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Survey: The energy costs of companies have tripled
The energy costs of most domestic companies increased by at least three times last year, according to the EY survey of 70 medium and large Hungarian companies. The increased fees...
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Hungaricums give the feeling of the nation, the homeland, the home
Our common mission is to preserve our traditions, identity and culture to the next generations with the help of Hungarian customs and national values. An integral part of the work...
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Renewed Tomi laundry detergents
Thanks to the effective formula, renewed Tomi laundry detergents deliver extra strong performance against stains already from 20°C, and they make large quantities of dirty clothes clean and fresh by...
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Mars stands for gender equality and ending prejudice with more than 10,000 women
Mars, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of sweets, chocolate, food and pet food, recently asked more than ten thousand women from 88 countries: what needs to change in order...
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NielsenIQ: not so gloomy prospects for emerging brands in 2023
Inflation and the cost of living According to NielsenIQ’s latest Hungarian consumer survey, in the past few months a large part of respondents were spending more on FMCG products than...
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Nearly 83,000 businesses operate in Hungary today with management consisting entirely of women
In 2022, the number of social enterprises consisting of purely female company managers increased by more than a thousand companies, although men still dominate the range of owners and signatories...
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Burger King introduces unlimited consumption
Between March 10 and 13, Burger King is offering an all-you-can-eat buffet in some of its Japanese restaurants. True, only from one product. Based on information from promotions.hu, Burger King...
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The National Active Tourism Strategy is ready for social debate
The National Active Tourism Strategy is ready for social debate, everyone can send their comments from Tuesday – the state secretary responsible for active Hungary announced at a press conference...
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You only need to keep the spraying log in e-GN!
We would like to draw the attention of those involved in the management of the management logbook (GN) that currently only the data of pesticide treatments, i.e. sprayings, must be...
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Soaring slaughter pig prices
Data from the Research Institute of Agricultural Economics (AKI) reveals: 585,000 tonnes (live weight) of poultry was slaughtered in Hungary in the first eleven months of 2022. This quantity was...
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Carrefour France Opens New Format Focusing On Fruit And Vegetables
Carrefour France has opened its first two Potager City stores in Paris, which it claims focuses on ‘high quality’ fruit and vegetables at ‘fair prices’. The stores offer as many...
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Czech online grocers look east and west beyond their home market
Two Czech online grocers – one a start-up “unicorn”, the other backed by a billionaire businessman – are taking on Europe’s biggest supermarkets to feed growing appetite for home grocery...
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Last year, fewer animals were slaughtered in slaughterhouses than the year before
Hungarian slaughterhouses slaughtered 97.9 thousand cattle in 2022, 10.4 percent less than the previous year, 4 million 532 thousand pigs, which is a 6.9 percent decrease, and 207.8 million poultry,...
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Matterhorn No More For Chocolate Brand Toblerone
Mondelēz International’s famous Toblerone bar will no longer be permitted to use an image of the Matterhorn mountain, in Switzerland, on its packaging, as it no longer meets Swiss regulations...
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Bird flu has reached Békés county again
The Nébih laboratory confirmed the presence of the bird flu virus in a goose farm in Békés County and in captive birds in Komárom-Esztergom. The animal health authority has designated...
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The American WhatsApp is developing its consumer information practices under European pressure
The Consumer Protection Cooperation Network (CPC), which brings together the European Union’s consumer protection authorities, including the Economic Competition Authority (GVH), has achieved that WhatsApp informs its users more transparently...
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Finnish and Hungarian women in the labor market – What is the key to success?
On April 4, 2023, FinnAgora will organize the Finnovation event for the fourth time, this time focusing on women, namely on the topic of labor market equality. The purpose of...
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The glass ceiling is thicker in Hungary than in neighboring countries
The glass ceiling in Hungary is the thickest in the Central European region, i.e. at the regional level, Hungary has the smallest proportion of women employed in top management, boards...
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HelloParks continues to expand at the southern gate of the capital
HelloParks, founded just over two years ago, continues to expand, launching its latest industrial real estate investment in Alsónémedi. The company plans to build a 60,000 square meter hall on...
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KPMG: growing shopper consciousness
KPMG’s “Me, my life, my wallet” study classified consumers into six categories, based on how important sustainability values are to them, and how this is reflected in their behaviour. Moderates...
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Kalinka in pocket-sized bottle 0,1 l
The latest product in the Kalinka portfolio is now available in shops! Kalinka is the purest premium vodka, which we make according to the classic vodka distilling traditions, and it...
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Seven trends shaping grocery retail in 2023
1. Alcohol manufacturers turn towards ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktails:since those consumers who drink alcohol show growing demand for RTD cocktails, manufacturers will satisfy this need in 2023. Beverage companies believe that a...
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Offering a seamless hybrid shopping experience can be essential in 2023
Communicating values Krishnakumar Davey, president of client engagement at IRI has told Grocery Drive that retailers know: prices have become so high that shoppers can’t spend more, thus retailers are...
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Gen Z at Shop! Ideation
At the end of 2022 Colombus (Ohio, USA) was the host of the annual Shop! Ideation conference. There were presentations about retail and point of sale marketing, a “Retail Challenge”...
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Takarék AgrárTrend Index decreases further
On a 48-point scale, the Takarék AgrárTrend Index dropped to 29.5 points in the last quarter of 2022. Compared with the previous quarter, the decline was 0.1 points, and the...
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Facebook is the top marketing tool for SMEs
According to a recent survey by Marketing Commando, the No.1 marketing tool for Hungarian SMEs is still Facebook – 84% of them use this platform. Second most popular is the...
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New smart device payment for K&H customers
K&H customers can choose from more smart payment solutions: Google Pay now runs on certain types of FitBit smartwatches. Last year Google acquired smart fitness and sports watch company FitBot,...
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NAV grants access to online cash register data
As of 6 February the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) makes it possible for taxpaying enterprises to get access to the data transmitted by their online cash registers. Péter...
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Greener cola production facility with Siemens solutions
The Coca-Cola factory in Austria had partnered with Siemens to install an energy management system, called Simatic Energy Manager Pro, which greatly contributed to the reduction of the factory’s energy...
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Danone: less methane in the supply chain
Danone has announced that it will reduce methane emissions from its fresh milk supply chain by 30% by 2030. By emitting less methane, the dairy company aims to reduce the...
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