overview for 2008
financial
| revenue |  |
16.7% to R21.8bn | |
| profit before tax, exceptional items and before the BEE charge |
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6.2% to R1.6bn | |
| adjusted headline earnings per share | |
4.3% to 124.8cps | |
| dividend per share | |
3c to 79 cps | |
trading
| clothing and general merchandise sales | |
6.1% | |
| food sales | |
18.8% | |
| financial services revenue | |
3c to 79 cps | |
operating
| total trading space | |
7.3% to 478 351 m2 | |||||||
| total number of stores | |
to 385 | |||||||
| 28 new corporate stores opened bringing total corporate stores to 228 |
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| 14 Woolworths Food Stop stores opened bringing the total franchise local stores to 115 reduced international franchise stores to 42 |
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| World-class Midrand distribution centre comes on stream to manage additional volumes |
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