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Oil price checks conducted by CASE over a two month period revealed that prices have gone up across the board. Checks from eight supermarket chains placed the increase between 9% to 56%. -- ST PHOTO: LIM CHIN PING
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LOADING up the shopping cart is getting to be an increasingly expensive exercise, going by price checks conducted by the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) over a two month period.

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