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Müller relaunches yogurts in the UK with lower-sugar recipes

Müller is introducing new recipes for its Müllerlight and Müller Corner yogurt brands in the UK. Made possible thanks to the discovery of a new yogurt culture last year, the...

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Food firms plan to phase out industrially produced trans fats

Members of the International Food and Beverage Alliance (IFBA) – including Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo – will aim to phase out industrially produced trans fats from their products...

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Supermarkets In Asia Are Using Banana Leaves Instead Of Plastic Bags

Supermarkets in Vietnam and Thailand are leading the fight against single use plastics by doing away with plastic bags altogether and replacing them with banana leaves. Anyway, this new and...

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Magazine: ‘It is worth building on Hungarian consumers’

Tamás Éder, social president of the Hungarian Meat Industry Association has told at the traditional pre-Easter press conference in Budapest: what the industry needs is understanding and compassion from retailers...

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Godiva to open 2,000 cafés worldwide

The premium chocolate brand Godiva plans to open 2,000 cafes around the globe during the next six years, with a menu that will include salads and sandwiches, specialty drinks and...

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Carrefour Belgium to open in-store pharmacies

Carrefour Belgium has joined forces with Medi-Market Group to introduce shop-in-shop pharmacies and para-pharmacies in its retail outlets. The Medi-Market sales area within Carrefour stores will offer a wide range of...

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EDEKA offers herbs and salads from in-store greenhouses

German retailer Edeka has revealed plans to open greenhouses in certain stores, to offer its customers fresh and locally grown products. These allotments will produce herbs and salads that will arrive fresh...

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Danone sells its organic salad business

Danone  announced that it had signed an agreement to sell its organic salad business, called Earthbound Farm, to Taylor Farms. Taylor Farms is a family-owned salad and fresh foods company, based...

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Schwarz Group supports the STOP Ocean Plastic initiative

Schwarz Group has announced its support for STOP (Stop Ocean Plastic), which aims at tackling the issue of plastic waste – a global problem that presents a serious threat for...

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Tesco tests discount promotions for Clubcard holders

Tesco has trialled a new system of exclusive product discounts for Clubcard holders. The retailer ran a week-long trial in which Clubcard holders received discounts on selected products, when they...

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Pernod Ricard adds Italian gin brand to its portfolio

Pernod Ricard has announced the acquisition of gin brand Malfy from Biggar & Leith. The brand, which is distilled by the Vergnano family in the Italian region of Moncalieri, is already present...

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Amazon challenges FedEx and UPS

Amazon is reportedly providing direct-to-consumer shipping services in key markets of the USA. According to a report from TJI Research, a new service known as ‘Amazon Shipping’ is bypassing Amazon fulfilment centres. The...

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Nestlé: ‘urgent priority’ for plastic waste reduction

Nestlé has announced that cutting plastic waste is an ‘urgent priority’ for the company. The world’s biggest food company also announced its commitment to raise awareness and find solutions to the growing...

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Lidl invests in payment solutions

Lidl is investing in different payment solutions in different European countries. In one of its stores in Paris, Lidl is testing a scan and go app called Shop&Go, to reduce...

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Webshop first, app shop next

Mobile First as a web development and design principle can’t be ignored any more, when 30-50 percent of the turnover of online shops come from mobile devices.  Our magazine interviewed...

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Unilever acquires Olly Nutrition

Unilever has announced the acquisition of Olly Nutrition, a US-based nutritional supplements company. The San Francisco-seated business was established by Eric Ryan in 2014, and it produces vitamins, minerals, protein...

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Strong customer authentication: great changes in the e-commerce market

The countdown has started: on 14 September strong customer authentication (SCA) rules enter into force in Hungary too.  This will make an impact on every player in the e-commerce market. On...

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Online shops: a new No.1

After four years there is a new No.1 among online shops in Hungary: sales data from 2018 show that eMAG is the biggest player now, ahead of the former 1st-placed...

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Two thirds of Hungarians would pay with smartphone instead of bank card

At the end of May Mastercard published the results of a survey, which reveal that two thirds of Hungarians would prefer smartphone payment instead of bank cards. One quarter of respondents...

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Kométa: 55 tons less salt in a year

One year ago Kométa started a programme for cutting the salt content of blue-label products by 25 percent. At the moment about 70 percent of their product selection is low-salt. In the...

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BURN Energy: new summer experiences with the new flavour

BURN Energy starts the summer with launching a new flavour: Sour Twist, a pleasantly refreshing green apple tasting energy drink. BURN has announced the launch at a special party where the...

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P&G cuts down on plastic packaging

P&G’s European branch will cut plastic packaging use by 30 percent by 2025 with textile care products, including the Ariel and Lenor ranges – Virginie Helias, vice president and chief...

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Fanta drinkers voted for the melon-starfruit flavour combination

After a pre-selection process involving influencers and 25 teenagers, Fanta lovers could cast their votes on Facebook to decide about the new Fanta flavour. About 7,500 from the 12,000 voters wanted...

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Liegl&Dachser’s new branch manager

Árpád Darvasi has been named the new food and logistics branch manager of Liegl&Dachser. Mr Darvasi has been working in the logistics sector for nearly 20 years. Dachser’s food logistics branch provides...

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Summer opening hours in  12 ALDI stores

Ten ALDI stores in the Lake Balaton region, plus one in Gárdony and one in Hajdúszoboszló will be waiting for shoppers with longer opening hours between 1 June and 31...

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Kométa goes digital

Kométa, one of Hungary’s biggest pig processing and meat product manufacturing companies modernises production with an IT development project: going digital makes processes more efficient in processing more than 50,000...

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E-car charging station opens at ALDI store

On 9 May the first 6-plug charging station of ALDI and E.ON opened in Nyíregyháza. More will follow in Szolnok, Debrecen, Pécs, Székesfehérvár, Veszprém, Győr and Sopron until the middle of...

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Anuga is 100 years old

This October more than 70 Hungarian exhibitors will celebrate the Anuga food trade fair’s 100th birthday in Cologne. Márta Kakuk, Anuga’s representative in Hungary told: this is a record number, and...

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New pet food brand from Mars

According to a survey from 2018, 36 percent of Hungarians share their home with a dog – this means that there are 3 million dogs with owners in Hungary. Kateřina Nechvátalová,...

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Pöttyös enters the milk drink market

Say hello to the first drink from dairy snack company Pöttyös: Pöttyös Chocolate Milk is available from the end of April in practical 200ml drink straw and 300 reclosable formats. Thanks...

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