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Borsodi ends the year with an 8-million euro investment
This autumn 45-year-old Borsodi Brewery started a large-scale development project: the new bottle and can filling line will increase the Bőcs brewery’s production capacity by 700,000 hectolitres to 2.5 million...
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Beauty stories celebrated by dm
It was in Brody Studios of Budapest that dm celebrated the 1st birthday of the beauty stories website szépségsztorik.hu. Popular bloggers and lucky shoppers immersed themselves in the special world...
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Naturaqua helps in premature baby care
In the Perinatal Intensive Care Centre (PIC) of the Petz Aladár Hospital in Győr several pieces of furniture and equipment make the daily life of premature babies and their parents...
Read moreTesco keeps training workers
Tesco trains and educates workers at the retailer’s own Tesco Academy. This year they already invested more than HUF 100 million in teaching employees. In 2018 no less than 2,843...
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This year brought 15 percent higher wheat price
In August 2018 agricultural production prices were 6 percent higher in comparison with the level of August 2017 – reported the Central Statistical Office (KSH). This situation was the result...
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Retail sales jumped 6.3 percent in August
In August 2018 like-for-like retail volume sales augmented by 6.3 percent; adjusted for calendar effects, the sales growth was 6.8 percent – reported the Central Statistical Office (KSH). Food and...
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GKI raises growth forecast
In Q2 2018 economic growth was 4.8 percent in Hungary – this was the fastest quarterly growth rate since 2005. Hungary’s GDP grew twice as fast as the European Union’s...
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Booming cattle trade between Hungary and Turkey
Data from the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) and KSH’s market price information system (PÁIR) revealed that in January-July 2018 Hungary’s cattle export was 26,000 tons (no real change from...
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Hungarian shoppers rely on opinion in social media and purchase family products
When buying a new product, one fifth of Hungarian consumers purchase something that can be used by the whole family. It is interesting that about one third of Hungarian consumers...
Read moreTesco doesn’t reject fruits and vegetables that don’t look so good
It was on 24 January 2017 that Tesco started selling so-called Perfectly Imperfect fruits and vegetables: the retailer also purchases those fruits and vegetables from suppliers which formerly didn’t meet...
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Jumbo pop-up store pays tribute to Max Verstappen
Jumbo Foodmarkt opened a pop-up store in Groningen that pays tribute to Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen. The concept is based around a Red Bull Racing Formula 1 car, plus...
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More fresh products under Eroski’s own brand
Spanish supermarket chain Eroski has had more than 500 fresh ‘Eroski Natur’ private label products, and now they will add more fresh products to the selection. All of these products...
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Rewe Group: 100-percent recycled plastic mineral water bottle
The German Rewe Group, in cooperation with the Share brand, is the first retailer in the country to introduce a 100-percent recycled plastic bottle. Share is also Germany’s first manufacturer...
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InVivo to buy organic food retailer
Agri group InVivo is in talks to buy a retail chain that sells organic food products in the south of France. Bio&Co operates six stores and realises a sales revenue...
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Waitrose & Partners to stop using disposable plastic bags
From March 2019 Waitrose & Partners will stop using disposable plastic bags. They will be the first retailer in the UK to sell fruits and vegetables in compostable alternatives. With...
Read moreGallicoop opens modern turkey meat packaging plant in Szarvas
Gallicoop Zrt. started production in the company’s new packaging centre in Szarvas, which had been built from a budget of HUF 1.69 billion – 50 percent of this sum was...
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Carlsberg introduces new packaging solution
Danish brewing company Carlsberg is the first in the world to use glue instead of the plastic wrapping that holds together six-packs of cans. The new solution is called ‘snap...
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Uber in talks to buy Deliveroo in Europe
Uber Technologies Inc. is in talks to buy food delivery company Deliveroo. The London-based company is worth more than GBP 2 billion. Deliveroo is one of Europe’s biggest startups, which...
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Walmart buys food delivery company Cornershop
Walmart paid USD 225 million for Cornershop, a food delivery company that is active in Chile and Mexico. Walmart is investing a lot of money in the online sales channel...
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Aldi to phase out the plastic packaging of fruits and vegetables
German discounter Aldi is going to introduce a new recyclable packaging for fruits and vegetables. The black plastic trays won’t be used any more. With this step stores will produce...
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Coca-Cola acquires Moxie
Coca-Cola of Northern New England bought Moxie, the official soft drink of the US state of Maine. The popular soft drink brand was launched in 2005 and it will continue...
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Lavazza to acquire Mars Drinks
With this move the Lavazza Group continues its international expansion in important markets (North America, Germany, the UK and France) and strengthens the Lavazza Office Coffee Service (OCS) and drinks...
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Coca-Cola monitors the market of cannabis drinks
As a response to claims made by a report published in the media that they are in talks with Canadian company Aurora Cannabis Inc., Coca-Cola has admitted to monitoring the...
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Mercadona buys new land in Portugal
Spanish retailer Mercadona bought new land in Aveiro – 50km south of Porto – where they will probably build their fifth store in Portugal. Mercadona paid EUR 2.55 million for...
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Carrefour pulls manufacturer brands from four stores
Carrefour removes the products of several manufacturer brands from the shelves of four stores in France. As part of the ‘Carrefour 2022’ transformation plan, the experiment tries to find out...
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Aldi USA: nationwide online delivery service
Aldi expanded its joint pilot programme with Instacart to offer online food delivery for more than 1,800 stores in 35 US states. In addition to this move, Aldi is investing...
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Companies concentrate on cyber security
Global Data has conducted a survey with the participation of more than 1,500 companies: Global Emerging Technology Trends Survey 2018 has found that cyber security technologies are the most important...
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Amazon might be interested in Metro Real
Metro AG plans to sell its struggling hypermarket chain, Real, which consists of 282 stores and employs 34,000 people. Analysts say Metro can get EUR 1 billion if the deal...
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Alibaba to enter the Serbian market already this year
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba plans to launch the Aliplay platform in Serbia already this year – revealed Serbia’s Minister of Trade. The minister already announced back in September 2017 that...
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Walmart targets city locations
Jet.com was acquired by Walmart two years ago. The company now offers a personalised shopping experience, a large selection of local and global brands, and three-hour delivery in New York....
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