Woolworths CEO storms out of interview about sky-high grocery prices

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Brad Banducci, CEO of Woolworths, abruptly ended an interview with ABC's Four Corners program on 19th February following questions regarding the recent rise in grocery prices and the cost of living crunch impacting Australian consumers.

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00:00 I think I'm done guys. I do this with good intent. I don't do this with bad intent.

00:06 You're walking out really?

00:07 No, no, no. Can we just talk to Brad for a second?

00:21 It is an incredibly competitive market. The risk people have is that...

00:24 Sorry, the former head of the competition commission says... his words are...

00:30 Retired, by the way.

00:32 I don't think you would impugn his integrity and his understanding of competition law.

00:36 I'm just saying the world has got much more competitive.

00:39 He retired 18 months ago. He's not...

00:42 Okay, listen. Can we take that out? Is that okay? I mean, he is retired, but I shouldn't

00:49 have said that, Angus. Are we going to leave it in there if we are?

00:52 Well, I mean, we're on the record. You said it. I mean, you know, let's move on. But yeah.

00:59 Yeah, no, I think I'm done guys. You know, I do this with good intent. You know, I don't

01:04 do this with bad intent.

01:06 You're walking out really?

01:07 No, no, no. Can we just talk to Brad for a second?

01:08 Let me just...

01:09 Let's have a minute. We'll be finished in a second.

01:27 Let's keep going.

01:27 Okay.

01:31 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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