London, 2016-Sep-18 — /EPR Retail News/ — Unaudited condensed Interim Financial Statements for the half year ended 30 July 2016 Strict Stock Exchange Embargo, 7.00am.
Taking charge of our future
Financial Summary
Waitrose
John Lewis
Partnership
£m
YoY
Change
£m
YoY
Change
£m
YoY
Change
Gross sales(1)
3,250.6
2.2%
2,023.7
4.5%
5,274.3
3.1%
LFL sales(2)
(1.0)%
3.1%
Revenue
3,064.4
2.2%
1,607.0
3.8%
4,671.4
2.7%
Operating profit before exceptional items(3)
121.3
(10.5)%
32.4
(31.2)%
138.7
(4.3)%
Operating profit(3)
96.3
(28.9)%
32.4
(31.2)%
113.7
(58.3)%
PBT before exceptional items(3)
81.9
(14.7)%
PBT(3)
56.9
74.6%
Net debt
549.3
17.3%
(1) Gross sales includes sale or return sales and VAT
(2) Waitrose like-for-like sales excludes petrol
(3) Includes property profits…
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