The food division of Woolworths, with its well-heeled customer base that could absorb the shock of the lockdown, saw an increased sales revenue growth of 10.7% for the whole year and 13.3% revenue growth in the second half of their financial year. This period coincides with the lockdown, and the report says that Woolworths’s “higher revenue growth in this period” was a result of a shift in consumption patterns. Other retailers saw an increase in revenue margins of between 2% and 9%. Another trend the report looked at was its “concerns around conduct of retailers over the lockdown” as prices of certain basic items increased out of proportion to wholesale prices.