer Leah Weckert is acutely aware that customers are minimising their discretionary spending.
Shares in Coles rose by 6 per cent on Tuesday morning to $16.77, despite the company's statutory net profit after tax regressing by 3.6 per cent in the first half of the 2024 financial year.
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WA agribusiness Milne Agrigroup will supply a range of pork products with a carbon neutral footprint to Coles stores after developing the offering with the major supermarket chain.
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy has revealed a drop in the number of women in management roles, while BHP and Western Power announce diversity achievements.
Some of Australia's biggest companies have opted into an emissions reduction reporting scheme that should show whether cuts match their public commitments.
WA shoppers will be subjected to product limits at major supermarkets after floods in South Australia disrupted supply chains, leaving some shelves empty.
Food suppliers and supermarkets are scrambling to find ways to get produce to WA, after it was announced flood-damaged rail lines in SA could take at least 12 days to be repaired.
Coles is continuing to see sales growth slow in the first few weeks of the current financial year as trading returns to normal levels and as lockdowns in major cities drag.
More than half of the world's single-use plastic is produced by fewer than two-dozen companies, according to new research published by the Minderoo Foundation.