Christmas is for many a favorite holiday, but there are also a lot of people who think it goes hand in hand with stress and shopping frenzy.
Something we Swedes are not comfortable with is the classic, Swedish Christmas table, which means that you have to buy what should be included before Christmas Eve itself. The same applies to drinks for the Christmas table.
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Christmas tapas nicely presented. Image source: Janerik Henriksson/TT
As Systembolaget closes many days in a row, the store staff appeals to customers to start shopping in good time to avoid unpicked shelves. Even when it comes to ordering home goods, Systembolaget urges customers to act on time.
But despite calls from stores around the country, there are still many people who buy food, drinks and gifts at the last second.
The store manager at Ica: “Upset customers”
Almost every year, there is an item in the stores that for various reasons has become more expensive or that there is simply less of. Recently, the price of cocoa was measured at record levels.
– The price of cocoa has increased dramatically in the past year, and now people are worried that the harvests will be even worse again. There is still a high demand, people still want to eat chocolate. When demand remains high and there is a shortage, prices increase, he said Ulf MazurCEO at Matpriskollen in TV4’s “Efter fem”.
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When News24 spoke to a store manager who works at a popular Ica store in Stockholm, he was able to tell us that this year there has been a shortage of anchovies and that he receives questions about the product on a daily basis.
Many people want a good Jansson’s temptation. Image source: Janerik Henriksson/TT
– Can’t you write an article about what you can replace anchovies with when making Jansson? Then you would do me a real favor, he says to Nyheter24.
But that’s not the only thing that has started making its way into stores.
The saffron has started to appear in many stores. Image source: Leif R Jansson / TT
– Due to unrest in the world, including Iran, where a large part of all saffron is grown, there is also a shortage of saffron. This is noticeable in that people often buy when it is available, concludes the store manager.
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