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Coca-Cola announced a huge investment
The Coca-Cola HBC Magyarország has increased its dunaharasti central production base by one-and-a-half fold. The largest soft drink manufacturing company in Hungary plans a significant capacity expansion by 2020 on...
Read moreThe gas station of the future will be a service center
With the change in customer demand, the Hungarian turnover of premium fuels in liters grew by nearly a third, compared to the previous year. In the competition of domestic filling...
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Mastercard: biometric authentication can start in 2019
From April 2019, Mastercard will make available biometric, such as face or fingerprint authentication for credit card purchases in many countries around the world, including Hungary – penzcentrum.hu wrote. The...
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New Sales Director at Nielsen
Vágyi Erik, Nielsen’s new Sales Director graduated as an economist and programmer mathematician and has been working in market research since 1998. He has a significant consumer research history, mainly...
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Lidl Hungary raises the salary of its employees with another 20 percent
Following the wave of wage increases in 2017, the company will further increase the wage of its shop warehouse and physical workers by 1 March 2018 with an average of...
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The dm encourages the use of environmentally friendly bags
The dm seeks to reduce the household waste of its customers and encourages them to use their shopping bags more than once. Shopping bags are a useful helper in everyday...
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SPAR Hungary will not sell eggs from cage holdings from 2025
Slovenian, Croatian, Italian and Hungarian members of the SPAR Austria group will not sell eggs from cage holdings from 2025 at the latest. At the same time, they will expand...
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Green initiatives at ALDI
ALDI Magyarország has announced its tree planting application last spring for Hungarian primary schools. The students studying in the winning institutions can now monitor the life of trees and shrubs...
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The Food Analytica Kft. has joined to the Eurofins food analysis group
The Food Analytica Kft. headquartered in Gyula has joined the Luxembourg-based Eurofins Group, the world’s leading food analytical laboratory network – was announced on Tuesday in Békés County. Kishonti Alex,...
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Nestlé Hungária has a Hungarian CEO again
As of January Péter Noszek – former chief financial officer and controlling director of Nestlé EMENA (Europe, Middle East, North Africa) – is the managing director of Nestlé’s Hungarian affiliate. Mr...
Read moreDylan Lauren To Receive 2018 ISM Award
Dylan Lauren, founder and proprietor of Dylan’s Candy Bar, will receive the ISM Award 2018, which pays tribute to an individual that has performed exceptional service for the sweets and...
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PepsiCo’s interests in Hungary were acquired
The Czech Karlovarské Minerální Vody (KMV) and Balogh Levente acquired the PepsiCo’s interests in Hungary, while the Czech and Slovak PepsiCo companies are purchased exclusively by KMW. The transaction is...
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With the introduction of the Golden Bites, Pannontej cuts a bigger slice from the Hungarian cheese market
Favorites in crunchy coat! This is the slogan of the latest cheese specialty, the Golden Bites. The creamy soft, yet crisply fresh cheeses were impressively presented to the Hungarian audience....
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Lifestyle changing is easier with turkey meat
A few weeks after the New Year, vows still persist, and many people are pushing for a healthier lifestyle this year. One of the most important changes is diet: instead...
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Coca-Cola announced a new global waste management strategy
A new global waste management strategy was announced on Friday by Coca-Cola, the world’s largest beverage producer. With the radical transformation of its packing practice, the company based in Atlanta...
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Franchise system for the production of “smart” foods
The Hajdúsági Sütödék-Group has developed a special production-market franchise system for the nationwide distribution of its “smart” products, the Vitajó health-promoting breads, the company announced at a press conference in...
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Nestlé launches world’s first KitKat Chocolatory Sublime Ruby
Nestlé today launched KitKat Chocolatory Sublime Ruby – a crispy wafer bar coated with the world’s first Ruby chocolate. The Ruby chocolate offers a new taste experience, a kind of...
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Ferrero bought Nestlé’s American confectionery business branch
The Ferrero Group and its affiliated companies (“Ferrero”), a global confectionary group, today announced a definitive agreement pursuant to which it will acquire the U.S. confectionary business from Nestlé for...
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Syngenta’s drought tolerant maize tested in the desert is available in Hungary
This year, Syngenta’s new, worldwide tested drought tolerant corn hybrids are also available in Hungary. The Artesian Technology opens a new chapter in the company’s ever-growing corn portfolio. “Syngenta places...
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Huawei has increased its smartphone sales in Europe by 20 percent
Last year, China’s Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. mobile telecommunications equipment manufacturing and service company increased its sales by more than 15 percent worldwide, and smartphone sales in Europe increased by...
Read moreWebEye counts on the significant transformation of the logistics industry
In the next 5 to 10 years, the WebEye Telematics Group, developer of vehicle tracking systems, anticipates a major transformation in the logistics industry. According to the statement of the...
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The Hungarian gaming market was expanded by 4 percent last year according to the Regio Játékkereskedelmi Kft.
The traditional games market was expanded by about 4 percent last year in Hungary and exceeded 45 billion HUF – according to the preliminary estimate of the Regio Játékkereskedelmi Kft....
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World stars and distilleries
The stars of the world are not just trying to earn money in their own field of expertise, say, on the football field or in the movies, but also earn...
Read moreMcDonald’s is getting greener
McDonald’s has made two major environmental announcements over the past few weeks – origo wrote. The company will replace its cups and trays with foam products by the end of...
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The wage negotiation between SPAR and KASZ was successful
SPAR Hungary – a retail chain that employs nearly 13,000 people – and the Trade Union of Commercial Employees (KASZ) have reached an agreement on increasing workers’ salaries. The minimum starting...
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The Szentkirályi-Kékkúti Mineral Water Ltd. sold 16 million bottles more last year than a year before
In 2017, the Szentkirályi-Kékkúti Ásványvíz Kft. sold 16 million bottles more in the Hungarian market than in the previous year, increasing its annual volume to 282 million bottles – the...
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Huge Ferrero-Nestle business on the horizon
Italian chocolate maker Ferrero is nearing a deal to acquire Nestle’s U.S. confectionery business for about 2.8 billion USD – origo wrote. According to an informant of Bloomberg, the agreement...
Read moreHeineken and the Sopron Power Plant extended their contract
According to the extended contract, the Sopron Power Plant provides steam and hot water to Heineken’s brewery in Sopron for a further 8 years – mfor.hu wrote. The Soproni Erőmű...
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Hungarian leader at Ukrainian Auchan
From 1 January Viktória Lucenko is the new CEO of Auchan Ukraine. She is the first female CEO of the French retailer. Ms Lucenko started working for Auchan Retail Hungary in 1999. In...
Read moreTesco sells Hungarian wines abroad
Tesco sells Hungarian wines in the Czech Republic, in Slovakia and Poland – agrarszektor.hu wrote. From next year, the Wine Concept umbrella brand, which was created to sell wines from...
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