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Tesco to lay off 4,500 workers with Metro’s restructuring

British supermarket chain Tesco is cutting about 4,500 jobs from its Metro stores, in order to improve the efficiency of a format that is increasingly used by customers daily –...

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Lidl: reusable bags for fruits and vegetables

Lidl has announced that it has introduced reusable net bags for fruits and vegetables in all its 119 stores across Denmark. The initiative is expected to cut the consumption of...

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JusteBio products sold in Auchan stores in Portugal

French organic retailer JusteBio has announced that its products will be available in Auchan hypermarkets in Portugal. JusteBio entered Portugal in 2018, operating its own flagship store in Lisbon, where...

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FrieslandCampina to increase the number of GMO-free milk suppliers

FrieslandCampina has announced plans to increase the number of dairy farms supplying VLOG milk from 400 to more than 600. The decision follows a surge in demand in the German...

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App-based payment in 30 Co-op UK stores

British convenience retailer Co-op is to extend the trial of its app-based pay-in-aisle technology: 30 stores are planned to be enabled for shoppers to scan and pay with their mobile phones by...

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Carrefour opens ‘bee hotels’  in Poland

Carrefour Polska has opened its first bee hotels in Wroclaw. The bee shelters are placed on the roof of its hypermarket. Initiated in association with the company Pszczelarz Kozacki, the...

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Tesco to reduce the size of Polish hypermarkets

According to media reports, Tesco is planning to downsize its hypermarkets in Poland to so called ‘compact hypermarkets’. Tesco is making this move due to the strong performance of its...

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Ecommerce Hungary programmes in the autumn

Free participation for Ecommerce Hungary members!   26 September 2019: ECOMMERCE Online Marketing Meetup: Participants will discuss how to build an advertising portfolio that reaches the right target group and...

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Few fake websites in Hungary

Ecommerce Foundation has published the results of a survey that was conducted via Scamadviser.com, a website that helps more than 2.5 million users every month to check whether a website...

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Strong customer authentication’s start won’t be trouble-free

The date is approaching fast: on 14 September strong customer authentication (SCA) rules will enter into force in Hungary. It can already be seen that the system’s launch won’t be...

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Instant payment – later

On 28 May 2019 the Central Bank of Hungary (MNB) postponed the introduction of the instant payment system in Hungary, the new date is now 2 March 2020. MNB decided...

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Comfort matters more to consumers than protecting the environment?

A 1000-respondent representative online survey by NMS Hungary has revealed that environmental protection is important for 67 percent of Hungarians. At the same time, the concept of sustainability and sustainable development...

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Traditional Hungarian cottage cheese ‘rögös túró’ gets EU designation

The Milk Interbranch Organisation and Dairy Board has announced that the European Commission granted the Traditional Specialties Guaranteed (TSG) label to ‘rögös túró’, a special cottage cheese made in Hungary....

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New BAT factory in Pécs

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó was also present when British American Tobacco (BAT) opened their new production plant in Pécs. The new factory was built from more...

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Cif ecorefill: smaller burden on the environment

Unilever has launched Cif ecorefill in the United Kingdom, a new packaging format that puts a much smaller burden on the environment. The ecorefill contains a 10 times concentrated formula,...

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Another first from Lidl: Organic bakery items baked in-store

Lidl Hungary is the first grocery retailer in Hungary to sell organic baked goods made in-store. The six new organic bakery items – baguettes, rolls, breads, etc. – are made...

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GVH gives green light to Media Markt and Tesco in Győr too

The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has granted Media Markt permission to take over the electronics department of the Tesco hypermarket in Győr. In an earlier procedure GVH has already authorised...

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7.7 million forints donated to Food Bank

Thanks to the shoppers, Tesco and Mars collected HUF 7.7 million for the Hungarian Food Bank Association between 16 and 30 May. Shoppers could help by buying the designated Mars...

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Isobar Budapest’s new business development director

Since August 2019 János Arany has been the regional business development director of Isobar Budapest (Dentsu Aegis group). His arrival marks the start of a new era for the company,...

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Cif announces winners

Cif’s global campaign for a cleaner world arrived in Hungary this spring. First they cleaned the station building of the MÁV Children’s Railway in Hűvösvölgy, and later playgrounds, schools and...

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Dreher is brewing experiences

Dreher Breweries is 165 years old this year. Our magazine interviewed CEO Gábor Békefi on this occasion. What would you like to highlight from the company’s successful history? – What...

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(HU) Ami jéghideg, az cool!

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Ranking al dente – the world’s best restaurants

There is no such thing as an objective ranking of restaurants, but ‘The World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ by Restaurant Magazine comes pretty close. They have divided the world into 26...

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Cooking courses for cancer patients

A culinary centre in Idaho organises cooking courses for cancer patients. Chemotherapy often changes the taste perception of patients and some people don’t even feel taste after the treatment. The...

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Battling hangover professionally

An instant noodle company has launched a service called ‘Hangover Taxi’. If you wake up with a headache and nausea after a long night out drinking, all you need to...

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Pink is beautiful!

2018 was the year of ping gins, several major gin brands launched pink versions of their products. The colour comes from some kind of berry in most cases, usually strawberry....

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Five impulse buying strategies

In March American marketing specialist Katie Kochelek published an article on the Shop! website. The topic was 5 strategies that can be used to motivate shoppers for impulse buying. 1....

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More spectacular shop windows make shoppers more loyal

According to a recent study by Shop!, the shop window can be one of the best opportunities for a store and a brand to sell themselves instantly. In the offline...

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The wise man’s cookbook

Election expert and amateur cook Dr Zoltán Tóth has recently published a book, titled ‘A Civilian in the Kitchen’. Once a month Dr Tóth gets together with friends in his...

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Starting it early enough

Creative chef Tamás Stiller started his Kindergarten Garden project in 2011 and financed it himself for years. The programme is teaching the little ones how to grow fruits and vegetables....

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