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Here is the list of shop goods subject to special offers
In order to break the sanctioned inflation, the government decided to introduce a new anti-inflation tool based on Greek and French examples, obliging retail stores with significant income to announce...
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The spring 2023 seasonal food chain inspection concluded with mixed results
The spring 2023 seasonal food chain inspection ended with mixed results: compared to last year, the number of hygiene deficiencies decreased, but at the same time, in order to protect...
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Katalin Neubauer: the entire retail trade is in a vulnerable position
The high prices are not the fault of the retailers, but rather the result of the high fixed energy costs of producers and suppliers,” said Katalin Neubauer, the Secretary General...
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GVH consulted with the actors of the domestic milk market about its proposals to reduce inflation
The Economic Competition Authority coordinated its proposals aimed at reducing the consumer price of dairy products with five domestic professional organizations and the Ministry of Agriculture. The social consultation of...
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Péter Szijjártó: For the Hungarian food industry, Singapore represents a great opportunity
There is a friendly cooperation between Hungary and Singapore based on mutual respect, which is helped by the fact that the two countries consider their own national sovereignty extremely important...
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The Felgyő slaughterhouse developed a line of meat products containing herbal extracts
Gulyás János és Társa Kft., which operates the slaughterhouse in Fegyő, has developed a line of meat products containing complex herbal extracts, with increased antioxidant properties and a reduced amount...
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Sea cucumber thieves arrested
Japanese police have detained five people suspected of stealing more than 600 kilograms of sea cucumbers off the coast of Fukuoka. According to a report from The Guardian on Wednesday,...
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Hungarian online shops are expanding, but only in Hungary
An e-commerce survey by Growww Digital, Humanize Studio and Kosárérték has found: last year Hungarian e-commerce performed well if compared with the regional average, but the proportion of exporting online...
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Modern environment, new technology in SPAR’s Regnum meat plant in Perbál
A large-scale renovation and modernization worth HUF 1.1 billion has been carried out in the last two years at SPAR’s meat plant in Perbál, so together with the modern Regnum...
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The government places special emphasis on environmental protection
The government places special emphasis on the formation of an environmental protection attitude, on the programs that help this – said the Deputy Secretary of State for Environmental Protection of...
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Children living in extreme poverty received HUF one million worth of toys from CEWE Hungary
CEWE Magyarország was able to hand over HUF one million donations to six institutions that educate underprivileged children. movement (OFEO). The groups of five kindergartens received lots of new toys,...
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Food price inflation didn’t slow down in February yet
Data by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reveals that consumer prices were 25.4% higher in February 2023 than a year earlier. Compared with January 2023, prices augmented by 0.8%. In...
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My successor is ahead of me: only a third of family companies survive the generational change
The number of family businesses in Hungary now exceeds 150,000, and their economic importance is enormous, as they account for about a fifth of domestic companies with billions in sales....
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Zsolt Feldman: vocational training offers young people a life path
Vocational training offers young people a life path, a constant sense of success and the possibility of continuous renewal – said Zsolt Feldman, the State Secretary responsible for agriculture and...
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A Rotower container farm was handed over in Debrecen
A Rotower container farm suitable for hydroponic (soilless) plant cultivation was handed over on Wednesday in Debrecen, at the premises of Green Drops Farm Kft. In the container, four towers...
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The Hungarian Biofuel Association issued a statement regarding the import ban
In response to the situation surrounding grain imports, the members of the Hungarian Biofuels Association (Hungrana Kft., Pannonia Bio Zrt., Rossi Biofuel Zrt.) formulate the following joint position regarding the...
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NAK also supports the European citizens’ initiative to preserve the values of the countryside
Nowadays, the rural regions of the European Union are constantly losing part of their population, heritage, values, and traditions related to agriculture, thanks to, for example, the anti-agrarianism incited by...
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Szallas.hu: the popularity of the Croatian coast among Hungarians has increased
The popularity of the Croatian coast increased this year: by April 20, Hungarians had made 81 percent more reservations than a year earlier, according to Szallas.hu’s own data. According to...
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Continuous development at the MÁV-Volán Group to support bicycle tourism
Bicycle transportation on MÁV flights increased by 40 percent in three years, last year 1.2 million tickets were exchanged for this purpose; the services will continue to expand this year,...
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The balance of the spring 2023 seasonal food chain inspection has been completed
The spring 2023 seasonal food chain inspection ended with mixed results: compared to last year, the number of hygiene deficiencies decreased, but at the same time, in order to protect...
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A Belgian-Hungarian investor group is building a logistics park on the border between Vecsés and Gyál
WLP (Weerts Logistics Park) and RaktárAD, with a Belgian-Hungarian ownership background, are building a 241,000 square meter logistics base on the border of Vecsés and Gyál, with an investment of...
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The number of subsidized producer groups continued to increase
The priority goal of the Ministry of Agriculture is to facilitate the adaptation of the production and performance of recognized producer groups to market requirements, as well as the joint...
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Rotterdam Says Port Traffic Drops Slightly As Inflation Weighs
Throughput in the port of Rotterdam, Europe’s largest sea port, fell 1.5% in the first quarter as high inflation slowed down container traffic, the port’s operator has said. “Especially in...
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‘World first’ powdered beer eyes launch with two brews
German brewer Klosterbräuerei Neuzelle has unveiled what it claims is the world’s first powdered beer. Following two years’ development work, the supplier has produced prototypes of two 0.0% abv brews...
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Walmart+ offering 20K free memberships for Mother’s Day promotion
Walmart plans to give away 20,000 Walmart+ memberships to new moms next month ahead of Mother’s Day. The promotion is in partnership with the Pampers hospital gift bag program. Starting...
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Minister of Agriculture: We will maintain the ban on the import of grain from Ukraine
Although no decision was made at the meeting of the EU agricultural council on the elimination of the internal market crisis in the European Union caused by Ukrainian grain, the...
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Tourism development contribution must be paid again
On March 31, 2023, the emergency moratorium supporting the tourism-hospitality sector expired, so those concerned are again obliged to pay a tourism development contribution. It was provided for consideration and...
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Print media has the third biggest slice of the media cake
According to data from the Hungarian Advertising Association (MRSZ), in 2022 the size of the so-called media cake was HUF 316.3bn, having increased by 3.7% from the previous year. Digital...
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Body odour free zone
This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2023/5 Like-for like value sales augmented by 22.5% in the deodorant market in 2022, and volume sales increased by 2.2%. Mariann...
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Laundry detergent brand Persil puts accessible QR codes on packaging
Laundry detergent brand Persil has placed so-called AQR codes on certain product packagings, in an attempt to improve accessibility for consumers. Unilever wants to add the codes to the full...
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