Coop Norway's acquisition of seafood supplier Norsk Kvalitetsmat (Norwegian Quality Food) is part of its strategy to develop its seafood business, according to the retailer's CEO Hege Berg-Knutsen.

"We are very pleased to have an extended collaboration with Norwegian Quality Food, because we know that Ivar and his staff are talented people with great ambitions for the future," said Coop Norway Purchasing Director Tor Helge Gundersen.