– 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, says communications manager Harald Kristiansen at Coop to VG.
He says egg sales have increased in the past year, which he believes Nortura has not taken to heart.
– Nortura has claimed that it is enough for the customers. It is not. Now we expect the politicians to follow up. If action is not taken, we risk the egg shortage continuing.
Nortura, for its part, says they got somewhat less eggs than last year before Easter due to high sales of eggs directly from the farm.
– This Easter, at least as many eggs were produced in Norway as at Easter last year, but the recent focus on eggs has probably led to a lot of hoarding. In addition, many have bought eggs directly from the farm, and that naturally affects the selection in the grocery stores, says Marthine Haugen Petersen, senior communications advisor at Nortura, to the Nation.
In an interview with the Nation before Easter, Agriculture Minister Geir Pollestad (Sp) would not refuse Norwegians to hoard. Instead, he told people to use the eggs they buy now, right up until Midsummer.
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