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HARIBO Color Pops dragées
Date: 2022-09-14 10:16:21
Color Pops dragées add a new colour to the candy palette, and at the same time they are also the perfect choice for consumers looking for something special. In the...
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Manpower: more than a quarter of domestic companies plan layoffs in the fourth quarter
Date: 2022-09-14 10:16:00
For the first time since the first period of the Covid-19 epidemic, more companies operating in Hungary are planning to lay off workers than to increase staff. In the next...
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The Dutch onion market is booming
Date: 2022-09-14 09:55:34
In addition to high sales prices, there is a strong demand for high-quality onions. According to Rinus Wisse, an expert from Wiscomex, the current selling prices of between 0.34 and...
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Takarékbank analysis: catering turnover increased by 5.8%
Date: 2022-09-14 09:51:04
Compared to the rising base due to the gradual opening a year ago, the volume of catering turnover increased by 5.8% in July after the 14.7% increase in June, while...
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This is how the English see customer service work
Date: 2022-09-14 09:47:00
The English company FM Outsource asked 1,000 people about their experience with customer service in 10 sectors – we learned from the VIMOSZ news report. The research found that the...
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Lucart was included in the top 1% of the world’s sustainably operating companies
Date: 2022-09-14 09:42:02
Lucart, which supports sustainable paper production, received platinum certification from the independent agency EcoVadis, which is the highest recognition of corporate social responsibility. Only 1% of the more than 90,000...
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AKI: Hungarian farmers increased their machinery purchases by 80 percent
Date: 2022-09-14 09:20:18
Individual farms and social enterprises bought HUF 165.5 billion worth of new agricultural machines and tools in the first half of this year, which was 80 percent more than a...
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Jobtain: This is worth knowing about the foreign workforce working for us
Date: 2022-09-14 09:06:41
The labor shortage in our country is breaking records compared to the last five years. According to KSH data, 2022. II. a total of 98,648 vacancies were available in the...
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SPAR Austria To Combat Food Waste With Digitalisation
Date: 2022-09-14 08:38:17
Retailer SPAR Austria is aiming to minimise food waste in its stores through new methods, including increased digitalisation of the group’s inventory. In cooperation with the company’s IT unit, Microsoft, and...
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Premier Foods to buy The Spice Tailor for GBP 43.8m
Date: 2022-09-14 08:36:50
Premier Foods is acquiring South East Asian meal kits brand The Spice Tailor for GBP 43.8m. In the 2022-2023 financial year the acquisition is expected to generate a revenue of...
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The European apple crop may be weaker than expected
Date: 2022-09-14 08:23:45
WAPA (World Apple and Pear Association) has reduced its forecast for the European apple harvest by 90 thousand tons – the FruitVeb Hungarian Vegetable and Fruit Association and Product Council...
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Tesco rolls out first dairy-free milk drink range under its Wicked Kitchen label
Date: 2022-09-14 07:35:37
Tesco’s plant-based label Wicked Kitchen has rolled out its very first dairy-free milk drink. There are four variants available: oat, coconut, soy and almond. Products in the dairy-free range contain...
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A significant crop loss is expected in sweet corn due to the severe drought
Date: 2022-09-14 07:28:26
The sector is in trouble: in addition to the extraordinary economic situation caused by world political and economic events, and the explosive increase in costs, this year nature is spectacularly...
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GKI: this is how overheads increased, and this is how it will affect the budget
Date: 2022-09-14 00:10:47
The consumer price index in August 2022 was 15.6% compared to August 2021, while the harmonized price index was 18.6%. Of this, 1 percentage point is explained by fuel purchases...
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“Buttery” bacteria discovered to convert sugar in plant-based drinks into natural flavor
Date: 2022-09-13 17:35:05
Scientists at Denmark Technical University National Food Institute have discovered a new butter flavor to improve the taste of plant-based dairy. “We have been working with butter and fermented dairy products...
