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Amazon’s revenue and profit increased significantly in the last quarter of 2018
Compared to a year before, Amazon’s sales and profits rose significantly in the last quarter of 2018, according to the company’s flash report released on Thursday. Amazon’s net sales rose...
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Tens of billions for developing the irrigation system
The government has earmarked tens of billions for developing the country’s irrigation system, for instance HUF 34 billion will be available for coping with the lack of infrastructure, equipment and...
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Duck and goose processing plant starts production in Mélykút
On 28 January the new factory of Hunent Víziszárnyas Feldolgozó Zrt. ceremonially started production in Mélykút. The new state-of-the-art plant was built from EUR 40 million and can process 50,000...
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New loan programme for developing agri-businesses
This year the Ministry of Agriculture plans to launch a new loan programme for helping agri-food businesses in implementing development projects. The ministry has decided to do because in earlier...
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Decision on financing energy efficiency projects
The Ministry of Agriculture has granted HUF 7-billion funding for 128 projects in the first round of the Rural Development Programme. Winners can use the money for realising innovative and...
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New animal vaccine production and development centre being built
Ceva-Phylaxia Oltóanyagtermelő Zrt. is building a new animal vaccine production plant and a research and development centre in Monor. The French-owned company invests HUF 8.17 billion in the project, while...
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Solar panels at the Varsád fish farm
Czikkhalas Halastavai Kft. invests HUF 80 million – from which 50 percent comes from the Hungarian Fisheries Operational Programme (MAHOP) – in modernising the company’s fish farm in Varsád. As...
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The year of building
Minister of Agriculture István Nagy called 2019 ‘the year of building’ at the opening ceremony of the AGROmashEXPO and AgrárgépShow trade show on 23 January. He revealed that the within...
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The great sausage tour in Gyula
On 9 January Gyulahús Kft. and Hungarian Product Nonprofit Kft. organised a visit for the representatives of the press to the production facilities of Gyulahús Kft., to celebrate 150 years...
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Pöttyös car ends up in Százhalombatta
A mother living in Százhalombatta won the prize game of Pöttyös: she drove home in a new Volkswagen Beetle Cabriolet on 20 December 2018. Between 15 November and 12 December...
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EFO app already in a test phase
The Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) commissioned the National Infocommunications Services Zrt. (NISZ) with improving the smartphone app that had been developed for reporting simplified employment – the application is...
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Prize game for a greener future
Henkel and Rossmann organised their prize game for the third time, in which the main prize was a HUF 2-million budget for playground refurbishment. This year’s winner was the Albertfalvi...
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New director at the Association of Hungarian Brewers
Dr Sándor Kántor has been elected president of the Association of Hungarian Brewers. He told that beer drinking has already become part of traditional Hungarian gastronomy, and that he wants...
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Szerencsi chocolate’s trademark has a new owner
Nestlé Hungária Kft. has decided to renounce ownership of the ‘Szerencsi’ trademark for sweets, which in the future will be used exclusively by Szerencsi Bonbon Kft. – it was announced...
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The starting salary is now more than 300,000 forints at ALDI
From 1 January 2019 ALDI Magyarország Élelmiszer Bt. increases the pay of cashier and logistics workers by 10.88 percent, who will now earn a gross HUF 301,900 for a 40-hour...
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SPAR campaigns against food waste in hypermarkets
SPAR Hungary and Bay Zoltán Applied Research Public Benefit Nonprofit Kft. are calling shoppers’ attention to better planned and more economical food usage. SPAR’s head of communications Márk Maczelka told:...
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Co-op Star is 20 years old
Jászberény-based retailer Co-op Star Zrt. celebrated its 20th birthday on 29 January 2019. At the moment the company operates 131 shops in 102 towns and villages – from these 121...
Read moreIn 2018, Tesco supported more than 100,000 needy people with their daily food donations
Tesco has launched its food-saving program in 163 out of its 205 stores in Hungary. In 2018, the supermarket chain donated more than 7 500 tonnes of food to those...
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Gyermelyi has become a major producer of pasta in the Central and Eastern European region with the help of ABB technology
The Gyermely Group is one of Hungary’s leading producers of pastries, one of its most important food businesses. In 2018, Gyermelyi Zrt. built a new pastry factory with an investment...
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Personal changes in the leadership of Nestlé Hungária
Szilva Mónika is now leading the Maggi brand, ie the Nestlé Food business. Her main task will be to further develop the business, finding answers to the challenges of changing...
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Dreher Breweries strenghtens with new pr agencies
The Dreher Sörgyárak Zrt., a member of the Asahi Group, selected its new pr-partners by Tender. The team of Dreher searched pr-agency partners for more intensive communication than before. In...
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Tizenhat tonna csirkehúsból készült terméket hívott vissza a Tyson Foods
Mintegy 16 tonna szennyezett, csirkehúsból készült, elősütött terméket hív vissza a Tyson Foods, a világ legnagyobb húsfeldolgozó vállalata, írja az amerikai lapok, például a Huffington Post nyomán az origo. A...
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Walmart uses game app in training
From February Walmart uses a simulation game app called Spark City to train newly recruited store staff. Workers have to manage the dry goods section of the store in real...
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Amazon delivers with robots
In Snohomish (Washington) Amazon has started using robots to deliver products to customers’ homes. Six Scout robots do the job every day, from Monday to Friday. Shoppers can ask for...
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Tesco and Jamie Oliver teach community kitchen cooks
Tesco and Jamie Oliver have joined forces to teach more than 1,000 cooks at community kitchens to bring the most out of the food donations that they receive. In the...
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JD.com: drone delivery in Indonesia
JD.com has used a drone to deliver products outside of China: in January a box of books and backpacks were delivered to a distance bigger than 250km. JD.com has been...
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Lush Naked – no-plastic store
In 2018 Lush opened its first ‘Naked’ stores in Milan and Berlin: in these shops products are sold without a plastic packaging. As the next step Lush opened a similar...
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Brexit: Tesco finally in talks about storing more goods
Tesco has finally announced plans to stat storing more goods as the March deadline for Brexit is approaching. The UK’s biggest supermarket chain is currently in talks with suppliers about...
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Amazon for Teens
E-commerce giant Amazon has launched services that are directly available to 13-17 year old consumers. The teenagers can browse, read recommendations and place orders on the platform, but their purchases...
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REWE: no more organic cucumber in plastic shrink-wrap
At the Internationale Grüne Woche in Berlin REWE announced that they would stop selling organic cucumbers in plastic shrink-wrap in Rewe and Penny stores. Earlier the retailer already banned plastic...
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