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Why do we love beer?
Date: 2019-09-16 10:31:24
The taste of beer releases a chemical in the brain which makes people want to drink more, research published today claims. Beer’s taste – without even any effect from alcohol...
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Expensive tomato
Date: 2019-09-16 10:16:25
As of 1 January 2019 the VAT on UHT and ESL milk reduced from 18 to 5 percent. Data from the first 32 weeks of the year indicate that the...
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Wine Festival 2019
Date: 2019-09-16 10:08:52
Budapest Wine Festival opened its gates to wine lovers for the 28th time in September. Visitors got the chance to taste several thousand wines of more than 160 Hungarian and...
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Online is stronger if combined with offline
Date: 2019-09-16 09:58:23
According to data published by EuroShop, it has a positive influence on the sales performance of online shops if they open an offline store. There is a so-called ‘halo effect’,...
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A work of art
Date: 2019-09-16 09:58:19
EKI Creative Kft. has unveiled its latest in-store display. It was developed for Paco Rabanne cosmetics and according to key account manager Péter Eckert, it is almost a work of art, as...
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So that a little wind doesn’t turn into a hurricane
Date: 2019-09-16 09:58:15
Retail magazine iXtenso has interviewed Alexander De Ruiter, the CEO of Dutch consultancy firm OBI4wan. He talked about how to manage a worsening reputation and negative consumer reviews. In his view...
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Minimalizing food waste by LG
Date: 2019-09-16 09:50:40
By storing your food well, you can make it last longer as well as maintaining the best taste and temperature. Find out how. Whether you’re a carnivore, pescatarian, vegetarian or...
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Hungary’s biggest wine exporter
Date: 2019-09-16 09:40:08
Lidl Hungary has organised the Lidl Wine Expo Hungary for the sixth time. The event’s goal is to promote Hungarian wines in Europe and facilitate their market entry. In 2018...
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Too much wine is a problem too!
Date: 2019-09-16 09:31:12
According to data from the National Council of Wine Communities, 392,000 tons of grapes was harvested in Hungary in 2018, from which 3.75 million hectolitres of wine was made –...
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The 40th National Wine Competition
Date: 2019-09-16 09:11:28
This year the National Wine Competition was organised for the 40th time, with the Kunság wine region as the host. The National Council of Wine Communities (HNT) organised the competition,...
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Online shops are likely to speed up instant payment
Date: 2019-09-16 08:17:35
Experts estimate that there are approximately 10,000-14,000 online shops in Hungary, which realised more than HUF 500-billion sales in 2018. Half of online purchases are still paid for in cash,...
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Nielsen: Hungarian retail trade is second in Europe
Date: 2019-09-13 11:58:20
Brexit insecurity continued to affect the retail sector across the continent, but retail sales in Europe increased by 3.4 percent in the second quarter of 2019 compared to the same...
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Growth in agricultural producer prices has slowed down
Date: 2019-09-13 11:50:05
In July, the annual growth rate of agricultural producer prices declined to a single-digit level. Following a 10.5 percent rise in June, acquisition prices were 8.5 percent higher in July...
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The turnover of non-alcoholic radlers has exploded over the last five years
Date: 2019-09-13 11:38:54
The turnover of non-alcoholic beers and radlers at HEINEKEN Hungária has increased significantly over the last five years. Heineken 0.0 Non-alcoholic Beer has doubled its turnover in one year, while...
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Feldman: the new support in the meat industry can bring a quality change
Date: 2019-09-13 11:32:23
The beef bull-breeding support program in the meat sector could bring a qualitative turn by allowing more domestic meat to reach consumers – the Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture...
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NAK: average quantity but good quality plums this year
Date: 2019-09-13 11:30:30
This year, about 60-70 thousand tons of plums were produced in Hungary, which corresponds to the average of recent years, but the quality of the fruit is very good this...
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The number of pig slaughterings has decreased
Date: 2019-09-13 11:30:03
After a long timethe number of pig slaughterings in slaughterhouses again decreased in the first half of this year. This is partly due to strong demand for live animals in...
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Lidl introduces a unique, eco-friendly textile collection
Date: 2019-09-13 11:28:52
Thanks to its innovative power, Lidl introduces a unique collection of textiles that meet the strict criteria of the Cradle to Cradle Certified™ (C2C) Gold and Silver Certification. The biodegradable...
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Children are becoming more aware of nutrition
Date: 2019-09-13 11:17:17
Children are now informed about nutrition through social media and influencers, but for more than three-quarters of the participants the parents’ opinion is the most important – according to a...
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The Harvest Days of Szekszárd have begun
Date: 2019-09-13 11:17:16
The Harvest Days of Szekszárd have begun, with Varga Judit, Minister of Justice, inaugurating the series of programs on Friday. The head of the ministry, as the patron of the...
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The irrigation of the Trans-Tisza lands is also ensured by the renewal of the Eastern Main Canal
Date: 2019-09-13 11:16:32
More than three billion HUF of EU funding has been used to renovate the tools of the Eastern Main Canal in the last three years, which will allow irrigation of...
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AM Minister of State: The Ministry has launched a strategy for gene conservation
Date: 2019-09-13 11:15:01
This year, the implementation of the plans set out in the gene conservation strategy was started with the provision of a 12.3 billion HUF funding, the Minister of State of...
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Honey festival in Kaposvár
Date: 2019-09-13 11:12:55
Half a hundred beekeepers offer their products at the Kaposvár Honey Festival, which will be held on Friday and Saturday in Somogy County. Mészáros János, president of the Zselic Beekeepers’...
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A perfect example for circular economy: Corrugated packaging
Date: 2019-09-13 10:41:21
Sustainability is in the DNA of VPK Packaging Group. One of the spearheads is our well thought-out waste management strategy. Reducing waste at all our plants leads to significant environmental benefits. In...
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That's why we are eating snacks at night
Date: 2019-09-13 10:23:13
Researchers at BYU have shed new light on why you, your friends, neighbors and most everyone you know tend to snack at night: some areas of the brain don’t get...
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Counterfeiting accounts for more than 18,000 billion forints losses at EU level
Date: 2019-09-13 09:03:33
According to the estimates of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), losses in counterfeiting and piracy in 11 economic sectors amount to 18,686 billion HUF per year at EU...
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Magazine: If you need a bit of élan…
Date: 2019-09-13 07:50:36
Coca-Cola HBC Magyarország opines that sports drinks are one of the most dynamically developing categories in the soft drink market – in the retail sector sales soared by 43 percent...
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Nestlé inaugurates packaging research institute, first-of-its-kind in the food industry
Date: 2019-09-12 12:00:32
Nestlé today officially inaugurated the Institute of Packaging Sciences, the first-of-its-kind in the food industry. The new Institute enables Nestlé to accelerate its efforts to bring functional, safe and environmentally...
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Nagy István: Food companies and wineries will receive about 70 billion HUF grants this year
Date: 2019-09-12 11:40:34
Food companies and wineries will receive about 70 billion HUF support this year from the Rural Development Program (vp) – Nagy István, Minister of Agriculture said at a press conference...
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NMHH: product placements in commercial TVs increased by 15 percent in the first half of the year
Date: 2019-09-12 11:35:33
RTL Klub and TV2 had 17,796 product placements in the first six months of the year, which is a 15 percent increase, compared to the same period of last year,...
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