Agriculture and Food Minister Geir Pollestad (Sp) himself had to go on an egg hunt at Easter, and the egg shortage in Norway continues. This is reported by the newspaper VG.
Norwegians hoard eggs in Sweden
Many Norwegian shops have empty shelves, and some Norwegians have even traveled to Sweden to buy eggs.
Nortura, which is responsible for calculating enough eggs for the people, believes that the focus on eggs has led to more people hoarding.
In an interview with the Nation, Agriculture Minister Geir Pollestad will not refuse Norwegians to hoard. Instead, he asks people to use the eggs they buy now right up until Midsummer.
“We could sell a lot more eggs if we had been given access, as we were promised by the market regulator before Easter. There were far from enough eggs available. Many stores sometimes had empty shelves, but with large local variations,” says Harald Kristiansen, communications manager at Coop, to VG.
He goes on to say that they wonder what Nortura is doing to ensure enough eggs in general, and not least for the festive days in May. Egg sales have also increased in the past year.
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Nortura is the farmer’s own company and a cooperative owned by around 16,000 Norwegian farmers. They follow the regulations that the politicians have adopted, emphasizes communications adviser Matilda Aronsson. Nortura believes that the weak Norwegian krone has led to more people buying Norwegian eggs than before.
The chains Kiwi, Coop and Rema are struggling to supply their stores with enough eggs.
“Access to eggs is unfortunately still challenging and will be for some time to come,” says communications director Kristine Aakvaag Arvin at Kiwi to VG.
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