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Coles Launches Mum’s Sauce
Australian retailer Coles has launched Mum’s Sause to help raise money for sick children in hospitals across Australia. Fifty cents from each of Mum’s Sause Bolognese 500g jar sold will...
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Brazil Gets Its First ‘Healthy’ Supermarket
Super Saudavel, the first supermarket in Brazil to offer ‘healthy’ products selected by a team of nutritionists, has opened its doors to customers. The store is located in the Alto...
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Magazine: Technology brings major transformation to the Hungarian financial services market
At the end of April more than 400 experts gathered at the FinTechShow conference, where Hungary’s fintech strategy and the fintech programme of the Central Bank of Hungary (MNB) were...
Read moreAnalysts: growth in retail sales is lower than expected
The slower than expected retail sales of May surprised the analysts. Most of them expect further downturns in the second half of the year, compared to what they saw in...
Read moreThere is plenty of Hungarian grain for export
Similarly to last year, five million tons of wheat production is expected in Hungary this year, and not only the supply of the country is secured, but there is also...
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AM: punishment for food counterfeiters to be tightened
According to the amendment of the law of the Parliament, the punishment of food counterfeiters is stricter and they can no longer hide behind other companies after the fraud –...
Read moreNagy István: to maintain the EU agricultural budget a joint action by the region is needed
The EU agricultural budget for the next seven years should not be reduced, even by increasing the contribution of individual countries, Nagy István, Minister of Agriculture said on Friday in...
Read moreAM: co-operation is essential in agriculture
Co-operation is essential in agriculture. It is important for farmers to recognize that being a member in a producer co-operation is not a risk, but a security – Feldman Zsolt,...
Read moreA conciliation body is needed to make businesses ready for consumer protection
The experience of the first half of the year shows that it is necessary to prepare businesses for consumer protection in the 21st century – the Budapest Conciliation Body (BBT)...
Read moreThe National Soil Center has started
Another strong bastion was created with the launch of the National Soil Center (NFK), which serves the competitiveness of Hungarian agriculture and the transparency of the related activities – Nagy...
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Retail sales in the euro area were weaker than expected
Retail sales in the euro area were weaker than expected in May. In a monthly comparison, decline occurs for the second consecutive month in the volume of traffic as a...
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Szállás.hu bought a Czech tourist company
The Szállás.hu has acquired the Hotel.cz group of companies. The Hungarian accommodation intermediary company can increase its sales revenue by two-thirds, compared to last year. According to the announcement of...
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GKI: Business expectations fell sharply in June
After reaching its two-year low in April and an improvement in May, the GKI economic sentiment index fell to its level of early summer 2017. The deterioration in business expectations...
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LG Grants Use of Door-Ice Making Patents for Premium Refrigerators
LG Electronics (LG) is licensing its patented refrigerator door-ice making technology for use in refrigerators sold by GE Appliances, which Haier acquired in 2016. Terms were not disclosed. The license...
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The future of fuel cards
At the end of May Shell held their ‘Make the Future Live’ event: a 4-day festival in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, where the focus was on innovative ideas. The...
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Carrefour to expand home delivery in France
Carrefour is preparing to extend the coverage for its home delivery in its home market to all urban areas with more than 10,000 inhabitants by 2020. According to the reports...
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Gruppo VéGé Pledges To Tackle Food Waste With New App
Italy’s Gruppo VéGé has partnered with Last Minute Sotto Casa (LMSC) to launch a smartphone app to tackle food waste. LMSC is a portal that brings together, in real time,...
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Asda steps up partnership with Just Eat
Asda has announced an expansion of its partnership with Just Eat, as part of wider activity to bring new ideas to the customer experience. Through a new Express grocery delivery...
Read moreCampaign to encourage sour cherry consumption
Hungary is a great power in the production of sour cherries, but the consumption of the extremely healthy fruit is low. The Ministry of Agriculture (AM) and the Agricultural Marketing...
Read moreKKM: The Ministry of Agriculture of Japan has been discussing on Hungarian pig meat exports in Budapest
The Director of the Food Safety and Consumer Protection Office of the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture discussed the delivery possibilities of Hungarian pork in Japan – the Ministry of Foreign...
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Nébih: an average Hungarian throws out six kilos of vegetables and fruits a year
An average of six kilograms of vegetables and fruits are thrown out annually by an average Hungarian – the head of the Department of Plant, Soil and Agri-Environment Protection of...
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Coca-Cola HBC and Lavazza went separate ways
Coca-Cola HBC and Lavazza today announced that they will close their cooperation in Hungary. The partnership between the two companies officially ends on October 31, 2019. Both companies are committed...
Read moreThe Ostorosbor Zrt. develops its winery with EU support
The Ostorosbor Zrt. has started and will complete its food industry investment in Ostoros and Novaj in Heves County by the end of the year, of which EU support will...
Read moreChamber of Agriculture: So far six thousand students participated in the From Home To Home campaign
Interactive lectures were held for six thousand primary and secondary school students so far, within the From Home To Home Campaign – the Zala County President of the National Agricultural...
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It is possible to breed cattle that emit less methane
It is possible to reduce the methane emissions of cattle according to scientists. The genetics of cattle have a strong effect on the composition of microorganisms in the rumen of...
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Deufol is building a packaging plant Debrecen
The German Deufol is building one of the most modern packaging and logistics plant of Europe in Debrecen from 7 billion forints, with the support of the government. Szijjártó Péter,...
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This year’s development budget for the farm development program doubles, compared to last year
The proportion within the total amount of the farm development program have been set so that the people living on the farms can get more resources than the local governments,...
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FAO Food Price Index steady in June
Global food prices declined marginally in June, as lower prices of dairy products and vegetable oils more than offset a significant jump in maize quotations, and are now very close...
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Customised glasses – made using 3D printing
Hoya and Materialise developed Yuniku, the world’s first 3D-tailored eyewear. The technology works as follows: the human face is scanned and based on this the perfect frame is designed and...
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