Tag: food prices
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...
FpU weighs in on Sunday trading
The Progress Party's youth organization Fremskrittspartiets Ungdom (FpU) took aim at the food barons behind Norway's grocery chains, accusing them of having ulterior motives...
Hotel saves on smaller plates
A popular and historic mountain hotel in Norway claims it has saved around NOK 100,000 (USD 16,000) in food costs by simply introducing smaller...
Grocery chain deal could be illegal
The future of the ICA grocery store chain in Norway was uncertain this week after Norway’s competition authority Konkurransetilsynet ordered a temporary suspension of a...
Labour’s partners now a liability
NEWS ANALYSIS: Consumers finally seem to be revolting in Norway. Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) released a new public opinion poll on Thursday that shows the...
New butter woes spread cost cut calls
Norway's two largest non-socialist parties, the Conservatives (Høyre) and the Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet, Frp), think it's possible to cut billions in state funding for...
Farmers failed to meet Stoltenberg
Norwegian farmers, still furious over what they consider to be a poor state subsidy offer from the government, picked the wrong date in their...
Farmers in trouble after latest protest
Some of Norway's angry farmers gathered during the night and blocked the delivery of newspaper Sunnmørsposten from its printing plant at Breivika in Ålesund....
Farmers urged to demand more from their powerful cooperatives
Norway's frustrated farmers believe they have the support of most Norwegians, but there are signs that unconditional support is waning. Calls are now rising...
Tempers rise over bread and butter
A highly unpopular shortage of butter in Norwegian stores last fall and winter hasn't stopped farmers from now trying to produce a shortage of...
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