100 new low-cost grocery stores
Kiwi, Rema and Coop Extra to open over 100 new stores The three leading low-cost chains will open 113 new stores during the year. The…
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Bankruptcies due to online shopping
More and more bankruptcies as stores lose to online shopping Holders of a total of 5,017 Norwegian companies had to tread the heavy road to…
The ‘Enklere Liv’ chain to close 25 stores
The new owners of the Enklere Liv chain store are closing 25 stores. In the autumn, Jotunfjell Partners became new owners of the chain store,…
Price war for Christmas shoppers
The stores are lowering prices in the fight for Christmas customers The grocery chains are reporting tough competition on the price of the «Non-Stop» chocolate…
New potatoes on their way to stores
This year’s new potatoes are on their way to the grocery stores. This week, a large number of manufacturers send out 200 tonnes of products…
Basil withdrawn from stores after E. coli finding
Thai basil packages have been pulled from shops and stores after a finding of E. coli intestinal bacteria.Approximately 700 packages from the current batch have…
Solar-power cell systems directly available in stores
More and more people are searching for solar-power cells online. Both private home owners, and owners of commercial buildings have begun to see the potential…
Nille to close all 30 of its Swedish stores
After six years in Sweden, Nille is giving up the ghost and closing all 30 of its Swedish stores. The chain will concentrate on the…
Coop wants to sell more bibles
The Bible Society was in connection with their 200th anniversary granted to sell Bibles in COOP stores. The business was good and now the grocery…
Retail sales up 2.9%
Norway traded goods in stores to the value of nearly 387 billion over the first ten months of last year. That’s 2.9% more than during…
Slight increase at department stores before Christmas
Sales at department stores were 2 percent higher in December than in the same period last year. Black Friday and online shopping has taken over…
Stores sold a record amount of Christmas food
Food shops set sales records for Christmas food in 2016, but the price war was not as costly as in 2015. All food chains are…
Høie wants to move the candy from the check-out point areas
Health Minister Bent Høie has grown tired of grocery stores placing candy strategically by the checkout areas. Now he wants an end to the “candy-terror.”…
Stores will not be opened on the second day of Pentecost
The ministry of culture rejects the application of the NHO trade members to maintain the grocery industry open on Sunday, the second Pentecost day this year. The ministry…
Employees of nine Expert stores may go on strike on Friday
Retail and Office and Expert are in mediation trying to negotiate a collective agreement for nine stores. If they don’t get an agreement, all the…
Rema will open 15 stores that will stay open on Sundays
Rema will open 15 stores on Sunday. The Police have given notice that they will not use resources to determine whether the stores are breaking the…