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Lidl Switzerland Partners With Empa For Sustainable Energy Project
Lidl Switzerland has announced that it has joined forces with Empa to develop a system that generates fossil-free fuel from excess renewable electricity. The project will see the development of...
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Spar Croatia Adds Locally Sourced Organic Eggs To Its Assortment
Spar Croatia has announced that organic eggs of local origin are now available in Spar and Interspar stores across the country. The move highlights the retailer’s aim to promote the...
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Aldi will install TRAFFIC LIGHT system on store doors which will keep them closed if there are too many customers inside with marshalls on patrol to maintain social distancing
Customers at Aldi will be told when they can safely enter one of its supermarkets by a new traffic light system installed on the doors. The German budget retailer said...
Read more(HU) Hosszú távú ingatlanfejlesztés a Balatonnál
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Employment in food supply across EU regions
In 2019, 15.9 million people aged over 15 were employed in the food supply sector in the European Union (EU), representing 8% of total employment. Their role is crucial for...
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Mastercard has changed online shopping habits in Europe and Hungary
Online shopping has surpassed all other forms of spending in the past month: more than a third (35 percent) of Hungarians say they have never bought as much online as...
Read moreThis is how you can order online from retail chains
After the initial shock, the store chains, which also undertake delivery, have recovered: now most stores can be ordered online without restrictions – penzcentrum.hu wrote. Auchan revealed how much capacity...
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In emergency, the government supports donations with special tax exemptions
The already favorable tax rules for donation have been overridden by the coronavirus pandemic. In the current situation, there are even more exemptions and even more discounts. Hungary supports donors...
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HENT: Fake slimming products can cause allergic reactions
More and more counterfeiters are taking advantage of the growing demand for various slimming drugs in late spring, early summer, and even promising life-threatening products to consumers, promising to achieve...
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71 percent of Hungarians bake more at home due to the pandemic
What and how many times did the Hungarians bake in the quarantine? The Pek-Snack online questionnaire, which was conducted in early May, sought answers to this question. Forty-three percent of...
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Infected Polish poultry meat came to Hungary
Poultry products infected with salmonella were spread on the European Union market from Poland – agrarszektor.hu wrote. Recently, the Slovak authorities had to take action on problematic goods, and a...
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The family has lunch together more often in the quarantine
During the coronavirus pandemic, more time is spent on family meals, and in 5 out of 10 households, children also take part in kitchen work, according to a representative study...
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In next year’s budget, protecting the ecomomy will play a key role
On Tuesday, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga handed over the draft law on next year’s budget to László Kövér, Speaker of Parliament. Economic growth will be 4.8 percent, inflation may...
Read moreGerman GDP fell 2.3 percent in the first quarter
Germany’s gross domestic product (GDP) fell 2.3 percent in the first quarter of this year from a year earlier – the federal statistical office (Destatis) announced as final data. Compared...
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Robots for sustainable food production
Belgian and Dutch universities, research institutes, robotics and machine-building companies have launched a project called CIMAT, which aims to create multifunctional and small-scale robots to improve sustainable, local food production...
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A campaign to promote french fries has started in Belgium
Local NGOs in Belgium have launched a campaign to boost the consumption the country’s symbolic french fries in order to save some 750,000 tonnes of potatoes that are at risk...
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According to the new president of the banking association, Hungary may be a winner of the crisis
The current crisis has found the banking sector in a much better position, and Hungary now has a good chance of performing well, said Jelasity Radován, President and CEO of...
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Back to School – plan for all possibilities
Developing strategies and building on insights from the previous year to make forecasts for a reasonably reliable season is risky int he pandemic. Changes are unpredictable, consumer behavior may alter...
Read moreBritish stores may open in mid-June
Shops selling non-essential items could open in Britain in mid-June, the British prime minister announced on Monday. Boris Johnson, sai at the usual daily government press conference at Downing Street...
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Judit Varga: The emergency situation in Hungary is expected to end on June 20
In recent weeks, there has been an unprecedented disinformation campaign against Hungary, both domestically and internationally, in connection with the lex-COVID law and the declaration of a state of emergency,...
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Nigeria has no money to import food
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari spoke about the need for Nigerian farmers to produce enough food because the country does not have the money to import food – 444.hu wrote. Photo:...
Read moreTarget: people buy more and more food online
Target, one of the U.S.’s major grocery retail chains, closed a good quarter. The company posted earnings per share of 59 cents during the quarter, beating analysts ’expectations by 19...
Read moreTen thousand pigs are stuck in Hungary every week
The Hungarian meat market is in a huge crisis. Spain has inundated European countries with millions of pigs, but it is also very difficult to start with the dumping of...
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Coronavirus: millions of misleading advertisements disappear from online space as a result of joint European consumer action
The European Commission and Member States’ consumer protection authorities have monitored websites to identify where EU consumers are targeted by false claims or scams in advertisements for products that may...
Read moreCompanies with a strong online basis were more resistant to the coronavirus
Firms with strong digital feet have suffered significantly less from the crisis caused by the coronavirus epidemic, according to a recent online survey by Marketing Commando, 500 small and medium-sized...
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Companies will run out of financial reserves by the summer
The viral epidemic put domestic small and medium-sized enterprises in a situation they did not encounter during the 2008 economic crisis. The sector is facing serious problems, as almost half...
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An outsourced logistics model could be the future of e-commerce after the coronavirus
Following global trends, e-commerce has also grown steadily in Hungary in recent years, and the effects of COVID-19 on trade have further accelerated the strengthening of the online sector. Since...
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COVID-19 Drives Austrian Retailers To Strenghthen Online Presence, Study Finds
One in three or 33% of Austrian retailers started or strengthened their online presence amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study has revealed. Conducted by the Handelsverband Österreich (Austrian Trade...
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More Rains Needed To Boost Ivory Coast Cocoa Mid-Crop
Ivory Coast’s April-to-September cocoa mid-crop will need more rain to strengthen the last stage of its development after most cocoa regions had well below average rainfall last week, farmers said....
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Polish Watchdog Launches Investigation Into Mis-Labelling Of Fresh Produce
Poland’s retail watchdog has launched an investigation after supermarket chain Biedronka was reportedly found to be selling fresh products, including Belgian carrots and Ukrainian cucumbers as being home grown. The...
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