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Small easy changes can lead to sustainable weight loss
Date: 2019-09-17 10:08:47
Previous research conducted by Dr. Brian Wansink through the Food and Brand Lab has shown that making small easy changes to our eating habits on a consistent basis can lead...
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Magazine: Flours for cakes and other baked goods
Date: 2019-09-17 07:46:58
The end of the year represents a high season in the flour market too. Ákos Ferenczik, marketing manager of GoodMills Magyarország Kft. told our magazine that sales of cake flours...
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Nestlé Health Science buys Persona
Date: 2019-09-16 18:43:02
Nestlé’s Health Science division has acquired Persona, a Seattle-based personalised nutrition business. Persona was established in 2017 and it is one of the leaders in personalised health supplements. It takes...
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Amazon Fresh debuts in India
Date: 2019-09-16 18:42:58
Amazon India has launched its fresh grocery delivery business in India. Operating under the Amazon Fresh banner, Indian shoppers now have access to more than 5,000 items in categories such...
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Superdrug advertises exclusive CBD products
Date: 2019-09-16 18:42:55
Superdrug is promoting its range of CBD products through its Sunday Edit blog posts. The retailer has taken an active approach at educating shoppers about what CBD is and the...
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Reverse vending machines are successful in Iceland stores
Date: 2019-09-16 18:42:53
In five Iceland stores the retailer has recycled more than 1 million plastic bottles since May 2018 via five reverse vending machines. The machines issue 10-penny vouchers to shoppers in exchange...
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Philip Morris and Altria in merger negotiations
Date: 2019-09-16 18:42:46
Marlboro maker Philip Morris International Inc. is in talks to reunite in a merger with Altria Group Inc., as the tobacco giants seek to pool resources in the fast growing...
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Kesko encourages shopping sustainably
Date: 2019-09-16 18:42:42
Finland-based Kesko participated in the 10Days100Challenges initiative of three universities in Helsinki, allowing shoppers to track their climate impact. The initiative ran for 10 days and involved 100 students. They...
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Casino about to partner with Hema and Ikea
Date: 2019-09-16 18:42:40
Casino Group continues to test cooperation with other retailers. Ikea and Casino have announced they will be testing Ikea click and collect points at Géant hypermarkets. The first 4 stores...
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New online shop with an FMCG profile
Date: 2019-09-16 18:42:37
A new online FMCG shop called kifli.hu is to be launched this winter. The store will follow the ‘pure player’ model – there will be no physical stores. Kifli.hu will do...
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Online retail sales exceeded 200 billion forints in the first six months
Date: 2019-09-16 18:42:32
Like-for-like online retail sales jumped 16.4 percent in the first half of 2019 and represented a value of HUF 207.5 billion. Interestingly, despite this record sum the sector is expanding slower...
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European organisations unite
Date: 2019-09-16 18:42:28
Ecommerce Europe and the European Digital Commerce Association (EMOTA) announced in early September 2019 that they are joining forces: as of 1 January 2020 they continue under the aegis of...
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Going to the mall – online
Date: 2019-09-16 18:42:26
German online shop OTTO and shopping centre operator ECE – which belong to the same group – have established a joint venture called Stocksquare, which connects physical stores with online...
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European cooperation for cashless payment
Date: 2019-09-16 18:39:56
Mastercard and mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) solutions company SumUp intend to increase the number of points where bank card payment is possible in Europe in the next 5 years. Ferenc...
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It takes two at the end of the year
Date: 2019-09-16 18:39:52
In the December period logistics partners can provide quality service if the retailers give them good estimations for the expected number of parcels, and if they prepare the parcels for...
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Growing popularity of private label products all over Europe
Date: 2019-09-16 15:15:54
According to recently published data from the Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA), the market share of private label (PL) products is 30 percent on average in the 19 European countries...
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Tesco and Nestlé are helping together again
Date: 2019-09-16 13:59:00
Between 26 September and 9 October Nestlé and Tesco teamed up once again to fight food waste. In this period Nestlé donated 1 percent from the price of each product...
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Special new chewing gums from Chocco Garden
Date: 2019-09-16 13:58:58
Chocco Garden Kft. launches a functional chewing gum product line. Central Europe’s only chewing gum producer will put 4 types of Prevent functional chewing gums on the market at the end...
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Már elnyerhető a Kiváló Termék és az ÖKOlogikus jelölés
Date: 2019-09-16 13:40:48
A termékek kiválóságát és a környezetbarátságát tanúsító új védjegyeket hozott létre a hazai eredetet igazoló legismertebb védjegyrendszert működtető Magyar Termék Nonprofit Kft. Benedek Eszter ügyvezető a szeptember végi sajtótájékoztatón...
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New products in the Tesco Organic line
Date: 2019-09-16 13:40:34
In September Tesco added 6 new organic products to its private label selection, which now also features, chia seeds, quinoa, goji berries, linseeds, coconut flour and coconut flower sugar. Customers...
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Fido Dido is back
Date: 2019-09-16 13:40:29
Fido Dido, the iconic cartoon character of the 1990s has returned. 7UP was 90 years old in July and celebrated the occasion by bringing back the popular Fido Dido. He is...
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Coop executives decorated with Order of Merit
Date: 2019-09-16 13:40:21
On 20 August László Pekó, chairman of the board of directors at Co-op Hungary Zrt. and CEO of Nyírzem Zrt., and László Tóth, CEO of Unió Coop Zrt. and member of the...
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Ceres wins silver medal at the 17th Euroregional Bread Festival
Date: 2019-09-16 13:40:17
Dunakapu Square in Győr was the place where the 17th Euroregional Bread Festival took place on 8 September. Ceres Zrt.’s Ceres Rhodes Loaf finished 2nd in the bread category and was...
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Alföldi Tej opens cheese production plant
Date: 2019-09-16 13:40:15
Dairy company Alföldi Tej Kft. has built a cheese production facility from HUF 15 billion in Debrecen. First only Trappist but later also Gouda cheese will be made in the new...
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Nestlé reduces greenhouse gas emission faster
Date: 2019-09-16 13:31:55
Nestlé has announced that it will reduce its greenhouse gas emission to zero by 2050. The company wants to achieve this goal by putting several products on the market –...
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Bulldog Gin pushes forward in Hungary too
Date: 2019-09-16 13:31:50
One of the world’s most popular and famous premium gins is now also available in Hungarian bars and shops: Coca-Cola HBC Magyarország launched Bulldog Gin at the end of August....
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790,000 cans of food for people in need
Date: 2019-09-16 13:31:46
Bonduelle Central Europe Kft. and the Hungarian Food Bank Association donated 790,000 canned food products in the value of HUF 246 million to people in need. The 221 tons of food...
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Coca-Cola HBC Europe continues to lead the way in sustainability
Date: 2019-09-16 13:31:43
According to the 2019 Dow Jones Sustainability Index, Coca-Cola HBC is the No.1 sustainably ran soft drink company in Europe. This is the sixth time in the last 7 years that...
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Unilever switches to renewable energy
Date: 2019-09-16 13:31:37
Unilever has announced that the company is now only using renewable energy in all factories, warehouses, offices and research centres on all five continents. This achievement is the result of the...
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Costa Coffee to be launched in Hungary next year
Date: 2019-09-16 13:31:33
Coca-Cola HBC plans to roll out its Costa Coffee product in at last 10 countries in 2020 – and one of these markets is Hungary. Zoran Bogdanovic, CEO of Coca-Cola HBC...
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