Coles apologises for prematurely raising prices on ‘locked’ items

Twenty products from corn flakes to pregnancy tests had price hikes before end of promotional period, with supermarket saying it will refund customers

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Supermarket giant Coles has apologised after prematurely raising prices on popular items it had promised would remain “locked”.

Prices on 20 items were raised before the end of their promotional period, according to Coles, on a diverse range of products including dishwashing tablets, chopped tomatoes, corn flakes and pregnancy tests.

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