My point has been that we have too little competition in this market, and that we want the measures to increase competition, says næringsministeren to NTB after a meeting with the matvaregiganten Thursday.
Rema has been in rough weather after it was revealed that the well-known brands must yield place for the Rema believes is the wider variety and more emphasis on local goods. Among other things, clear some Tine-drink, Lerum jam, Colgate and Palmolive.
the Most trouble was when it was known that ølprodusenten Mack disappear out of almost all the stores to lavpriskjeden.
In the meeting with Rema on Thursday morning did Maeland, it is clear that politicians should not interfere in the negotiations between the chains and their suppliers.
“We don’t mean anything about the agreements that Rema or the other actors to enter into, or sell, but I have also pointed out that we consumers have the power to decide where and what we should do,” she says.
After the meeting with Dagligvareleverandørenes association (DLF) on Tuesday, said Maeland following in an e-mail to Aftenposten:
– It is we as consumers that determines whether this is a good idea of the Rema. Each of us must use the power we have as consumers. We must act where we find the goods we want. I encourage you to switch store if you are unhappy.
No boycott
the Minister then repeated the message in multiple media, and it was this call to swap shop Rema was not particularly happy with.
This was the background when the executive vice president for strategy and procurement in Rema 1000 Norge, Lars Kristian Lindberg and director of communications, Mette Fossum met Mæland in the Ministry on Thursday.
On questions about Mæland can understand that the Rema 1000 has perceived that she has advocated for the boycott, responds Maeland as follows:
Rema has said that we were perceived as such, and I want to be clear that we do not want to boycott, or say something about how one should act.
Rema 1000 is satisfied with the meeting and the minister’s statements.
“We have been cleared that næringsministeren do not want to boycott the Rema 1000,” says Fossum.
Error information
Rema 1000 mean Maeland and several media have gone out with incorrect information, that butikkjeden should join with Lerum-products and Mack-beer.
Mack had in 2016 a nationwide agreement with Rema, the same had Lerum. This year, Mack probably sell some of their products in the stores in Troms, but in and with that the agreement is not completed, we do not know the whole outcome yet.
Also Lerum lose the ability to be in all of the country’s Retail stores with their jam, but it will be available in the nearest shops in the Parish, told the managing director Trine Lerum Hjellhaug Aftenposten on Tuesday.
Fossum says that she in the meeting felt that the Mæland now have understood the situation and that the minister corrects his statements.
– We limit the volume somewhat, but we do this to make room for other and local providers, ” says the communications director, who takes the criticism that Rema 1000 even could have communicated this better.
I think most of us perceived that certain products should no longer be found in the Rema shelves, ” says Mæland on the question whether she has corrected the counterfeit heroics so Rema claim.
the Government has taken the initiative for the evaluation of the change in the competition law, which shall be published in the next week.
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