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Frozen Food, Alcohol Remain High On Purchase List As COVID-19 Epidemic Continues
Sales remain elevated for the Frozen Food and Alcohol segments, while non-food categories are seeing softer growth than in weeks past, according to the latest edition of the IRI COVID-19...
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Lidl prepares to launch grocery ecommerce in Poland
Lidl Poland is planning to launch a new grocery ecommerce service. No launch date has been communicated yet, but it is expected to happen in 2020, with test phase start...
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Surge In Demand For Online Grocery Likely To Continue, Study Finds
A surge in demand for online grocery services is likely to continue beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, a UK study has found. According to the HIM & MCA Insight UK Recovery...
Read moreStakes are high in the dairy market in the coming weeks
The demand for dairy products jumped during the panic purchases while important customers, restaurants, hotels and schools fell out in a short time – index wrote. The immediate milk price...
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The Hungarian Marketing Association strengthens its professional representation with a new presidency
This year, the thirty-year-old, patinated Hungarian Marketing Association (MMSZ) not only professes, but also practices, that the role of the marketing profession is to keep the economy moving, to support...
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More than ten thousand tonnes of plastics will have to be replaced next year, according to the interests of the packaging industry
On an annual basis, more than ten thousand tons of products may be affected by the imminent ban on single-use plastics in Hungary, the National Association for Packaging and Material...
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LEGO, Samsung and Audi are the most attractive domestic employers
Unusually, the results of Randstad Employer Brand Research, the world’s largest independent employer brand research, were presented in an online presentation and the Hungarian winners of the Randstad Award were...
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From paramedics to orphanages – hundreds of testers helped across the country
In recent months, Tesco employees have not only been at the forefront, but have helped the elderly, those in need, and supported health care workers as well. Many stores in...
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Spring renewal, quality expansion continues
Dm awaits its customers with a renewed look in several stores. Some of the store openings planned for the spring have already been affected by the pandemic situation, and the...
Read moreFlavored electronic cigarettes and refills cannot be resold in Hungary either
In addition to menthol-flavored cigarettes and cigarette tobacco, flavored electronic cigarettes and refill liquids can no longer be marketed in Hungary – the Prime Minister responsible for the protection of...
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Euro area inflation reached a three-and-a-half-year low in April
Three and a half years ago, the lowest inflation occurred in the eurozone in April, according to a report published by Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical office, on Wednesday. In...
Read moreBiofuel from coffee grounds
Drinking coffee generates a lot of waste, starting with disposable and disposable cups, but it also includes plastic spoons and blenders, as well as packaging for sweeteners. As well as...
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Brutal wine surpluses have accumulated in Slovakia due to the coronavirus pandemic
In Slovakia, at least 80 percent of winemakers are affected by the crisis caused by the coronavirus. As they stopped exporting to third countries, they created a surplus of at...
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The most popular horticultural exhibition in London has moved to the internet
The Chelsea Flower Show, London’s most popular horticultural exhibition, has opened its doors online. Photo: rhs.org.uk The long-established horticultural exhibition is opened every year by members of the royal family,...
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Smile Therapy
The mitigation measures are not yet having an impact everywhere, but easier communication is already spreading, for which consumers from Russia to Canada are equally grateful. The FMCG world looks...
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Drinking coffee generates a lot of waste
Drinking coffee generates a lot of waste, starting with disposable and disposable cups, but it also includes plastic spoons and blenders, as well as packaging for sweeteners. As well as...
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A donation of 10 million HUF by Electrolux
Electrolux has a total of 64 products nationwide, including refrigerators, detergents and donated tumble driers to social centers for the needy and the Ecumenical Relief Organization. The Swedish home appliance...
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Exports from Czech breweries increased in 2019
A record 21.6 million hectoliters of beer was brewed in the Czech Republic last year, 1.6 percent more year-on-year than in 2018, the Association of Czech Brewers said in Prague...
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Nestlé To Build New Plant-Based Food Facility In China
Food giant Nestlé announced plans to spend CHF100 million (€94.4 million) on expanding its manufacturing footprint in China to include a new plant-based food facility and widen its production lines....
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Coop Denmark Rolls Out Vertical Kitchen Gardens In Irma Stores
Coop Denmark has announced plans to introduce vertical kitchen gardens offering store-grown herbs in all 69 Irma stores. The facility will supply herbs to small Irma stores that do not have plants...
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Chaos, privacy fears as Bangkok malls reopened
In Bangkok, consumers rushed to return to shopping as usual from Sunday following two months of restricted movement, with most venues requiring the use of hand disinfectant and fask masks...
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UK scientists breed wheat to boost whisky production
The development could make UK grown wheat more desirable for use in whisky compared to imported British scientists have used ‘reverse genetics’ to breed a wheat specifically designed to improve...
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The Buy Domestic Products! action starts a masked poster campaign
More than fifty manufacturers and trading companies have already joined the movement of the Magyar Termék Nonprofit Kft. to encourage the purchase of domestically produced products and the use of...
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This hurt the most during the curfew restrictions
-During the two months of the travel restrictions, the Hungarians missed the cultural programs and the possibility of free shopping the most – according to the recent public opinion poll...
Read moreWho buy a domestic product strengthens the Hungarian economy
The purchase of Hungarian products will strengthen the Hungarian economy, protect Hungarian jobs and ensure the livelihood of many thousands of Hungarian families, the Minister of Agriculture said in Lajosmizse...
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Infusion pumps donated by SIÓ-Eckes to Siófok Hospital
Hungary’s leading fruit juice production company, Sió-Eckes, donated four drug dosing pumps to the Siófok Hospital, worth a total of nearly 2 million HUF. The special equipment will be used...
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Matolcsy We took a new direction in 2020
According to the CEO of the central bank, 2020 can be considered a turning point – hvg.hu wrote. “In 1956, the Hungarian Revolution halted Soviet dictatorships in Europe for a...
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The production of hard-shell fruits is declining
The representatives of the Hard-Shell Fruit Committee of FEPEX (the main associations of producers and distributors in Spain), confirmed that this year’s production will decrease by at least 15% compared...
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Getting back to work after a virus outbreak can be harder
As with changed work schedules and telecommuting in recent months, returning to work can be a challenge for companies and workers. The process therefore requires slower, more gradual and more...
Read moreWhat will happen after the epidemic
In the coming years, three trends will shape the world economy. A new balance will emerge in the relationship between the markets and the state, in favor of the latter....
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