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Ferrero Group Aims For 100% Recyclable Or Reusable Packaging By 2025
Italy’s Ferrero Group has taken another step in its sustainability strategy, committing to have 100% of its packaging be reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025. According to the group’s 13th...
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Pilóta biscuits will remain in short supply for quite some time
The Pilóta biscuit, or as the company calls it, the Pilóta sandwich product, has been in short supply for roughly three months. Mondelez Hungary Ltd. is doing everything to get...
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K&H: Large companies are not expecting a very bright year
The downward trend typical of the past year has been broken, but large companies still see 2023 pessimistically. The K&H large company growth index was corrected from -15 to -10...
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The British Tesco copied the price cap of the Hungarians
The British Tesco has announced that it will postpone the price freeze, which originally lasted until the beginning of the year, until Easter, and in fact, it has extended the...
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Mars Announces Acquisition Of Trü Frü Snacking Brand
Mars, Incorporated has announced the acquisition of Trü Frü, a whole-fruit snacking brand that has seen a five-fold increase in sales over the past five years. The Trü Frü range,...
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German Shoppers Buy More Vegan Products From Discounters, Survey Finds
Shoppers in Germany are buying more vegan products from discounters, according to a survey by Appinio commissioned by Aldi. The study also unveiled that 90% of respondents rated the price-performance...
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The senior management of SPAR Hungary continued to expand
As of January 1, 2023, Eduard Vonier will join SPAR Hungary as managing director. The specialist with a degree in economics has been working in the daily consumer goods retail...
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Csaba Burján continues his work as Director of Global Customer Development at Food Solutions
Csaba Burján, the Central and Southeastern European manager of Unilever’s Food Solutions business, will continue his work as Director of Global Customer Development of Food Solutions from November 2022, after...
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The managing director of Coca-Cola HBC Hungary spoke about a serious price increase
In his interview with Index, László Békefi, managing director of Coca-Cola HBC Hungary, spoke about the very serious economic challenges that will force the giant company to raise prices on...
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An agreement was reached on wages for 2023 at SPAR
SPAR Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. and the Trade Union of Commercial Employees (KASZ) successfully agreed on the 2023 wage improvement. According to the agreement, the 13th month allowance, the SPAR Loyalty...
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Hungarian suppliers provide two thirds of PENNY’s 2,500 SKUs
This year’s winner of the Retail Award of Excellence for Hungarian Products is PENNY. The discounter pays special attention to offering products with the Hungarian Product trademark, and to finding...
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OMV opened its EuroTruck filling station at Hegyeshalom
OMV Hungária Kft. opens its new EuroTruck filling station in Hungary at the Hegyeshalmi border crossing. The automatic, unmanned filling station was built specifically for trucks and buses. The filling...
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Chamomile tea was withdrawn by Penny
Filtered chamomile tea was recalled from the market by Penny-Market Kft., because some compounds (pyrrolizidine alkaloids and chlorpyrifos pesticide) exceeded the maximum permissible value in several batches of the product...
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Refresco Completes Acquisition Of Alcoholic Beverage Firm Avandis
Refresco Group has announced it has completed the acquisition of Avandis, a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages in the Netherlands, from Lucas Bols N.V. and De Kuyper Royal Distillers. In a...
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Almost a third more Hungarians traveled to Croatia last year
Compared to the previous year, almost a third more Hungarians traveled to Croatia in 2022, the data is close to the numbers registered in the record year of 2019, the...
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No matter how evil the human Grinch may be, the wonder of Christmas unites everyone
Like other large companies, Erste Bank touches our hearts every year with the current Christmas short film. This year, however, the story is even more connected to the current situation....
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Test winner is the Ceres poppy seed bagel
The Ceres poppy seed bagel with 50% filling won first place in the product test of the Hungarian Price-Value Research Association. Bagels are an essential Christmas sweet, which is why...
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With this little trick, you can make festive baking and cooking more sustainable – drop off used cooking oil at MOL gas stations!
Christmas is upon us and with it the preparations for the holidays: buying and wrapping gifts, cleaning and decorating the apartment, and compiling and then buying the holiday menu. It...
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We have the winner of the competition for the first fashion section of the Szentkirályi Talent Program
The tender for the first fashion department of the Szentkirályi Talent Program, which this time aimed to support young domestic fashion designers, has closed. Based on the audience’s votes, the...
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Nébih: Spar withdrew prunes from the market
SPAR Magyarország Kft. withdrew packaged prunes from the market at the manufacturer’s notice due to sensory changes, the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) told MTI on Thursday. According to...
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This Christmas commercial will make everyone laugh, it’s so sweet
On the Internet, you can find many videos in which dogs or cats come into conflict with the Christmas tree. However, the clothing brand The Binge decided to show the...
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ALDI raises wages for the third time, 1,000 new jobs at the company
ALDI Hungary has decided on its third wage increase within 12 months. The company’s employees in sales, logistics and office positions – with a few exceptions – will uniformly receive...
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Nearly 20,000 families were helped by SPAR customers at this year’s Giving Joy! in the context of fundraising
The Hungarian Maltese Charity Service and SPAR Hungary have joined forces to give Joy! thanks to its fundraising campaign, 143 tons of food could be made into gift packages in...
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Research: Hungarian women aged 40-49 are the most aware skin care professionals
Although nearly half of Hungarian women take care of their skin regularly, only every third woman has a morning and evening skin care routine, according to Helia-D’s research. Among those...
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Tante Fanny: wholemeal products in focus
Tante Fanny has rolled out fresh wholemeal pastry in Austria, where the brand will come out with more new wholemeal products in the future. In addition to the company’s 280g...
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Russia’s Ozon opens office in China to boost cross-border sales
Russian online retailer Ozon Holdings will open an office in Shenzhen in China, because they wish to boost cross-border sales. According to a statement by Ozon, it already has 10,000...
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Beiersdorf Acquires Majority Stake In Belgian Life-Science Firm S-Biomedic
Skin care giant Beiersdorf has acquired a majority stake in S-Biomedic NV, a Belgian life-science company involved in skin microbiome research. In 2018, Beiersdorf invested in S-Biomedic as part of...
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Keleméri lamb has received EU geographical indication protection
The European Commission approved the inclusion of the name Keleméri lamb in the EU register of protected designations of origin, the Brussels body announced on Tuesday. According to the announcement,...
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(HU) A McDonald’s szerint ez a legfontosabb dolog karácsonykor
Like other major global brands, Meki also produced its own Christmas short film, in which it shows the true essence of Christmas. In the short film “The List”, a boy...
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Lidl helps 1,000 families with Christmas packages
Lidl Hungary wants to make the Christmas of families living in difficult circumstances more beautiful this year, so it invited its customers and social media followers to join forces. The...
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