One-gift rule recognises plight of those struggling with cost of living, says CEO Shirine Khoury-Haq

The head of the Co-op has said she plans to ration her children to one small Christmas present each in a gesture of solidarity with customers struggling with cost of living crisis.

Shirine Khoury-Haq, who is expected to be paid more than £1m this year, told the Sunday Times that her six-year-old twin daughters were “dealing with” their mother’s imposition of a one-gift rule. One had asked for a Barbie and the other wanted a Paw Patrol toy, she said.

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