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McDonald’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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The Baromfi-Coop Kft. is building an organic material management center from 2.5 billion HUF
The organic material management center will process about 200,000 tonnes of poultry manure annually in a value of 2.52 billion forints – the CEO of the Master Good Group announced...
Read moreAn amazing idea from IKEA
The Swedish supermarket chain, Ikea has an astonishing marketing idea – origo wrote. The company has had its unusual pulls so far, but now the ideas invented together with a...
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Unilever closes its mustard factory in Norwich
Unilever announced to close its mustard manufacturer plant in Norwich, England – agrarszektor.hu wrote. The factory that has been making Colman’s Mustard in Norwich for nearly 160 years is to...
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Tesco: shopping carts filled with hearts
Tesco’s Central European consumers donated 516 tons, or more than 1.2 million doses of food to the needy in November and December within Tesco’s Christmas fundraising campaign to support the...
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Lidl builds a giant warehouse
Lidl announced a plan to build a warehouse of nearly 93,000 square meters in the UK. If the facility is ready, it will double the size of the company’s warehouse...
Read moreThe Gyulahús Kft. increased its sales revenue last year
According to the preliminary data, the Gyulahús Kft. increased its sales revenue and sales volumes last year – the Managing Director of the local government company told MTI on Monday....
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Leading sustainability position of Henkel confirmed
Toward year-end, Henkel again received the highest score in its industry from the Dutch rating agency Sustainalytics. In addition, the company’s sustainability performance was confirmed by the repeated inclusion in...
Read moreTesco prepared for the New Year’s Eve with four hundred and fifty tons of frankfurters
Tesco last year offered a wide selection to its customers for the New Year celebrations: 450 tons of onions, 200,000 packs of lentils and 1.5 million bottles of champagne awaited...
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Auchan welcomed New Year’s Eve with quality products
According to Auchan’s experience, traditional festive dishes and drinks are still the most popular among Hungarians, but for the New Year’s Eve people choose higher quality products. The supermarket chain...
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Pöttyös: dots to be replaced with hearts until Valentine’s Day!
Pöttyös believes that loving kindness and respect for one another can not disappear after the holidays, so like the previous years, the iconic dots will once again be replaced by...
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New Managing Director at the PEK-SNACK Kft.
Since November 15, 2017, one of the leading companies of the Hungarian frozen bakery sector the PEK-SNACK Kft. has a new managing director. FAZEKAS ENDRE took over the management duties...
Read moreTesco’s customers donated more than 60 million forints within the love.hunger campaign
As a strategic partner of the Ecumenical Aid Organization, Tesco has also helped in the love.hunger National Advent Money Fundraising campaign. In the initiative a total of 242,573 coupons were...
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Rossmann increased its turnover to nine billion euros last year
Rossmann increased its turnover by 6.8 percent year-on-year, compared to last year. The family-owned company does not disclose profit information. Rossmann operates 3770 stores in six European countries and employs...
Read moreThe first domestic Tesla Supercharger opens at an OMV filling station
The first Tesla Supercharger was installed at OMV’s Arrabona filling station near Győr next to the M1 motorway to Budapest, which serves the routes between Vienna and Budapest and Bratislava-Budapest....
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(HU) Light, hámozott sertés virsli az ALDI-ban
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SPAR customers helped with a record number of food donations
The “It is Good to Give!” charity action got together tens of thousands of people. Within the 21st charity initiative of the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service and SPAR, a total...
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Vénusz: Bake bejgli with Auntie Erzsi on Facebook chat!
One of the classic cakes of Christmas is the bejgli, baked by many people themselves, but people who are less routin in the kitchen do not usually dare to start...
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There is no Christmas without turkey – an exciting recipe for the holidays
Turkey delicacies have also been part of the Hungarian family tradition of Christmas lunches and dinners for a while. Dosso Gabi, the housewife of Gallicoop, offers a new kind of...
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Used cooking oil can be recollected at 356 filling stations of Mol
In addition to the operating 188 filling stations, used baking oil can be recollected at another 168 filling stations, encouraging the households to recollect the used cooking oil during the...
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Penny Market closed a strong year: the success in numbers
2017 was a successful year for Penny Market. On 14 December, the company’s 212th store was opened in Hungary in Isaszeg, and their third logistics center in Hungary was handed...
Read moreThe registration of the Tiltott Csíki Sör brand was refused in Bucharest
The Romanian Patent and Trademark Office (OSIM) has rejected the registration of the Tiltott Csíki Sör (Forbidden Csíki Beer) the Maszol.ro news agency reported on Wednesday. Lénárd András, the majority...
Read moreWine consumption is great in the festive season
According to Varga Winery, Christmas has a great significance to the Hungarian wineries as well. During these weeks a lot more bottles are sold than usual, there are days when...
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Thousands of children are supported by METRO
The METRO Kereskedelmi Kft. places great emphasis on charity every year. With their carefully selected quality products this year, they want to help more people in need. However, this will...
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