Supplementary information

  IFRS GAAP   UK GAAP
2009 2008 20071 2006 20052, 3 20052, 3 2004 2003
Increase / (decrease) on previous year %                  
Turnover 12.02 4.07 2.86 0.09 144.81   145.06 15.25 9.58
Operating profit 9.64 44.57 260.97 (202.62) (16.25)   (2.26) 14.31 16.25
Profit before taxation 7.03 65.89 217.93 (262.12) (39.67)   (7.13) 13.24 16.26
Profit after taxation (16.97) 123.67 198.90 (338.38) (46.86)   4.10 6.07 20.04
Diluted earnings per share (16.98) 122.13 198.37 329.61 (66.99)   (35.34) 7.49 18.59
Dividend per ordinary share 20.83 20.00 8.11 – 13.85   13.85 20.37 22.73
Shareholder funds 3.24 11.49 7.63 (8.92) 188.69   195.24 9.83 11.53

% of turnover		                  
Operating profit 4.62 4.72 3.40 (2.17) 2.12   2.47 6.19 6.24
Profit / (loss) before taxation 4.51 4.72 2.96 (2.58) 1.59   2.45 6.47 6.59
Profit / (loss) after taxation 3.17 4.27 1.99 (2.07) 0.87   1.70 4.00 4.34

Retail portfolio		                  
Size 000s sq ft (net sales area)                  
0-15 13 12 13 14 78   78 – –
15-25 135 141 143 158 186   186 8 9
25-40 190 180 173 167 197   197 93 86
40+ 44 42 39 39 37   37 24 24
Total 382 375 368 378 498   498 125 119
Petrol filling stations 287 284 278 275 283   283 112 98
Total sales area (000s sq ft) 11,131 10,837 10,505 10,633 12,468   12,468 4,526 4,241
Average store size (000s sq ft) 29.1 28.9 28.5 28.1 25.0   25.0 36.2 35.6
Average sales area (000s sq ft)4 11,061 10,676 10,762 11,539 12,705   12,705 4,399 4,113
Total supermarket takings ex fuel (gross) £m 12,180 11,238 10,841 10,541 10,929   10,929 4,550 3,988
Average per sq ft per week (£) 21.41 20.18 19.34 17.69 16.80   16.80 19.94 18.65
Average per store per week (£000s) 617 576 541 477 400   400 716 666
Average number of customers per store per week 25,928 24,411 24,343 25,818 18,712   18,712 29,242 28,277
Average takings per customer (£) 23.86 23.10 22.53 20.92 21.36   21.36 24.48 23.57

Employees		                  
Full time 50,934 50,018 51,502 57,501 56,005   56,005 23,296 21,136
Part time 73,596 67,436 66,302 76,836 84,896   84,896 29,088 25,642
Total 124,530 117,454 117,804 134,337 140,901   140,901 52,384 46,778
Full time equivalent 89,855 83,736 84,653 93,041 95,340   95,340 35,395 31,961

Average per FTE employee:		                  
Turnover (£000s) 162 155 147 130 127   127 140 134
Operating profit before one-off costs (£) 7,472 7,307 4,999 1,198 4,147   4,177 8,950 8,482
Staff costs (£) 17,996 17,973 17,787 17,528 16,120   16,081 16,124 15,585
  1. 53 weeks.
  2. Includes Safeway plc.
  3. Reclassification under UK GAAP to reallocate distribution costs.
  4. Includes sales area of divested stores.

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