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Czech retail sales increased
In August, the value of retail sales in the Czech Republic increased by 4.1 percent year-on-year calendary adjusted, the Czech Statistical Office said in Prague on Friday. Czech retail has...
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It would not only be good for agriculture if more cabbages were to be consumed
As in the past year, about 4,000 hectares of brassicas are grown in Hungary in 2021. Syngenta said at its professional event in Ócsa that the hungarian consumption of fresh...
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In the service of value and quality
On 9 September, the Value and Quality Awards were presented to the winners for the fourth time in the building of the Hungarian Parliament. Organised by DIAMOND Szervezőiroda Bt., ExVA...
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Here’s AMC’s new business development program: the Hungarian Food Business Program
The Agricultural Marketing Centre presented online, real-time food catalogue and event management software under the name of Hungarian Food Business Program in the 80th century. National Agricultural and Food Exhibition...
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The 2021 Sustainable Future Awards have been presented
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The Kiváló Minőségű Élelmiszer (KMÉ) trademark is on the screen again
The Agricultural Marketing Centre (AMC) is launching a national media campaign to promote the High Quality Food (KMÉ) trademark in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture (AM) and the National...
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Smurfit Kappa Launches Customisable eHealth & Beauty Packaging
Smurfit Kappa has launched a unique range of circular packaging solutions for the rapidly growing online health and beauty market. The customisable eHealth & Beauty portfolio includes sustainable, paper-based packaging solutions ideal...
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Kaufland Celebrates Five Years Of Quality Meat Programme
German retailer Kaufland is celebrating five years of own quality meat programme, launched in October 2016. Since then, the company along with its contract farmers, has been committed to better...
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Nestlé To Plant 3.5 Million Native Bamboo Clumps And Trees In The Philippines
Nestlé has launched a new initiative to plant two and a half million native bamboo clumps and a million trees over the next three years in the Philippines. This reforestation...
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OMÉK celebrates and embraces Hungarian farmers
A change of era is taking place in Hungarian agriculture and the Hungarian countryside, said István Nagy, Minister of Agriculture, at the opening of the National Agricultural and Food Exhibition...
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FAO Food Price Index rises further in September
World food commodity prices rose in September, led by tightening supply conditions and robust demand for staples such as wheat and palm oil, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...
Read moreAnalysts: pension premium payment could give another boost to retail sales
Retail sales growth accelerated somewhat in August, but the pace is still below pre-pandemic levels. Demand may strengthen further in the coming months, and the payment of the pension premium...
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The members of Magyar Bankholding help the agricultural sector with huge loans
The member banks of Magyar Bankholding, Budapest Bank, MKB Bank and Takarékbank, have a total loan and leasing portfolio of almost 500 billion HUF in the agricultural sector, which together...
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Producer price growth in the euro area slowed in August
Producer prices in the euro area rose less in August than in the previous month and than expected, according to a report published by the European Union’s statistical office, Eurostat,...
Read moreThe value of online orders increased by 76 percent in the first nine months in Romania
The value of orders placed in online commerce in Romania increased by 76 percent and the number of orders increased by 54 percent in the first nine months, compared to...
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This year’s French wine production could be 27 percent lower than last year
The French Ministry of Agriculture has published a somewhat more optimistic forecast for wine production this year, which is expected to be 27 percent lower than last year. On Thursday,...
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Donations are made by Hungary’s first electric truck produced in series
Hungary’s first electric-powered truck, manufactured in series, debuts with a goodwill mission: Volvo FL Electric, operated by WSZL, distributes a joint donation of HUF 5 million to the Ecumenical Relief...
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Śnieżka Group: Paint market has returned to pre-pandemic levels
A Śnieżka Csoport értékelése szerint az idei első félévben a festékpiac visszatért a koronavírus-járvány előtti működéséhez, emellett a prémiumtermékek iránti fokozott vásárlói érdeklődés tartósnak bizonyul mind Lengyelországban, mind Magyarországon. A...
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Swiss-Icelandic partnership launches the world’s largest CO2 extraction plant
Switzerland-based startup Climeworks, which specialises in carbon dioxide air capturing technology, has teamed up with Icelandic carbon storage firm Carbfix, to develop the world’s largest carbon-capturing plant. The plant has been in...
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Nestlé To Add Plant-Based Egg, Shrimp On Menu
Nestlé is launching plant-based substitutes for egg and shrimp that closely mirror the taste, nutrition and performance of the originals, the food group has said, extending its range in the...
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The year of opportunities and challenges in the oral care market
According to Boglárka Hering, GSK’s consumer healthcare brand manager, oral care product value sales were growing below the level of the inflation rate in the first six months of 2021,...
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Underwater parking garage for bicycles helps wildlife and pedestrians
Cycling is extremely popular in the Netherlands where there are more bikes than people. This is one reason why bicycle parking is at a premium and the country is in...
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Growing wheat costs are a challenge for Barilla
Tight global wheat supplies and soaring raw material prices are posing a challenge for Italian pasta maker Barilla (established in 1877) – at the same time also exposing fragility in...
Read moreAldi’s Polish expansion
Aldi is planning to open seven stores in Poland in September, as it intends to have 200 units across the country by the end of the year. The discounter has...
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Swiss company Emmi to buy US feta cheese brand Athenos
Swiss dairy company Emmi has bought US feta cheese company Athenos from Lactalis Group for an undisclosed sum. This step will help Emmi to strengthen its position in the US...
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Lidl Serbia promotes local products with new private label
Lidl Serbia has recently launched a new private label brand, S ljubavlju, domaće (With love, local), consisting of about 80 products made by local producers. Lidl says the new product range...
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Czech retailer Albert introduces digital price tags in more stores
Until the end of the year Czech retailer Albert plans to introduce digital price tags in another ten stores. The retailer has already installed more than 500,000 electronic price tags...
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Bulgaria’s Fantastico Group opens new store and entertainment complex in Pernik
Bulgarian retailer Fantastico Group (established in 1991) has unveiled a new multi-use retail and entertainment complex in Pernik. The new 10,753m² complex opened in August and took 10 months to...
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Polish beer brand Żubr helps Biebrza National Park
Żubr has started a long-term cooperation with the Biebrza National Park in order to reclaim the land on its territory – about ٤٠ percent of the park is now privately...
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San Benedetto is still the No.1 non-alcoholic beverage in Italy
For the sixth year in a row, Acqua Minerale San Benedetto is the biggest player in the Italian non-alcoholic drink market. Fully Italian-owned company San Benedetto had a 16.3-percent market...
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