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Online Retailers Face Cardboard Shortage
Date: 2022-09-05 07:52:43
According to the German E-Commerce and Mail Order Association (bevh), online retailers are currently suffering from significantly rising costs for cardboard packaging. Bottlenecks could arise if the energy crisis intensifies...
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PepsiCo rolls out healthier crisps
Date: 2022-09-05 07:50:25
PepsiCo has launched its first ever high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) compliant range of “healthier” Walkers and Doritos crisps. Popular crisp brands Walkers Baked and Doritos Dippers have...
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Magazine: We want to use less plastic
Date: 2022-09-05 06:52:30
Plastic Free July is a worldwide initiative that is getting more popular year after year: its goal is to turn this month into a plastic-free one, when consumers don’t buy...
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German Consumer Sentiment Reaches All-Time Low In September
Date: 2022-09-05 04:34:59
According to the German Retail Association (HDE), consumer sentiment in the country deteriorated again in September amid concerns about the energy crisis, high inflation, and COVID-19 related uncertainties. Having reached an all-time low...
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Tesco to increase store security as “desperate people” turn to shoplifting
Date: 2022-09-05 02:43:53
Tesco will increase security measures across its stores as “desperate people” turn to shoplifting amid the cost-of-living crisis. Chairman John Allan said shoppers will see extra security tags on food as well...
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TIM State Secretary: the number of products with the eco-label is already close to 90,000
Date: 2022-09-03 19:45:27
The increase in interest in environmentally friendly products is shown by the fact that the number of products with the eco-label is now close to 90,000 – the state secretary...
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Extra caution is justified: bird flu is once again spreading throughout Europe
Date: 2022-09-02 22:09:42
From Portugal to Finland, the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus has been detected in several European countries in recent weeks, which clearly proves that the disease continues to pose an...
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The Association of European Fertilizer Manufacturers is asking the EU for help due to high gas prices
Date: 2022-09-02 21:43:53
According to Fertilizers Europe, much of European fertilizer production has been forced into temporary or complete shutdown due to exploding gas prices, which are more than 1,000% higher than a...
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The Ministry of Agriculture strengthens the system of food chain supervision
Date: 2022-09-02 21:28:10
The past years have presented serious challenges to all segments of the food chain, to which we must respond, so in the future the supervision of food chain safety will...
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The amount of funds available for rural development has tripled
Date: 2022-09-02 20:25:03
Thanks to the 80 percent domestic co-financing, compared to the previous EU cycle, the amount of resources available for rural development has tripled, to 4,265 billion in seven years, said...
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These are now the challenges of supply chain management in the food industry
Date: 2022-09-02 18:15:53
The supply chain management area is of strategic importance to manufacturing companies in crisis situations. As Ukraine is one of The Most Important Agricultural Exporters in Europe, the ongoing war...
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FAO Food Price Index drops for the fifth consecutive month in August
Date: 2022-09-02 14:55:04
The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 138.0 points in August 2022, down 2.7 points (1.9 percent) from July, registering its fifth consecutive monthly decline. Despite the latest drop, the index remained...
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Sustainability: Commitments vs. reality
Date: 2022-09-02 12:57:29
In Poland PwC’s ESG team published the results of a survey in mid-July, which can help to understand the Hungarian retail and consumer industry too. Half of Polish firms are...
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Mastercard: the start of school boosts retail traffic across Europe
Date: 2022-09-02 11:59:37
According to Mastercard SpendingPulse™, which measures in-store and online retail sales, total retail sales are expected to increase in the first few weeks of back-to-school compared to last year –...
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EY & Oxford Analytica: this is how investors’ expectations become stricter
Date: 2022-09-02 11:46:40
Money in green funds is growing, despite this, raising capital may become more and more difficult even for companies operating responsibly from an environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) point...
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Tesco takes steps to save plastic
Date: 2022-09-02 10:46:22
Tesco has stopped using wrapping on its private label, multipack juice cartons, water bottles and fizzy drinks, to achieve its sustainability goal of saving 45 million pieces of plastic a...
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Gfk: moderate growth is expected in the technical consumer goods market after the record year of 2021
Date: 2022-09-02 10:33:58
Moderate growth is expected in the technical consumer goods market in 2022 after the record year in 2021 Demand has already slowed down in the first six months of 2022...
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The wine market is more price sensitive than ever
Date: 2022-09-02 10:09:22
The Budavar wine festival will open soon, and there are more and more similar events across the country, for example the Sopron Harvest Days will start soon. How do wine...
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K&H: a significant part of Hungarians could only go without pay for 1 month
Date: 2022-09-02 10:02:56
Although salaries have risen significantly in recent years, by more than 15 percent, the period that can be bridged without a salary has not increased. 30-59-year-olds could bridge an average...
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STAR Brodo broths
Date: 2022-09-02 09:32:48
STAR Brodo Broths are ready-made, instantly edible, filtered and, skimmed broths/soups, which are made of quality raw ingredients (meat, vegetables) and free from preservatives, gluten and glutamate. Contact: Brodo Hungary Kft....
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On average, young people spend HUF 40,000 during a festival, beer is priced between HUF 400-500
Date: 2022-09-02 09:00:48
More than half of young people go to festivals with parental funds, typically 1-2 times a year, on which they spend an average of HUF 39,312 each, according to research...
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August is the month of Hungarian products
Date: 2022-09-02 08:28:15
In August nine Hungarian FMCG manufacturers took part in the Hungarian product month programme, which was organised by Hungarian Product Nonprofit Kft. Managing director Eszter Benedek explained that every year...
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Colgate-Palmolive takes over pet food plants from Red Collar Pet Foods
Date: 2022-09-02 07:44:35
Colgate-Palmolive plans to pay USD 700m for three dry pet food manufacturing plants in the USA, currently owned by Red Collar Pet Foods. The factories are situated in South Carolina,...
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Magazine: Change is inevitable and urgent
Date: 2022-09-02 06:29:37
According to data from the United Nations, from the food that is wasted globally 3 billon people could be fed. What makes the problem even worse is that 10% of...
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Minister of Economic Development: it’s time to put an end to price caps
Date: 2022-09-01 12:22:22
The price caps fulfilled their role, but they are meant to deal with temporary difficulties, and now they are more and more expensive to maintain – said the minister responsible...
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Coca-Cola HBC Hungary became the exclusive domestic distributor of Bacardi-Martini products
Date: 2022-09-01 12:03:02
Today, Coca-Cola HBC Hungary became the exclusive distributor in Hungary of certain premium alcohol brands of Bacardi-Martini, the world’s largest privately owned alcoholic beverage producer. Thus, starting in September, the...
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A kilo of pork could soon cost up to 4,000 HUF
Date: 2022-09-01 11:04:12
The small producers of the pork sector are extremely disappointed, but the larger meat plants are not optimistic either. A significant increase in the current prices would be justified, as...
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A new package of measures was created to help the work of the wine industry
Date: 2022-09-01 10:52:51
In recent years, we have found our way back to the heritage of the ancients, to the traditions of champagne production, and the Hungarian winemakers, who are always looking for...
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Fewer animals were sent to the slaughterhouse in the first half of the year
Date: 2022-09-01 10:41:19
In the first half of this year, slaughterhouses in Hungary slaughtered 5.5 percent less cattle, 6.5 percent less pork, and 12.8 percent less poultry, according to a summary published on...
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Support options for soil-friendly farming within the framework of the new KAP
Date: 2022-09-01 10:27:09
In the period of the new Common Agricultural Policy (KAP) until 2027, agriculture will receive three times as much resources as before, part of which must be used for soil...
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