Egg shortage continues in Norway after Easter

Gloomy tributes at Meny on the last working day before Easter. Photo: Line Fasco/VG

It is not very clear when there will be enough eggs in the store.

Wednesday, April 3 at 05:37

Short version

There is a shortage of eggs in Norway, which has led to many stores having empty shelves, and some customers traveling to Sweden to buy eggs.
Coop criticized Nardura for not delivering the eggs
Nordura believes the egg shortage before Easter was due to high farm sales
Agriculture Minister Keir Pollestad asked people not to throw eggs

Also know that there is a shortage of eggs Minister of Agriculture Had to go on an egg hunt on Easter.

He wasn't the only one who went on a very reluctant egg hunt. Some crawled into the cross and drove the protein-rich gold over the limit.

Nordura, which is responsible for counting enough eggs for people, believes that the focus on eggs has led to more people hoarding.

In an interview Nation Agriculture Minister Keir Pollestad won't deny the Norwegians hoarding. Instead he asks people Use the eggs they buy now until midsummer.

<-Keir Polstad (SP)

Minister of Agriculture

But a status update has arrived for those without steel in their stomachs.

– We can sell more eggs if we have access, We were assured by the market regulator before Easter. Not enough eggs available. Many stores sometimes had empty shelves, but with large local variations, says Harald Christiansen, communications manager at Coop to VG.

He says they wonder what Nordura is doing to ensure enough eggs in general, not just during the festive season in May.

– They have been saying for a long time that they will give the same amount of eggs for Easter last year and that will be enough. Demand has increased, Nordura has known this for a long time. Preliminary statistics show that fewer eggs were available and sold than last year.

Scrambled eggs

– But does Nordura believe that eggs for industry will also eventually go to consumers?

– Yes, but it goes with mayonnaise and waffles, it doesn't help if you're going to eat fried eggs and scrambled eggs, and in May we're going to eat scrambled eggs and cakes.

Egg sales have also increased in the past year, which he believes Nordura has not taken into account:

— When Nordura can't be followed, it's hidden. Customers have said this is enough. It is not. Now we expect politicians to follow suit. If action is not taken, the egg shortage risks continuing.

Some locations, such as Meny's in CC West outside Oslo, have introduced restrictions of a maximum of 3 per customer on the Wednesday before Easter. Photo: Line Fasco/VG

Nordura responded that Easter had slightly fewer eggs than the year before because of unusually high sales of farm-direct eggs.

– This means we get correspondingly fewer eggs for our packaging companies. This also applies to Den Stolte Hane, which supplies Coop with eggs, says communications consultant Matilda Aronson to VG.

<-Matilda Aronson

Senior Communications Consultant at Nardura

– All consumer eggs went to grocery stores in the weeks before and after Easter. This is also the case during the May holidays – homemade pavlova eggs and scrambled eggs take precedence over other food production.

Nardura follows the norms adopted by politicians, who insists:

– Coop's egg supplier, Den Stolt Hahn, took the case to court before Easter, but Lost in every way. The court concluded that Nortura complied with the regulations. If the Coop wants a new agricultural policy, they need to contact the politicians who shape the regulations.

<-Harald Christiansen

Director of Communications at Cooperative

Derailed, Koop believes:

– Mentioning the trial between Den Stolt Hahn and Nordura is just an attempt to derail the discussion. As the market regulator, Nardura has the duty to supply enough eggs to all the players in the market. This is a fact. The coop has gotten fewer eggs than we need, and even fewer than last year, Christiansen replied.

On Tuesday morning, online store Oda's egg selection looked like this:

Kiwi, Goop and Rema are struggling to supply enough eggs to the stores.

– Unfortunately the supply of eggs is still a challenge and will be for some time to come, says Director of Communications Christine Akwak Arvin Kiwi to VG.

– An expectation was created that there would be enough eggs for Easter, and then it was very unfortunate that many faced empty shelves. The situation is certainly disappointing for us.

Same goes for Rema:

– We still have challenges in supplying our stores with enough eggs, but we continue to replenish. We ensure fair distribution of eggs in all our stores in the best possible way. In addition, we have relationships with several local suppliers across the country who can provide additional supplies,” Line Harness, category and purchasing director, writes in an email to VG.

However! A small light in the darkness is that they think there may be more eggs in the store now than at Easter, and we eat more than usual.

Why is there a shortage of eggs? Nordura believes this is due to illness in Europe and a weak Norwegian krone, which has led to more people buying Norwegian eggs than usual. Also, more and more people are buying eggs in stores.
Who is Nordura? Nordura is a farmer-owned company and a cooperative owned by around 16,000 Norwegian farmers. They are the market regulator and responsible for calculating correctly.