Norway

Norway's Reitan Convenience Sees Turnover Up In Full-Year 2018

Reitan Convenience, the convenience arm of Norway’s Reitangruppen, posted turnover of NOK 16.1 billon (€1.67 billion) in full-year 2018 –...

Carlsberg Continues Sale Of Non-Core Assets With Trondheim Disposal

Danish brewer Carlsberg has announced the sale of its property at the brewery site in Trondheim, Norway, to a consortium consisting of NorgesGruppen, Kjeld...

Cool As Ice – ESM Meets Iceland Mat CEO Geir Olav Opheim

Things are heating up in the Norwegian retail market, with the arrival of a new player, frozen-food retailer Iceland. ESM spoke to Geir Olav Opheim, its ch...

NorgesGruppen Recruits More Women In Managerial Roles

Norway's NorgesGruppen has hired an increasing number of women in the role of merchants and store managers in recent years, the company said. In 2018 al...

Norway's Meny Introduces Insect-Flour Bread

Norwegian retailer Meny has announced that it has launched bread partly made of larvae flour, to improve its efforts in food innovation. The coarse-text...

EU Raids Salmon Farmers In Suspected Cartel Inquiry

Antitrust regulators raided salmon farms in several European Union countries on Tuesday, including some owned by Norway's Mowi, in a suspected cartel inqui...

Coop Norge Pays Record Dividend To Members

Norwegian retailer Coop Norge has paid a record dividend to its members for full-year 2018. The group said that it paid a share of just over NOK 1 billi...

Frozen Foods Retailer Iceland Plots Norway Expansion

Frozen foods retailer Iceland has announced plans to open three new stores in Oslo, following the successful rollout of two previous outlets last year....