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The Nébih recalled a sesame oil product from Singapore
The National Food Chain Safety Authority (Nébih) has recalled the Oh Aik Guan sesame oil product, – the authority told MTI on Tuesday. According to the information, Nébih received an...
Read moreThe price of pork increased significantly in China
In China, pork prices rose 116 percent in January, compared to a year before. According to the Chinese Bureau of Statistics, the rise in prices contributed to the 20.6 percent...
Read moreEuropean Commission: EU excise duty on tobacco products has not contributed to reducing consumption
The EU minimum excise duty on tobacco products did not contribute to discouraging consumption, although the current rules work well for the predictability and stability of Member States’ budget revenues,...
Read moreUnemployment rate is unchanged in the OECD member countries
Unemployment remained unchanged in December, with unemployment averaging 5.1 percent in OECD member countries. According to the OECD website, there were 32 million 563,000 unemployed in the OECD area in...
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YOOM™ tomato wins Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2020
Our exciting new purple YOOM™ tomato has won the prestigious gold award at the industry-leading Fruit Logistica Innovation Awards 2020 in Berlin, Germany. YOOM™ stands out as an innovation with its...
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ALMA -The International School of Italian Cuisine
Each young chef was carefully picked by ALMA -The International School of Italian Cuisine, where each of their signature dishes were assessed according to the same 3 criteria, the Golden...
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Lidl Belgium Introduces Digital Loyalty Card
Lidl Belgium has announced that it has rolled out its first customer loyalty card through the Lidl Plus app. The loyalty programme will allow shoppers to receive their cash register...
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Coca-Cola Products Removed From Colruyt Shelves
A number of Coca-Cola products have been temporarily removed from the shelves of retailer Colruyt, after the Belgian operator said that it had not reached agreement with the soft drink...
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Supermarket ‘dark stores’ dealing with online-only orders are “the future model of grocery in the UK”
UK supermarkets are increasingly converting shop floor space into areas for online order fulfilment in their largest branches as rents continue to rise. ‘Dark stores’, areas attached to supermarkets which...
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Magazine: Consumer perception of innovations
In the 2nd quarter of 2019 nominal value sales were up 7.7 percent from the level of the 1st quarter. The market share of discount supermarkets reached 28 percent –...
Read moreAsia: The epicentre of innovation
A study by Lux Research claims that China, Japan and South Korea spent USD 613 billion on research and development in 2018; with this combined budget these countries finished 2nd,...
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2+2 instead of 11+10
On 15 February a new register of trades entered into force. This document lists 174 vocations in 25 sectors. There are 3 vocations named for retail trade: shop assistant (3...
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Strong competition in recruiting workers
The experts of GKI Digital noticed a paradigm shift in the competition of FMCG retailers for shoppers. At the same time, supermarkets and discount stores located close to where people...
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Less luxury, more health?
In an 821-respondent representative survey, NMS Hungary was trying to find out what Hungarians are expecting from the year ahead of us, and how their expectations can influence their shopping...
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Advertising expenditure is likely to grow both in Hungary and at world level this year
According to a 59-country annual forecast by Dentsu Aegis Network, global expenditure on advertising will be worth USD 615.4 billion in 2020, which is 3.9 percent more than last year....
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Retail trade 2020: Revolutionary changes
A forecast by IGD has identified 10 areas that grocery retailers need to focus on if they want to be successful online. These are the following: understanding shoppers, integrating omnichannel...
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Shoppers could use more time
In December 2019 new online supermarket Kifli.hu conducted a representative survey among Hungarian internet users. This revealed that 50 percent of Hungarian consumers visit grocery stores or specialist food shops...
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Blockchain: A safe supply chain
According to a report by the World Economic Forum, 2020 will be the year of blockchain’s breakthrough if the governments and central banks pay enough attention to this technology. The...
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New managing director for FÉSZ
As of 1 January 2020 Attila Vörös is the new managing director of the Federation of Responsible Food Manufacturers (FÉSZ). Mr Vörös earned a degree in economics at Corvinus University...
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New business model in e-commerce
Webshippy launched a new service in 2020, called Dropshippy. Drop shipping is a business model, in which a retailer can operate an online shop without keeping goods in stock or...
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More digital information in the agri-food sector too
On 12 February the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) hosted a conference at Szent István University in Gödöllő, titled ‘Digital Information Services and Technological Development’. Experts talked about 5G, IoT,...
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Auchan makes French operations simpler
Auchan has announced 677 redundancies, which is about 17 percent of the total number of workers at its head office. The redundancies are part of a plan to save EUR...
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Retail chains and their followers
Ynsight Research and Silberstein & Partners set up a research team to study consumer opinion about FMCG retailers in social media and on the internet in general. They used the...
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Retail trade in Germany: Vacancies and few applicants
No less than 50,000 jobs are unfilled at Germany’s 50 biggest retail companies. In order to help them recruit new workers more successfully, Cologne-based EHI Retail Institute surveyed the human...
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Which way is the labour market going?
Seemingly the situation didn’t change: 1. In Hungary 50,000 more people retire per year than the number of workers entering the labour market. 2. Western Europe is also increasing salaries...
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Online vagy? Védd magad! – Információbiztonsági programot indított a K&H
A digitalizáció kényelmesebbé, egyszerűbbé, gyorsabbá teszi számtalan mindennapi tevékenységünket, azonban az online tér számos veszélyt is rejthet, ha nem vagyunk elég elővigyázatosak, elég csak az adathalász kísérletekre vagy hackertámadásokra gondolnunk....
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Colgate to buy US vegan toothpaste company
Colgate-Palmolive Co would like to buy Hello Products LLC, a company that makes eco-friendly and animal cruelty-free toothpastes – some of which are infused with hemp seed oil. This step...
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Nestlé launches plant-based sausages
Nestlé will launch plant-based sausages that look, taste, and cook like their meat-based counterparts in Europe and the United States. In Europe the food giant will introduce the soy-based Garden Gourmet...
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