Is a 5% profit margin price gouging? Well people say woolies and coles price gouge

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    So woolies results came out $719 mil profit on $1.4 billion in sales. So around 5%. Is it price gouging?

    if they dropped the price on every Item by 5% .. they would break even approx... So why is it our groceries have risen 30-50% in a few years??
    Is it power costs, Transport, labour etc...

    It doesnt seem excessive profit, the amount is large due to the amount of turnover .

    Most business would not exist on that profit margin
 
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