Coles Group reported $40 billion in Supermarket sales revenue in FY25, an increase on the prior year of 4.3 per cent. Revenue was supported by solid volume growth across transactions and basket size.
Snapshot
- Group sales revenue: $44.3b, up 3.6% on prior corresponding period (pcp);
- Supermarkets revenue: $40b, up 4.3% pcp;
- Group EBITDA: $3.9b, up 11% pcp;
- Group EBIT: $2,1b, up 7.5% pcp; and
- NPAT: $1b, up 2.4%.
Group sales revenue increased by 3.6 per cent (normalised) with growth in Supermarkets sales revenue of 4.3 per cent and Liquor sales revenue of 1.1 per cent (normalised).
The group launched 970 new products in its Exclusive to Coles segment – Coles Finest was the strongest performer with revenue up 13.6 per cent.
Supermarket eCommerce sales grew 24.2 per cent to now account for 12 per cent of group revenue, and Liquor eCommerce grew 7.2 per cent.
Revenue in Coles’ Other segment related solely to the Product Supply Arrangement (PSA) with Viva Energy Group Ltd (Viva Energy), which declined largely due to lower tobacco sales. There was a 30 per cent decline in tobacco sales in the year, now accounting for less than three per cent of Supermarket sales, which peaked at eight per cent in FY19.
The group also successfully transitioned next day home delivery volumes to CFCs in Melbourne and Sydney, with sales now outpacing total Supermarkets eCommerce sales growth.
Coles also made cost savings of $327 million in its Simplify and Save to Invest program and improved its total loss rate by 25 points.
CEO Leah Weckert said, “In FY26, our ADC program will deliver its first full year of annualised benefits and we will continue our disciplined approach to cost control as part of our Simplify and Save to Invest program.
“With our CFC volumes continuing to increase, we are also on track to deliver improved earnings from these facilities across the course of the year. In addition, in FY26 no implementation, dual running and transition costs in relation to our ADC and CFC programs will be incurred.”
