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The workplace situation of employees among enterprises in June 2020
At the beginning of June 2020, GKI Zrt. conducted a representative survey among 835 companies, not including multinational companies. Source: GKI The aim was to get an idea of how...
Read moreDeserted downtowns in the UK
People do not go into city centers, they get more and more things in their place of residence in the UK – napi.hu wrote. In early June, store attendance in...
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In the past four months, the performance of the euro area economy weakened the least in June
In the past four months, the performance of the euro area economy weakened the least in June, according to a survey published on Friday by the IHS Markit economic research...
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Parliament voted to ban disposable plastics
At Friday morning’s sitting, parliament voted to pass a bill banning the placing on the market of certain disposable plastics, which was passed with 195 votes in favor, no abstentions...
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Two types of flagging system at grocery stores
Small butchers don’t have to flag, but small greengrocers do. In the butcher shop, all meat must be flagged by country of origin, in the vegetable shop only Hungarian goods....
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Thai Rice Export Rates Slip As Demand Drops
Thai rice export prices fell to the lowest in a month this week as demand sagged, while Vietnamese rates rose as persistent rain continued to hamper the harvest. Thailand’s benchmark...
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Albert Heijn To Take Over Five Jumbo Heerschap Stores
Dutch retailer Albert Heijn has announced that it is to take over five Heerschap stores in the Netherlands, currently operated by Jumbo. The stores will be converted to the Albert...
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C&C Group Takes Over Distribution Of Budweiser In Ireland
Dublin-based C&C Group has announced that it is now the exclusive distributor of Budweiser Brewing Group’s complete beer brand portfolio across Ireland. The companies plan to revitalise the Budweiser brand...
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Gallicoop received nearly 300 million HUF in grants
The Gallicoop Pulykafeldolgozó Zrt. received a subsidy of approximately 282 million HUF in the government’s competitiveness-enhancing program created due to the coronavirus pandemic – Agrarszektor.hu , wrote. The company implements...
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With a Drive-In takeover, Tatabánya will also join the SPAR online shop
From 2 July this year, the INTERSPAR store of the county seat of the chain of Komárom-Esztergom can be bought through the webshop and the prepared products can be taken...
Read moreKSH: foreign trade balance turned negative
In April, exports fell by 37.2 percent in euro terms and by 35.1 percent at constant prices, while imports fell by 29.1 percent and 23.5 percent, respectively, from a year...
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The Ministry of Agriculture supports green NGOs with 70 million HUF
Every year, about 50 green non-governmental organizations can receive support within the framework of the Ministry of Agriculture’s (AM) Green Fund tender, and the Ministry will allocate 70 million HUF...
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PET bottles equipped with beacons were launched on the Upper Tisza
PET bottles equipped with GPS transmitters have been launched on the Upper Tisza, and the devices developed in the framework of the Waste-Free Tisza project can serve the research that...
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Alcohol is the most expensive in these countries
Quartz presents a recent report from the World Bank that alcohol costs the most in Bahrain – origo wrote. Origo recently reported that, according to the World Bank Group, the...
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With the help of Alibaba, the meat-free meat company is expanding in China
Beyond Meat, a vegetable meat company, has partnered with Alibaba to expand more effectively in Chinese stores with its product – origo wrote. This is not the company’s first partnership...
Read moreConsumer price inflation slowed in OECD countries in May
In the member states of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the annual growth rate of consumer prices slowed to 0.7 percent in May from 0.9 percent in...
Read moreRetail sales in Germany jumped in May
Retail sales in Germany grew much more than expected in May. The German federal statistical office, Destatis, reported that retail sales in Germany increased by 13.9 percent in real terms...
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Global food commodity prices rebound in June
In June, global food commodity prices rose for the first time since the beginning of the year driven by a rebound in vegetable oils, sugar and dairy quotations. However, in...
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DS Smith Annual Profit Bolstered By E-Commerce Despite COVID Hit
Packaging firm DS Smith has reported a 5% rise in annual profit, bolstered by growing demand from e-commerce and consumer goods customers, but the company said it was too early...
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Child Labour On Ivory Coast Cocoa Farms Rises During Pandemic, Study Finds
Child labour has increased in top grower Ivory Coast’s cocoa sector during its coronavirus lockdown, according to a report released by an industry-backed foundation. The percentage of children engaged in labour between...
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Carrefour Brasil Introduces Private Label Beer
Carrefour Brasil has launched a private label beer range in partnership with local brewers Way Beer and Startup Brewing. The Nauta brand offers 11 SKUs, of which six are available...
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Magazine: Free from everything…too!
According to Katalin Rosta, dairy business manager of Nestlé Hungária Kft., free-from products have a growing share in the breakfast product and hot drink categories. Flóra Hesz, junior shopper marketing...
Read moreSeventy percent of Internet users shop online
Even before the pandemic, Hungarians used the Internet regularly to manage their various affairs; online shopping and related activities are the most common, with seven out of ten netizens already...
Read moreBeekeeping Association is expected to have the worst acacia honey harvest in the last fifty years
The worst acacia honey harvest in the last fifty years is expected this year – Bross Péter, president of the National Hungarian Beekeeping Association told M1 news channel. He added...
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The Ministry of Agriculture will further strengthen conscious consumer behavior
Based on the positive experience of the labeling requirement introduced in the case of pork, the Ministry of Agriculture (AM) has extended the clear indication of the country of origin...
Read moreMLBKT: PMI has improved but continues to indicate pessimism
The Purchasing Managers ’Index (PMI) has improved greatly, but remains pessimistic, with its seasonally adjusted June value rising to 47.0 percent from 40.7 percent the previous month. Thus, the rate...
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Changes in competition law will strengthen the procedural rights of the GVH
In the future, co-operation between the competition authorities of the EU member states will be strengthened, and their procedural powers will also be expanded and unified, Baker McKenzie said at...
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Cube-shaped watermelons are grown in Hódmezővásárhely
Pap Róbert, a melon grower, started growing cube-shaped watermelons near Hódmezővásárhely. Photo: MTI/Rosta Tibor The growing fruit is placed in the cube-shaped shape for three weeks, during which time the...
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The Chamber of Agriculture has launched a leaf analysis service
The range of services available to farmers at the National Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) has been expanded with a laboratory letter analysis study, the NAK told MTI. According to their...
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Kitchens in children’s catering can be renewed from one and a half billion forints
Support for children institutuions cannot stop even during pandemiological preparedness, so this year local governments can also use 1.5 billion HUF in support for the development of child nutrition, Varga...
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