News and articles
Whole Foods unveils new pollinator policy
Whole Foods’ new pollinator policy aims to support honeybees as well as native pollinators like bumble bees, wasps and butterflies that are essential to the food system and biodiversity, according...
Read more
The export price of raw milk decreased by 20 percent in one year
According to AKI PÁIR data, the national average producer price of raw milk in Hungary was HUF 159.56/kilogram in November 2023. In addition to a 0.07 percentage point improvement in...
Read more
How can we detect the signs of burnout caused by work in ourselves and our colleagues?
For many workers, December is less about the beauty of preparing for the holidays: in certain industries, instead of slowing down, acceleration is typical, which often causes significant additional workload...
Read more
Mikulásgyár is closed today
Today, one of the biggest charity events in the country, the Santa Factory, will be closed, and the last donations will be brought in at six in the evening. Today,...
Read more
Oatly wins High Court battle to use word ‘milk’ on packaging
Plant-based brand Oatly has won a High Court battle against the UK dairy industry, allowing it to continue using the word ‘milk’ on its packaging. The important legal milestone for...
Read more
Finnish Scientists Unveil Process For Producing Lab-Grown Coffee
The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has released detailed information on producing lab-grown coffee in its recently published article. The scientific paper, published in the Journal of Agriculture and...
Read more
The asset of agricultural foreign trade decreased
The value of exports of agricultural and food industry products was 9,904 million euros, and the value of imports was 7,379 million euros in the first three quarters of 2023. The...
Read more
Twenty-five thousand liters of counterfeit pálinka were seized in Szabolcs by the NAV
The financial inspectors of the National Tax and Customs Office (NAV) found more than twenty-five thousand liters of illegally produced brandy on the property of a family business in the...
Read more
Nagy Miklós: „A jelenleg hatályos EPR-díjak számos ellentmondást hordoznak”
Forró hangulatot teremtett a hazai csomagolóiparban a nyár közepén bevezetett EPR-rendszer, az érintettek a mai napig nem ocsúdtak fel abból a sokkból, amit a változások, azokon belül is leginkább a...
Read more
GVH: the online price monitor also reduces prices in the last days before Christmas
Prices have decreased in more than 80 percent of the 62 product categories in the online price monitor, and the system operated by the Economic Competition Office (GVH) will soon...
Read more
The Ministry of Agriculture draws attention to conscious shopping and food safety
The Deputy Secretary of State responsible for food chain supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture (AM) called attention to conscious shopping during the holidays and the observance of food safety...
Read more
End of the century: after this year’s slight decline, the economy may expand next year
The Hungarian economy may shrink by 0.7 percent this year, according to the forecast of Századvég Konjunktúrakutató Zrt., followed by 2.7 percent growth in 2024 and 3.1 percent growth in...
Read more
K&H: Can the optimism of SMEs return in 2024?
After falling a year ago, the K&H SME confidence index, which indicates the expectations of businesses for the next year, stabilized this year. Behind the rise of the indicator, which...
Read more
Auchan customers collected 32 and a half tons of donations for the Hungarian Red Cross
The Hungarian Red Cross was able to collect a record amount of donations, almost double that of last year, in Auchan stores. During the first two weekends of Advent, Auchan...
Read more
The GfK German consumer sentiment index for January improved
The January German consumer sentiment index of the Nuremberg economic research institute GfK improved more significantly than analysts had expected. The sentiment index in January strengthened to minus 25.1 points,...
Read more
Domestic McDonald’s restaurants will be closed on December 24
Keeping in mind the interests of employees and their families, domestic McDonald’s restaurants will be closed from 6 a.m. on December 24. The initiative is not new, as most of...
Read more
Törik vagy hajlik?
A 21. század racionális világában a fejlett racionális intelligencia a racionális konfliktusok megoldására alkalmas – mert a kettő meg kettő az négy. De vajon a kettő meg kettő érzelmi konfliktus...
Read more
The Baptist Charity Service, Pizza King Express and Lidl also help
On the occasion of the Feast of Love, on December 22, the Baptist Charity Service will present 250-350 children with 10-12 kilo durable food packages and Shoe Box gift boxes....
Read more
Együtt hajóztunk (2. rész)
Szeptember 25–29. között Tapolcán, a Hotel Pelionban gyűlt össze a Trade Flotta közel 1100 fős hajóhada, hogy a Business Days konferencia keretében számba vegyék az elmúlt időszak viharait, zátonyait, és...
Read more
Twenty-five thousand families will be helped this year by the Joy of Giving! charity event
About 25,000 gift packages were made by the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service It’s a pleasure to give! in its campaign, which the love service delivers to those in need even...
Read more
MTÜ: more people spend the holiday weekend in hotels than last year
More people are spending the holiday weekend in hotels than last year, this year there were nearly 10 percent more bookings for a total of 213,000 guest nights, the Hungarian...
Read more
Grafton: the purchasing power of workers’ earnings may increase next year
The purchasing power of workers’ earnings may increase next year, companies may implement a wage increase of between 5 and 12 percent in 2024, while it seems that many people...
Read more
More than 45 tons of food from PENNY Hungary
PENNY has teamed up with the Hungarian Red Cross, the International Children’s Rescue Service and the Miracle Lamp Foundation to make Christmas more beautiful for needy families with food, money,...
Read more
Compulsory compost – enthusiasm, uncertainty and the search for answers
From January 2024, composting will be mandatory in the European Union, so Hungary will also start selective collection of organic waste. The user opinions are supportive, but at the same...
Read more
Chep Magyarország Kft. and the Tej Trade Association and Product Council signed a cooperation agreement
The aim of the cooperation is to map the sustainability and business challenges of Hungarian milk production, dairy industry and retail, to enforce sustainability aspects, to formulate recommendations regarding the...
Read more
The pre-tax profit of agricultural social enterprises increased by one and a half times in 2022
The pre-tax profit of agricultural cooperatives with double-entry bookkeeping increased by about one and a half times (!), from HUF 238.6 billion to HUF 355.4 billion in 2022. The significant (HUF...
Read more
Münchausen báró találkozása Mekk Mesterrel – avagy kalandozások a gazdaságpolitika világában
Jaksity György, a Concorde igazgatóságának elnöke immár visszatérő vendége a Business Daysnek. Idei prezentációjából kiderült többek között, miért vannak jó helyzetben az amerikai fogyasztók, és miért kellene sürgősen új modellt...
Read more
The Gellért Hotel is reopened under the management of Mandarin Oriental
The Mandarin Oriental hotel chain, which operates internationally renowned high-end hotels, will operate the Gellért Hotel in Budapest, which is expected to reopen in 2027, the BDPST Group told MTI...
Read more
MKIK GVI: the year-end bonus payment is determined by the number of employees and the ownership structure of the companies
About a quarter of companies in the private sector give Christmas bonuses to their employees (26 percent), but this proportion reaches 72 percent in companies with more than 250 employees,...
Read more
The payment of the bee animal welfare subsidy has begun
Hungary was the first in the European Union to introduce animal welfare support for beekeepers, which farmers requested after 890,000 bee colonies – said Minister of Agriculture István Nagy. István...
Read more