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They shop 20 million times a year in OMV Spar express stores
In October, it was 10 years since OMV Hungária and SPAR Hungary opened the first OMV Spar express in Budapest, at the filling station on Fehérvári út. There are currently...
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Henkel Hungary has been enriched with new CSR Hungary Awards
On the evening of the CSR Hungary Summit 2023 conference, for the 16th time now, the ceremonial award ceremony of the Hungarian Corporate Responsibility Award, the CSR Hungary Award, took...
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Retail sales in the Czech Republic also decreased in September
Retail sales in the Czech Republic decreased by 4 percent year-on-year in September, the Czech Statistical Office (CSÚ) announced on Tuesday in Prague. In August, a drop of 2.8 percent...
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A Hungarian company has developed compostable bioplastic packaging
Bioplastic packaging materials, which can be composted together with food waste, were developed by Bibo Franchise Kft., whose founder and research leader was the guest in the podcast of the...
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The negative hidden costs of food systems can reach $10 trillion
Agrifood systems generate significant benefits to society, including the food that nourishes us and jobs and livelihoods for over a billion people. However, their negative impacts due to unsustainable business-as-usual...
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Hungary’s GMO-free position must be strengthened
Hungary’s GMO-free position must be reaffirmed for the sake of food safety – urged Antal Csárdi, the deputy faction leader of the LMP, on Tuesday. At his press conference, which...
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Szabina Tomán: “If you believe in your product, you can sell everything”
Businesswoman Szabina Tomán – whose new book has just come out – was Szilvia Krizsó’s guest in the latest episode of the Future Talks podcast. This article features parts of...
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Advertisements are collected from garbage in a domestic advertising podcast
Kim Kardashian’s trash can, the Sziget commercial with Péter Janklovics, György Klapka and the gold, Kapa and Pepe, and Tibi Kasza’s car sticker are all discussed in the KreaTúra podcast....
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There are six priority sectors: vehicles, health, food, raw materials and creative industries, as well as information and communication technology
The Hungarian pharmaceutical industry represents a huge value and international competitiveness from the point of view of the country – said the Minister of Economic Development in a video message,...
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Secretary of State: a regional development fund will be created
The government is creating a regional development fund for the implementation of urban and catch-up developments, the state secretary responsible for regional development said on Tuesday in Siófok, at a...
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In an increasingly smaller area, fewer and fewer potatoes are grown
According to KSH data, the area under cultivation and the amount of potatoes produced show a decreasing trend: in 2022, 17 percent less potatoes (199.2 thousand tons) were produced than...
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Chamber of Agriculture: next year, the rules of the new KAP on crop rotation will enter into force
The preparation of next year’s sowing plans requires even more care than before, after the rules of the new Common Agricultural Policy for crop rotation and the preservation of biological...
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KPMG: Lots of coal, less natural gas, slightly more renewables in last year’s global energy mix
While it increased by roughly one percent worldwide, primary energy consumption in Europe decreased by almost four percent, according to the Statistical Review of World Energy research conducted by the...
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8 percent more sunflower seed production is expected in the EU
Oil World expects a worldwide sunflower seed harvest of 56.7 million tons (+3 percent) in 2023/2024. financial year. The global output may be 0.5 million tons below the indicated consumption of...
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Rossmann tests artificial intelligence in Germany
As of early November, Microsoft allows German companies to use the artificial intelligence assistant “Microsoft Copilot”. Rossmann is putting it to the test in everyday work. “Microsoft Copilot” is a...
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Consumers want grocers to use AI to help them save money, Dunnhumby finds
More than half of participants in the firm’s latest Consumer Trends Tracker said they share their information with grocers to redeem rewards, up 4 percentage points from earlier this year. Consumers are...
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Beetroot is becoming more and more popular among Hungarian consumers
There is a real superfood on Hungarian soil, beetroot, rich in vitamins and minerals, is being grown by farmers in an ever-increasing area, according to the joint market overview of...
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Beyond Meat conducting strategic review of its operations
Beyond Meat is conducting a strategic review of its global operations as its sales situation deteriorates. In a Nov. 2 announcement, six days before releasing its third-quarter earnings on Nov....
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An outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed in the Hajdú-Bihar county of Nébih
The laboratory of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) confirmed the presence of a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in the county of Hajdú-Bihar. The liquidation of the affected stock...
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The EU has sent a request for information about an illegal product to AliExpress
The European Commission sent its request for information to the online trading platform AliExpress on Monday, asking the giant company to provide information on what measures it has taken to...
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What makes procurement sustainable? An expert from Grant Thornton explains
The purchasing area and the purchasers are under increasing pressure in order to integrate sustainability criteria into purchases, support the transition to a circular economy, and the company’s carbon neutrality...
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Péter Szijjártó: German business leaders decide on investments in Hungary based on their experience, not press reports
The managers of German companies do not make decisions about investments in Hungary based on their own experience, not press reports, so bilateral economic cooperation will develop as long as...
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K&H: tax-free saving has become more popular
The social contribution tax (socho), which was introduced in July, reduces the yield of many savings, so the long-term investment account (tbsz) is an even more attractive solution than before,...
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The population’s sense of inflation is decreasing, but still very high
According to the official inflation data, consumer prices rose by 12.2% in September compared to the same period of the previous year. Compared to this, according to a representative survey...
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Januártól jönnek a kötelező visszaváltási díjas termékek
From January 1, 2024, the mandatory redemption system will start, which affects beverage products with a capacity of 0.1-3.0 liters in plastic, metal or glass packaging. The redemption fee –...
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Az ár győzött a tápérték felett
Folytatódik-e Magyarországon a tendencia, miszerint a magyar háztartások egyre tudatosabban és fenntarthatóságra törekedve vásárolnak? És vajon mennyire nyomja rá a bélyegét táplálkozási szokásainkra a jelenlegi inflációs környezet, amely Magyarországon a...
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Delta Systems strengthens with Samsonite products
Delta Systems Kft. signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Samsonite Hungária Kft. With the current strengthening of the business relationship between companies offering high-quality solutions and products, Delta Systems Kft....
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Waberer’s sales increased in the first nine months of the year
Despite the unfavorable economic environment, Waberer’s International increased its sales in the first nine months of the year, and its profit before regular interest and taxes (EBIT) exceeded last year...
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Information from the Chamber of Agriculture helps you plan the autumn and next year’s sowing
Next year, farmers will no longer be exempt from the new EU regulations on crop rotation and the designation of non-productive areas, but they can find out about the changes...
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Carrefour Completes Acquisition Of Cora In Romania
Carrefour has completed the acquisition of all activities of the Cora brand in Romania. The deal will see Carrefour taking over 10 hypermarkets and nine convenience stores and integrating more...
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