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Plus Introduces Climate-Neutral, Traceable Bananas
Dutch retailer Plus has announced that it has introduced fully traceable, climate-neutral bananas. The retailer partnered with supplier Fyffes and technology company, SIM to implement blockchain mapping on its banana...
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Lidl Belgium Launches ‘Super Fair’ Private-Label Chocolates
Lidl Belgium has launched ‘Way to Go’, a new range of ‘super fair’, private-label chocolate SKUs that offer Ghanaian cocoa farmers an extra premium above the Fairtrade price. Priced at...
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Magazin: Figurák díszlépésben
A fizetőképes kereslet nevéhez méltóan egyre többet fizet év végén a szezonális édességekért. A piacon a kakaóbevonós mikulások és konzum szaloncukrok csillaga már korábban leáldozott. Immár a speciálisabb, hozzáadott értékkel...
Read morePublic Procurement Authority: last year 7 percent of all public procurement was linked to the agricultural sector
Almost 7 percent of all public procurement last year was attributable to the agricultural sector – Rigó Csaba Balázs, President of the Public Procurement Authority told M1 news channel. The...
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Organic food sales in Tesco increased by third
Autumn is back, and slowly we are back to our usual routine. We bid farewell to the waterfront scones, corn, ice cream and paid more attention to a full meal....
Read moreThe agricultural machinery market continued to expand in the first half of the year
After the record of previous years, the agricultural machinery market continued to expand in Hungary in the first half of the year; farmers and agricultural entrepreneurs bought new machinery for...
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A professional meeting to promote co-operation in the food industry started in Budapest
An international technical meeting to promote food industry cooperation will be held in Budapest. At the two-day event, which started on Thursday, 105 professionals from 14 countries are taking part...
Read morePenny Market distributes the most Hungarian Product-branded private label products
The Penny Market was awarded at the Hungarian Product Merchant of Excellence award ceremony: the international supermarket chain received a special prize for the distribution of most Hungarian-branded private label...
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The food remaining at OMÉK is used for charitable purposes
The food, which remains at the end of the 79th National Exhibition and Fair for Agricultural and Food Industry (OMÉK), will be used for charitable purposes – the organizers told...
Read moreThe OECD has downgraded its global economic growth forecast
The OECD has lowered its earlier forecast of growth in the world economy this year to the lowest level since the financial crisis of 2008-2009, due to growing trade conflicts...
Read moreAB InBev Brewery issues shares in Hong Kong
The world’s largest brewer plans to involve 5 billion USD capital through a Hong Kong share issue – origo wrote. However, AB InBev has significantly modified its earlier vision, but...
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Nébih: high levels of formaldehyde dissolution from a Chinese coffee mug were measured
The Polish authority measured high levels of formaldehyde dissolution from a Chinese cup of melamine-containing bamboo fiber. The product was also shipped to Hungary. The National Food Chain Safety Authority...
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Amazon focuses on smaller cities
Smaller cities will be the targets of the one-week campaign for Amazon online retail giant’s Indian subsidiary. The campaign to be launched on 29 September – origo wrote. The company...
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Unilever uses electricity from renewable sources
Unilever’s factories, offices, R&D facilities, data centers, warehouses and distribution centers on all five continents now use only renewable electricity – the company told MTI on Thursday. According to the...
Read moreFor the first time in ten years, IATA has seen a decline in air freight worldwide
“For the first time in ten years, the volume of air cargo worldwide will decline this year, with significant yield reductions, but the industry is flexible enough to survive this...
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METRO urges partners to operate sustainably
According to a forecast by the UN’s Economic and Social Affairs Department, the Earth’s population will be 9.7 billion by 2050 and it will go above 11 billion by the...
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At LG Future Talk Powered by IFA, LG Shows How AI Can Make Anywhere Feel Like Home
At a panel talk event to kick off IFA 2019 in Berlin, Dr. I.P. Park, president and Chief Technology Officer of LG Electronics, shared the company’s vision for an AI-powered...
Read moreRetail sales growth accelerated in the Czech Republic
In July, retail sales growth in the Czech Republic accelerated to seven percent. In June, the figure was 4.8 percent – the Czech Statistical Office announced in Prague on Thursday....
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Magazin: Amikor igenis számít a külső…
Bár alig ért véget a nyár, és az év végi ünnepi időszak még távolinak tűnik, a gyártók és forgalmazók már javában készülnek a karácsonyra hagyományos és trendi ajándékcsomagjaikkal. Kínálatukat a...
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Unusual taste combinations and innovative product ideas among the bests of the SPAR-Hungaricool product innovation competition
In a new initiative unique to the Hungarian retail industry, the supermarket chain, with the professional support of the Agricultural Marketing Center, sought out the best domestic food industry innovations...
Read moreOpten: production figures of domestic companies is improving
According to Opten, corporate finance reports for 2018 show a fundamentally positive picture of the Hungarian economy, with a significant increase in the productivity of companies based on revenue per...
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Farmers in Zala County expect a good harvest
In Zala County, 6500 hectares of sunflower, 29 551 hectares of corn, 5354 hectares of soybean and 140 hectares of sugar beet are expected to be harvested in the autumn....
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Tours to promote wine gastronomy and values in the Villány region
Sports, culture, gastronomy and wine enthusiasts will be welcomed to the Villány wine region on Saturday during a tour at the Vintage Rolling Dunes – the organizers informed MTI. Organized...
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The food and beverage vending machine market is expanding
The automatic operators exchange machines, but they are also constantly asking for the equipment to be relocated and to stop operating – Világgazdaság Online wrote. . There is considerable movement...
Read moreITM: the number of young people completing IT training should be increased
The number of young people completing IT trainings needs to be increased – the Deputy Minister of State of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology told M1 news channel on...
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The village economist office in Kunszentmiklós was renewed
The renovated village economist office in Kunszentmiklós was handed over to help nearly eight hundred farmers in the area – the National Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) told MTI on Wednesday....
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Used cooking oil is collected at home in Kaposvár from the end of the year
Kaposvár will be the first in Hungary to introduce the recollection of used cooking oil for home use by the end of this year – Mayor Szita Károly (Fidesz-KDNP) told...
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The Amazone site in Debrecen has been handed over
The new Amazone site in Debrecen was handed over on Tuesday at the local Határ Road industrial park, the investment cost 400 million forints – Kovács Tamás, managing director of...
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Annual inflation in the euro area was stagnant in August
The pace of year on year consumer price increase was stagnant in the euro area in August. According to the final figures released by the European Union Bureau of Statistics...
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NO microplastics – by ROSSMANN
In the future the product marking we introduced this year, ‘NO microplastics’, will appear on every ROSSMANN cosmetics brand (scrub, shampoo, shower gel) that doesn’t contain solid microplastics or liquid...
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