Majid Al Futtaim recorded a 188% rise in its online sales Australia: Woolworths warns of slowing sales growth after first-half profit surge Woolworths Group warned of slowing sales growth ahead after a pandemic-driven surge in demand helped Australia’s largest supermarket chain post a 28% jump in the first-half profit. “We expect sales to decline over the March to June period compared to the prior year in all our businesses...as we cycle last year’s COVID surge”, Group Chief Executive Brad Banducci said. Profit attributable from continuing operations came in at A$1.14bln ($901.63mln), compared with A$887mln a year ago.