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Foodbank’s successful six months
Food Bank takes over leftover food from 100 manufacturers and 5 large retail chains. Every day they collect food products from nearly 270 shops. In the first half of the year the...
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SPAR is training the next generations
SPAR Hungary gives the chance to nearly 900 students in this school year to do traineeship at the company. Within the framework of this programme already 452 students passed their trade...
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New CEO for Pick Szeged
László Sutka has replaced Endre Nagy as the acting CEO of Pick Szeged. Mr Sutka started his career as an economic analyst at Pick Szeged Zrt. in 1998. Before being appointed as acting...
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NAK members decide to buy gas from NKM National Utilities
NKM National Utilities will provide nearly 50 members of the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) with natural gas in the 2018-2019 period. The winner of NAK’s tender will provide NAK members...
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Lighter and greener bottles from Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Hungary cuts the weight of plastic bottles by 20 percent, at the same time increasing the share of their recycled components to 40 percent by 2020. The company has invested...
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Competition authority gives green light to Hungerit deal
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has ruled that Csányi Group’s buying of HUNGERIT Poultry Processing and Food Zrt. has no negative competitive effect on the domestic market. It turned out that in...
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SPAR going greener
SPAR’s operations are environmentally conscious in general, for instance last year the retailer collected and took care of the recycling of 40 percent of the waste they had produced. SPAR also...
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Hungarian artisan chocolate wins at this year’s culinary Oscars
The salty caramel truffle with walnut of Bonbonier Chocolate Manufacture won at the Great Taste Awards. With its bonbons and chocolates, the company collected 15 international prizes in the last 3...
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Hungarian communications director offered group level task
From August Valentin Tóth, public affairs and communications director of Coca-Cola Hungary, is responsible for Coca-Cola HBC’s group level CSR programmes. His main tasks will be working out the long-term strategy...
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Penny Market installs LPG cylinder vending machines
In July the Penny Market store in Érd installed Hungary’s first LPG cylinder vending machine. Thanks to the system developed by FLAGA Hungária Kft., it only takes a few minutes for...
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World champion products in dm drugstores
Footballer Lukas Podolski – who played for the German national team 130 times – and dm have teamed up to create a special new brand. The STRASSENKICKER range consists of four...
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Lacikonyha Magyarország: new managing director
As of June 2018 László Bruszt is the managing director of Lacikonyha Magyarország, a member of the Polish group Prymat. The new managing director believes that one of his most important...
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Gyulai Artisan Sausage wins two stars
Brussels-based The International Taste & Quality Institute rewarded Gyulahús Kft.’s Gyulai Artisan Sausage with two stars. The jurors, who come from the 16 most prestigious European culinary and sommelier organisations, evaluated...
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Cofidis Magyarország team up with eMAG
In early July Cofidis Magyarország joined forces with eMAG. At the moment eMAG is the biggest online-only retailer in Hungary, while Cofidis is a specialist of online loan services. //...
Read moreTesco donation to children in need
Tesco shoppers contributed to the Happy Childhood donation collection programme of the Hungarian Interchurch Aid with almost HUF 34 million. The money will be used to organise summer camps for abused...
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Carrefour expands its organic product selection
The organic product market has kept growing in recent years in France. This is the reason why Carrefour has bought organic product distributor chain So.bio. So.bio operates in the province of...
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Nyárlőrinc-based Szikrai Winery increases production capacity
Szikrai Winery Kft. in Nyárlőrinc received nearly HUF 180 million funding from the Economic Development and Innovation Operative Programme (GINOP) to increase the company’s competitiveness. The winery’s production capacity has tripled: now...
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Nyíregyháza-based Color Pack invests in developing printing factory
Printing and packaging company Color Pack is investing HUF 773 million in developing its factory in Nyíregyháza. The company is buying a cutting-edge offset printing machine, which is capable of printing...
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Gluten-free products and production line at the Omega Bázis
The Omega Bázis Kft., the distributor of ABY products, introduced a natural and gluten-free snack family to the market. Deák Csaba, the managing director of the Lábatlan-based food company said...
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British poultry industry giant created four hundred new jobs
The Bernard Matthews Group, which is also interested in Sága Foods Zrt. created four hundred new jobs in England. The poultry industry giant creates the jobs as a result of...
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A British chain of stores has introduced a quiet hour for its autistic customers
The British Morrisons Supermarket chain has introduced a weekly “quieter hour” for autistic shoppers who struggle with music and noise – BBC wrote. Its 439 UK stores will dim lights,...
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Auchan opens new stores and expects double-digit growth in turnover
Auchan is opening four new stores this year, and expects a more than 10 percent growth in net turnover. Auchan that operates 19 hypermarkets in Hungary has successfully opened towards...
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Nearly two thousand people would be Coca-Cola’s new poster face
About twice as many women as men, mostly in their twenties, but several retired age candidates would be happy to be a poster model. A total of 1728 refreshment enthusiasts...
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HELL ENERGY has received an international award
The ACQ5’s leading corporate magazine awards outstanding companies organizations, business leaders and private individuals each year from all over the world, based on the votes of their readers. In 2018,...
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SPAR re-opened 3 stores from 810 million HUF
The two stores in Budapest and the store in Erdőkertes were formerly grocery stores. The business units refurbished by SPAR provide local customers continuity and increased supply and service. SPAR...
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Hungerit: 420 million forints bonus for the employees of the company
This is my acknowledgment for their work – Magyar József founder of the company said – atv.hu wrote. At the age of 74, he no longer wanted to start the...
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SPAR: the season of school supplies has begun
All the supplies for the start of the school year are available in one place, at the INTERSPAR stores. From stationery to bags and clothing to basic electronic devices, everything...
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Ready to be a game changer? – Reckitt Benckiser Kft- Regional Media Manager
A fantastic opportunity is available for a Media and Digital Manager CEE Hygiene, Home to join our Marketing Team. The overall objective of the Media and Digital Manager CEE role...
Read moreDreherFeszt: Music Festival in the brewery
The DreherFeszt awaits its guests with beer specialties, concerts, brewery tours and with many other programs on 1 September to the Dreher Breweries. Dreher opens the door of its Jászberényi...
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