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			<title>Retail group to cut prices by up to 30% in Ramadan</title>
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			<title>Union partnership to rival hypermarkets across Dubai</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Union Co-operative Society's deal with Sharaf DG to open its new store at its hypermarket has ramped up competition in the emirate.]]></description>
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			<title>The mighty crackdown</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Industy proposals from the UAE's Ministry of Economy represent a welcome push in the right direction.]]></description>
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			<title>Ramadan food price hikes 'unlikely'</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Leading economist predicts warning from governments will deter retailers during holy month.]]></description>
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			<title>Freezing prices slated as ‘Band Aid’ solution</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Abu Dhabi Co-Operative Society GM sends out stark warning on inflation-beating measures in the UAE.  ]]></description>
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			<title>UAE signs latest price fixing deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Baniyas Cooperative Society agrees to fix prices of 56 basic food items at 2007 levels, ministry says.]]></description>
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			<title>Cost catastrophe</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Disputes over food price hikes have sent shockwaves through the industry and triggered prompt action coupled with scepticism.]]></description>
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			<title>Co-op sales up 19% in 2007</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Consumer Co-operative Union posts $895mn in sales in 2007, up 19% on previous year, chairman says.  ]]></description>
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			<title>The grocer</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Union Coop's GM discusses opening the world's biggest hypermarket and fighting price hikes.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Union boss hits out at coop law limits in UAE</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[GM slams restrictions thwarting regional expansion and reveals plans for world's biggest hypermarket.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Rice prices set to skyrocket</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Major global exporters Vietnam and India plan to slash exports to combat domestic inflation.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE urges supermarkets to import directly</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ministry of Economy encourages retailers to cut out middlemen to lower pricess.]]></description>
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			<title>Union Coop to keep 2007 prices </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The UAE's Ministry of Economy and Union Coop signs deal to maintain last year's prices on 16 commodities.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Union co-op boycotts Danish products</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai chain of shops pulls products from shelves to protest reprinting of Prophet Mohammed cartoon.]]></description>
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			<title>Union Coop wins Meat Shop deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Al Islami Foods has revealed plans to expand its Meat Shop network across the UAE in collaboration with Union Cooperative Society. The first meat shop will open at Union Coop's Al-Wasl road branch in Dubai this month.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Taking stock</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Supermarket chain Union Co-operative Society's IT team is involved in a continuous drive to ensure that the right use of information technology improves operational efficiency and adds to the company's bottom line.]]></description>
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