Norway

September 27, 2022 | Articles

Entrepreneurship combined with daring and vision leads to increased potato turnover

Investing more than 6 million euros to sell baby table potatoes in a shrinking consumer market requires, apart from daring, a great deal of vision. The Norwegian family business Bjertnæs & Hoel is looking to the future and, as a result, is seeing its potato sales increasing every year. At their farm, the four entrepreneurs,…

March 11, 2020 | Articles

Closed potato market in Norway keeps the local potato chain afloat

Despite the fact that Norway is only a trading country for European potato traders under special conditions, the European potato trade organisation Europatat organised its annual conference in this vast country. After the congress and a tour of a number of potato areas, it can be concluded that an open international market would mean the…