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New president at the head of the National Association of Hungarian Tobacco Growers
The assembly of the National Association of Hungarian Tobacco Growers (Madosz) elected Kenyeres Sándor the managing director of Nyírségi Dohánytermelői Group Kft. as the president of the organization – the...
Read moreEntry to the Brillante distillery competition has begun
The organizers informed MTI about the Brillante – 2021 international distillery competition, which has been the accompanying event of the Gyula Pálinka Festival for many years. As written in the...
Read moreFreight traffic at the Liszt Ferenc Airport was at a record level in the first quarter
Between January and March, the Liszt Ferenc International Airport handled 39.5 thousand tons of cargo, which is a 19 percent increase, compared to the same period of the previous year...
Read moreMTSZ: Hungarian signatures for European initiative to save bees have been gathered
A sufficient number of 15,750 signatures have been collected from Hungary wthin the Save the bees and farmers! European Citizens’ Initiative – the Hungarian Association of Nature Conservationists told MTI...
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Trademark is the best indicator for being Hungarian-made
According to a 500-respondent representative survey conducted by InnoFood Marketing at the end of January 2021, for 84.2 percent of consumers it is trademarks that help to identify the Hungarian...
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Borsodi Brewery sold less beer, but retained its employees last year
Although the results of the Borsod iBrewery fell short, compared to the extremely successful previous, year, it was able to retain all the company’s employees despite the challenges caused by...
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That’s the way Hungarian women have breakfast
Hungarian women spend less time on breakfast than recommended, and although most people are looking for healthy and delicious breakfasts, “life usually intervenes”, according to a viblance poll, which asked...
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Less impulse buying, but the trends continue
Chocolate, wafer and biscuit sales were affected very much by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Sándor Sánta, president of Hunbisco, the Association of Hungarian Confectionery Manufacturers, sweets basically disappeared from...
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Climate-neutral refuelling dor OMV-customers on Earth Day
On Earth Day in Hungary, OMV Hungária Kft. provides its customers with climate-neutral refuelling: in this context, the company pays for the total amount of fuel purchased in its network...
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Sydney to create ‘world-class boulevard’
Sydney is to invest $43.5 million converting the city’s downtown retail destination George Street into what it hopes will become a ‘world-class pedestrian boulevard’. New Italian style grocery comes here...
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Farm labour crisis looming with Covid rates high in Europe
International arrivals to the UK have been delayed by confusion over coronavirus tests Concern over labour availability for the start of the UK picking season is mounting among UK fruit...
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Craftsman delivers sustainable vertical gardens to balconies in Toronto VIDEO
The owner of Made by Mikey, actor Michael Giel, is providing Torontonians with vertical gardens small enough to sit on condo balconies, which are also deep enough to grow any...
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The traditional Hungarian flavours are still popular
Hungarian, high-quality ingredients are gaining ground when buying food, and according to the latest trend, traditional methods of preparation are also being rediscovered. We are also culturally connected to Hungarian...
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GVH draws attention to fraudulent websites
The Competition And Markets Authority (GVH) has recently received an increasing number of consumer signals about substandard websites advertising various health products. The websites on the competition authority’s horizons first...
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The Hungarian labour hire market is cleaning up
As provided for by the European Union, the Hungarian VAT Act was amended from 1 April 2021. In this sense, the VAT treatment rules for temporary agency services have also...
Read moreAfter the weak first quarter, the Beer Association is confident in the recovery of the domestic beer industry
The Hungarian beer industry closed a weak first quarter, but the largest producers are confident that the turnover will pick up for the rest of the year, said Sándor Kántor...
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GKI’s consumer confidence index jumped to a one-year high in April
The GKI consumer confidence index jumped to a one-year high of minus 24.5 points in April, but is still significantly below the level of minus 12.1 points in March 2020...
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Meat exports to Singapore can continue on exceptionally favorable terms
From now on, Hungary can supply pork and meat products to Singapore on more favorable terms than before, domestic producers do not have to meet any additional requirements for exports...
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Stühmer Kft. is expanding its capacity in Eger with government support.
The Stühmer Kft. a manufacturer of confectionery products, is making a significant capacity expansion investment in Eger with government support, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced on Friday...
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Beekeepers are in big trouble this year
The wintry weather of the past few days, the frosts in the morning and the cold days not only made the nightmare of fruit growers a reality, but also put...
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Read moreMorrisons to banish plastic bags
Supermarket giant Morrisons has pledged to remove all plastic carrier bags from its 500 stores over the next year. The chain will switch from its plastic “bags for life” to...
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McDonald’s Closings 2021: Why Hundreds Of Locations Are Closing At Walmart
As the pandemic shifted consumer eating and shopping habits, McDonald’s (MCD) has made changes to its restaurant model by pulling hundreds of restaurants from inside Walmart (WMT) as a result....
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Waves coming and going in the fruit juice sea
In the 1st quarter of 2020 the experts of Sió-Eckes Kft. observed dynamically growing value and volume sales in the FJND market. Sales were also increasing in the June-September period,...
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Magazine: Discounters are conquering Europe
According to the E-Scanner newsletter of the Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA), discount supermarkets have increased their market share and they are playing a very important role in European retail...
Read moreTesco’s results were affected by the coronavirus pandemic
The pre-tax profit of Tesco, the largest UK retail network, declined in the financial year ending February 2020-2021, mainly due to outages and additional costs caused by the coronavirus pandemic....
Read moreNAK: a significant amount of Hungarian asparagus arrives in stores this week
Hungarian asparagus will hit stores later this year, but this week customers can expect a significant amount – the National Chamber of Agriculture said to MTI. This year’s delay was...
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NAK: The alarm period for the hail damage mitigation control system has started
The protection period of the hail damage mitigation control system, which has been in operation since 2018, began on Wednesday – the National Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) told MTI on...
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Indigenous fruit trees are planted in Rákóczifalva
More than thirty different fruit trees native to Hungary will be planted on Thursday in the yard of one of the primary schools in Rákóczifalva, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, in the area...
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