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Hungaricool winners: Top culinary products on the shelves of Interspar stores
Date: 2019-12-18 12:07:26
In the following we present the 10 winners from the 269 entries in the Hungaricool product innovation competition organised by SPAR with professional support from the Agricultural Marketing Centre. Heart...
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Fisheries organization: plentiful supply of fish, price changes are not expected
Date: 2019-12-18 11:40:37
The festive fish supply is plentiful as the weather is favorable for farming and consumer prices are unchanged, compared to last year – the spokesman of the Hungarian Aquaculture and...
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Negotiations on the new Common Agricultural Policy will continue in Brussels next year
Date: 2019-12-18 11:30:23
At the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on Monday, EU agriculture ministers agreed that further negotiations on the details of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) were needed and that an...
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SPAR offers handmade products from the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service
Date: 2019-12-18 11:25:06
The supermarket chain will begin distributing the food of the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service in its selected stores in Budapest and the countryside already before Christmas. The sale of hibiscus...
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Syngenta’s staff donated the children of Mezőtúr
Date: 2019-12-18 11:15:01
Almost 450,000 forints were donated by Syngenta staff at this year’s Christmas fundraising campaign to the Mezőtúr Member of the Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Pedagogical Specialty Board. Children development games and toys...
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The price of coffee jumped to heights has not seen for years
Date: 2019-12-18 11:14:05
Coffee futures quotes have seen an overnight increase since 2015 – origo wrote. However, this is not a big surprise when we consider that commodity prices have increased by 38...
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More than one hundred million forints of fake branded clothes were seized on M43
Date: 2019-12-18 11:11:22
More than nine thousands of fake branded clothes in a value of over seven million forints were seized by a National Tax and Customs (NAV) authority in a Truck on...
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Angel Shoe Box action sets record for helping Transylvanian needy
Date: 2019-12-18 11:10:34
This year a record amount of 730 shoe boxes and fifty kilograms of durable foods have been collected by the Three Kings, Three Princess Movements, together with the Hungarian Scout...
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The Brits also enter the Chinese pork export competition
Date: 2019-12-18 11:09:12
The Asian country is severely affected by African swine fever, a quarter of the herd has been killed or had to be slaughtered, leading to a surge in pork prices,...
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VR application teaches you how to wash hands properly
Date: 2019-12-18 11:08:07
Adherence to hand hygiene rules can reduce nursing and school absenteeism by half, while healthcare-associated infections can be reduced by up to 70 percent. Virtual technology can help in this...
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In Germany, business sentiment improved in December
Date: 2019-12-18 11:04:15
Business sentiment in Germany improved more than expected in December, according to a study by the Ifo Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich. The improvement is another...
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Prices in the euro area have risen
Date: 2019-12-18 11:02:13
Consumer prices in the euro area increased year-on-year in November, in line with analysts’ expectations. Final figures released by the European Union Bureau of Statistics (Eurostat) on Wednesday show that...
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(HU) Lászlópack: új csarnok, új távlatok
Date: 2019-12-18 11:01:33
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(HU) KÖZEL KÉT ÉVTIZEDES A REÁL
Date: 2019-12-18 10:14:53
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Spar Aims To Raise €400,000 For Make-A-Wish
Date: 2019-12-18 08:50:42
Spar has announced Make-A-Wish as its new national charity partner for the next two years, vowing to raise up to €400,000 for the Children’s Charity through collection boxes in more...
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Finnish Plastic-Free Drinking Straw Attracts Funding To Scale Up
Date: 2019-12-18 08:30:27
Finland’s Stora Enso said its biodegradable drinking straws aimed at tackling the world’s plastic waste were now on sale to European customers, while its developer, Sulapac, had raised funds to...
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Nestlé Portugal Invests €11m In Organic Snacks Production Line For Babies
Date: 2019-12-18 08:10:29
Nestlé has announced that it has invested around €11 million in a new production line for organic snacks for babies in its facility in Avanca in Portugal. The new line...
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Hungaricool: With product innovation for the development of the food industry
Date: 2019-12-18 07:31:53
There was extraordinarily great interest in SPAR’s product innovation competition Hungaricool, which was implemented with support from the Agricultural Marketing Centre (AMC). From the 269 entries the 10 winner products...
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The Trade Parliament was in session (Part 2)
Date: 2019-12-17 15:39:55
On Thursday the day’s topic was hypermarkets, discounters, drugstores and e-commerce. The moderators of the day’s work were Zoltán Fekete, secretary general of Branded Goods Association Hungary and HD Group’s...
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We eat apples in winter
Date: 2019-12-17 11:50:51
Hungary does not need to import apples at all, due to the high quality and high yields of apples – magyarhirlap.hu wrote. In the winter season, apples are favored by...
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Századvég: economic growth can be 5 percent this year
Date: 2019-12-17 11:40:48
The Századvég Economic Researcher expects the Hungarian economy to grow close to or even 5 percent in 2019, one of the highest growth rates among EU countries. Slower growth of...
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Nébih: baking margarines met food safety considerations
Date: 2019-12-17 11:27:31
Baking margarines are good from a food safety standpoint, but labeling deficiencies have been reported by the National Food Chain Safety Authority (Nébih) in this year’s closing test of the...
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Successful bond issue auction closed by HELL ENERGY
Date: 2019-12-17 11:25:08
The HELL ENERGY Magyarország Kft., Hungary’s leading producer and distributor of energy and soft drinks, was among the first to participate in the Hungarian National Bank’s Growth Bond Program (NKP)....
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You can receive Rossmann’s online order at the drugstore
Date: 2019-12-17 11:25:04
A total of 44 stores in Budapest and its agglomeration also receive packages ordered at the Rossmann Online Drugstore. Rossmann’s drugstore chain has introduced an innovation that is welcomed by...
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Festive catch from turkey
Date: 2019-12-17 11:22:34
The Hungarian family tradition of Christmas lunches and dinners include turkey delicacies for some time. In addition to the usual dishes, Dosso Gabi, the housewife of Gallicoop, offers us some...
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The gap between the richest and poorest EU member state is narrowing but still huge
Date: 2019-12-17 11:08:32
Slightly reduced but still huge gap between richest (Luxembourg) and the poorest country (Bulgaria), according to a report released last Thursday by the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat)....
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GDP growth of the G20 was 0.7 percent in the third quarter
Date: 2019-12-17 11:05:14
Similarly to the second quarter, the gross domestic product (GDP) of the G20, which comprises the 19 largest economies and the European Union, grew by 0.7 percent in the third...
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The international trade union is concerned about the deterioration of profitability in air freight transport
Date: 2019-12-17 11:01:29
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) fears that profitability in air freight transport will continue to decline in 2020, which will lead to the failure of many companies. Andrew Matters,...
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Chinese retail sales increased significantly
Date: 2019-12-17 11:00:09
In November, retail sales and industrial production in China increased with the highest annual growth of the past five months, according to a report from the Beijing National Bureau of...
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Professional success and major innovations at Auchan
Date: 2019-12-17 10:53:43
Ildikó Balázs, head of corporate affairs and quality at Auchan was honoured with the Klauzál Gábor Certificate of Honour on Europe’s Day in Commerce. She received the prestigious prize for...
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