Tag: grocery stores

Grocery chains under probe

Norway's three major grocery store conglomerates have long been suspected of playing a major role in keeping food prices high. Competition authorities finally decided...

New effort launched to open stores on Sunday

Norway's new government minister Trine Skei Grande of the Liberal Party has sent a proposal out for hearing that would further ease restrictions on...

Meat and egg producer to cut staff, costs

Nortura, Norway's dominant farmer-owned cooperative for meat, poultry and eggs, has launched a cost-cutting program that also will cut 300 jobs over the next...

Food prices suddenly fall

Norway's notoriously high food prices have become a bit easier to swallow. State statistics bureau SSB (Statistics Norway) has confirmed that they declined rather...

Grocery stores lose out to border trade

It shouldn't come as any surprise, but large grocery stores located just over the border in Sweden are cutting into the revenues of Norway's...

REMA 1000 recalls chicken

Norwegian grocery store chain REMA 1000 was recalling all chicken sold in its stores from May 4-10, because of fears it may be infected with the E-coli bacteria....

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...

Rema 1000 drops major suppliers

Grocery shopping in Norway has generated lots of criticism and complaints over the years, because of market concentration, high prices and relatively poor selection. Now one...

Swedish stores ‘more exciting’

It's not just the lower prices that tempt carloads of Norwegians to cross the border and go grocery shopping in Sweden. A new study...

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...
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