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Asda offers one-hour click- and-collect service
Date: 2020-02-10 10:36:50
Asda has launched a new click-and-collect service that makes it possible for shoppers to pick up their online orders in less than an hour. With Express Click and Collect, shoppers...
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Lactogal: Bio-based packaging for Mimosa milk
Date: 2020-02-10 10:33:17
Portuguese dairy company Lactogal has introduced Mimosa low fat, skimmed, and whole milk in bio-based packaging in Portugal and Spain. The milk is available in new Tetra Brik Aseptic Edge...
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LDC and Luckin Coffee are to build a coffee roasting plant
Date: 2020-02-10 10:28:55
Dutch agricultural commodity merchant Louis Dreyfus Company and Chinese coffee firm Luckin Coffee have started building a joint coffee roasting plant in Xiamen, China. The plant – which is located...
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Soups from Waitrose & Partners tell you to ‘Love Your Gut’
Date: 2020-02-10 10:28:48
British retailer Waitrose & Partners has launched a new range of private label, gut-friendly soups called ‘Love Your Gut’. The range has been developed by nutritionists and offers two SKUs – carrot,...
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Lidl to open another distribution centre in the USA
Date: 2020-02-10 10:24:00
Lidl is expanding in the south of the USA. The discount grocer announced it will build a USD 100 million regional distribution centre in Covington, Georgia. The 86,000m² facility will...
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ISM: 50 years of sweets
Date: 2020-02-10 10:20:59
ISM is the biggest annual trade fair for sweets and snacks in the world, which has been organised for 50 years. In 2020 Cologne hosted the event between 2 and...
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Coca-Cola buys dairy product company fairlife LLC
Date: 2020-02-10 10:20:48
The Coca-Cola Company has announced that it has acquired a 100-percent stake in fairlife LLC, a Chicago-based manufacturer of value-added dairy products. Fairlife LLC started operations in 2012 with a high-protein milkshake,...
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Gruppo Selex invests 330 million euros in its stores in 2020
Date: 2020-02-10 10:12:02
Italian retailer Gruppo Selex is going to invest EUR 330 million in opening new stores and remodelling existing supermarkets in the country next year. This budget will be used to...
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The 2020 Grüne Woche broke many records
Date: 2020-02-10 10:09:04
Internationale Grüne Woche took place in Berlin between 17 and 26 January 2020. This year’s trade fair broke many records: on 129,000m² more than 1,800 exhibitors from72 countries showcased their...
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Amazon India enters into partnership with Future Retail
Date: 2020-02-10 10:08:55
Amazon India is now an official sales channel of Future Retail stores, enabling the latter to reach a wider customer base. Future Retail currently has 1,500 stores, attracting over 350...
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Rema 1000 and Vallø Castle join forces
Date: 2020-02-10 10:05:34
Norway’s Rema 1000 has announced a partnership with Vallø Castle for sourcing fresh organic eggs. The initiative is part of the retailer’s ’ground-to-table’ strategy that concentrates on offering special, locally produced...
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Lidl launches Ireland’s first 100-percent compostable bag for potatoes
Date: 2020-02-10 10:02:26
Lidl Ireland has introduced the first fully compostable potato bag in the country, in cooperation with Meade Potato Company. The 2kg packs of Meade White Potatoes feature packaging made from...
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A top feeling
Date: 2020-02-10 09:58:21
In 2020 economic growth was around 5 percent in Hungary, and this was one of the top growth rates in the EU. For 2020 GKI calculates with a 3-3.5 percent...
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Whole-Foods and Parmigiano Reggiano sign distribution deal
Date: 2020-02-10 09:51:19
Italy’s Consorzio Parmigiano Reggiano has signed a distribution agreement with Whole Foods Markets, which is valid in the USA, Canada and the UK. The agreement – signed with the USA-based...
