– Until further notice, we will maintain our collaboration with Freia, writes CEO of Hennig-Olsen Is, Paal Hennig-Olsen in an SMS to news. More and more companies are stopping the sale of Freia products in protest that Freia’s parent company Mondelez is among the companies on Ukraine’s blacklist. There are companies that have factories in Russia and that sell goods there. In this way, they also contribute taxes to the Russian authorities. These companies stop selling Freia products: SAS Norwegian Hotel chain Strawberry Den Norske Turistforening (DNT) SJ Norge Hotel chain Classic Norway Hotels Norges Football Association (NFF) Topfotball Kvinner Elkjøp Hurtigruten Airline Norse Fjord Line These are considering a boycott: Travel Retail Norway, which operates the duty-free shops in Noreg Togselskapet Vy Norgesgruppen Hennig-Olsen has decided to continue the collaboration until further notice. Hennig-Olsen Ice in Kristiansand has had a partnership with Freia for over thirty years. On Monday, the company held internal meetings about the situation. – At the same time, we continuously make our own, thorough assessments of the case, Hennig-Olsen wrote in a statement on Monday. Norgesgruppen, Coop, Rema and Oda have also chosen not to boycott Freia. Managing director Paal Hennig-Olsen believes that a clarification is needed on how Norwegian companies should relate to companies that are blacklisted by Ukraine. Photo: Kai Stokkeland / news Want clarification The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called a meeting about the Freia boycott on Wednesday morning at nine o’clock. It happens after a number of companies have decided to boycott Mondelez, according to E24. – In light of the discussion surrounding Freia and their owner Mondelez, several business actors have requested a meeting to discuss how the parties in working life should deal with this and similar situations, says communications advisor Guri Solberg at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hennig-Olsen believes that there must be a clarification on how they should relate to companies that are blacklisted by Ukraine. – The Mondelez case raises important questions of principle related to Norwegian workplaces and Norwegian companies, and we support a clarification through dialogue with the industry and Norwegian authorities on how we as a Norwegian company should relate to companies that are blacklisted by Ukraine, writes Hennig-Olsen Is .
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