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Grocery store
A grocery store is a store that retails food. A grocer, the owner of a grocery store, stocks different kinds of foods from assorted places and cultures, and sells these "groceries" to customers. Large grocery stores that stock products other than food, such as clothing or household items, are...
s throughout Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
managed by Coop Norge and owned by local cooperative
Cooperative
A cooperative is a business organization owned and operated by a group of individuals for their mutual benefit...
s. The chain represents the smallest stores in the Coop range, and is predominantly used in rural
Rural
Rural areas or the country or countryside are areas that are not urbanized, though when large areas are described, country towns and smaller cities will be included. They have a low population density, and typically much of the land is devoted to agriculture...
areas too small to support Coop Prix
Coop Prix
Coop Prix is a chain of 315 discount stores throughout Norway managed by Coop Norge and owned by local cooperatives. The chain was created in 1990 for the cooperatives to be able to compete with other discount stores like REMA 1000 and RIMI....
stores.