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Less frequency but larger baskets
It seems that we have materialized the second wave of the pandemic and restrictions are already getting more drastic, However, is this reflected in customer’s behavior? Signs clearly indicate parallel...
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Not a single link can be weak
Since during the COVID-19 pandemic shoppers were less keen on buying in physical stores, the level of online shopping jumped like never seen before in just a couple of weeks,...
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Henkel wins Green Packaging Award 2020
Henkel and Greiner Packaging have received a special honour, as their innovative and sustainable packaging solution for Persil 4in1 Discs won the World Packaging Organisation’s Green Packaging Award 2020 recognition....
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Health-conscious innovations: What is behind the label?
Already before the pandemic consumers were expecting a rather pro-active attitude from those companies that make health-conscious and healthy food products, primarily in the domain of technological innovations. The COVID-19...
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Fruit syrups are in a winning position
According to Márk Monostori-Kalovits, marketing team leader of Ital Magyarország Kft., 2020 was about renewal for the company, as the full Ági portfolio went through an overhaul. Ági sales...
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The chocolate flavour still dominates
Market research data indicates that shoppers staying home or wanting to get done with shopping quickly have resulted in a sales decrease in impulse product categories. Milk drinks and iced...
Read moreKSH: Prices rose by 3 percent on an annual basis
In October, the annual growth rate of consumer prices slowed to 3.0 percent from the 3.4 percent in the previous month. The moderate annual rise in the prices of food...
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We are importing more and more poultry meat
According to the data of the KSH, the export of poultry meat in Hungary decreased by almost 12 percent to 129 thousand tons, while the import of poultry meat increased...
Read moreThe opening hours of the stores will change from Wednesday
Following Orbán Viktor’s announcement on Monday that a curfew will be introduced in Hungary between 8 am and 5 am to curb the coronavirus pandemic, the opening hours of domestic...
Read moreTesco overnight replenishment and extra bonus for employees
Tesco pays an extra bonus to all its Hungarian store employees for the last month of the year, acknowledging that in addition to the usual holiday load, the pandemic situation...
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Coronavirus: dometic e-commerce traffic can explode at the end of the year for
Due to recent restrictions to help control the epidemic, e-commerce traffic in Hungary could explode again in the year-end shopping season. According to recent surveys, 37% of Hungarians plan to...
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Professional awards for the COOP staff again
Prestigious professional awards were presented last Thursday on the occasion of European Trade Day. The outstanding work of several employees of the COOP Economic Group was also awarded. The professional...
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Lidl continues its salt and sugar optimization program
In 2019, Lidl Hungary announced that it would reduce the added salt and sugar content of its own-brand products by an average of 20 percent by 2025. As a responsible...
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A 7 pm close could affect 30,000 stores out of 120,000
Grocery stores, malls, hypermarkets and large specialty stores need to close sooner than usual, – blokkk.com wrote. Webshops can no longer handle much more, the receiving point also needs to...
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What a vaccine could mean for retail
There’s finally hope of an end to a pandemic that has destroyed lives and livelihoods, and upended consumer behavior. For now, uncertainty still rules. The Monday report that pharmaceutical giant...
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Tesco has taken 454 tons of hard-to-recycle plastic out of use
In February 2019, Tesco undertook to remove all hard-to-recycle materials from its own-brand products by the end of 2020. One and a half years after the commitment, the department store...
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HELL’s sales could increase by a fifth this year
HELL ENERGY, which now has an export market on 5 continents and covers more than 50 countries, was launched as a family business in 2006 and is the market leader...
Read moreChinese pork prices have fallen for the first time in a year and a half
After more than a year, for the first time in China, the price of pork fell, as in the country as production increased, began to alleviate the previously very severe...
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Investor sentiment deteriorated in November in Germany and in the euro area
In November, for the second consecutive month, the German economic research institute ZEW in Germany and the euro area deteriorated significantly, as the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic and...
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Liver paté: A small but strengthening category
Liver paté is a small processed meat product category where sales are growing: 9,700 tons of liver paté is sold in a year – volume sales were up 3.4 percent...
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Greener Common Agricultural Policy
More than half of agricultural revenues in Hungary come from European Union funding, in which the financial resources of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) play a key role. István Tresó,...
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Most people are satisfied with their workplaces in the coronavirus situation
According to an 1,100-respondent nationwide representative survey by Opinio, 64 percent of Hungarians want their workplace to inform them about the COVID-19 situation. 34 percent said the most important is...
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We spend more than 50 thousand on Christmas gifts this year
For the 6th year in a row, Árukereső.hu and GKI Digital have been conducting joint Christmas research, which asks the adult population of the Internet about preparing for the festive...
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Trademark use granted to 19 SPAR Regnum products
Hungarian Product Nonprofit Kft. has granted trademark usage rights to 19 fresh meat products made by SPAR. The certificate guarantees that all of the pigs were bred, slaughtered and processed...
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PLMA – The latest news from Europe
Retailers keep announcing cooperation related decisions. Carrefour and Tesco took a step back in their collective private label product sourcing, because the French competition authority had problems with it. In...
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(HU) Megingathatja a kkv-kat a járvány második hulláma
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Online and health are top trends in the world of private label too
In the PLMALive.eu monthly online video news programme the main topic was the PLMA online ‘World of Private Label’ trade show, which takes place between 1 and 4 December; the...
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GVH gives green light to NAGISZ’s ownership change
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has given its approval to the owners of private equity firm PortfoLion Green Fund (a member of the OTP Group) buying a 97.91-percent share in...
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3D People Countee by Wanzl
More and more merchants are reopening their stores after the forced rest, but the order of entry in the stores and keeping a distance will remain a part of our...
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