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Promotional products must be displayed at the entrance to the shops
As we have previously reported, the government announced that food promotions will be mandatory in larger stores. The list of discounted products must be prominently displayed at the entrances of...
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Randstad Award 2023: Samsung, BT and Mercedes-Benz are the most attractive domestic employers
On April 20, 2023, this year’s domestic winners of the Randstad Award, the world’s most comprehensive employer brand research, were announced at a gala event in the Várkert Bazaar. Samsung...
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Do salaries follow the inflation in the food industry?
In February 2023 Randstad published a study, for which they interviewed the heads of 246 companies about how the different sectors are doing and what the salary trends are. In January...
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István Kapitány became the president of the Managers’ Association for another three years
On April 18, 2023, the Managers’ Association held its annual and renewal general meeting, where István Kapitány, Shell’s global executive vice president, was elected president of the organization for another...
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Despite the import ban, Ukrainian honey makes life miserable for Hungarian beekeepers
The Hungarian government has banned the import of several agricultural products from Ukraine, including honey. While Hungarian beekeepers welcome the decision, they still face challenges because of the influx of...
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The Grain Association opposes the ban on Ukrainian imports
The Hungarian Grain Association, as the representative of grain and oilseed traders and processors, does not support or agree with any market-restrictive measures. It was already confirmed that the export...
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We throw away 150,000 tons of food in the domestic hospitality industry – this can be significantly reduced from now on
In Hungary, we throw away 1.8 million tons of food every year, this amount packed on a truck would mean that it would be the turn from Budapest to Paris....
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PENNY’s most popular private label product line has been renewed
The Sissy product line has been one of PENNY’s own brand products since the beginning, so customers have been able to enjoy its reliable, high-quality dairy products for more than...
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Landscape variety, organic tomato seedlings can conquer again
We hear more and more often about the importance of preserving biodiversity, but perhaps few people know that we ourselves can do a lot to protect and maintain the biological...
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Hungarian strawberry growers expect a promising season
The heated cultivation of strawberries is slowly coming to an end, the domestic strawberry season begins with good flowering and crop prospects in the open field, although the cold weather...
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The domestic rabbit industry relies on tenders
Hungarian rabbit breeders are in a particularly difficult situation as the increase in their costs has led to most of them operating at a break-even or loss-making level in rabbit...
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Pepsi soft drinks will probably be bottled in Szentkirály from next fall
Pepsi soft drinks will probably be bottled in Szentkirály from next fall. Szentkirályi Magyarország Kft. is working out the details, but information on timing and costs is not yet known....
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Rossmann has opened one of its largest domestic stores
Rossmann Magyarország renovated its store in the Mammut shopping center as part of an investment of HUF 170 million. The store was designed following the latest German concept, so it...
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György Raskó: without Ukrainian corn, there will be a huge shortage of corn on the domestic market
Agricultural economist and farmer György Raskó shared his experiences with the ban on his social media page. “It was exactly a week ago that I called the manager of one...
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Profession.hu: The number of active job seekers increased significantly compared to last year
In the first quarter of 2023, the number of employee applications increased compared to the same period of the previous year, while companies advertised 18 percent fewer jobs. Within the...
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The Borsodi Brewery turned 50 years old
The Borsodi Brewery started its operations fifty years ago, in April 1973. Since then, Borsodi Világos has become an important part of the domestic beer culture, one of the permanent...
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Guide dogs for the blind are supported by Purina and WSZL
Purina and WSZL are celebrating 15 years of cooperation with a HUF 12 million donation to guide dogs. On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of their cooperation, the two...
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K&H: the satisfaction of young people shows an extremely favorable change
The first quarter of 2023 brought an extremely favorable change: the value of the K&H youth index rose to +14 points from the record low level measured in the last...
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Possibilities of remote sensing developments in agriculture
The key to successful domestic agriculture is the modernization of the state and the farmer’s side – said Anikó Juhász at the meeting held in the Ministry of Agriculture, at...
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The Borászok Borásza awards were presented
The awards for the Borászok Borásza award were presented on Friday in Budapest, this year the Borászok Borásza went to Szekszárd winemaker Zoltán Heimann, who was nominated by the winners...
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Biggest family businesses keep going strong
Family businesses are growing faster than the global economy – reveals the latest Global Family Business Index ranking by EY and the University of St. Gallen. On the Top 500 list...
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More changes in NETA rules from March
As of 1 March 2023 the government added a third exemption from the public health product tax (NETA) payment obligation: for products sold in the domestic market, which the buyer...
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Albert Heijn adds new products to its low-price private label selection
Dutch retailer Albert Heijn has added 100 new products to its Prijsfavorieten campaign, which seeks to offer affordable private label FMCG products for households. As part of a four-week campaign,...
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Hungarian strawberry growers expect a promising season
The heated cultivation of strawberries is slowly coming to an end, the domestic strawberry season begins with good flowering and crop prospects in the open field, although the cold weather...
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The Polish government has adopted a farmer support package
The Polish government adopted a package to help farmers on Friday, according to which, among other things, additional support will be paid to the purchase price of cereals and a...
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TeSzedd has started! waste collection action week
For the eleventh time this year, TeSzedd started on Earth Day! – The campaign for a clean Hungary is voluntary, the largest voluntary waste collection program in the country –...
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A shipment of beer had to be destroyed due to a violation of the protection of origin
The Belgian customs authority destroyed a shipment of beer from the United States, citing the European regulation on the geographical indication of origin, it was announced on Friday. The spokesperson...
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Jászság became the new center of truffles
The Jászság region is known for being one of the best places in Central Europe for summer truffle hunting. Despite the relatively small amount of forests with the necessary conditions...
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Greenpeace and Humus assess whether the bags sold as degradable actually decompose
Greenpeace Hungary, together with the Humus Association, buried plastic bags purchased from domestic food chains and offered as degradable in the Humus composter to check whether the bags decompose and,...
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More than five hundred customers were defrauded in a series of online scams
The police arrested three men who, together with their companions, harmed more than five hundred customers by advertising non-existent goods, and thus obtained more than fifty million forints, the Budapest...
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