Tag: grocery stores
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...
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...
Sunday shopping reform suspended
Norway's conservative coalition government is giving up its efforts, at least during this parliamentary period, to reform the country's laws that severely restrict shopping on Sundays. A...
REMA checks out of Sunday battle
Norway's grocery store battle over Sunday openings took a new twist in the middle of the long holiday weekend, when the REMA 1000 chain announced it...
Absurdity rules in Sunday shopping
NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway's debate over shopping on Sundays took off again this week, after the three most powerful grocery chains that wield control over consumers ended up...
13 indicted in Lime grocery store case
State prosecutors have handed down indictments and filed claims for NOK 104 million (USD 12.2 million) against 13 people running the Lime grocery store chain. Investigators...
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