Supermarket profits NZ
Woolworths New Zealand reported $163 million in earnings before interest and tax, before significant items, a 1.9% margin on sales (Woolworths Group Limited, F26 (52 weeks to 28 Jun 2026)).
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Annual sales and earnings before interest and tax (EBIT, before significant items) of Woolworths New Zealand, the New Zealand Food segment of Woolworths Group, in NZ dollars, from the Group's annual reports. Financial years end in late June.
Woolworths New Zealand's earnings before interest and tax (before significant items) as a percentage of its total sales, by financial year. This is the margin left after the cost of goods and running the business, before interest and tax.
One of the three major grocery retailers. Foodstuffs North Island and South Island are co-operatives whose store-level profits are not in their published accounts, so their figures are not comparable and are not shown here. F19 is before the AASB 16 lease standard (adopted in F20), which raises EBIT by moving rent costs below the EBIT line; F19 and later years are not directly comparable.
An annual price change compares prices with the same period a year earlier. Each household buys a different mix of goods and services, so its own cost increase can differ from the national basket.
Read the period beside each number before comparing it with another figure. A monthly observation, a quarterly result and a financial year cover different spans of time. The latest release can also revise earlier observations. The chart and downloads keep the published periods so you can check which figures are being compared. A change in supermarket profits describes what happened during that period; it does not by itself explain why it happened or identify the effect of a government policy. Definitions and coverage matter as much as the size of a change.
Sources: Woolworths Group Limited; Woolworths Group Limited; NZ in Numbers calculation. Last retrieved 10 October 2026.