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In one year, the number of nylon bags sold in supermarkets in England has halved
In a year, the number of nylon bags sold in the UK’s largest supermarket stores has halved – according to British government data released Thursday. Asda, Marks and Spencer, Morrisons,...
Read moreConsumer confidence improved significantly in the United States in July
The Conference Board nonprofit economic research institute announced on Tuesday that its consumer confidence index increased to 135.7 points from the 124.3 points of June. Analysts expected a slight improvement...
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A grandiose mountain of cakes – Video of the day
Ever wanted to make? If you’ve never heard of it, it’s essentially a giant mountain of choux pastry balls that are held together by whisper-thin threads of caramel. It’s a...
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Ice Cream of the Year in 2019
This year the confectioners’ guild organised the popular Ice Cream of the Year competition in Szombathely. In order to make the contest a bit more festival-like, several programmes (ice cream...
Read moreFour out of ten Hungarians do not go on a serious vacation
In fact, 43 percent of the Hungarian adult population simply can’t afford a week’s vacation away from home – according to a recent Eurostat report – penzcentrum.hu wrote. By the...
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Ice cold drinks
Continuing the trend of recent years, ice tea sales grew in 2018 – as a matter of fact the sales growth was faster in both value and volume than in...
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How much calory does your rice contain? Depends on how you cook it
Cooking hacks are quite common on the internet, of course, but this one caught Grub’s attention: Two researchers at at Sri Lanka’s College of Chemical Sciences have discovered a way...
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The hotel chain will remove the toiletries from the guest rooms
The InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), will remove the tiny toiletries (shower baths, soaps, etc.) from the guest rooms – origo wrote after BBC. The British-owned company owns the units of...
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EY: For CEOs, are the days of sidelining global challenges numbered?
The 2019 EY CEO Imperative Study reveals that investors and boards expect CEOs to respond to humanity’s greatest challenges – it’s the new growth imperative. But how? To date, most...
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Lidl Denmark Introduces Reusable Bags For Fruit And Vegetables
Lidl has announced that it has introduced reusable net bags for fruit and vegetables in all its 119 outlets across Denmark. The initiative is expected to reduce the consumption of...
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Waitrose Expands Eco-Friendly Laundry Products Range
Waitrose & Partners has announced that it has added two new products to its eco-friendly laundry solutions range, following an increase in demand for sustainable products. The sale of environmentally-friendly...
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Sustainable Initiative
Coca-Cola Oceania and Coca-Cola Amatil have announced a significant step forward towards sustainability—by the end of this year, all of their plastic bottles smaller than one litre, and all water...
Read morePork may become more expensive over time
African swine fever could lead to a steady rise in pork prices in the next 4-5 years – penzcentrum.hu quotes Fórián Zoltán, a leading agricultural expert of the Erste Agricultural...
Read moreThe global beer market has expanded, and Hungary is a significant exporter of beer as well
Globally, more than 1.9 billion hectoliters of beer were sold last year. The world’s largest brewing nation is China, followed by the USA and Brazil in third. Instead of quantity,...
Read moreGKI: less confident mood in agriculture
Although their optimism has weakened, Hungarian agribusinesses are still confident about the future, and in the short term they are mostly concerned about the situation on the world market, and...
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35,000 festivalgoers chose the Lidl Fesztmarket
At this year’s EFOTT and Campus festivals, nearly thirty-five thousand festivalgoers chose the Lidl Fesztmarket, where the store chain offered its customers alternative products during the festival as part of...
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Thousands of shops in Budapest are waiting for tenants
About two to three thousand retail properties are vacant in Budapest, depriving the owners of municipalities, condominiums and private owners of revenue – origo wrote after Világgazdaság. According to the...
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The waste derby starts on the Upper Tisza for the seventh time
In the first week of August, the Pirate Teams of the PET Cup starts to collect waste onto their ships again for days from the River Tisza between Tivadar and...
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The DS Smith Packaging Hungary Kft. started production of paper pallets
The DS Smith Packaging Hungary Kft., a developer of packaging materials, developed a paper pallet and a related product line, as well as the technology needed for its production from...
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The rate of increase in consumer prices in the euro area slowed down in July
Consumer price growth in the euro area slowed to a seventeen-month low in July. According to the preliminary data released by the European Union Bureau of Statistics (Eurostat) on Wednesday,...
Read moreThe US-China trade war can hold back world trade
DHL’s Global Trade Barometer expects global trade to decline in the coming period – piacesprofit.hu wrote. Traffic is also declining in the air and maritime trade. Due to the growing...
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Winners of this year’s Cake of Hungary were announced
Winners of this year’s Cake of Hungary have been announced – origo wrote. According to the official announcement, this year the winner became Tóth Norbert a confectioner from Dunaföldvár, with...
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Fried avocado – Video of the day
Well, a commenter recently asked me if I’ve ever tried avocado fries. I had not–and had to change that immediately!! Watch the video to see how it’s done! Spoiler alert:...
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VPK Packaging Salonta is 10 years old
VPK Packaging has been present in the Romanian market for 10 years. On 17 May 2019 the company invited partners to Double Tree by Hilton in Oradea, to celebrate the anniversary. Dirk...
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Sirha Budapest: Almost half of the exhibition space is already booked
The next Sirha Budapest trade show will take place on 4-6 February 2020. It perfectly shows the significance of the Budapest event that already about100 companies have booked 5,000m² of exhibition...
Read moreProvident: the majority of tourists choose domestic holidays
More people are on holiday and more children are going to camp than last year, according to Provident Finance Ltd. ‘s research conducted in Hungary among its 1,000 clients. Vacationers...
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UPS coming up with drones
The delivery giant is done experimenting and is petitioning the FAA for the right to launch revenue-generating drone flights without today’s restrictions. If UPS gets its way, it’ll be known...
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LG rolling out HomeKit and AirPlay 2 support
After initially slating a July 25 date to enable HomeKit and AirPlay 2 support for some of its 2019 TVs, LG has officially started rolling out software updates for its...
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Henkel Acquires Majority Stake In Hair Colour Business, eSalon.com
German consumer goods company Henkel has signed an agreement to acquire a 51% stake in the Los Angeles-based hair colouring business, eSalon.com. The acquisition will strengthen the Schwarzkopf maker’s hair...
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