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Dutch cheesemakers worry about US tariffs
Two famous Dutch cheeses, Gouda Holland and Edam Holland, are among the many artisanal European products threatened with US tariffs the Trump administration announced on 8 April. For Dutch cheese...
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Amazon closes online store in China
Amazon.com Inc has announced that it will close its China online store by 18 July 2019, as the US e-commerce giant concentrates on the lucrative businesses of selling overseas goods...
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Jumbo’s new yogurt and milk earned the ‘1-Star Beter Leven’ certification
Dutch retail chain Jumbo has launched a new range of sustainable milk and yoghurt that is 1-star Beter Leven certified. It is a new quality mark for dairy products, developed by the...
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Major retailers ‘warned’
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent letters to Walmart, Kroger and 10 other convenience store chains for selling tobacco products to minors. In the letters the FDA...
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Lidl continues the expansion in Serbia
Discounter Lidl continues to expand its network of stores in Serbia: the group’s sixth store has opened in the capital Belgrade, while the city of Čačak now also has its...
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Nestlé-Carrefour: consumer access to blockchain-based product information
Nestlé and Carrefour have announced that they are giving consumers the chance to access information from the first blockchain on a national brand in Europe. Shoppers will receive ‘reliable and...
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Go Natural to double the number of stores in Portugal
Health and nutrition retailer Go Natural plans to double the number of supermarkets it operates in Lisbon and Porto this year. Go Natural currently has 8 stores in the two...
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Barilla launches 100-percent sustainable wheat biscuit
In April Italian food company Barilla launched a range of biscuits made entirely of sustainable wheat. As part of the Buongrano line of Mulino Bianco, the biscuits are made in the...
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Organic champagne from Kaufland
German retailer Kaufland has put an organic champagne on the market: Canard-Duchêne ‘P181’ Extra Brut. The new product contains three grape varieties that complement each other: Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay....
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Unilever to buy toothpaste brands from P&G
Unilever announced that it had signed an agreement to buy toothpaste brands Fluocaril and Parogencyl from Procter & Gamble. Fluocaril provides oral care solutions for cavities, while Parogencyl tackles gum issues. Both...
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Metro Canada and Uber Eats team up for hot meal delivery
Canadian food and drug retailer Metro Inc. has joined forces with Uber Eats for home delivery of ready-to-eat meals in Quebec: 23 stores now deliver prepared meals to customers in...
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Coop Sweden tests airport food delivery service
Coop Sweden has announced that it is testing a food delivery service in the Landvetter Airport in Gothenburg, Sweden. Customers can order online and pick up their purchases from the arrivals hall...
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Taste gin with Waitrose in your home!
UK retailer Waitrose & Partners has introduced a new service – called Gin O’ Clock – that allows customers to have gin tasting sessions at a location of their choice. The two-hour...
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Evie: the first electric van for home delivery from Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s is the first UK supermarket to test electric van technology for home deliveries. Initially using one 100 percent electric van – named Evie – the trial runs until May; then...
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Light, temperature and decoration
The three things mentioned above are the most important components of a pleasant in-store environment – revealed a survey conducted by financial service provider Liberis, conducted with 1,000 participants in...
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Maximum in-store experience
US premium audio system manufacturer SONOS has a flagship store in Manhattan that offers a really special customer experience. There are seven test rooms in the store, where all kinds...
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POPAI meeting at Coca-Cola
POPAI Association members gathered at the Coca-Cola HBC Magyarország headquarters in Dunaharaszti on 9 May. Csaba Veres, in-store and event activation manager of Coca-Cola HBC was the host, who gave...
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Apple Pay launched in Hungary
On 21 May the Apple Pay service was launched in Hungary, debuting at OTP Bank and to be followed by more banks in the weeks to come. With Apple Pay...
Read moreKSH: the Hungarian economy grew by five percent in the first quarter
According to the raw data, Hungary’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 5.3 percent. According to the seasonally and calendar effect adjusted and balanced data the Hungarian gross domestic product...
Read moreKSH: agricultural data collecting started in case of individual farms
Agricultural data collection began on Wednesday; the survey, which lasts until June 15, concerns 484 settlements in the country. The aim of the action is to explore the economic activity...
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Green Brands brand marketing
Independent international brand marketing organisation Green Brands started its Hungarian training programme with two ‘Academies’ in April and May. Ákos Kozák, the first speaker at the April event made an...
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Nespresso coffee machines are already available in Auchan
Another milestone has arrived in the life of Nespresso. The brand has expanded its range of collaborative partners with the convenience of customers, so Nespresso is waiting the customers in...
Read moreTesco develops the financial awareness of its staff
Tesco launched a national campaign called “Financial Practices” for its staff. In May, in cooperation with the Hungarian National Bank, the Ministry of Finance and the State Audit Office, they...
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FruitVeB: rainy weather was good for horticultural crops
The rainy weather of the past few weeks has been good for outdoor horticultural crops, but rain also increases the risk of infections – FruitVeB explains in its latest report...
Read moreEcfin: growth forecast for Hungary
The European Commission has improved Hungary’s economic growth forecast for 2019 and 2020 in its spring forecast, but warned that there were more and more signs of overheating in the...
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The quality of public catering can be enhanced with high quality ingredients
It is an important goal to prepare healthy and safe foods mainly from local and bio-based ingredients in public catering, which quantitatively and qualitatively meet the physiological needs of the...
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Colorants over limit were found in candy for children
More than permitted quinoline yellow and unlabeled tartrazine dyes were detected by the Slovak authorities in a tongue coloring candy intended for children. The National Food Chain Safety Agency (Nébih)...
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Employment in the euro area increased more than expected
Employment in the euro area increased more than expected in the first quarter, compared to a year before – according to data reported by the European Union Statistical Office (Eurostat)...
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Randstad Employer Brand Research 2019 – Will there be enough workers in retail trade and in the FMCG sector?
Várkert Bazár hosted the event where the results of the Randstad Employer Brand Research were presented for the sixth time. Jacques van den Broek, global CEO of Randstad was also...
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The future workplace: how to automate intelligently
Automation is now a key pillar of any digital transformation program. But what process and functions should you automate first? And how do you make sure that it’s roles, not...
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