Events
Agroinform.hu: this season brought the worst acacia honey harvest in the past 2-3 decades
Date: 2025-06-12 09:45:56
This season brought the worst acacia honey harvest in the past 2-3 decades, the massive winter bee colony loss, the severe frosts preceding the acacia blossoming, and the unfavorable weather...
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EU imposes new tariffs on Russian and Belarusian agricultural products and fertilizers
Date: 2025-06-12 09:30:25
The Council of the European Union adopted a regulation on Thursday, according to which the EU will impose new tariffs on all agricultural products and certain fertilizers from Russia and...
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Lekkerland Opens First Rewe To Go at a German Motorway Rest Stop
Date: 2025-06-12 09:25:38
Convenience specialist Lekkerland, in cooperation with Tank & Rast, has opened the first Rewe To Go store at a German motorway service station. The pilot location is situated along the...
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New development: continuous synchronization of eGN
Date: 2025-06-12 09:15:27
The National Food Chain Safety Office will ensure the synchronization of Single Application (EK) data with the eGN system in 2025 as well. Similar to the practice of previous years,...
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Picnic opens advanced e-commerce distribution centre in Germany
Date: 2025-06-12 09:07:17
In Oberhausen, Germany, Picnic has opened a fully robotised order fulfillment centre capable of processing up to 33,000 online orders per day. The figures are impressive: 21 kilometres of conveyor...
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Agrometeorology: the weather is dry
Date: 2025-06-12 09:00:03
The weather is dry, the soil will continue to dry out in most parts of the country and the drought can be expected to intensify – wrote HungaroMet zrt. in...
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PwC Global Top100 Survey: Market value of the world’s 100 largest companies hits new high
Date: 2025-06-11 12:43:08
The market value of the world’s 100 largest companies grew by 7% to a total of US$2.8 trillion as of March 31, 2025, according to PwC’s latest Global Top 100...
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KSH: in May, consumer prices exceeded the values of the same month of the previous year by an average of 4.4 percent
Date: 2025-06-11 12:16:41
In May 2025, consumer prices were 4.4 percent higher than a year earlier. Compared to April, prices increased by 0.2 percent on average, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported on...
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Counterfeit food and beverages cause billions in damage in Hungary every year
Date: 2025-06-11 11:52:51
In Hungary, counterfeit food and drinks cause losses of nearly 16 billion forints and hundreds of job losses every year. The situation is even worse in the European Union: the...
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The taste, packaging and rhythm of the future – a 2025 innovation map
Date: 2025-06-11 11:43:04
In this article our magazine takes a look at how the latest market trends and innovations are shaping the rapidly changing FMCG sector in the second half of 2025. This...
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Hypoallergenic artificial nail product line wins innovation award
Date: 2025-06-11 11:36:37
Every year, more and more nail technicians and their clients are affected by allergies and irritations caused by the materials they use. All this can significantly complicate everyday work. The...
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Revitalizing rural areas with the help of young people
Date: 2025-06-11 11:12:42
Young women and men in rural areas play an important role in supporting economic growth and development and securing the future of agriculture and rural communities. However, many economic, social...
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NAK’s national awareness-raising campaign “Facts in a nutshell” is launched
Date: 2025-06-11 11:06:19
The National Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) has launched a national awareness-raising campaign entitled “Facts in a Tasteful Way”. The aim of the initiative is to present the importance of animal...
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Focus on young farmers and food security – seminar in Brussels
Date: 2025-06-11 11:01:46
Empowering young farmers, supporting generational change, the role of short food chains and the future of the Common Agricultural Policy were the focus of a seminar in Brussels, organised under...
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The producer price of slaughter pigs has decreased compared to a year earlier
Date: 2025-06-11 11:00:23
According to the Central Statistical Office (KSH), Hungary’s live pig exports decreased by 21.6 percent to 6.7 thousand tons in January-March 2025 compared to the quantity sold on the foreign...
