Comments on: Supermarkets in Norway

By: Bruno

Bruno — Sat, 28 Oct 2023 15:09:29 +0000

Living in Norway for 3 years, since 2021. Sorry to say that the Norwegian Supermarkets are low on variety and quality it’s at a premium price. And if you like to buy organic food products, my advice it’s to travel to country’s near by. The protectionism from the norwegian farmers affects the freedom of choice of the consumers.

By: forhave

forhave — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 00:46:48 +0000

I’m from the US and I’m so glad to have grocery stores like this in Norway!

By: Joon Choi

Joon Choi — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 15:37:09 +0000

Is Obs a members-only shop, requiring a membership for entrance and purchasing merchandise?

I’m thinking of visiting Tromso Obs before a roadtrip through Lofoten.

I’d appreciate your answer. Thanks!

By: Hank

Hank — Thu, 26 May 2022 04:44:01 +0000

In reply to Silke. Agree. Every other country in europe has better supermarkets than here in Norway. The variety is extreme low, the quality of vegetables is very poor: mold on paprika, dried out garlic, overripe avocados etc etc, the list goes on and on. Supermarket employees doing a very bad job in general removing rotten vegetables/fruit. I've been living in Oslo for over 3 years now and this country really takes the price for having the lowest variety of products and the poorest product quality in the whole of europe.

By: Silke

Silke — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 02:51:59 +0000

Norway’s like this because the supermarkets and food supply are run by monopolies -this makes it impossible for other supermarket chains to enter here. It’s hard to come to a so-called rich land and see the poor amount and quality of products sold in supermarkets. Portugal is waaay smaller and poorer yet it’s possible to find fresh food being sold every where, or enter a Lidl to buy cheap tools, UK/Italian food or an Aldi to get that cheap good product from Germany.

By: Sølvi Alfnes

Sølvi Alfnes — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 09:35:06 +0000

You forgot to mention the coop membership, app and discount tickets

By: Evelyn Danquah

Evelyn Danquah — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:57:19 +0000

Very informative, it will help some of us planning to move into Norway.

By: Patrycja

Patrycja — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 15:37:27 +0000

Kiwi as one of the cheapest stores and Bunnpris as discount? That’s a huge surprise..😄 I would say that Bunnpris is one of the most expensive ones, except for Meny of course, but Meny at the same time offers completely different quality of products. Rema 1000 is still a winner for every day shopping and Meny for something special. In my opinion the best vegetables are offered in Turkish shops like for example EuroCash or Albaraka in Trondheim. It’s hard to compare the quality of those vegetables to vegetables from the supermarkets and the prices are much lower.

By: John mercer M .Inst. M. London 1974.

John mercer M .Inst. M. London 1974. — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 11:28:41 +0000

Can anyone let me know where there is a real farmer butcher in Halden. And is there a real greencrocer selling genuine fresh greens,carrots and root vegetables.I am a trained meat expert .and would be happy to trade off my time and be rewarded with some produce.

By: Bernd Ritter

Bernd Ritter — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 06:04:14 +0000

When mentioning the membership options for Rema1000, you should do so as well for Coop, as it offers many perks also. Bunnpris runs, at least here in Trondheim, some “gourmet” stores, where they offer a wider range of products and counters with fresh and prepared produce (fresh fish, cheese, salads etc). I find some things there I couldn’t find anywhere else so far.
As an alternative to supermarkets, there is also a growing network of Reko-ringen farmers sales organised via Facebook, where you order local farm products online and pick it up on the market evening (on IKEA carpark here in Trondheim).