Tag: grocery stores

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...

Doors close on Sunday store openings

Media commentators in Norway were widely predicting that the government's attempt to allow all stores to open for business on Sundays is politically dead....

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...

Grocery chain fends off Sunday competition

One of the most active opponents to a proposal to allow retail stores to open for business on Sundays is the dominant player in...

Consumers seek grocery store revenge

Norwegian consumers seem to be waking up to years of high prices and relatively poor selection at their local grocery stores. A story about how...
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