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Hungaricool winners: Top culinary products on the shelves of Interspar stores

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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(HU) KÖZEL KÉT ÉVTIZEDES A REÁL

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Spar Aims To Raise €400,000 For Make-A-Wish

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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