Events
Morrisons launches scheme to sell £10 worth of food past its best before date in £3 food box
Morrisons is to start using the food waste app Too Good to Go, which will help customers purchase products as part of a new discount box scheme. The supermarket will...
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Walmart China to open 500 new stores
US retailer Walmart is planning to launch 500 new outlets in China within five to seven years. The expansion will more than double the firm’s presence in the territory in...
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GoVolcanic – World Meeting of Volcanic Wines in Budapest
The wines of more than forty Hungarian and international wine cellars operating on volcanic sites, as well as lectures and masterclasses by several domestic and foreign wine experts await the...
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Amazon opens pop-up store on China’s Pinduoduo until year-end
Amazon.com Inc on Monday said it will open a pop-up store on Chinese e-commerce platform Pinduoduo Inc that will run until the end of December and carry a selection of...
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Boots Introduces Compostable Pharmacy Bags
British health and beauty retailer Boots has started to replace plastic pharmacy bags with compostable bags, the Retail Gazette reports. By March 2020, the retailer aims to replace around 10...
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Smurfit Kappa Unveils Sustainable Packaging For Multipack Beverages
Smurfit Kappa has introduced a range of sustainable packaging alternatives to replace single-use plastics in bundling beverage cans and bottles. The new corrugated packaging options offered by the company are...
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The Christmas Market was opened in Bratislava
The Christmas Market was opened in Bratislava was opened early Friday evening by turning on the decorative lighting on the common Christmas tree of Bratislava. The fair, which has been...
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Coop Sweden To Introduce Paper Bags For Fruit And Vegetables
Coop Sweden has announced plans to replace single-use plastic bags for fruit and vegetables with paper bags by the spring of next year. The initiative will help the retailer to reduce the...
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Billa Launches Own-Brand Festive Food Range
Austrian supermarket chain Billa has launched a new range of own-brand food items for the festive season. Some of the products in Billa’s Christmas range include almond brittle gingerbread, cinnamon almonds, and...
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Coca-Cola to replace plastic shrink wrap with paper packaging across Europe
Coca-Cola and its European bottling partners will remove shrink wrap from its can multipacks, to be replaced with a €15m (£12.8m) investment into a paper-based packaging solution by the end...
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Analytics Experience 2019: making analytics real
There is a lot of hype and jargon surrounding analytics and artificial intelligence (AI). Yet put simply data holds the key: when used properly, your data can set your organisation...
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Rewe Introduces Own-Brand Shower Gel, Soaps In Recycled Packaging
Germany’s Rewe Group has announced that its private-label soap and shower gel brand Today is now available in packaging made of 100% recycled materials. The products will be available in...
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Kroger Partners With Europe’s Infarm For In-Store Fresh Produce
US retailer Kroger has partnered with Europe’s vertical farming company, Infarm, to offer a range of store-grown fresh produce in its outlets across North America. In total, the retailer plans...
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Coop Netherlands Introduces ‘Beter Leven’ Certified Chicken Products
Coop Netherlands has announced that all its own-brand chicken meat products have acquired the ‘Beter Leven’ quality mark. All private-label chicken meat products sold in Coop outlets now have at...
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POPAI winners in 2019
At the POP Awards ceremony of the Hungarian POPAI Awards, 12 entries received prestigious awards in four categories. The results were announced on 14 November 2019 as part of the...
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Intermarché Portugal Introduces PorSi Private Label Brand
Intermarché Portugal has launched PorSi, a new, exclusive private label brand. The hypermarket chain is investing €6 million in the new brand, comprising more than 1,000 SKUs, with both food...
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Nespresso Introduces Curbside Programme To Recycle Coffee Capsules
New Yorkers can now recycle their Nespresso coffee capsules and other lightweight aluminium items through a new curbside programme in the city. The programme will facilitate the recovery of Nespresso...
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Sprite Switches To Clear PET Bottles In Southeast Asia
The Coca-Cola Company has announced that Sprite will switch to clear PET bottles in Southeast Asia. The shift from the iconic green bottle will boost collection and recycling, the beverage...
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Sirha Budapest 2020: The biggest Hungarian celebration of everything food
Our magazine asked Klára Tihanyi, exhibition director of Sirha Budapest 2020 about the food, baking and confectionery, HoReCa, packaging and gastronomy trade fair. ‘In 2018 about 300 exhibitors from 17...
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Tesco’s time-travelling Christmas advert will celebrate its 100th anniversary
Tesco has unveiled its 2019 Christmas advertising campaign by sending one of its delivery drivers back in time to celebrate the Big 4 giant’s 100th anniversary. The grocer said its...
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Coca-Cola looks at establishing plastic recycling plant in Australia
Beverage maker Coca-Cola Amatil is looking to establish a major recycled processing plant in Australia with French company Veolia as the drinks giant seeks alternatives to importing recycled plastic for...
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Retail Gazette Loves: The Co-op donates £125,000 to children’s charity
Pledges included a ride on a steam train, an overnight stay at a zoo and Disneyland trip. This month the Co-op donated £125,000 to a children’s charity dedicated to brightening...
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Ecommerce Hungary’s next Meetup
The Ecommerce Hungary Meetup series is for merchants, digital communications and online sales stakeholders. Each month, the series focus on a topic with valuable professional presentations and roundtable discussions. The...
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Bordeaux November Great Tasting – Cabernets and Merlots in Budapest
Hungarian and foreign wines made from the world-famous Bordeaux grape varieties: cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon and merlot await visitors to the Great Bordeaux Tasting, where the guests can taste more...
Read moreItalian gastronomy week in the spirit of conscious nutrition
Conscious nutrition and taste culture are the themes of the 4th Italian Gastronomy Week, where Italian cuisine is promoted from Monday, including tastings, seminars, film screenings and other programs. Massimo...
Read moreFestival of natural drinks and foods in the Bálna
More than 40 Hungarian and foreign producers will taste about 150 natural wines of the 9th Mitiszol? festival on Saturday in the building of Bálna Budapest, where numerous gastronomic exhibitors...
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