Asda offers one-hour click- and-collect service

Asda offers one-hour click- and-collect service

Asda has launched a new click-and-collect service that makes it possible for shoppers to pick up their online orders in less than an hour. With Express Click and Collect, shoppers...

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Top performance by Nestlé’s Hungarian factories last year

Nestlé Hungária Kft.’s sales revenue continued to rise in 2019. The lion’s share of the sales increase, HUF 15 billion was export sales growth. All three Hungarian Nestlé factories –...

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Lactogal: Bio-based packaging for Mimosa milk

Portuguese dairy company Lactogal has introduced Mimosa low fat, skimmed, and whole milk in bio-based packaging in Portugal and Spain. The milk is available in new Tetra Brik Aseptic Edge...

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LDC and Luckin Coffee are to build a coffee roasting plant

Dutch agricultural commodity merchant Louis Dreyfus Company and Chinese coffee firm Luckin Coffee have started building a joint coffee roasting plant in Xiamen, China. The plant – which is located...

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Soups from Waitrose & Partners tell you to ‘Love Your Gut’

British retailer Waitrose & Partners has launched a new range of private label, gut-friendly soups called ‘Love Your Gut’. The range has been developed by nutritionists and offers two SKUs – carrot,...

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Online orders can be collected in a growing number of Rossmann stores

Shoppers can now pick up parcels ordered in the Rossmann Online Drugstore in already 44 stores in and around Budapest. More and more shops are added to the list of...

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Oreo celebrates with cookie dunking world record

On 30 January Mondelēz International broadcast a Guinness world record attempt live online: the most people dunking cookies across multiple venues. The successful record attempt was coordinated to celebrate the OREO cookie brand...

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Lidl to open another distribution centre in the USA

Lidl is expanding in the south of the USA. The discount grocer announced it will build a USD 100 million regional distribution centre in Covington, Georgia. The 86,000m² facility will...

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ISM: 50 years of sweets

ISM is the biggest annual trade fair for sweets and snacks in the world, which has been organised for 50 years. In 2020 Cologne hosted the event between 2 and...

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Coca-Cola buys dairy product company fairlife LLC

The Coca-Cola Company has announced that it has acquired a 100-percent stake in fairlife LLC, a Chicago-based manufacturer of value-added dairy products. Fairlife LLC started operations in 2012 with a high-protein milkshake,...

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Gruppo Selex invests 330 million euros in its stores in 2020

Italian retailer Gruppo Selex is going to invest EUR 330 million in opening new stores and remodelling existing supermarkets in the country next year. This budget will be used to...

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The 2020 Grüne Woche broke many records

Internationale Grüne Woche took place in Berlin between 17 and 26 January 2020. This year’s trade fair broke many records: on 129,000m² more than 1,800 exhibitors from72 countries showcased their...

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Amazon India enters into partnership with Future Retail

Amazon India is now an official sales channel of Future Retail stores, enabling the latter to reach a wider customer base. Future Retail currently has 1,500 stores, attracting over 350...

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Rema 1000 and Vallø Castle join forces

Norway’s Rema 1000 has announced a partnership with Vallø Castle for sourcing fresh organic eggs. The initiative is part of the retailer’s ’ground-to-table’ strategy that concentrates on offering special, locally produced...

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Lidl launches Ireland’s first 100-percent compostable bag for potatoes

Lidl Ireland has introduced the first fully compostable potato bag in the country, in cooperation with Meade Potato Company. The 2kg packs of Meade White Potatoes feature packaging made from...

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Faster drink trends

The buzzwords in drink innovation are free from allergens and sugar, low-calorie, low- or no-alcohol, organic, functional and local. Some of this year’s top trends are the following: • the...

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Dreher appoints new sales director

As of this year, Györgyi Gyovai is the sales director of Dreher. Ms Gyovai has more than 20 years of experience at various food companies: she used to work for...

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A top feeling

In 2020 economic growth was around 5 percent in Hungary, and this was one of the top growth rates in the EU. For 2020 GKI calculates with a 3-3.5 percent...

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More restaurants want sustainability certification

According to the Responsible Gastro Hero Foundation, in the last 2-3 years, much more eco-friendly restaurants and cafés earned the Sustainable Hospitality Unit certification than before. Currently, 52 restaurants, cafés,...

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Whole-Foods and Parmigiano Reggiano sign distribution deal

Italy’s Consorzio Parmigiano Reggiano has signed a distribution agreement with Whole Foods Markets, which is valid in the USA, Canada and the UK. The agreement – signed with the USA-based...

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Heat as a Factor in the Perception of Taste, Smell, and Oral Sensation

Because all biological systems are to some extent sensitive to temperature, heat can be expected to affect the perception of taste. Although thermal influences on taste perception have been confirmed...

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Valio and Stora Enso trial wood-based biocomposite packaging

Valio and Stora Enso are going to distribute 10,000 wood fibre-based reusable lids made from a biocomposite, while encouraging consumers to reduce food waste. The reusable lids will be used...

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L’Oréal among the best in corporate sustainability

International non-profit organisation CDP has named L’Oréal as the world leader in corporate sustainability in three areas: climate change, water security and forest protection. For the fourth year in a row,...

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Lower wheat prices

In January the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a forecast that says the world’s chicken production will increase by 4.5 percent to 103.5 million tons this year. According...

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2019 was a record year in tourism

2019 was a record-breaking year for Hungarian tourism: the number of guests staying at commercial places of accommodation reached 12.8 million, and these people spent 31.3 million guest nights there....

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Business and sustainability

At online marketplace foodfinder.hu food from hospitality units in Budapest can be saved from being wasted – at very good prices. Áron Kovács and Marco Máté launched the site in...

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22nd Chef’s Ball

On 8 February Étrend Hungarian Chefs Association and Hotel Benczúr organised the 22nd Chef’s Ball. President of the association István Asztalos gave a welcome speech, after which there was an...

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Better with music!

Background music is played in more and more bars and restaurants: Artisjus counted 36,800 of them in 2019. According to research, music can increase the time spent in a shop...

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Culinary Olympics 2020

There were 2,500 chefs from 59 countries competing at the Culinary Olympics in Stuttgart. The Hungarian Cook and Confectioner National Team won a bronze medal in the Chef’s Table and...

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Marneváll’s new owner

After the approval of the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH), it was announced that LDC-Tranzit Zrt. had acquired a 100-percent stake in Marneváll Zrt. Convenience food company Marneváll operates two factories...

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