Coles unfairly targeted by ‘politicised’ attacks, chair says, while calling illusory discount allegations ‘significant’

James Graham defends was/is pricing, saying suppliers had asked for higher prices and then supermarkets discounted them

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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 complex, global issue.

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