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Convenience boom
Date: 2025-06-11 10:42:57
There is no standard definition for convenience foods. Foodnavigator.com examined nearly 250 studies on the subject and found: three-quarters of them didn’t even attempt to define the term and those...
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Account holders will receive a refund on purchases made abroad
Date: 2025-06-11 10:41:18
K&H is re-introducing the so-called cashback offer, which allows those affected to receive a refund after making purchases with foreign bank cards. K&H customers visiting abroad can achieve significant savings:...
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Hungarian grasslands are of great value, and the government supports their preservation
Date: 2025-06-11 10:30:57
The Grassland-HU LIFE integrated project plays a key role in the long-term preservation of Hungarian grasslands, emphasized Bertalan Balczó, Deputy State Secretary for Nature Conservation at the Ministry of Agriculture,...
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Stricter European emissions regulations are coming to the car market, but there is room for maneuver
Date: 2025-06-11 10:30:56
The world of mobility is changing rapidly – in line with climate goals, the European Union is imposing increasingly stricter vehicle emission standards, while under pressure from market players it...
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Hungarian-Georgian agricultural relations reach a new level
Date: 2025-06-11 10:00:19
Cooperation in the field of agriculture is particularly important, as Hungary’s experience and innovative solutions can help Georgia in the field of sustainable development and modernisation of the agricultural economy,...
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Carrefour aims to open 100 stores in Spain this year
Date: 2025-06-11 09:38:07
Carrefour Spain aims to open at least 100 stores this year, which should take it over the milestone of 1,600 outlets in the country. This will strengthen the retailer’s market-leading position in...
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Poultry prices have increased slightly
Date: 2025-06-11 09:30:02
According to AKI slaughter statistics, 228.4 thousand tons (live weight) of poultry were slaughtered in Hungary in the first four months of 2025, 6.5 percent less than between January and...
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Deliveroo Tests Drone Delivery In Dublin
Date: 2025-06-11 09:28:40
Meal delivery company Deliveroo has commenced a pilot project for drone delivery in Dublin, Ireland, in partnership with Manna. The pilot will help Deliveroo to assess how drones can help...
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Mother and son defrauded a department store of millions of forints using fake bottle return coupons
Date: 2025-06-11 09:12:02
Police have arrested a woman and her son who defrauded a Kiskunhalas department store of more than 3 million forints using fake refund certificates made for a bottle return machine,...
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Parts turnover increased
Date: 2025-06-11 09:00:58
In the first months of 2025, agricultural machinery sales started at a slower pace. Due to the difficulties of recent years – drought, low crop prices, the Russian-Ukrainian war, and...
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MBH quick analysis: Retail produced strong numbers in April
Date: 2025-06-10 12:45:49
Retail sales rose by 5.0% year-on-year in April, surpassing the pace observed over the past year. On a monthly basis, growth was 2.0%, and the retail turnover is increasingly exceeding...
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The Hungarian economy is facing increasingly strong headwinds
Date: 2025-06-10 12:10:58
Despite the uptick in household consumption, Hungary’s economic growth is expected to reach no more than 0.8% this year due to the unfavourable external environment. Meanwhile, declining global oil prices...
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How long can large companies wait to invest?
Date: 2025-06-10 11:56:37
The investment willingness of large companies has been stagnant for six months – according to the data from the first quarter of 2025 research of the K&H Large Company Growth...
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OKSZ commented on the latest data from the Central Statistical Office of Hungary (KSH)
Date: 2025-06-10 11:54:09
Based on the turnover in food and food-type mixed retail units in April (3.7 percent), consumer confidence has still not returned to the level it was in the second half...
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Nébih conducted strawberry inspections to protect legal primary producer sales
Date: 2025-06-10 11:45:40
In the second half of May, the National Food Chain Safety Office carried out increased strawberry inspections. The inspectors visited numerous market halls, farmers’ markets and farmlands in the capital...
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