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Amazon Go reconsidered its cashless shop
Amazon Go’s twelfth cashless store was opened in New York early this month and contains more modifications than before – origo wrote after Business Insider. The retail giant’s cashless stores...
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Mars Petcare creates new grain-free pet foods
Mars Petcare is bringing a new high-protein, grain-free line of food to the pet aisle with its new Crave brand. The brand portfolio includes 12 recipes across dry dog, dry...
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Tesco reduces food waste by 17 per cent
Supermarket giant Tesco has reduced its food waste by 17 per cent and distributed about 63 per cent of food waste to charities, community groups, colleagues and animal feed. Reducing food...
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Italy’s Nova Coop Pilot Tests Home-Delivery Service
Italian regional cooperative Nova Coop is testing its first home-delivery service for online orders. The digital shop offers over 9,000 references from the grocery, fresh produce, and pre-packaged departments of...
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A WebEye eltörli a belépési díjakat és fix, havi díjas elszámolásra vált
Új díjcsomagjaival új üzleti filozófiát honosít meg a 2018-as pénzügyi évet hatmilliárd forintot meghaladó árbevétellel és közel egymilliárd forintos EBITDA-val záró WebEye Telematics Zrt. A régió piacvezető telematikai szereplőjeként a...
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Bonafarm plans to invest nearly 100 billion forints
Bonafarm Zrt. plans to invest nearly 100 billion HUF in efficiency and capacity-building investments in 10 years – the company’s CEO said on Thursday in Budapest at celebration, held on...
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Tesco and Mars launch action against food waste to support the Hungarian Food Bank Association
Food waste is an important issue for Tesco. Food waste is being reduced by the company’s daily activities and several programs. Examples include the support action from May 16 to...
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A plant producing gluten-free basic baking mixtures was handed over in Nyíregyháza
The new plant was handed over in Nyíregyháza in the framework of consortium co-operation between the GOF Hungary (Grain-Oil and Protein Plant Production Co-ordinator) Ltd. and the KOR-AN 98 Agricultural,...
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New summer experiences with new flavors from BURN Energy
BURN Energy launches a new flavor at the beginning of the summer. The Hungarian consumers will be the first in the world who can taste its pleasantly refreshing green apple...
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Tetra Pak launches new Tetra Classic aseptic 65ml cube package
Food processing and packaging firm Tetra Pak has introduced new Tetra Classic aseptic 65ml cube package for dairy, juice and liquid food products. The new Tetra Classic packaging solution has...
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Godiva to open 2,000 cafés worldwide
The premium chocolate brand Godiva plans to open 2,000 cafes around the globe during the next six years, with a menu that will include salads and sandwiches, specialty drinks and...
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Carrefour Belgium to open in-store pharmacies
Carrefour Belgium has joined forces with Medi-Market Group to introduce shop-in-shop pharmacies and para-pharmacies in its retail outlets. The Medi-Market sales area within Carrefour stores will offer a wide range of...
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EDEKA offers herbs and salads from in-store greenhouses
German retailer Edeka has revealed plans to open greenhouses in certain stores, to offer its customers fresh and locally grown products. These allotments will produce herbs and salads that will arrive fresh...
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Danone sells its organic salad business
Danone announced that it had signed an agreement to sell its organic salad business, called Earthbound Farm, to Taylor Farms. Taylor Farms is a family-owned salad and fresh foods company, based...
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Schwarz Group supports the STOP Ocean Plastic initiative
Schwarz Group has announced its support for STOP (Stop Ocean Plastic), which aims at tackling the issue of plastic waste – a global problem that presents a serious threat for...
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Tesco tests discount promotions for Clubcard holders
Tesco has trialled a new system of exclusive product discounts for Clubcard holders. The retailer ran a week-long trial in which Clubcard holders received discounts on selected products, when they...
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Pernod Ricard adds Italian gin brand to its portfolio
Pernod Ricard has announced the acquisition of gin brand Malfy from Biggar & Leith. The brand, which is distilled by the Vergnano family in the Italian region of Moncalieri, is already present...
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Amazon challenges FedEx and UPS
Amazon is reportedly providing direct-to-consumer shipping services in key markets of the USA. According to a report from TJI Research, a new service known as ‘Amazon Shipping’ is bypassing Amazon fulfilment centres. The...
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Nestlé: ‘urgent priority’ for plastic waste reduction
Nestlé has announced that cutting plastic waste is an ‘urgent priority’ for the company. The world’s biggest food company also announced its commitment to raise awareness and find solutions to the growing...
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Lidl invests in payment solutions
Lidl is investing in different payment solutions in different European countries. In one of its stores in Paris, Lidl is testing a scan and go app called Shop&Go, to reduce...
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Webshop first, app shop next
Mobile First as a web development and design principle can’t be ignored any more, when 30-50 percent of the turnover of online shops come from mobile devices. Our magazine interviewed...
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Unilever acquires Olly Nutrition
Unilever has announced the acquisition of Olly Nutrition, a US-based nutritional supplements company. The San Francisco-seated business was established by Eric Ryan in 2014, and it produces vitamins, minerals, protein...
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Kométa: 55 tons less salt in a year
One year ago Kométa started a programme for cutting the salt content of blue-label products by 25 percent. At the moment about 70 percent of their product selection is low-salt. In the...
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BURN Energy: new summer experiences with the new flavour
BURN Energy starts the summer with launching a new flavour: Sour Twist, a pleasantly refreshing green apple tasting energy drink. BURN has announced the launch at a special party where the...
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P&G cuts down on plastic packaging
P&G’s European branch will cut plastic packaging use by 30 percent by 2025 with textile care products, including the Ariel and Lenor ranges – Virginie Helias, vice president and chief...
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Fanta drinkers voted for the melon-starfruit flavour combination
After a pre-selection process involving influencers and 25 teenagers, Fanta lovers could cast their votes on Facebook to decide about the new Fanta flavour. About 7,500 from the 12,000 voters wanted...
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Liegl&Dachser’s new branch manager
Árpád Darvasi has been named the new food and logistics branch manager of Liegl&Dachser. Mr Darvasi has been working in the logistics sector for nearly 20 years. Dachser’s food logistics branch provides...
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Summer opening hours in 12 ALDI stores
Ten ALDI stores in the Lake Balaton region, plus one in Gárdony and one in Hajdúszoboszló will be waiting for shoppers with longer opening hours between 1 June and 31...
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Kométa goes digital
Kométa, one of Hungary’s biggest pig processing and meat product manufacturing companies modernises production with an IT development project: going digital makes processes more efficient in processing more than 50,000...
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E-car charging station opens at ALDI store
On 9 May the first 6-plug charging station of ALDI and E.ON opened in Nyíregyháza. More will follow in Szolnok, Debrecen, Pécs, Székesfehérvár, Veszprém, Győr and Sopron until the middle of...
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