Tag: grocery stores

Grocery stores blamed for higher prices

UPDATED: Prices have been rising again at Norwegian grocery stores, and a new study suggests the grocery store owners are padding their margins and pocketing more...

Border shopping sets another record

Norwegian shoppers spent a record NOK 14 billion last year during day trips over the border, mostly to Sweden. New figures from state statistic...

Coop cleared to take over ICA

Norwegian grocery store chain Coop has won approval from Norway's competition authorities to go ahead with its takeover of ICA and Rimi grocery stores in...

Objections rise to Sunday shopping

The Norwegian government's proposal to allow all retailers to open for business on Sunday has met massive opposition. "No one wants this," claims Trine...

Sunday openings ‘shock’ critics

Norway's conservative government wants stores to be able to open on Sundays if they choose to do so, but its proposal presented on Friday was...

Coop to buy rival ICA grocery chain

Norway's grocery store choices are set to contract again after the large Coop chain announced Monday that it was buying up the Norwegian operations of...

Grocery store chain hit with major fine

Norges Gruppen, the grocery retailer and wholesaler that dominates the Norwegian market, is considering a legal appeal after being hit this week with a...

Regulators scrap supermarket deals

A purchasing and distribution agreement struck between supermarket chain ICA and Norway's largest retail business, grocery wholesaler and store owner NorgesGruppen, is anti-competitive and...

Latest salvo fired in grocery store wars

Two of Norway's grocery store chains announced on Friday that they were teaming up through a new joint purchasing agreement, in an effort to...

Grocery officials huddle to set new prices

Annual price negotiations between grocery stores chains in Norway and food producers and wholesalers were underway this week, and raising more concerns. Dominant NorgesGruppen,...
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