Events

Spar Gran Canaria Invests €5.5m In Warehouse For Fresh Produce

Spar has announced that it has invested €5.5 million in a new fruit and vegetables distribution centre in the Canary Islands. The distribution centre, located in Mercalaspalmas, will boost Spar Gran Canaria’s...

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Carrefour opens first fully automated store

In collaboration with tech start-up AiFi, Carrefour has opened its first automated store in its headquarters in Massy. Separately, the retailer has said it has extended the use of blockchain...

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Alibaba To Stop Sales Of E-Cigarette Components In The US

Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba said on Wednesday it will stop selling e-cigarette components in the United States, amid growing regulatory scrutiny and reports of lung disease and some deaths linked...

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Lidl to open 10 new stores in Greater Manchester

Lidl has announced plans to open 10 new stores across Greater Manchester over the next three years as the discount grocer ramps up its ambitious expansion plans in the region....

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Schwarz Group buys recycling specialist

Germany’s Schwarz Group takes over the Austrian Sky Plastic Group through its subsidiary Greencycle. The company is established in plastics recycling and is intended to provide the parent company of...

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Fighting waste

German hypermarket chain Kaufland and the food saver app “Too Good To Go” are joining forces. The app specialises in offering food online at a reduced price shortly before store...

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Coca-Cola, Invitech, E.ON, and Tesco wins Effekt 2030

The EffeKteam recognized the companies’ effective environmental and social investment programs in the Chance Creating Business, Future Economy, Green Balance and Society of All categories. The Effekt 2030 Award will...

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Eccomerce meetup on mobile applications

Nowadays, a retailer, and in many cases a brand, need inevitable digital presence in order to effectively reach their customers, to communicate with them, and provide the opportunity to place...

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There will be a Sausage Festival in the Railway History Park

Home-made sausages, hams, cheeses, traditional pig carving shows, concerts, folklore shows, veteran car exhibitions and family programs await the visitors at the 6th Pig Sausage Festival on October 11-13 to...

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Spar Netherlands Opens 150th Express Store In Utrecht

Spar Netherlands has announced that it has opened its 150th Express store in Eemnes in the province of Utrecht. The forecourt outlet caters to the immediate or daily shopping needs...

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Coop Italia Reviews Market Strategy As Consumption Declines

Coop Italia has reviewed its market strategy as food consumption declined in 2019 after three years of growth, according to reports. The cooperative has increased its focus on environmentally friendly...

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Tesco Poland extends restructure plans and exits large hypermarkets

At its H1 results presentation, Tesco has shared new detail about the restructure of its Polish operations, its largest business in central Europe. Tesco closed 62 unprofitable stores in Poland...

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AM: The agricultural ministers of the Visegrád countries met in Prague

The shaping the future of the Common Agricultural Policy and forestry issues were the main topics of the meeting of the agricultural ministers of the Visegrád Cooperation in Prague, which...

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Volunteers collected nearly 2 tons of waste from the Lake Tisza

Shoes, flasks, PET bottles and many other rubbish contaminates the Tisza, its floodplains and reed beds. Last Friday, more than 1.8 tons of waste were collected by Coca-Cola Magyarország and...

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Coca-Cola unveils first marine plastics sample bottle

Today, Coca-Cola unveiled its first ever sample bottle made using recovered and recycled marine plastics, demonstrating that one day, even ocean debris could be used in recycled packaging for food...

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Jumbo Launches New Line Of Gluten-Free Products

Dutch retailer Jumbo has launched Lekker Vrij van Gluten, a new range of gluten-free products for people with gluten intolerance. The line comprises 10 products including oatmeal, crackers, pasta, and pancake...

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FrieslandCampina Announces Partnership With United Dairymen Of Arizona

FrieslandCampina has announced a partnership with American dairy cooperative United Dairymen of Arizona (UDA) to step up the production of lactoferrin – a speciality ingredient required for early life nutrition...

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Hungarian export opportunities from Bangkok to Sao Paolo

Hungarian food exporting companies should pay attention to the fact that exports to distant, large markets are dynamically increasing. For example, value-added sales to India rose 28 percent year-on-year, to...

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The international frozen food industry meets up in Cologne

Frozen products make life easier and international cuisine is no longer imaginable without them. In the scope of Anuga Frozen Food, Anuga will from 5 to 9 October 2019 once...

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(HU) Magyar export-lehetőségek Bangkoktól Sao Paolóig „Made in Europe – megvan a rangja”

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Circle K brings convenience to customer doors

      Circle K is partnering with Texas-based on-demand delivery platform Favor to provide delivery in under an hour from nearly 600 stores in the Lone Star State. No...

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Amazon grocery store chain moves ahead with leases in Los Angeles, WSJ reports

Amazon has signed more than a dozen leases in the Los Angeles area as part of its plan to open a chain of grocery stores, the Wall Street Journal reported...

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Starbucks opening mobile pickup-only store format in NYC

Starbucks’ loyalty members will soon have a unique location to pick up their beverages New York City’s Penn Station. In a brief post on its e-commerce site, Starbucks says it...

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446 kilograms of food products were offered for charity by the exhibitors of the 79th OMÉK

This year, the 79th OMÉK exhibitors also collected food for the benefit of the Hungarian Food Bank Association. Participants of the National Agricultural and Food Exhibition and Fair, which closed...

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The best riesling comes from Badacsony

The largest domestic muster of the “most Hungarian” grape variety, the Riesling October Grand Tasting will take place on October 12. As a novelty this year, exhibitors can bring their...

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Half of your work tasks can be automated

The further dynamic development of the Hungarian economy and the retail sector in particular has to be sought through a high degree of automation, which, in addition to improving efficiency...

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Somlói Juhfark Celebration in October

The 4th Somlói Juhfark Celebration presents the best Juhfark items of the Somló wine region’s emblematic grape variety with the participation of sixteen wineries in Somló’s Tornai Winery on 12...

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Barry Callebaut Launches Chocolate Made Of 100% Cacao Fruit

Barry Callebaut has announced the launch of ‘Cacaofruit Experience’, a new range of chocolate products that are made of the entire cacao fruit. Normally, only 30% of the cacao fruit...

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Asda Introduces Fresh Herbs In Sustainable Packaging

UK retailer Asda has announced that it has replaced plastic pots in its fresh herbs assortment with sustainable containers. The plastic wrap around the herbs has also been swapped with...

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Eighty-five thousand visitors from fifteen countries attended the 79th OMÉK

The 79th National Agricultural and Food Exhibition and Fair (OMÉK), which featured the best of the Hungarian agro-food industry at HUNGEXPO for four days, closed with the participation of nearly...

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