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Retail sales increased in the euro area
In the euro area, the volume of retail trade turnover increased by 1 percent in November, compared to the previous month and was 7.8 percent higher than in November 2020,...
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Support can be requested from the Auchan Foundation for food-related projects
The Auchan Foundation embraces important social causes and encourages good solutions. It mobilises its resources mainly for the benefit of the local communities where it is present with its stores....
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K&H: when yoghurt or shoes become more expensive – this is what “child inflation” looks like
The price increase is ubiquitous, even affecting children’s “shopping carts”, through which pocket money and wallets are affected. Fruit yoghurts, for example, have increased by 10 per cent in a...
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Let’s pour clean water into the glass
Sustainability and environmental protection affect all of us, thus in 2020 NRC decided to do research every six months on what Hungarians think and do about sustainability. Insufficient information and...
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A new campaign for musical Túró Rudis
Polka Dots and Spotify start the year with an innovative joint campaign that is unique throughout the CEE region. The iconic dots have been replaced by hearts again until Valentine’s...
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Hungarian Product trademark turns costs into savings
Eszter Benedek, managing director of Hungarian Product Nonprofit Kft. explained that a company which decides to start using the trademark has to calculate with two types of fees: 1. the...
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Főtaxi has entered the instant parcel delivery market
Focusing on the business segment, Főtaxi launched its parcel delivery service. The instant courier service, Főtaxi GO, is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, delivering almost everything...
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SPAR Austria Names New Logistics Manager
SPAR Austria has announced the appointment of Robert Pichler as its new logistics manager, effective 1 January 2022. Pichler has extensive professional experience and most recently headed the St. Veit Driving...
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Walmart Plans To Expand InHome Delivery To 30m Homes In 2022
Walmart has announced that it will expand its InHome delivery service to 30 million US households by the end of this year. To achieve this target, the retailer plans to...
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Magazine: About food regulations in an understandable way: The probiotics story
According to a recent survey, almost 60 percent of Hungarians know what probiotics are and the majority of them are familiar with their beneficial effects. Besides, half of consumers are...
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One day, we spent 3416 forints in the store
But if you live in Budapest, you can live for 3,987 forints. And if it’s in Nograd, it’s 2,476 forints. In the first three quarters of 2021, the difference in...
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KSH: sales of retail stores increased by 3.8 percent
In November last year, the volume of retail trade turnover increased by 3.8 percent, compared to the same period of the previous year, according to both raw and calendar-adjusted data,...
Read moreAdditional resources for the dairy sector again
The government is committed to the development of domestic milk production and milk processing, therefore the actors of the sector will receive additional resources for development and expansion in the...
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MKIK: 81 percent of companies plan to raise wages this year
This year, 81 percent of companies plan to raise wages, 18 percent indicated that they will not change wages, while 1 percent expect a decline, MKIK told MTI in its...
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The Ministry of Agriculture also helped the wineries with extraordinary support
The wineries that were severely affected by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on hospitality and tourism received 1.5 billion HUF in support at the end of 2021, the Ministry...
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Nigeria is also interested in Hungarian seeds
A cooperation agreement has been concluded between the Seed Association Interprofessional Organisation and Product Council and the Maize Association of Nigeria. In addition to mutual information transfer, the aim of...
Read moreEmployment in the United States grew more than expected
The number of employees in the United States grew more than expected in December, the ADP Institute for Labor Data Processing said. According to a report on the website of...
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Inflation in the euro area hit a record high at the end of the year
Inflation in the euro area accelerated to a record high in December, mainly due to continued significant increases in energy prices. According to a preliminary estimate by Eurostat, the European...
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BMI: December has strong results
The Seasonally Adjusted December Value of the Purchasing Managers’ Index (BMI) was 64.8, which was the result of a combination of factors. Due to the holidays, December typically consists of...
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(HU) Megállapodtak a 2022-es bérekről a SPAR-nál
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Family spending could be as much as 27,000 billion HUF in 2022
A thousand and two hundred billion forints suddenly fell into the wallet that you had not expected before. But you also spend 80% of your money, and family spending jumps,...
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BioTechUSA’s new campaign uses everyday advertising faces in its marketing
With the call “Be Yourself”, biotechusa, more than 20 years old, is launching an image building and shopping promotion campaign to show that its products are universal and gender neutral....
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Interest- and no-cost credit facility opens up for pig farmers
Due to the drastic increase in feed prices and the difficulties of the pig market, a new element of the package of measures for the pig sector is becoming available....
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A range of products will be permanently banned in tobacco shops
Within weeks, the marketing of menthol tobacco and cigarettes in Hungary will be banned. According to the notice published in the Hungarian Gazette, Government Decree No. 39/2013 (II.14.) on the...
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M&S Invites Shoppers To Try Lower Carbon Diets
UK retailer M&S has launched its Sparking Change National Challenge, inviting its 14 million Sparks customers to try a lower carbon diet. Sparks customers will receive discounts on the meat-free...
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Aldi UK Rolls Out Its First Own-Brand Vegan Cheese
Aldi UK has introduced its first private-label vegan cheese SKU under the Plant Menu label. The new Plant Menu 200-gram Mature Cheddar Block is made with coconut oil. The product...
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From January 1st, Semmelrock Paving Stone Ltd. was merged into Wienerberger Zrt.
On the first day of the new year, Semmelrock PavingStone Ltd., one of the largest players in Hungarian paving stone and sheet production, will be merged into Wienerberger Zrt. Thus,...
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One company continues to operate Danone’s entire domestic business
With effect from 1 January, Numil Kft. transferred its infant and clinical formula distribution business to Danone Hungary Kft., so in the future the entire hungarian activities of the Danone...
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This new tax will also be introduced in Hungary from 2023: here are the details
On 20 December, the OECD published the rules of the final model for the global minimum corporate tax. The model rules are based on consensus from more than 135 countries...
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