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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Catie McLeod Consumer affairs reporter

Woolworths’ ‘Prices Dropped’ rules intended to prevent ‘gaming’ the promotional system, executive tells court

A person walks past a Woolworths supermarket
The ACCC has accused Woolworths of using promotions to disguise planned price increases. Photograph: Jaimi Joy/Reuters

A senior Woolworths executive has defended relaxing rules designed to protect shoppers from misleading discounts by preventing the supermarket or suppliers from “gaming” the “Prices Dropped” promotional program.

Woolworths’ chief commercial officer, Paul Harker, gave evidence on the second day of a landmark trial between the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and Woolworths in the federal court on Wednesday.

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