Tag: food prices

Farmers blocked grocery shipments

Norwegian farmers, angry that their state subsidy demands haven't been met, set up blockades around wholesale food distribution centers all over the country on...

Farmers demand hefty pay raises

Norway's farming organizations presented new demands for state subsidies and protection that once again would give them much higher pay raises than those granted other...

Glut of lamb meat won’t lower prices

Norway's allowance of strict market regulation in its agricultural sector has suddenly left the country with a glut of its lamb meat, often hyped as...

Food prices finally ease a bit

After a hefty increase early this past summer, retail prices for food and alcohol-free drinks declined by 1 percent from July to August, according...

Survey confirms consumers’ dissatisfaction

A new EU survey confirms what many who live in Norway have claimed for years: The quality and selection of fresh meat and produce in the grocery...

Stronger krone and higher food prices send shoppers fleeing over the border

Norway's currency, the krone, has suddenly regained strength in recent weeks and that, combined with a sharp rise in food prices at Norwegian grocery stores...

Consumer price index up 3.2 percent

Prices have been rising in Norway, especially for food, just as the state negotiates with farmers demanding even higher prices and state support for...

Annual celery saga beats cucumbers

NEWS COMMENTARY: Norway's so-called "agurktid" (cucumber time) in the news is almost over. That's when, during the summer months, the news flow usually slacks off...

Food prices jump as stores merge

A carton of eggs was priced at NOK 49.90 (USD 6.10) this week at one of the large stores in Oslo run by ICA, soon to be...

Food fair promotes Norwegian fare

Organizers were expecting as many as 200,000 hungry people to wander around this year's expanded edition of Norway's largest outdoor food fair known as...
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