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Fermentation, regional flavours and price parity drive plant-based innovations
Although first-generation plant-based products haven’t always met taste, texture and appearance expectations in full, there is still strong demand for plant innovations. This article is available for reading in Trade...
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Seed Association: More than 17 million sachets of seeds will find their home this season
This season, hobby gardeners will sow about 17.3 million colorful sachets of seeds from 1,000 types of vegetables and 500 types of flowers, according to the forecast of the Seed...
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Experts propose VAT reform for more affordable healthy and sustainable food
A study by researchers from the Oxford Martin School and the Environmental Change Institute has proposed that the VAT rates for food products should be based on health and environmental...
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NAK and MAGOSZ declare permanent water shortage period
Following the initiative of the National Chamber of Agriculture and the Association of Hungarian Farmers’ Circles and Cooperatives, the Minister of Energy declared a permanent water shortage period for the...
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Bird flu has reappeared in Pest County
The laboratory of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) has detected the presence of bird flu virus in Pest County. The eradication of the affected herd and the epidemiological...
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A period of permanent water shortage has been declared at the initiative of NAK and MAGOSZ
Following the initiative of the National Chamber of Agriculture and the Association of Hungarian Farmers’ Circles and Cooperatives, the Minister of Energy declared a period of permanent water shortage for...
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New restrictions lifted following foot-and-mouth disease outbreak
The National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) and local authorities have completed sampling of contact farms affected by the outbreak, with all tests coming back negative. Based on the favourable...
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Slaughter pig producer prices are decreasing
In the United States, the price of pork was 1.94 dollars (USD)/kilogram cold carcass weight in February 2025, which was a 15.6 percent increase compared to a year earlier. In...
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Rossmann gives more space to organic food
More shelf space – 15 metres instead of the current average of 9 metres – is planned to be dedicated to organic food in Rossmann stores in Germany. In an...
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We are filling Hungarian-Kazakh cooperation with economic benefits
There are serious agricultural and trade opportunities in Hungarian-Kazakh cooperation – stated István Nagy, who held talks with Arman Sakkaliev, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Trade and Integration, within the framework of...
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Sales Of Italian Organic Products Rise 6% In 2024, Study Finds
Italy’s organic food market generated sales of more than €6.5 billion domestically, representing growth of 5.7% year on year, according to the latest data from the Nomisma Observatory. Out of...
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Poultry prices rose slightly
According to data from the Central Statistical Office, Hungary’s poultry meat exports increased by 3 percent to 225 thousand tons in 2024 compared to 2023. Within this, chicken meat exports...
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Estée Lauder Companies partners with Adobe to streamline digital marketing with GenAI
It aims to simplify content production and increase efficiency. The Estée Lauder Companies has announced a new partnership with Adobe to adopt Adobe Firefly and overhaul its digital marketing production...
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AM: many applications for farmers, payment of agricultural subsidies is being completed at a good pace
The payment of agricultural subsidies is progressing faster than last year, area-based subsidies are arriving at farmers at a steady pace; after the 2024 unified applications, the Hungarian State Treasury...
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Margin is very much not profit
The government announced that it would introduce a margin cap on 30 food product groups from March 17, 2025, after food inflation reached 7.1 percent in February. The decision was...
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Margin freeze in Hungary: Who is affected and is government intervention really justified?
The Hungarian government will introduce a margin restriction on certain food products from March 17 – for the time being until May 31 – according to which the margin of...
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Despite global challenges, SMEs are still looking for breakthrough points in 2025
According to economic forecasts for 2025, businesses will face a number of challenges: high interest rates, inflationary pressures, geopolitical uncertainty and supply chain disruptions will all make it difficult to...
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Elek Nagy, President of MKIK, discussed the use of artificial intelligence by SMEs with László Palkovics, Government Commissioner
This morning, Elek Nagy, President of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MKIK), and László Palkovics, Government Commissioner for Artificial Intelligence, held a discussion on the possibilities of the...
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The GVH is preparing investigations into the food trade.
According to the online Price Monitor operated by the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH), the prices of several basic food products have decreased since Monday due to the introduction of the...
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More than half of employees received a pay raise last year
53% of Hungarian employees reported receiving a salary increase in 2024. This is a lower rate than in 2023 (61%), but higher than in 2022 (44%). Respondents are more optimistic...
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China’s retail sales skyrocket in the first two months of the year
China’s industrial output grew 5.9 percent year-on-year in the first two months of the year, slower than in December but better than expected, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said...
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Margin freeze on around a thousand basic foods comes into effect
The margin freeze came into effect on Monday, which regulates the retail margin of around 10 percent for around a thousand basic foodstuffs in thirty product categories – announced Róbert...
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More than 17 million colorful seed packets will find their owners this season
Due to the favorable spring weather, work has started in the small gardens. According to the forecast of the Seed Association Interprofessional Organization and Product Council, this season, hobby gardeners...
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New campaign shows health ambitions of Colruyt Group
In a new campaign, Colruyt Group shows how Bike Republic, Jims, Boni Plan’t and Newpharma help consumers live healthier lives. The company wants to become a credible, reliable player in...
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PepsiCo strikes near-$2bn deal to buy Poppi
PepsiCo has struck a deal to buy US prebiotic soda brand Poppi for $1.95bn. The US drinks giant said it was looking to meet consumers’ “growing interest in health and...
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Uber Terminates Foodpanda Taiwan Acquisition
Uber has decided to terminate its agreement to acquire Delivery Hero’s Foodpanda business in Taiwan and will pay a termination fee of around $250 million (€230.2 million), the food delivery...
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In the Shadow of Child Labor – the latest episode of the NMHH Podcast deals with kidfluencers
The opinion leaders of today are influencers, who can also be considered brand ambassadors, who build a financial model on their popularity. But why do we expect the faces of...
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OKSZ: margin is not profit!
The international food retailer member companies of the National Trade Federation (OKSZ) would like to share the following facts regarding the news published in recent days regarding food inflation. Margin...
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Viktor Orbán on Kossuth Radio: traders cannot add more than 10 percent to the purchase price
Traders cannot add more than 10 percent to the purchase price, the prime minister said on Friday in Kossuth Radio’s Good Morning, Hungary! program. Viktor Orbán justified the introduction of...
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