Food is more expensive in Norway because costs (wages) are higher. Your comparison to Sweden is irrelevant without taking that into account. Also please do reme

Food is more expensive in Norway because costs (wages) are higher. Your comparison to Sweden is irrelevant without taking that into account. Also please do remember all the young Swedish people who flock to Norway for work because of a much higher salary. You can also compare meat prices to Denmark, which is much lower than Norway. But then please look at some photos of how pig farming is done in Denmark. Or stats about bacterias in the meat. I do however agree with you that there are big problems with these semi-monopolies in production and that selection, creativity and quality has suffered from it. Likewise with distribution and retail.