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Oct 27 (Reuters) - Australian supermarket giant Woolworths Group (WOW) said on Wednesday its sales rose 7.8% in the first quarter as people stocked up on food during the country's coronavirus lockdowns.
A surge in COVID-19 cases earlier this year had prompted restrictions across the country and turned Melbourne into the world's most locked-down city, forcing people to buy groceries online.
Woolworths' e-commerce business posted a 54% jump in sales to A$1.88 billion ($1.40 billion) in the quarter ended Oct. 3. Its retail food business grew by nearly 4% to account for more than three-fourths of total sales.
Competition between the country's biggest supermarket chain and smaller rival Coles Group (COL) , which is slated to report first-quarter sales on Thursday, has heated up in recent months as they battle for a share of the pandemic-driven surge in online orders.
Woolworths' total group sales from continuing operations came in at A$16.07 billion, compared with A$14.91 billion a year earlier.
($1 = 1.3398 Australian dollars)
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