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SPAR donations for protecting animals in Hungary
Last year SPAR donated 2,725 tons of products to Hungarian animal parks, shelters and zoos. SPAR has been running this programme since 2011, and the retail chain not only donates...
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Auchan honoured
This year Auchan was honoured with the Disabled-friendly Workplace recognition for the fifth time. Auchan can use the title for 2 years. One of the reasons the retailer got the...
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New meat products in the spirit of purity
Hungarian Lidl stores have started selling a new, additive-, colouring- and preservative-free meat product range. The 12 Pikok Pure products are characterised by very high, 94-percent meat content and they...
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Alpro products in Danone’s portfolio
This year Danone starts distributing Alpro products in Hungary – Alpro offers plant-based drinks and foods. The Danone Group acquired US company WhiteWave, the manufacturer of Alpro, in April 2017....
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Tesco supports community building programmes
Tesco has organised its ‘You choose, we help programme’ for the fifth time. Once again customers cast their votes on the projects they liked: between 21 January and 17 February...
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Food is saved in a growing number of ALDI stores
ALDI and the Food Bank have been cooperating since 2016. By the end of 2018 75 ALDI stores joined the leftover food saving programme. This year more ALDI stores will...
Read moreOKSZ expects the revival of retail in March
Consumption growth will start in March: the more than 800 billion HUF retail sales of January will be exceeded with at least 100 billion HUF in March – Vámos György,...
Read moreKSH: consumer prices increased by 3.1 percent in February
In February, consumer prices were on average 3.1 percent higher than a year before, while the market expected 2.9 percent – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced on Friday. Within...
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More than 17,000 people have already signed the petition of Magosz and the Chamber of Agriculture
More than 17,000 people have signed the petition of the National Agricultural Chamber (NAK) and the Association of Hungarian Farmers (Magosz) to raise awareness of the European Union’s Common Agricultural...
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Lidl reduces the salt and sugar content of its branded products by twenty percent
As an innovative and responsible company, Lidl Magyarország is committed to help in the healthy nutrition of families in Hungary by targeting a 20 percent reduction in the salt and...
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HEINEKEN: beer drinking should be greener
Once again, HEINEKEN Hungária would reduce its carbon emissions by implementing the ideas of young people. The Brewery in its Drop C! competition invites the students and college students who...
Read moreThe 10th VinCE Budapest to focus on top wines again in April
Hungary’s best-known indoor wine event, the VinCE Budapest Wine Show, will be held for the 10th time at the end of April. The three-day event featuring the best domestic wine...
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Nébih’s campaign promotes responsible animal husbandry
Responsible animal husbandry is promoted in the campaign of the National Food Chain Safety Agency (Nébih) – Pallós László, National Chief Inspector of Animal Protection at Nébih told M1 news...
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The European Investment Bank Group financed the developments in Hungary last year with 891 million euros
The European Investment Bank Group (EIB) financed the developments in Hungary last year with 891 million euros – Vice President of EIB said at a press conference in Budapest. Vazil...
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Nearly every third Hungarian company has female managers
On March 8th, today, we surprise our female acquaintances with flowers, chocolates and compliments, although this was originally the day of the women’s equality and free movement movement. Since then,...
Read moreRetail sales in Romania grew by 6.6 percent in January
In January, the volume of retail sales increased by 6.6 percent compared to the same period of the previous year – the Romanian National Statistical Institute announced on Tuesday. According...
Read moreThe volume of air freight has decreased, air passenger traffic has grown above average
According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), air freight has reached a three-year low since the sector’s performance in January dropped by nearly 2 percent, compared to the previous...
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Magazine: With us or without us
The popularity of franchises is growing rapidly in Hungary. Katalin Mandel, general secretary of the Hungarian Franchise Association told our magazine that approximately 25-30 percent of franchise networks active in...
Read moreAnalysts: retail performed surprisingly well in January
Analysts interwieved by MTI were surprised by the growth rate of retail sales in January, but they do not count a trend change after the previous fluctuating data. This year,...
Read moreInnovation on the Hungarian Beer Market
From March, a new bridge opens that will connect the beers of small breweries and beer lovers: the Beerbox arrives to reform the sales side of the beer market. Beerbox...
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The government is helping the success of the horticultural sector
The government will do its utmost to ensure that the agricultural sector and horticulture in this area can be successful – the Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture...
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Environmentally friendly solutions at SPAR
In the past 3 years, SPAR has been renovated 63 of its stores in Hungary with an investment cost of over 28 billion forints. In all cases, energy-saving devices have...
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Record number enties at the National Syngenta Wine Competition
More than ever, a total of 559 entries have arrived to the 18th National Syngenta Wine Competition. At the awards ceremony held in Siófok the SynVino awards of this year...
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SPAR’s own meat factory, the Regnum Meat Factory and Training Center is fifteen years old
SPAR’s Meat Factory in Bicske started production 15 years ago. Today, 12 million kilograms of pigs and 1.1 million kilograms of broken beef are processed. The factory also operates as...
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Chamber information forums also help the producer cooperations
The National Chamber of Agricultural Economics organizes information events to assist producer cooperations in four regions of the country. Farmers working in cooperations or interested in it are awaited for...
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Cooperation agreement was signed between the Public Procurement Authority and Nébih
The Public Procurement Authority (KH) and the National Food Chain Safety Agency (Nébih) have entered into a cooperation agreement – the Public Procurement Authority told MTI. Under an indefinite agreement,...
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Euro area’s GDP growth is on a four-year low in the fourth quarter
Economic growth in the euro area fell to a four-year low in the fourth quarter of last year, according to the final figures of the European Union Statistical Office, Eurostat,...
Read moreThe corporate acquisition market increased by 2.5 percent last year
Globally, 8166 medium-sized Merger & Acquisition (M&A) transactions were carried out last year, which is 2.5 percent more than in the previous year. The total value of transactions was 719...
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The service centers are undergoing a massive transformation
Nearly half of the shared services center (SSC) continues to operate on the basis of a booming, obsolete business model created at the beginning of the 2000s, while the experiences...
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