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Valio and Stora Enso trial wood-based biocomposite packaging
Date: 2020-02-10 09:49:12
Valio and Stora Enso are going to distribute 10,000 wood fibre-based reusable lids made from a biocomposite, while encouraging consumers to reduce food waste. The reusable lids will be used...
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Lower wheat prices
Date: 2020-02-10 09:44:14
In January the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a forecast that says the world’s chicken production will increase by 4.5 percent to 103.5 million tons this year. According...
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Magazine: Modern wine sector management
Date: 2020-02-10 07:00:27
Members agreed at the November meeting of the National Council of Wine Communities (HNT) that one of their main tasks in the previous four years had been reorganising the public...
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The foreign trade surplus last year was almost 5 billion euros
Date: 2020-02-07 11:15:45
The value of exports in euro terms increased by 4.0 percent and imports rose 4.8 percent in 2019, and the foreign trade surplus fell by 4.985 billion euros to 535...
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Agricultural Research Center: The fruit research center in Cegléd was refurbished from about 250 million HUF
Date: 2020-02-07 11:13:31
The Cegléd Research Station of the Fruit and Ornamental Plant Research Institute of the National Center for Agricultural Research and Innovation (NAIK) was renovated from about 250 million forints –...
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NAV found 27 million HUF worth tax-free cigarettes on the M3 motorway
Date: 2020-02-07 11:01:00
About 27 million HUF worth tax-free cigarettes were found in a truck on the M3 motorway – the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) told MTI on Friday. According to...
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Allen & Overy: a decline in international mergers and acquisitions rates last year
Date: 2020-02-07 11:00:06
The global Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) market has seen a decline in international transactions, with investors focusing primarily on their own markets last year – the Hungarian partner of Allen...
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FAO: Food Price Index eases in October as dairy prices decline
Date: 2020-02-07 10:15:55
Global food prices dipped in October, led lower by dairy products, averaging 27 percent below its all-time high reached in early 2011. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 176.4 points...
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Legislation and subsidies help to increase irrigated areas
Date: 2020-02-07 09:45:24
The new legislation, which came into effect in January 2020, provides an opportunity to expand irrigated areas in Hungary, for which simplified irrigation development plans can be made and farmers...
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FAO: world food prices continued to increase in January
Date: 2020-02-06 11:45:42
World food prices have risen in January for the fourth consecutive month, this time mainly due to higher prices of vegetable oils, sugar and cereals. The January Food Price Index...
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Professional federation: the number of students opting for the agricultural engineering profession has increased
Date: 2020-02-06 11:12:12
In five years, the number of students opting for the agricultural engineering profession has increased by 70 percent, most of them choosing an agricultural career because of competitive income, high-tech...
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EY: Hungarian companies have a lot to do because of Brexit
Date: 2020-02-06 11:11:45
Hungarian firms have a lot to do with Brexit, with the UK’s exit from the EU. It will most affect the issue of customs and VAT, says EY in a...
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Retail sales in the Czech Republic increased by 4.8 percent last year
Date: 2020-02-06 11:10:05
Retail sales in the Czech Republic rose 4.8 percent last year, the Czech Statistical Office (CSÚ) said in a statement on Wednesday in Prague. Retail sales growth has been steady...
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Romanian retail sales increased by 7.2 percent last year
Date: 2020-02-06 11:07:18
Romanian retail sales grew 7.2 percent last year – the Romanian National Institute of Statistics announced oon Wednesday. The increase was mainly due to non-food sales, of which sales increased...
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Israeli scientists plant date palms from two thousand year old seeds in Israel
Date: 2020-02-06 11:04:47
Israeli scientists planted six date palm trees from the seed from Jesus’ age. Professionals hope to be able to grow a date palm on male-female seeds found in the Judean...
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Euro area private sector’s growth accelerated slightly in January
Date: 2020-02-06 11:03:56
The year started stronger in the euro area private sector, with economic growth slightly accelerating in January – according to IHS Markit’s Purchasing Manager Indexes. The Eurozone Composite Purchasing Manager...
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