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The increase in food prices and the price cap were the main topics at Tuesday’s session of the Parliament
Date: 2023-04-11 11:38:02
The speeches before the agenda at Tuesday’s session of the Parliament also talked about the increase in food prices, energy prices and the state of emergency. Dániel Z. Kárpát (Jobbik)...
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Colleagues and performers read poems to customers in Tesco stores on Poetry Day
Date: 2023-04-11 11:20:02
On Tuesday, dozens of Tesco employees across the country will read Attila József’s poems over loudspeakers in hypermarkets. Actors Lia Pokorny and Márton Patkós also joined the initiative, reciting one...
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This is the most popular beer skate, but it is only now being cultivated again here
Date: 2023-04-11 11:14:19
The peanut or American hazelnut (Arachis hypogaea) is popular among beer skaters, but after 70 years it has only just started to be cultivated again in Hungary. Nowadays, however, its...
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Deloitte: This year, the total value of commerce in social media may reach one trillion dollars
Date: 2023-04-11 11:13:24
This year, the total value of trade in social media may reach one thousand billion dollars, and the number of customers may reach 5 billion, Deloitte told MTI. The international...
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Will this happen in Hungary, too? Convenience stores without staff are taking over in Germany
Date: 2023-04-11 10:55:37
A Hungarian TikTok user showed how unmanned stores work in Hünfeld, Germany. You can see from the video that there is really no one in the store, whose door does...
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The Czechs would raise the VAT rate on beer, there is great indignation
Date: 2023-04-11 10:04:42
For the time being, there is a lively discussion in the five-party coalition about the plan of Czech Finance Minister Zbynek Stanjur, which would transform the entire tax system. Among...
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VIMOSZ: the business mood in tourism continued to improve in March
Date: 2023-04-11 10:00:39
In March, the TKI tourism business index stood at plus 4 points on the scale between minus 100 and plus 100, which means that the players in the sector perceive...
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Aldi Reaches 400 Stores In Spain, Plans 50 Openings In 2023
Date: 2023-04-11 09:57:38
Aldi has reached the milestone of 400 stores in Spain, with the opening of a new supermarket in Valencia. The new outlet is Aldi’s sixth opening so far this year...
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A fifth of Hungarian women and a quarter of men do not believe in health care
Date: 2023-04-11 09:46:54
The majority of Hungarians (78%) consider health care to be important, but at the same time, almost half of the respondents only remember that they need to take care of...
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A surplus of 513 million euros was generated in foreign trade
Date: 2023-04-11 09:35:11
A surplus of 513 million euros was generated in foreign trade in the second month of the year, which exceeded expectations, mainly thanks to the reduction in energy prices. Partly...
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Recruitment Trends: finding the right candidate for a high-ranking position or a position requiring special skills is a huge job
Date: 2023-04-11 09:33:33
Finding the right candidate for a high-ranking position or a position requiring special skills is a long, laborious, time- and energy-consuming process, which is why the time of recruitment processes...
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International expansion will be supported by Euronics’ new financial director
Date: 2023-04-11 09:29:04
The Hungarian-owned Euronics Technical Store Chain has appointed a new financial director. The position will be filled by Gergely Kiss, who has international financial experience, and who joined the company...
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Nike tops list of teens’ fave clothing, footwear brands
Date: 2023-04-11 09:22:17
Teen self-reported spending was up 2% year over year, with males lead the growth in spending with an increase of 6%, according to Piper Sandler Companies 45th semi-annual “Taking Stock...
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Italian Sofidel to acquire Hakle
Date: 2023-04-11 09:13:39
The shares and brands of German toilet tissue manufacturer Hakle Markenhaus GmbH, which became insolvent in September 2022 due to the energy crisis, could soon be owned by Italian family...
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The international crop price index has been in decline for a year
Date: 2023-04-11 09:00:46
With the March result, the index of international food prices has been falling for 12 months, thanks to the low world market prices of cereals and vegetable oils, the Food...
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NAV found untaxed cigarettes and brandy in the possession of a Bulgarian driver near Nagylak
Date: 2023-04-11 08:07:36
The National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) reported to MTI on Tuesday that the employees of the NAV found cigarettes without Hungarian seal hidden in zip-lock bags and smuggled brandy...
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FAO: Global food prices fell in March
Date: 2023-04-10 11:18:23
According to data published on the website of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Friday, the overall price index was 126.9 points in March, which...
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Circana: retailers have launched fewer new products in recent years
Date: 2023-04-10 11:07:20
Due to the pandemic and the war, the retailers are on the safe side, they do not dare to come up with new products for the time being. It’s true...
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An oversupply and a new plant disease threaten this year’s tomatoes
Date: 2023-04-10 11:01:00
Hungarian growers have no experience with the bacterium Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum yet, according to Nébih, its spread can lead to a 100% crop loss, while earlier concerns of oversupply were also...
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Community and partnership
Date: 2023-04-10 10:49:54
These two answers proved to be the biggest winners in the quiz game organised at the marketing forum of Hungarian Product Nonprofit Kft. Participants had to answer the question: What...
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KSH: turnover of retail stores decreased by 10.1 percent in February
Date: 2023-04-10 10:37:05
In February 2023, according to raw and calendar-adjusted data, the volume of retail trade decreased by 10.1 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, the Central Statistical...
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Retail sales in Romania increased by 3.9 percent in the first two months
Date: 2023-04-10 10:31:12
In the first two months, according to raw data, the volume of Romanian retail trade increased by 3.9 percent compared to the same period last year, the Romanian National Statistics...
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Retail sales in the Czech Republic also decreased in February
Date: 2023-04-10 10:27:00
On an annual basis, retail turnover in the Czech Republic also decreased in February, the rate of decrease was 6.4 percent, lower than January’s revised 6.8 percent. In a monthly...
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Walmart to increase the number of its health centre locations in 2024
Date: 2023-04-10 10:26:36
Walmart will open 28 new healthcare centres in the United States next year; the first ones will be in Missouri and Arizona. By the end of 2024, the nation’s largest...
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ARANYCIPÓ Premium Bread
Date: 2023-04-10 10:25:18
ARANYCIPÓ Premium Bread can already be found in ALDI’s large selection of bakery items, in three different versions. The yogurt, linseed and potato variants of this rye bread are excellent...
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Germany’s REWE and Montenegro’s Voli plan to buy Slovenia’s Tuš
Date: 2023-04-10 10:24:43
Tuš is Slovenia’s fourth biggest grocery retailer and now two retail chains have plans for acquiring it. One of the potential buyers is Montenegrin retail chain Voli, the largest employer...
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Waitrose turn surplus food into animal feed
Date: 2023-04-10 10:22:20
Waitrose has a new initiative to turn surplus food unfit for human consumption into animal feed, contributing to the reduction of food waste. This will take the form of a...
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Alnatura: home delivery in Germany
Date: 2023-04-10 10:20:32
Several hundred Alnatura organic products are now available via the Flaschenpost online shop and home delivery service too – announced the Darmstadt-based organic product retailer. At the start of the...
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Garage beer mixes
Date: 2023-04-10 10:12:45
Our unbelievably flavoursome new Garage beer mixes, Hard Lemon and Hard Strawberry offer instant refreshment. The stylish bottles have special design that calls attention to Garage in the shops, making...
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German, Italian, Dutch, French, Irish, Spanish, Danish, Portuguese and Turkish winners at the European Private Label Awards
Date: 2023-04-10 10:01:24
Altogether 16 retailers from 9 European countries have been named as the winners at the 2023 European Private Label Awards, which celebrate excellence in private label product innovation. The competition...
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