date:Aug 16, 2012
awards
Coles has just announced in conjunction with The Weekly Times newspaper that Coles will co-sponsor the 2012 Australian Farmer of the year awards. This is despite the fact that The Weekly Times has been a trenchant critic of the Coles and Woolworths supermarket duopoly.
The Weekly Times was one of the most vocal critics of Coles on the issue of discounted house-branded milk and concerns of sustainability of dairy farmers caused by the heavy discounts. The readership of The Weekly Times, wh