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GKI: Business expectations fell sharply in June
After reaching its two-year low in April and an improvement in May, the GKI economic sentiment index fell to its level of early summer 2017. The deterioration in business expectations...
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The development of tourist houses continues
Tourist houses developments continued with governmental support. Within the Téry Ödön National Tourist Houses Development Program in 2018, 6 tourist accommodations received 996 million HUF support, while in 2019 20...
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LG Grants Use of Door-Ice Making Patents for Premium Refrigerators
LG Electronics (LG) is licensing its patented refrigerator door-ice making technology for use in refrigerators sold by GE Appliances, which Haier acquired in 2016. Terms were not disclosed. The license...
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The future of fuel cards
At the end of May Shell held their ‘Make the Future Live’ event: a 4-day festival in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, where the focus was on innovative ideas. The...
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Carrefour to expand home delivery in France
Carrefour is preparing to extend the coverage for its home delivery in its home market to all urban areas with more than 10,000 inhabitants by 2020. According to the reports...
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Gruppo VéGé Pledges To Tackle Food Waste With New App
Italy’s Gruppo VéGé has partnered with Last Minute Sotto Casa (LMSC) to launch a smartphone app to tackle food waste. LMSC is a portal that brings together, in real time,...
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Asda steps up partnership with Just Eat
Asda has announced an expansion of its partnership with Just Eat, as part of wider activity to bring new ideas to the customer experience. Through a new Express grocery delivery...
Read moreCampaign to encourage sour cherry consumption
Hungary is a great power in the production of sour cherries, but the consumption of the extremely healthy fruit is low. The Ministry of Agriculture (AM) and the Agricultural Marketing...
Read moreKKM: The Ministry of Agriculture of Japan has been discussing on Hungarian pig meat exports in Budapest
The Director of the Food Safety and Consumer Protection Office of the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture discussed the delivery possibilities of Hungarian pork in Japan – the Ministry of Foreign...
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Nébih: an average Hungarian throws out six kilos of vegetables and fruits a year
An average of six kilograms of vegetables and fruits are thrown out annually by an average Hungarian – the head of the Department of Plant, Soil and Agri-Environment Protection of...
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Coca-Cola HBC and Lavazza went separate ways
Coca-Cola HBC and Lavazza today announced that they will close their cooperation in Hungary. The partnership between the two companies officially ends on October 31, 2019. Both companies are committed...
Read moreThe Ostorosbor Zrt. develops its winery with EU support
The Ostorosbor Zrt. has started and will complete its food industry investment in Ostoros and Novaj in Heves County by the end of the year, of which EU support will...
Read moreChamber of Agriculture: So far six thousand students participated in the From Home To Home campaign
Interactive lectures were held for six thousand primary and secondary school students so far, within the From Home To Home Campaign – the Zala County President of the National Agricultural...
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It is possible to breed cattle that emit less methane
It is possible to reduce the methane emissions of cattle according to scientists. The genetics of cattle have a strong effect on the composition of microorganisms in the rumen of...
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Deufol is building a packaging plant Debrecen
The German Deufol is building one of the most modern packaging and logistics plant of Europe in Debrecen from 7 billion forints, with the support of the government. Szijjártó Péter,...
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This year’s development budget for the farm development program doubles, compared to last year
The proportion within the total amount of the farm development program have been set so that the people living on the farms can get more resources than the local governments,...
Read moreThe most expensive eating-competition – Video of the day
Contestants in Moscow race against the clock to eat half a kilo of black caviar, worth thousands of dollars. Report by Sam Datta-Paulin....
Read moreTourism can grow by 260 billion HUF in the current budget cycle
In the Széchenyi 2020 program, the government spends more than 260 billion HUF on developing tourism in the 2014-2020 budget period, out of which nearly 33 billion HUF will be...
Read moreThe competition office provides information for those who want to go on holiday
The competition office helps with prospectuses for those who want to buy airline tickets, choose travel agency programs, in online reservations, or in car renting – the spokesman of the...
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FAO Food Price Index steady in June
Global food prices declined marginally in June, as lower prices of dairy products and vegetable oils more than offset a significant jump in maize quotations, and are now very close...
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Travel assistant application for the blind and visually impaired
A Hungarian-led international consortium developed a travel assistance application for the blind and partially sighted. According to information from Bay Zoltán Applied Research Public Nonprofit Ltd., they run a consortium...
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Customised glasses – made using 3D printing
Hoya and Materialise developed Yuniku, the world’s first 3D-tailored eyewear. The technology works as follows: the human face is scanned and based on this the perfect frame is designed and...
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Online shops to pay bigger fines
Ákos Kara, secretary of state responsible for infocommunication and consumer protection informed that the name of online shops that don’t comply with the regulations will be registered in an online...
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Spar Austria Introduces New Organic Biscuit Range
Spar Austria has launched a new range of organic biscuits in partnership with the Vienna-based start-up NUSSYY. The product does not contain added sugar or palm oil, and it is...
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Mobile app for unexpected raids by the authorities
A new application helps companies to prepare for raids by the authorities. Developed by law firm Baker McKenzie, free app ‘Dawn Raid’ provides clients experiencing a raid with real-time step-by-step...
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Coop Switzerland Replaces Plastic Tableware With Palm-Leaf Alternative
Coop Switzerland has introduced palm-leaf tableware and paper straws in 900 outlets in the country in a bid to reduce the use of plastics. The palm-leaf bowls and dishes are...
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Nestlé Launches Paper Packaging For Snack Bars
Global food giant Nestlé SA has developed new paper packaging for its YES! snack bars, a technology it hopes to scale up and extend to other confectionery products as it...
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Magazine: A terribly good season for insecticide and insect repellent makers
Combined sales of insecticides and insect repellents amounted to more than HUF 5.68 billion in 2018 – reported Nielsen. In comparison with 2017, sales skyrocketed, having grown by 37 percent....
Read moreKSH: retail sales increased by three percent
According to the raw data, retail turnover in May increased by 3.0 percent and calendar effect adjusted it was 2.6 percent higher than in May 2018, according to the Central...
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Bonafarm and PTE are starting to cooperate in the food industry
The Bonafarm Group and the University of Pécs (PTE) concluded an agreement on food and nutrition science cooperation on Thursday in the seat of Baranya county. According to a document,...
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