Vinmonopolet set the annual record on December 23rd
Many people secured alcoholic drinks for Christmas at the Vinmonopolet the day before Christmas Eve. Figures from the Vinmonopolet show that sales set an annual…
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Price changes in several thousand Vinmonopolet
From the 1st of January, Vinmonopolet will reduce the price of over 6,000 items. But for over 10,000 items, the price increases. The biggest price…
Up-and-down sales for Vinmonopolet at Christmas
Christmas trends from Vinmonopolet show that Norwegians are buying less red wine for Christmas dinner, and rather go for lighter products and alcohol-free. The Vinmonopol…
Vinmonopolet with new solution
Tests out clicks and retrieves – Polet should have your goods ready within two hours. In June, Vinmonopolet started testing out a new service called Klikk…
Warns against Vinmonopolet getting duty-free
The Government warns against letting Vinmonopolet take over duty-free sales Airports across the country can be shut down if Vinmonopolet (the Wine Monopoly) takes over…
Norwegians go bananas at Systembolaget
Norwegians amok at Systembolaget – Extreme figures The wine and liquor suppliers’ association (VBF) has calculated Norwegians’ alcohol purchases at Systembolaget: The sales of wine…
Vinmonopol’s May 16 sales rose due to the weather
Vinmonopolet sold 820,000 liters on May 16th. That is 29 percent more than the same period last year. Vinmonopolet sold 133,000 liters per hour…
Wine Monopoly (Vinmonopolet) sales declined in 2017
Vinmonopolet sold approximately 80.7 million litres of wine, spirits, beer and alcohol free drinks in 2017. This was a decrease of 0.8% from the previous…
Wine Monopoly says ‘It’s our busiest week’
The increase of custom at the Wine Monopoly (Vinmonopolet) is greater than expected, both in sales, and in numbers of customers. When the nights…
Vinmonopolet in talks with Avinor about taking over duty-free sales
For several months, Vinmonopolet (The Wine Monopoly) has been in talks with Avinor about taking over duty-free sales of alcohol at airports. This is the…
Vinmonopolet (The Wine Monopoly) gets new opening hours
This year, Norway’s Vinmonopolet will be open on Easter Saturday for the first time. On New Year’s Eve last year, the Vinmonopolet was open for…
Wants to move the sales of snuff and tobacco to Vinmonopolet
The Norwegian Medical Association believes it is about time to make the access to snuff and cigarettes more difficult, and will therefore prohibit the sale…
Vinmonopolet (Wine Monopoly) online sales soar
The ‘Vinmonopolet’ is increasingly selling alcohol online. Restrictions imposed by Norwegian alcohol law make it difficult for competitors to sell online. Last year, Vinmonopolet’s online…
No strike
Sprectrum and the five unions have reached an agreement, and there will be no strikes in Vinmonopolet, Airport Express Train, Ruter, a number of nurseries…
Risk of major strikes in kindergartens and Vinmonopolet
Employees at kindergartens, Vinmonopolet, airport express, student organizations and other businesses may go on strike if not Spectrum does not reach an agreement on pensions…
Risk of Norwegians being unable to buy alcohol above 4.7% from stores
The staff at Vinmonopolet (the only stores that can sell alcohol above 4.7%) want to have an influence on their occupational pension, but management has…