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Eroski gets rid of palm oil in private label products
Spanish retailer Eroski has removed palm oil from its private label products, reinforcing its commitment to healthy eating. The retailer has reformulated approximately 308 products from 43 manufacturers in the last...
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Over the next 4 years Lidl is to invest 1.5 billion euros in Spain
Between 2021 and 2024 Lidl plans to invest EUR 1.5 billion in its Spanish operations. Lidl, which currently has over 17,000 employees across 630 shops and 11 logistics centres in...
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Italy wants to replace the Nutri-Score system with Nutrinform
The Italian government, food producers, trade associations and retailers have teamed up to oppose the adoption of Nutri-Score. This nutritional labelling system – used in several EU countries – has...
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OK Market! – Carrefour’s new personal shopper service
Carrefour has launched a new personal shopper home delivery service, called OK Market! The service debuted in Paris and Lyon, initially on a trial basis from a few Carrefour stores....
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Nestlé launches vegan product range in the United Kingdom
Nestlé introduced the Garden Gourmet Sensational vegan range to the British market at the end of September. Currently the range contains four plant-based products (burger, mince, Cumberland-style sausages and Mediterranean-style filet)...
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Mastercard’s global initiative for small businesses
Mastercard has launched a global initiative to support the transition to digital platforms and processes for micro- and small businesses: Strive aims to strengthen the financial resilience of small businesses...
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One and a half million Google Pay transactions in six months at K&H
Since its launch this spring K&H customers spent HUF 8 billion using the GPay service – informed K&H. K&H’s head of innovation Balázs Németh added that between April and September...
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Trade magazin is now a 5-time MagyarBrands winner
We would like to thank you dear readers and partners for helping us to earn the MagyarBrands recognition for the 5th time, in the Excellent Business Brand category. // This...
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Coca-Cola’s paper bottle passed the test in Hungary
The Coca-Cola Company has teamed up with Danish start-up Paper Bottle Company (Paboco) to develop a paper bottle for soft drinks. The beverage company and Kifli.hu started testing the new...
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From now on ALDI exclusively sells 100 percent Hungarian fresh meat
From October 2021 ALDI Magyarország only sells poultry, pork and beef products sourced from Hungarian suppliers. This year ALDI added 10 new meat products to is assortment, so customers can...
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Mars appoints new P&O director for Central Europe
Daria Maslovskaya joined the Mars Multisales team in Prague as P&O (people and organisation) director for Central Europe on 12 October. She has been working for the company for 13...
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Autumn tibi campaign with Uncle Tibi
This autumn Bonbonetti Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. commissioned Human Telex Advertising & Event with implementing an advertising campaign for new products, including the giant tibi chocolate tablet. Human Telex’s creative...
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Production line installation in Vajda-Papír’s new factory
Hungarian-owned, market leader hygiene paper product maker Vajda-Papír Kft.’s HUF 16-billion factory expansion project is expected to be completed by April 2022 – informed managing director Attila Vajda. In early...
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Nestlé develops by from 35 billion HUF
The government has spent all its financial resources on preventing mass unemployment during the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus epidemic, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Monday. According to...
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Henkel’s quarterly revenue increased
Revenues from Henkel’s German household chemicals and cosmetics group grew in the third quarter of this year, the company said on Monday. Henkel reported on Monday that its organic sales...
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Bank cards for blind and visually impaired consumers
Mastercard is introducing bank cards that make it possible for blind and visually impaired consumers to differentiate between credit, debit and prepaid cards. In the Touch Card system there are...
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Hungary’s first Tesco has turned 25
What do the Atlanta Olympics and Tesco have in common? The answer is 25 years. In 1996, the Summer Olympic Games were held in the American city, where the Hungarian...
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Waberer’s revenue and profit increased in the third quarter
Waberer’s International Plc. Achieved sales of EUR 147.8 million in the third quarter of this year, an increase of 7.9 percent compared to the same period last year, and a...
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Auchan Portugal launches an insect-based product line
Auchan Portugal introduces the Portugal Bugs product family in its stores, which contains foods made using insects – magyarmezogazdaság.hu wrote. The novelty will be showcased in Auchan Alfagide’s new showroom,...
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Coca-Cola’s Christmas commercial film was filmed in Hungary
The Coca-Cola Company filmed its new global commercial film at Korda Studio in Etyek, Hungary, which will be shown from 4 November, among the first in the world in Hungary....
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New leader at the head of domestic 3M
From 1 October 2021, the regional management of the company appointed a new ceo to head 3M Hungária Trading Ltd....
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AM: Family farms provide the backbone of agriculture
Family farms play a key role in creating and maintaining rural jobs, as well as in preserving traditions and cultural heritage, said Minister of Agriculture Nagy István at the handover...
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The shipping giant made huge profits with fewer containers
Profits of Danish shipping and logistics giant Moller-Maersk jumped in the third quarter, due to a significant increase in transportation costs and a decrease in the number of containers shipped,...
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Global Fuel Arm 6, highest category performance confirms OMV MaxxMotion top quality
In recent years, industry standards and requirements have evolved enormously. With this in mind, OMV has taken an important step and demonstrated that the MaxxMotion Super 100Plus premium petrol continues...
Read moreMore than 80,000 tons of tomatoes were processed this year by Univer Product
This year, the Kecskemét plant of Univer Product Zrt. processed more than 80,000 tons of tomatoes, the company told MTI. Of the quantity purchased, it produced 15,000 tons of concentrated...
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The Jászapáti 2000 Mezőgazdasági Zrt. is planning serious investments
The Hungarian-owned, rural large and small enterprises have become extremely strong in the past eleven years. The Jászapáti 2000 Mezőgazdasági Zrt. is a good example. The company has an annual...
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Working after the crisis – what employees expect from companies
What should we prepare for when the crisis ends? Although most companies are still looking for ways to combine the benefits of the pre-pandemic system with the experience of the...
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Pick Szeged Zrt. builds a new salami plant
Pick Szeged Zrt. is building a new salami plant, which is being realized within the framework of an investment worth nearly HUF 40 billion in Szeged. Construction will take place...
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Vajda-Papír: there will be no shortage of hygienic paper products
The Vajda-Papír Kft. can maintain its planned production even with high pulp prices, but the price of hygienic paper products will increase – Vajda Attila, the company’s managing director, told...
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5 incredible solutions from the most environmentally friendly packaging material ever
Even if many people do not know exactly what corrugated board is, they have certainly met it, as it is present in many more areas of our lives than we...
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