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JYSK: Every year, nearly HUF 30,000 is spent on home furnishings
For the vast majority of Hungarians, 80 percent, it is important for their home to be homely and comfortable, 53 percent are satisfied with their current apartment, and for almost...
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K&H: the desire to innovate is waning
In recent months, Hungarian companies have carefully scaled back their innovation ideas. The K&H innovation index shows a slight decline. The Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict is further worsening the waning corporate...
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Fidelity: The future is in the hands of the Fed
As we approach the year 2023, the world economy faces a combination of challenges, from persistently high inflation and aggressive global policy tightening (led by the Federal Reserve), to the...
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The gourmet offer of OMV and Attila Bicsár comes with winter flavors and a special vegetarian offer
For four years now, OMV has presented a new gourmet selection every season: during the current update, Attila Bicsár, the creative chef of the restaurant Sauska48, which recently received a...
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Auchan makes its customers’ lives easier with a chatbot
Introducing Polly, who always has a good day helping customers. No wonder, since it is a virtual assistant, from the Auchan team! Nowadays, customer service work is not limited to...
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Lidl opens distribution center in the Netherlands
German supermarket Lidl has opened its European distribution center in Roosendaal, in the Netherlands. Eventually, all of Lidl’s online orders in Europe will be fulfilled through this center. In order...
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Orkla To Acquire Hungarian Sandwich Maker Khell-Food
Orkla Foods Europe has entered into an agreement to purchase 100% of the shares in Hungarian ready-made sandwiches and baguettes maker Khell-Food for an undisclosed amount. Established in 1992, Khell-Food...
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Value of no and low alcohol category surpasses US$11 billion in 2022
Consumption of no and low alcohol drinks is set to increase by a third by 2026, spurred on by growing consumer demand, new research has found. No and low alcohol beer,...
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LG CEO shares vision for company’s future at CES 2023
LG Electronics (LG) has announced that it will return “in person” to the CES® trade fair for consumer electronics in January 2023: it will once again welcome visitors with a...
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GKI: Modestly, but business and consumer expectations also improved in December
According to a survey conducted by GKI Gazdaságkutató – with the support of the EU – the rise in the business confidence index is solely the result of a significant...
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The prices of products that replace price-stopped foods have increased drastically
Due to the wave of inflation that began in early 2021 and affected the entire world, the government felt it necessary to intervene in market processes, which then brought further...
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Office and home: how companies handle the HO method?
HO, Home Office – since 2000, this term has been one of the most frequently used words and abbreviations in the industry – not only in FMCG, but in the...
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Nielsen: We bought half as much beer at the world championship as we did during the two weeks of the European Championship
Two-thirds of Hungarians watch the World Cup in Qatar in company, but many also sit down alone for the sake of a World Cup match, NielsenIQ’s consumer research shows. Fans...
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According to Coca-Cola, the best Christmas gift is love
We have reached the third and final Christmas short film in this year’s Coca-Cola anthology. Like the other two, this one touches on a heart-felt subject. The love… The 11-minute...
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Battling for space in the freezers
Tünde Matyasovszky, Bonafarm Zrt.’s senior brand manager (Valdor): “Convenience product sales soared during the pandemic, as people started stockpiling and cooking at home. After the Covid period raw material and...
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The website of the Hungarian food book was presented
On Friday, the Ministry of Agriculture (AM) presented the website of the Hungarian food book, which provides assistance in getting to know the foods and food ingredients sold in Hungary...
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Aldi limits the purchase of price-stop products
A week before Christmas, Aldi decided to limit the amount of its price-stop products that can be purchased, reports Portfolio. The newspaper sent questions to the store chain after images...
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Lidl’s retired customers did not like self-service checkouts
Although self-service checkouts are a convenience for many, some customers, especially the elderly, prefer to pay in person. Up until now, almost only self-service cash registers operated in Lidl on...
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Albert Heijn issues digital bank card
Dutch retailer Albert Heijn has launched a digital debit card, as an additional payment method for customers who order their groceries online. All shoppers need to do is activate their...
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The chemical industry can also have something to do with the development of food prices
According to the analysis of the Egyensúly Institute, the chemical industry does not at first appear to be an extremely important sector in Hungary, since it produced barely 1.5 percent...
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Fish has almost completely disappeared from Hungarian gastronomy
At the end of the 1880s, the average annual consumption of fish per person was below one and a half kilos, which practically halved by the mid-1930s. Although there was...
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The highest annual inflation – 23.1 percent – was in Hungary
In November, inflation in the EU and the euro area also decreased compared to the previous month. In the EU, the highest annual inflation rate was measured in Hungary, the...
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Every Hungarian receives 30.5 kilograms of plastic packaging waste per year
According to statistical data, 40 percent of all plastic use in Europe is used for packaging, and in Hungary, 30.5 kilograms of plastic packaging waste is generated per person per...
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The Wolt Market store in Debrecen has opened
After the opening of the store in Pécs, Wolt Market’s national store chain continues to expand, after Budapest and Pécs, Debrecen is the third Hungarian city where the store’s offer...
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New look packaging for Celebrations
Mars Wrigley is getting ready for one of the most significant rebrands in its 25-year history: Celebrations is getting a new look, in partnership with the Taxi Studio agency. With...
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One hundred million charity for the needy from the Tranzit Group
The Szabó family pays special attention to health institutions that provide care for children. “Social responsibility is essential from those who can do it. This manifests itself in concrete assistance,...
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Auchan Retail establishes energy crisis committee in Portugal
Auchan Portugal has set up a crisis committee for energy management, as part of a wider set of measures to reduce energy consumption in stores and the head office. The...
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New trends in social media
Trade Marketing Club (TMC) members met online on 3 November, to discuss the latest trends in social media. TMC founders Ágnes Csiby, Zsuzsanna Hermann and Ildikó Kátai welcomed the more than...
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Canada is an important agricultural economic partner of our country
Minister of Agriculture István Nagy discussed economic, food, environmental protection and education issues with Marie-Claude Bibeau, head of Canada’s Ministry of Agriculture and Agri-Food Industry, in Montreal on Friday. At...
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The wage band will be mandatory in Europe
On December 15, 2022, the European Commission announced that the European Parliament and the Council had agreed on a directive on wage transparency. New regulations are being introduced, which provide...
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