Tag: grocery stores

New shortages may follow butter

Some retailers in Norway fear that new shortages loom because of state dairy cooperative Tine's desperation to make more butter. That may result in...

State won’t soften butter regulations

Even though they've been ridiculed through worldwide coverage of Norway's butter shortage, and faced with a lack of one of the most essential items...

Butter slips back onto the shelves

Grocery stores in Norway received some small shipments of butter on Monday from dairy cooperative Tine, but supplies weren't expected to last long. Meanwhile,...

Calls rise to bust butter ‘monopoly’

An ongoing lack of butter in Norwegian stores has sparked new calls for the country's powerful dairy cooperative Tine to be broken up. One...

Butter shortage keeps spreading

State agriculture officials cut more regulatory fees on dairy products this week, in another effort to ease a butter shortage that continues to spread...

Butter shortage frustrates bakers

Norway's dairy cooperative Tine hasn't been able to produce enough butter in recent weeks to meet demand, leaving grocery store shelves bare of one...

Grocery branch probes high prices

Thousands of Norwegians cross the border into Sweden every day to stock up on groceries and other goods that are as much as 40...

Norwegians pay more than neighbors

A recent report from the government food chain assessment committee (Matkjedeutvalget) shows that  Norwegians pay 23 percent more for their food and staple goods...

Grocery store owners fight back

Norway's grocery store owners are refusing to take the blame for the country's high food prices and relatively poor selection of goods. A state...

Grocery business dodges bullets

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norwegian grocery stores have the highest prices in Europe and the worst selection of goods, according to consumer advocates, and, reportedly, a...
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