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New Hell campaign with Bruce Willis
In mid-May Hell Energy launched a 50-country advertising campaign featuring Bruce Willis. The Hollywood star will be the brand’s face for another two years. In the new commercial he not...
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BAT Says Potential COVID-19 Vaccine Using Tobacco Leaves Ready For Human Trials
World’s No.2 cigarette company British American Tobacco said it was ready to test its potential COVID-19 vaccine using proteins from tobacco leaves on humans, after it generated a positive immune...
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Barilla Switches To 100% Italian Sustainable Wheat
Barilla has committed to the use of 100% Italian sustainable wheat, sourced from 13 different Italian regions, in its products. The pasta maker has selected four exclusive varieties of durum...
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Waitrose To Relaunch Essential Waitrose Brand
Upmarket retailer Waitrose & Partners has announced plans to relaunch its private-label brand, Essential Waitrose. The retailer will add more than 200 new and improved products to the range in...
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Magazine: Sales growth in the pet food market
Pet food sales developed by two-digit numbers last year. Dániel Nagy, customer marketing expert of Mars Magyarország Értékesítő Bt. told our magazine that sales are growing month by month, without...
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Szamos: Success story from around the kitchen table
Nearly 100 years of traditions, 500 employees and 22 confectioneries: Szamos is a family enterprise where the 2nd and the 3rd generations work in close cooperation. Our magazine interviewed Gabriella...
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Double-digit sales growth for grocery stores in March
In March 2020 like-for-like retail volume sales grew by 4.4 percent; adjusted for calendar effects, the sales growth was 3.5 percent – reported the Central Statistical Office (KSH). Food and...
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Food prices grew further in April
Consumer prices were 2.4 percent higher in April 2020 than in April 2019. Food prices grew by 8.7 percent. Pork’s price augmented the most, by 28.9 percent. The price of...
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Plastic packaging: About the main culprit from the trade’s perspective
Basically no day goes by without an article about the negative environmental impact of plastics. At the same time, the opinion of the packaging trade is hardly publicised about this....
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(HU) Wanzl üzletkoncepciók-sorozat 1. rész: Urban Store
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AM: Hungary requests the introduction of exceptional EU support measures in the poultry, pig and dairy sectors
At a video conference of EU agriculture ministers on Wednesday, Hungary requested the introduction of additional EU support measures to address the crisis situation caused by the coronavirus epidemic in...
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Because of the coronavirus, we eat more fruits and vegetables
People consume more fruit and vegetables, but also less ready meals, amid restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, the University of Antwerp found in its survey carried out in 11...
Read moreGOSZ: wheat prices are rising
Demand in the grain market has pushed up the price of the old crop, while this year’s cereal crop is being negatively affected by water shortages, so interest in the...
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Retail debt continued to grow
According to the MNB’s data, the coronavirus did not discourage borrowing, as the loan portfolio of both households and companies expanded – Privátbankár.hu wrote. Somewhat surprisingly, the retail loan portfolio...
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Meghódítják a gasztrovilágot a génbankból kiszabadított ritka paradicsomok
Borbás Marcsi, Havas Dóra (Lila Füge) gasztroblogger, a Dining Guide Év Ifjú Séftehetsége díj tavalyi győztese, Farkas Richárd és Vajda József pék is kiáll az elfeledett tájfajták mellett. More informations:...
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Two thousand servings of game meat were donated to the staff of the South Pest Central Hospital
Two thousand servings of game meat were donated to the staff of the South Pest Central Hospital, which cares for coronavirus patients. The chilled, ready-to-cook venison products were delivered on...
Read moreCredit insurer: the pandemic causes a brutal wave of bankruptcies in the global economy
Despite rescue packages in individual countries, the number of bankruptcies is growing at a record rate worldwide, among other things, according to Atradius’ credit insurance analysis. According to the study,...
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The delivery of postal items outside Europe has slowed down and become more expensive
The delivery of postal items outside Europe has slowed down and become significantly more expensive due to the coronavirus epidemic – Panulin Ildikó, a spokesperson for Magyar Posta Zrt. told...
Read moreITM recommends banning additional disposable plastic products
The Ministry of Innovation and Technology (ITM) would ban the marketing of disposable plastic beverage glasses and light and very light, including biodegradable plastic carrier bags in Hungary from January...
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Global retail spend predicted drop is nearly 550 billion USD
POPAI and Shop!* chapters keep in touch and the member organizations are constantly informing each other about the consequences of the virus situation, with particular regard to the development of...
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Britain’s M&S to reopen cafes for takeaway as lockdown eases
British retailer Marks & Spencer will begin to reopen its cafes to offer takeaway hot drinks, it said on Wednesday as the country tentatively began easing its coronavirus lockdown. M&S,...
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COVID-19 Likely To Have Long Term Effect On German Retail, Study Finds
The coronavirus epidemic is likely to have a long-term impact on the food retail sector in Germany, according to a study by the Munich-based Institute of Brand Logic. Some 200...
Read moreIkea Singapore to open new concept store at Jem mall
The new Ikea Singapore store will open next year, taking up about 6500sqm across three floors of Jem, which is managed by Lendlease. It will be the Swedish furniture and...
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Magazine: Service fee taxes
According to information from the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV), the service fee won’t be free from social contribution payment obligation if legislators don’t amend the relevant law. In...
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(HU) Mit akar a vevő? Inspiráló üzleteket, innovatív termékeket
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First coronaproof McDonald’s in Arnhem
POPAI and Shop!* chapters keep in touch and the member organizations are constantly informing each other about the consequences of the virus situation. We have received news from the Benelux...
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RetailZoom: Private Label on the rise in Domestic Chains
Although the extraordinary surge in stock-up syndrome experienced in the midst of March has been smoothed by the end of the month, Local Chain shops have been successful in keeping...
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Agriculture and the food economy – the challenges ahead in the short and long term
May 28, 2020 17: 00-20: 30 For the first time this year, we will be holding our Business Dinner FMCG Leadership Forum, held almost every last Thursday in May, online...
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