| (All amounts in Rm’s) | Seven-year compound growth % |
2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | ||
| Operations | ||||||||||
| Turnover | 6 | 1 845 | 1 521 | 1 354 | 1 303 | 1 635 | 1 477 | 1 285 | ||
| Trading profit | 8 | 523 | 448 | 389 | 361 | 424# | 393 | 338 | ||
| Profit before taxation | 8 | 550 | 469 | 404 | 369 | 405 | 408 | 352 | ||
| Profit attributable to equity holders of the parent | 8 | 378 | 321 | 273 | 257 | 275 | 270 | 233 | ||
| Headline earnings | 8 | 377 | 319 | 274 | 258 | 275 | 270 | 237 | ||
| Ordinary dividends paid | 1 | 119 | 101 | 88 | 107 | 84 | 95 | 114 | ||
| Financial position | ||||||||||
| Non-current assets | 1 223 | 1 070 | 991 | 939 | 890 | 772 | 550 | |||
| Current assets | 1 400 | 1 226 | 1 075 | 994 | 680 | 573 | 567 | |||
| Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent | 1 931 | 1 637 | 1 422 | 1 306 | 1 158 | 944 | 764 | |||
| Non-current liabilities | 323 | 327 | 344 | 343 | 101 | 12 | 11 | |||
| Current liabilities | 292 | 262 | 239 | 244 | 286 | 357 | 312 | |||
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities | 226 | 254 | (283) | 228 | 107 | 168 | 167 | |||
| Cash flows utilised in investing activities | (148) | (107) | (72) | (71) | (138) | (249) | (121) | |||
| Cash flows from/(utilised by) financing activities | — | (19) | 399 | 229 | 54 | (4) | (4) | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of year | 917 | 839 | 711 | 667 | 281 | 258 | 343 |
| Seven-year compound growth % |
2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | |||
| Financial ratios | ||||||||||
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Trading profit to turnover (%) | 28,3 | 29,5 | 28,7 | 27,7 | 25,9 | 26,6 | 26,3 | |||
| Return on shareholders’ interest (%)(1) | 21,2 | 21,0 | 20,0 | 20,9 | 26,2 | 31,6 | 33,3 | |||
| Average consumer price index (%)† | 5,5 | 5,0 | 4,2 | 6,9 | 12,2 | 7,0 | 4,9 | |||
| Earnings per share (cents) | 6 | 41,1 | 34,9 | 33,0 | 32,3 | 34,6 | 33,9 | 29,3 | ||
| Headline earnings per share (cents) | 5 | 41,0 | 34,7 | 33,1 | 32,4 | 34,4 | 33,9 | 29,8 | ||
| Ordinary dividends declared per share (cents) | 6 | 14,0 | 12,0 | 11,0 | 11,0 | 12,0 | 11,4 | 9,8 | ||
| Special dividend per share (cents) | — | — | 60,0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| Productivity | ||||||||||
| Turnover per employee (R000’s) | 1 | 2 701 | 2 498 | 2 375 | 2 310 | 2 809 | 2 499 | 2 596 | ||
| Total assets per employee (R000’s) | 9 | 3 840 | 3 770 | 3 625 | 3 427 | 2 698 | 2 276 | 2 257 | ||
| Trading profit per employee (R000’s) | 2 | 766 | 736 | 682 | 640 | 729 | 665 | 683 | ||
| Turnover growth (%) | 21,3 | 12,3 | 3,9 | (20,3) | 10,7 | 14,9 | 24,5 | |||
| Number of employees | 683 | 609 | 570 | 564 | 582 | 591 | 495 | |||
| Number of stores | 112 | 108 | 104 | 101 | 98 | 93 | 98 | |||
| – Owned | 50 | 47 | 47 | 43 | 44 | 44 | 42 | |||
| – Franchised | 62 | 61 | 57 | 58 | 54 | 49 | 56 |
| Definition | |
(1) |
Return on shareholders’ interest: Profit attributable to equity holders of the parent as a percentage of average equity attributable to equity holders of the parent. |