![The CEOs of Woolworths and Coles were questioned about the rising cost of supermarket goods. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS) The CEOs of Woolworths and Coles were questioned about the rising cost of supermarket goods. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-feed-data/1ede3a2f-e4cf-4b0b-adec-f979a18824d8.jpg/r0_0_800_600_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
The heads of Coles and Woolworths have been subjected to a parliamentary grilling at a Senate inquiry on Tuesday examining supermarket prices.
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"It's very hard to say that we have price gouging."
- Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci
"We acknowledge that we don't always get it right, but all our procedures seek to ensure fair and sustainable relationships."
- Coles CEO Leah Weckert on supplier relationships
"Honestly, I'm not interested in your spin or your bulls***. This is a Senate inquiry. Answer the question."
- Greens senator Nick McKim to Woolworths boss Brad Banducci
"I would respectfully submit that this is an incredibly competitive market and that is good for consumers."
- Woolworths CEO executive Brad Banducci
"There is no bad intent there, but we definitely could execute against it better, and we are working towards holding ourselves to a higher level of account on that."
- Coles CEO Leah Weckert on pricing
Source: Senate hearing
Australian Associated Press