MARKETPLACE
STORE AND TRADING AREA ANALYSIS
| Year Ended 29 June 2008 | 2008 Full Year |
2007 Full Year |
2006 Full Year |
Stores (number) |
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| New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory | 234 | 237 | 238 |
| Queensland | 177 | 168 | 161 |
| Victoria | 187 | 183 | 182 |
| South Australia & Northern Territory | 72 | 72 | 69 |
| Western Australia | 81 | 79 | 79 |
| Tasmania | 29 | 27 | 27 |
| Supermarkets in Australia (1) | 780 | 766 | 756 |
| New Zealand Supermarkets (includes franchise) | 201 | 199 | 198 |
| Total Supermarkets | 981 | 965 | 954 |
| Freestanding Liquor (incl. Dan Murphy’s) | 233 | 212 | 204 |
| ALH Retail Liquor Outlets | 434 | 424 | 432 |
| Caltex/WOW Petrol | 133 | 134 | 131 |
| Woolworths Petrol – Australia | 389 | 371 | 360 |
| Woolworths Petrol/Convenience – New Zealand | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| Total Supermarket Division | 2,192 | 2,128 | 2,103 |
| BIG W | 151 | 142 | 129 |
| Dick Smith Electronics | 282 | 254 | 223 |
| Dick Smith Powerhouse | 28 | 23 | 20 |
| Tandy | 106 | 123 | 123 |
| Total General Merchandise Division | 567 | 542 | 495 |
| Hotels (includes 8 clubs) | 271 | 263 | 250 |
| Total Group | 3,030 | 2,933 | 2,848 |
Trading Area (sqm) |
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| Supermarkets Division – Australia (2) | 1,945,641 | 1,848,792 | 1,784,279 |
| Supermarkets Division – New Zealand (3) | 296,549 | 291,092 | 291,792 |
| General Merchandise Division (4) | 989,767 | 930,288 | 843,316 |
| Notes: | |
| (1) | |
| Supermarket Store Movements July 07 – June 08 | |
| New Stores – incremental | 30 |
| Closures – permanent | (9) |
| Closures – for re-development | (7) |
| Net New Stores | 14 |
| (2) | |
| Australian Supermarkets Division trading area (excluding Petrol and ALH BWS outlets and including the Australian Ex-FAL stores) has increased by 5.2% (FY07: 3.6%). | |
| (3) | |
| Excludes Gull and franchise stores. | |
| (4) | |
| Excludes Woolworths India. | |
Shareholders
Woolworths Limited is one of Australia’s largest public companies.
We have approximately 365,000 shareholders including around 40,000 employee shareholders, giving us one of the largest levels of employee ownership for corporations in Australia.
People
We employ almost 190,000 people in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Shanghai and India, with just over 169,000 in Australia and 19,000 in New Zealand.
We are one of the largest private sector employers in Australia.
Sales
Woolworths Limited had sales of $47 billion for the 2008 financial year. We serve over 23 million customers per week across all our retail businesses in Australia and New Zealand.