🇳🇴 Completely agree. Been to Norway several times - easily the worst grocery market in Western Europe. The Finns call it the last Soviet Union, and they’re not wrong. Four chains carve up the country like a planned economy, hiding behind tariff walls that slap 277% on European cheese to protect an agricultural sector that couldn’t compete with a mid-sized Danish farm. One of the richest countries on earth, eating like it’s 1987.
Moved to Norway and shocked at the food system.
Supermarkets are essentially big corner shops.
Processed slop, tinned/packaged stuff everywhere, while fish, chicken beef, fruit/veg are very expensive.
Around 50% of all food sold in Norway is now ultraprocessed