According to an announcement issued by Lianhua supermarket (00980.HK) on March 29th, as of December 31, 2021, the turnover of the group was about 24.76 billion yuan, down about 6.0% from the same period last year. Same-store sales in the group decreased by about 4.88% compared with the same period last year, including 5.63% in large general supermarkets, 7.38% in supermarkets and 48.30% in convenience stores. The gross profit is about 3.062 billion yuan, down about 13.4% from the same period last year, and the gross profit margin is about 12.37%, down 1.06% from the same period last year. The comprehensive income reached 5.793 billion yuan, down about 10.5% from the same period last year, and the comprehensive rate of return was about 23.40%, down 1.19 percentage points from the same period last year. The operating loss is about 317 million yuan. The annual loss of the shareholders belonging to the company is about 423 million yuan, and the basic loss per share is about 0.38 yuan.
It has 3279 stores. During the period under review, the group opened 336 new stores, including 5 new general supermarkets; 214 new supermarket stores, of which 44 were directly operated stores and 170 joined stores; and 117 convenience stores, including 21 new stores and 96 new franchise stores.