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Nestlé To Launch KitKat Gold In Europe
Date: 2020-01-13 08:30:02
Nestlé has announced plans to roll out KitKat Gold across Europe and other selected countries throughout 2020. KitKat Gold is a combination of crispy wafer and smooth milk chocolate, topped...
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FrieslandCampina Adds €24m To Its Annual Sustainability Budget
Date: 2020-01-13 08:10:28
FrieslandCampina has announced an additional annual investment of €24 million to improve sustainability practices in the dairy farms of its farmer members. The extra investment is in line with the...
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State wine marketing activity is intensifying
Date: 2020-01-10 11:25:32
State wine marketing activity will be put a greater emphasis and will be strengthened – the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ) and the Agricultural Marketing Center (AMC) told MT on Friday...
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Beekeepers will receive 1.8 billion HUF indirect funding per year
Date: 2020-01-10 11:15:26
Beekeepers will receive 1.8 billion HUF indirect funding over the course of a year to buy bees, bee health care products, support for continuing vocational training, consultancy and the latest...
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Avian influenza also appeared in Slovakia
Date: 2020-01-10 11:10:23
Bird flu spreading in the neighboring Poland has already appeared in Slovakia since the end of last year – the Slovak Public Service Agency (TASR) reported on Friday, referring to...
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False perfume worth 11 million HUF was seized by NAV
Date: 2020-01-10 11:08:36
Eleven million forints of various brands of fake perfume have been seized by the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) during an inspection in Budapest – NAV told MTIon Friday....
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Abundant grape harvest was predicted in Ópusztaszer
Date: 2020-01-10 11:04:36
Abundant grape harvest was predicted by farmers of the surrounding mountain communities and the representatives of the Carpathian Basin wine orders at the St Vincent’s Day celebration in the Ópusztaszer...
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Consumer prices in OECD countries have accelerated
Date: 2020-01-10 11:03:28
In OECD member countries, the annual growth rate of consumer prices accelerated to 1.8 percent in November, from the 1.6 percent of October, the lowest rate since November 2016. In...
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Vertical vegetable growing in Japanese cities
Date: 2020-01-10 11:01:48
The Japanese are also experimenting with a new way to help their troubled agriculture – origo wrote after Euronews.com. Vegetables are grown in cities under artificial light. Vertical crop production...
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Food is already packed by robots at Walmart
Date: 2020-01-10 11:00:50
Walmart on Wednesday unveiled its latest weapon in the battle against Amazon and Kroger for shoppers’ food spending: a grocery-picking robot – origo wrote after Business Insider. The machine, part...
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The proportion of women is rising in the management of German companies
Date: 2020-01-10 11:00:37
In five years, the proportion of women in the management of German companies has doubled and increased to over 10 percent, according to a statement released Friday. According to EY’s...
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LG partners with Microsoft to accelerate an automotive revolution
Date: 2020-01-10 09:00:54
LG Electronics (LG) and Microsoft entered into a memorandum of understanding to enhance and further grow LG’s autonomous vehicle and infotainment system business. Under the terms of the partnership, LG...
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IKEA enters UK shopping centers market with London mall deal
Date: 2020-01-10 08:50:17
IKEA’s shopping center business is spending 170 million pounds ($222 million) to buy and upgrade a London mall in its first foray into Britain, betting it can win over a...
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Coop Switzerland Launches Winter Drink In Three Flavours
Date: 2020-01-10 08:30:32
Coop Switzerland has launched a new ginger-based winter beverage range under its private-label brand, Karma. The vegan drink is available in a 60-millilitre pack in three flavours – beetroot, ginger,...
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Frozen Food Company Iglo Launches ‘Green Cuisine’ In Germany
Date: 2020-01-10 08:10:51
Frozen food company iglo has launched a new line of meat-alternatives in Germany under the label Green Cuisine. The assortment comprises nine items including four ready meals and five individual...
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Reál is the most popular store in the online space
Date: 2020-01-09 11:31:13
During the festive season, there was a lot of news about shopping rushes, full shopping malls, practically completely looted department stores and shops. Photo: AFP, Világgazdaság Online And data from...
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FAO: food prices rose to a five-year high in December
Date: 2020-01-09 11:30:34
For the third consecutive month in December, world food prices have risen to a five-year high, mainly due to higher prices of vegetable oils. The December price index of the...
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Tesco has published its report
Date: 2020-01-09 11:28:18
Tesco’s sales fell during the Christmas season. A report by the largest UK retail network in London on Thursday said the downturn particularly affected by Central European interests, mainly it...
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The agreement on the 2020 wage increase was born at SPAR
Date: 2020-01-09 11:25:36
The SPAR Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. and Trade Employees’ Trade Union (KASZ) agreed on wage development for 2020. Under the agreement, the SPAR Loyalty Program will continue to exist. What is...
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Beekeepers’ Association: beekeepers have not closed a good year
Date: 2020-01-09 11:25:24
Beekeepers have not closed a good year. Prices are depressed and last year’s yield has been moderate – Bross Péter, president of the National Hungarian Beekeeping Association told M1 news...
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A Hungarian school canteen is experimenting with meat-free meat
Date: 2020-01-09 11:10:19
Recently, 265 children received meat-free Bolognese spaghetti made entirely from pea protein instead of meat – origo reports after Napidoktor.hu. Although meat-free meat is not an unknown concept in Hungary...
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Georges Duboeuf dies aged 86
Date: 2020-01-09 11:02:52
Georges Duboeuf, one of the great wine merchants of the 20th Century, has died at the age of 86. He was best known for turning the release of a little-known...
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Alibaba’s executives are patient
Date: 2020-01-09 11:01:10
Despite the long preparation and the favorable offers Alibaba has not been successful in the old continent, but its executives are patient – Világgazdaság wrote. Despite its extremely favorable offer...
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Euro area unemployment rate stagnates at eleven-year low
Date: 2020-01-09 11:00:58
The euro area unemployment rate stagnated in November at its eleven-year low – according to a Eurostat report released Thursday. The unemployment rate in the European Union has been at...
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The Chinese also confirmed that the US-China trade sub-agreement will be signed next week
Date: 2020-01-09 11:00:09
Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Liu Ho will travel to Washington on 13 January for a three-day visit to Washington, where he will sign a partial deal to resolve the US-China...
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World food prices continue rising in December
Date: 2020-01-09 10:12:50
World food prices rose for the third consecutive month in December, as a strong rally in vegetable oil prices drove the FAO Food Price Index to its highest level in...
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UK Farm Bill To Be Introduced This Month
Date: 2020-01-09 08:50:01
An agriculture bill is to be introduced in Britain’s parliament later this month as the country prepares to develop its own farm policy for the first time in decades, environment...
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Obeikan MDF Joins ‘Food Fellows’ Project
Date: 2020-01-09 08:30:22
Spanish packaging company Obeikan MDF has joined the ‘Food Fellows’ project to fight food waste and devise sustainable solutions. The project is an initiative of the Harvest House in the...
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Coca-Cola Acquires Dairy Products Company Fairlife LLC
Date: 2020-01-09 08:10:27
The Coca-Cola Company has announced that it has acquired 100% stake in Fairlife LLC, a Chicago-based manufacturer of value-added dairy products, for an undisclosed amount. Fairlife LLC commenced operations in...
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The recovery in retail sales is a good sign for GDP growth
Date: 2020-01-08 11:45:59
Retail sales revival in November is a good sign of last year’s fourth-quarter GDP growth, analysts said in a statement, commenting on the report of the Central Statistical Office (KSH)...
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