FOOD is a joint five-year research collaboration between NHH and NorgesGruppen to generate research and new knowledge on the grocery markets, particularly on empirical issues related to market structure, competition and productivity.
Britain’s supermarket chain Asda has reported a sharp 33% decline in annual core profit, a direct consequence of its aggressive price lowering strategy aimed at regaining customer loyalty in an increasingly competitive grocery market.
A planned Swedish cut in food VAT could lead to a dramatic price jump between Norway and Sweden. Norwegian border shops fear that even more Norwegians will make their shopping trips to Sweden.
ICA Sweden was unbeatable for most of the last 50 years, not anymore. What went wrong? Many analytics and journalists believe that the overconfidence in its own strength and history became too deep. Consequently, the board and administration have not acted quick enough on market changes the last ten to twenty years.
One year after Axfood's acquisition, supermarket chain City Gross reports a positive quarter. At the same time, Willys and Hemköp continue to take market share from ICA and Coop.
