Written by Coles has hit out at “politicised” attacks on the company amid rising grocery prices, and defended itself amid allegations of illusory was/is discount prices. The supermarket’s chair, James Graham, used his address at the company’s annual general meeting on Tuesday to argue it was wrong to blame supermarkets for rising prices because inflation is a […]
Coles chair says cost-of-living issues have been ‘politicised’ Jonathan Barrett The Coles chair, James Graham, has opened the supermarket’s annual general meeting by defending the company’s profit levels and criticising “politicised” attacks. Graham told shareholders in Melbourne today that: In this context, it has been disappointing to see how cost-of-living issues have been politicised and […]