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How one Silicon Valley startup is using computer vision to make shopping frictionless
Date: 2022-09-13 12:41:04
Silicon Valley startup AiFi (pronounced like “wi-fi”) is the driving force behind no fewer than 86 “computer-vision powered” autonomous stores in North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. AiFi...
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It is not enough that bread has become more expensive by 70 percent, it can be even more expensive
Date: 2022-09-13 11:46:12
Escaping overhead is also a serious problem for Hungarian bakery businesses – Pénzcentrum points out in a recent article. And although the Hungarian Bakers’ Association does not yet have specific...
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India restricts its rice exports, which could cause a humanitarian disaster
Date: 2022-09-13 11:37:35
India is also limiting its rice exports, after both exports and domestic prices increased due to the rise in world market prices in the recent period. India, the world’s second...
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The impact of covid on consumer habits continues to this day
Date: 2022-09-13 11:29:28
The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has affected consumer behavior in an unprecedented way. The purpose of the research presented by Portfolio was to assess the impact of the lockdown...
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Gift packs with our favourite brands
Date: 2022-09-13 11:24:56
Nikolett Szőke, Unilever Magyarország Kft.’s brand manager believes that the success of Christmas gift packs depends on brand, price and the type/format of products in the pack. The top sets...
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Road carrier costs increased by 22-23 percent in the first half of the year
Date: 2022-09-13 10:54:41
In the first half of 2022, the Road Transport Price Index (KFX), which shows the costs of Hungarian road carriers, shows an increase of around 22-23 percent compared to the...
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Borsodi is expanding: the brewery handed over a new logistics hall
Date: 2022-09-13 10:52:41
The Borsodi Brewery continues the development of its logistics area with the investment worth nearly one billion forints, which has just been completed. The company further modernized its operations, expanded...
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Let’s start the autumn season together at the largest downtown community market!
Date: 2022-09-13 10:48:10
Let’s meet again in the heart of the city center on MARKETS DAY, where Erzsébet tér and Deák tér will once again turn into a huge community market on Sunday,...
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Coop’s private label bacon received an Érték és Minőség Nagydíj
Date: 2022-09-13 10:41:28
On September 8, at the end of the Coop Rally, which was also considered a celebration of Hungarian food production, this year’s Érték is Minőség Nagydíj (Value and Quality Grand...
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POP trade day
Date: 2022-09-13 10:37:29
On 23 June a small but enthusiastic group of POPAI members visited the Artmacth POS factory in Timisoara. Everything at the same place Ágnes Péczely-Tóth, head of sales and marketing...
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Japan’s Wholesale Inflation Hits 9% As Price Rises Broaden
Date: 2022-09-13 10:36:34
Japan’s wholesale prices rose 9.0% in August from the previous year, matching the annual pace of growth in July, signalling that persistently high raw material costs continued to squeeze corporate...
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Employing people with disabilities is a help for many companies
Date: 2022-09-13 10:33:04
Four out of ten Hungarian companies have employees with disabilities, and the majority of employers reported positive experiences with joint work. In the vast majority of cases, the integration of...
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A Hungarian specialist is Danone’s Central and Eastern European HR Director
Date: 2022-09-13 10:29:24
Szentpétery Boglárka joined Danone’s Central and Eastern European team as HR director in September. The Hungarian specialist, based in Budapest, organizes and manages the company’s human resources tasks in the...
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The National Chamber of Agriculture received the family-friendly workplace trademark
Date: 2022-09-13 10:10:56
As the holder of the Family-friendly workplace trademark, the Chamber has become a member of an illustrious club, joining the ranks of such workplaces as – among others – Shell...
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K&H once again awarded the work of Trans-Sped
Date: 2022-09-13 10:01:40
In the environmental sustainability category, K&H awarded the work of Trans-Sped. In addition to ZERO delivery, which enables delivery without single-use packaging, several operating models and initiatives have been introduced...
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