Fight or fold? Coles, Woolies face the angry shoppers they ‘fooled’
With its bombshell allegations this week the ACCC has given the big supermarkets two options, neither particularly palatable. Do they fight or do they fold?
Coles managing director Leah Weckert and Woolworths chief executive Amanda Bardwell face a long dispute with the ACCC. Bethany Rae
In the midst of a maelstrom this week, as politicians from every party railed against her supermarket, Woolworths chief executive Amanda Bardwell found herself confronted by a shopper south of Sydney.
The encounter was filmed and uploaded to TikTok. The shopper asked Bardwell why her company was price gouging – why Woolworths was happy to make “big bucks” while people suffered and went without food.
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