Wesfarmers Limited (ASX:WES) has posted 6.7 per cent total sales growth at Coles supermarkets in the second quarter of fiscal 2012, coming in broadly in line with expectations.
The supermarket giant generated sales of $9.4 billion, underpinned by a record-breaking Christmas period.
The result exceeded sales growth recorded by rival Woolworths Limited (ASX:WOW) who this week said its supermarket sales had grown 4.1 per cent to $9.87 billion in the second quarter.
CEO Richard Goyder says Coles reported its fourteenth straight quarter of comparable store sales growth.
In the first half of fiscal 2012 Coles sales increased 7.3 per cent to $17.5 billion.
Wesfarmers reported a profit of $1.9 billion for the 2011 financial year.
