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Trade magazin: 2025 brought another shower of awards
We are proud to inform our readers and partners that Trade magazin’s work has been recognised with several awards in recent weeks. This article is available for reading in Trade...
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Danone to sell probiotic juices brand ProViva to Lactalis
Danone bought a controlling stake in ProViva in 2010. Danone has signed an agreement to sell its Swedish probiotic fruit juices brand ProViva to fellow dairy peer Lactalis for an...
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Action reaches milestone: 100 stores in Spain
Action has opened its 100th Spanish store in Málaga. This milestone comes less than four years after the company entered the country, in February 2022. The new store measures 760 sqm...
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Employer’s nightmare: three-quarters of employees are being silently dismissed?
Quiet exit and the drastic decline in employee loyalty have been the focus of research in recent years, and according to all surveys, it is on a huge scale, significantly...
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Starship Technologies and Uber Eats Launch Autonomous Delivery Partnership
Two industry leaders unite to transform last-mile delivery with autonomous robots across Europe and the U.S. Starship Technologies, a leading autonomous delivery technology platform, and Uber Technologies, the largest mobility...
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More compound fertilizers sold this year
Fertilizer distributors sold 1.053 million tons of fertilizer directly to farmers in the first three quarters of 2025, which was only 0.7 percent more than the amount a year earlier....
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Are you in the book? – Superbrands evaluated once again in 2025
In Hungary the Superbrands Programme has been recognising brands that stand out from their competitors since 2004. In 2025 the programme awarded the Superbrands and Business Superbrands titles to 500...
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OECD GDP growth slows in third quarter
The economies of the member states of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) grew by 0.2 percent in the third quarter of this year compared to the previous...
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The Consumer Protection Authority has ordered an Advent food safety inspection
The National Trade and Consumer Protection Authority (NKFH) has ordered a full-scale Advent food safety inspection in Christmas fairs, markets, shops and temporary sales points. The NKFH told MTI on...
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What an Anuga!
Between 4 and 8 October 2025 the world’s food industry once again turned its attention to Cologne: at the largest event in Anuga’s history to date, more than 8,000 exhibitors...
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AM: the government continues to support food industry developments
Part of the government’s priority strategy is the modernization and strengthening of the competitiveness of the domestic food industry. The Ministry of Agriculture (MA) is once again making available the...
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Consumer compensation and fines – one billion forints worth of lessons learned from the GVH AboutYou case
According to the decision of the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH), AboutYou will pay a total of 500 million forints in compensation to consumers in addition to the 500 million forints...
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The goal of the Honey Breakfast is to encourage honey consumption
The aim of the Honey Breakfast is to encourage honey consumption, and the national series of events also contributes to raising children’s environmental awareness – said Imre Hubai, the State...
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After temporary stabilization, the outlook for the domestic food industry is uncertain again
In recent years, the Hungarian food industry has been in the spotlight due to explosive price increases and government regulations. Although 2024 brought more stability compared to previous years, the...
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K&H: middle-aged people still feel 20 percent inflation
Middle-aged people feel a much higher financial deterioration than the official figures reflect. According to the third-quarter survey of the K&H Sure Future Index, 30-59 year-olds believe that the annual...
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Financial Literacy Awards Presented
The Financial Awareness Development Awards were presented on Thursday at the Ministry of National Economy (NGM), this year three students, five teachers and one educational institution received the recognition. Anikó...
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Despite the EU’s unusually strong stance, the climate summit in Brazil ended with a weak, inconclusive agreement
The UN climate conference held in Belém, Brazil, at the mouth of the Amazon, ended with a one-day delay, but successfully. Although the package adopted under the name of the...
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AM: land sales program continues
Farmers will have the opportunity to purchase more than 3,100 pieces of state-owned land with an area of less than 10 hectares from Monday. Purchase offers can be made for...
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Waberer’s Group buys out minority owner of Magyar Posta Biztosító
The Waberer’s group is buying out the minority owner of Magyar Posta Biztosító Zrt. and acquiring a 100 percent stake in the insurance company – Waberer’s International Plc. announced on...
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Free automated cybersecurity vulnerability scan from the Chamber
The Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MKIK) has launched its free cybersecurity service package called SecureBot. The program, which can be used free of charge after simple registration, helps...
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AM: Hungary does not want artificial meat
Hungary does not want artificial meat – the Ministry of Agriculture (AM) told MTI on Monday. The statement quoted István Nagy, Minister of Agriculture, who reported on his social media...
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KSH: investment performance in Q3 2025 was 3.8 percent lower than a year earlier
The volume of investments in the third quarter of 2025, according to raw data, fell by 3.8 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Compared to the...
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K&H: Where is Otthon Start doing best?
According to K&H’s experience, interest in the Home Start Program continues to be outstanding nationwide, offering an outstanding opportunity to first-time home buyers through a state-subsidized, high-amount home loan. The...
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Tokaj is Hungarians’ favorite wine region – this is what a recent online survey revealed
The Tokaj wine region proved to be the most popular domestic wine tourism destination, according to an online survey conducted by Csodásmagyarország.hu in November 2025, which surveyed 1,658 respondents. 23%...
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József Viski: separate, two-pillar common agricultural policy with its own budget must be preserved
Hungary continues to stand in favor of maintaining the independent, two-pillar common agricultural policy (CAP) of the European Union with its own budget, and urges implementation guarantees in order to...
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Aldi launches healthy recipes for kids in new campaign
Aldi has partnered with young TikTok chef Carter and leading dietician Lucy Upton to create a campaign aimed at helping more children gain interest in healthier foods. The new campaign...
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This year’s Coop Rally toured Western Hungary
FMCG market and – together with the COOP Group – more than 30,000 employees. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2025/11. Participants visited eight locations in four...
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Germans Open to AI Agents in Shopping
According to Mastercard’s latest survey, four out of ten Germans can imagine delegating future purchases to AI agents. Among the 30–39-year-old, openness reaches 56 per cent, and in Berlin even...
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Carlsberg’s Rice-Sized Beer Bottle Packs A Responsible Punch
Danish brewer Carlsberg has developed what it claims to be the world’s smallest beer bottle, in collaboration with Swedish research institute RISE, the company Glaskomponent, and a miniature artist. Carlsberg...
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(HU) Újítók a kapu előtt
Whiskeys, go home! The beginning of 2025 proved to be a real rollercoaster ride on the international alcohol market, especially in the whiskey trade. US president Donald...
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