The matter in summary: Food prices have increased by almost 5 per cent in the past year, but immigrant shops keep the prices of fruit and vegetables down. The fruit and vegetable manager at Vung Tau in Kristiansand notices that customers are more price conscious than before. A comparison of prices for fruit and vegetables in immigrant shops and at Oda, the online grocery store, showed that it was cheaper in the immigrant shops. Phong Mai at Vung Tau believes that lower operating costs and direct delivery from the producers are some of the reasons for the lower prices. Sjur Mikalsen, who has shopped in immigrant shops for 15 years, saves a large part of the family’s food budget by shopping in these shops. Mikalsen hopes for more such stores to give the chains competition. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – I often go here with my friends if we are going to cook together. Both because it is cheaper and because there is a better selection, says Charlotte Løvåsen (23). news meets her inside the Asia shop Vung Tau in Kristiansand. Together with her friend Chezsy Ibanez (18), she is, among other things, looking for the exotic fruit lychee. – I am half Hungarian and tend to cook a lot of Hungarian food. Here, for example, they have types of paprika that they don’t have in other stores, says the 23-year-old. Last week figures came from Statistics Norway which showed that food prices have increased by almost 5 per cent in the past year. For example, the prices of root vegetables and potatoes have increased by between 20 and 30 per cent since June last year. 38 per cent cheaper news collected the price per kilo of various fruit and vegetables at two Asian stores in Kristiansand and compared it with Oda, the online grocery store. This showed that the fruit and vegetables on our shopping list were on average 38 per cent cheaper in the Asian stores that also sell other food products. Kilo prices for fruit and vegetables Bananas: Oda: NOK 29.57 Asian shop: NOK 25 Apples: Oda: NOK 34.89 Asian shop: NOK 25 Pineapple: Oda: NOK 39.90 Asian shop: NOK 30 Mango: Oda: 39, NOK 90 Asian shop: NOK 35 Kiwi: Oda: NOK 99 Asian shop: NOK 60 Peppers: Oda: NOK 80 Asian shop: NOK 49.90 Carrots: Oda: NOK 52.20 Asian shop: NOK 29.90 Tomatoes: Oda: NOK 46.90 Asian shop: NOK 39.90 Lemons: Oda: NOK 61.84 Asian shop: NOK 29.90 Potatoes: Oda: NOK 39.90 Asian shop: NOK 24.90 Red onions: Oda: NOK 42.90 Asian shop: NOK 20 Leeks: Oda: NOK 74.29 Asian shop: NOK 40 Squash: Oda: NOK 79.44 Asian shop: NOK 39.90 The prices are collected from Vung Tau and Kristiansand Market on Wednesday 10 June 2024. Oda replies news that they match the prices of the other low-price chains, not individual, smaller fruit shops. – When you shop at Oda, you can choose to sort by price. In this way, we have made it easy to choose the cheapest options, says communications director Liselotte Lunde. See the full response from Oda further down in the matter. Do you buy fruit and vegetables elsewhere than in chain stores? Yes, still away. No, that would be too cumbersome. No, but I want to! Show result Are more price conscious Phong Mai is the fruit and vegetable manager at Vung Tau in Kristiansand. Despite the fact that they sell fruit and vegetables at a reasonable price, he has not noticed an increase in the number of customers. However, he notices that customers are more price conscious than before. – Some point out that it is cheaper here than at the chain stores, but it is in a way a strategy for the customers as well, i.e. not to say anything about it, says Mai and smiles. Photo: Heidi Ditlefsen / news The fruit and vegetable manager says that they mostly have regular customers, many from Asia, but also many Norwegians. – In the summer, a good number of tourists also come here. They buy slightly more exclusive goods. The Mo Seneger family from Kristiansand visit Vung Tau once a month. Then they buy vegetables, spices and larger packages of, for example, rice and oils. – We shop here mostly because the selection is good. Today we bought sauces, spices, coconut milk and Mexican things, says Christian Seneger. Phong Mai at Vung Tau does not have a definitive answer as to why fruit and vegetables are cheaper with them, but believes there are several reasons: – We get it directly from the producers. In addition, the operating costs with us are a little more reasonable than with the big chains. They may also have larger expenses, says Mai. What do you think about the fact that fruit and vegetables are much more expensive in the chain stores than in the “immigrant shops”? Have your say further down in the matter. – A powerful hint Sjur Mikalsen has shopped in Asian food stores for almost 15 years. He is a member of the Facebook group “Tilbud og priskriger” where he recently published a post that has generated a lot of interest. In the post, he compared the prices of fruit and vegetables in Asian stores with Oda, the online grocery store. It then turned out that the trade had become NOK 347, 42 per cent, more expensive at Oda. Photo: Private – The response has been absolutely overwhelming. That should give a strong hint to the big players, says Mikalsen. For their own part, the family saves a large part of the food budget by shopping in these stores. The father of the family from Rælingen estimates that they spend between NOK 10,000 and 12,000 on food a month. – I hope we get more such stores that can give the chains competition. Because we need that, he says. Sjur Mikalsen bought fruit and vegetables in two different immigrant shops. The price was around NOK 350 cheaper than at Oda. Photo: Sjur Mikalsen Agriculture Minister Geir Pollestad (Sp) recently told news that he has great understanding for those who experience that the prices of all things have increased. – It is a goal to keep prices down. At the same time, it is important that the farmer gets paid for the work the farmer does, he said. The full answer from Oda – The difference between shopping at Oda and in the fruit shops is durability and quality. Although Oda is an online grocery store, we actually have the shortest path from farm to table in Norway, because we do not have physical stores. The carrots come straight from the farmer to our warehouse and are sent straight out to the customers again. – In addition, you can be sure that all fruit and vegetables have not been touched or fallen on the floor when you shop with us. In addition, all fruit and vegetables have gone through analyzes and quality checks, and we always state which country the products come from, says communications consultant Liselotte Lunde. What do you think about the fact that fruit and vegetables are much more expensive in the chain stores than in the “immigrant shops”? Hello! Welcome to dialogue at news. Since you are logged in to other news services, you do not have to log in again here, but we need your consent to our terms of use for online dialogue Published 20.07.2024, at 07.48
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