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Romanian retail sales increased
In the first eleven months of last year, Romanian retail sales increased by 7 percent, compared to the same periodof last year – the Romanian National Institute of Statistics announced...
Read moreMeat-free pork may be coming soon
US-based Impossible Foods is launching a new line of pork imitations with meat-free pork and sausages to win Asian consumers as the company focuses on international expansion this year –...
Read moreChina does not increase its import quotas for cereals
China will not increase its import quotas for cereals, which could make it difficult to comply with a sub-agreement expected to be signed next week to close the US-China trade...
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The Budapest Airport’s air cargo handling center has been opened
The first cargo flight, a Boeing 747 type giant aircraft, has arrived at BUD Cargo City, the Budapest Airport’s cargo handling center, so the facility has become operational – the...
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Spar Italy Rolls Out New App For Better Retail Management
Spar Italy has introduced a new app in association with technology partner Aspiag Service for better retail management. The retailer has rolled out the .onRetail app in over 560 Despar,...
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Mars Accelerates Action to Tackle Climate Change With New #PledgeForPlanet Initiative
With the #PledgeForPlanet initiative, Mars announces fresh ambition to further cut emissions from its operations in line with the key aim of the Paris Agreement – to limit global warming...
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Lidl Ireland To Remove Cartoon Characters From Cereal Packaging
Lidl Ireland has announced plans to remove cartoon characters from the packaging of its own-brand cereals by the spring of this year. The retailer will replace cartoon characters from the...
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Aldi adds swathe of vegan NPD as Veganuary gets underway
Aldi has added a swathe of plant-based snacks across multiple categories Aldi has boosted its plant-based range with a massive influx of NPD for Veganuary. The discounter has this week...
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(HU) Január 15-ig pályázhatnak innovációikkal a SIRHA Budapest kiállítói
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KSH: rise in earnings continued
In October last year, average gross earnings were 365,100 HUF, 11.6 percent higher than a year before. Excluding public employment, gross average earnings increased by 11.2 percent to 375,300 HUF....
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The winemakers expect a good vintage
In the Villány wine region, the 2019 harvest was good in terms of quantity and quality – the secretary of the 2,500-hectare vineyard area told MTI. According to Nagy Gergely,...
Read moreSupport for vineyard development can be claimed in January
Support for the so-called restructuring development that can be spent on the modernization of vineyards, can be applied between 15 and 28 January – the Secretary General of the National...
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New complex soil management technology can help to combat drought
Drought is one of the biggest challenges of climate change is affecting agriculture. It can be tackled by the use of a new domestic complex soil management technology, using three...
Read moreAnother 26,000 pigs have to be slaughtered due to African swine fever in Romania
Another 26,000 pigs have to be slaughtered by the Romanian Animal Health and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA) following the detection of African swine fever (ASP) virus in a pig farm...
Read moreGerman retail sales grew faster than expected
According to preliminary data released by the Federal Bureau of Statistics (Destatis) on Monday, retail trade sales grew by 2.1 percent in real terms and by 2.1 percent on nominal...
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The euro area private sector remained close to stagnation in December
Eurozone’s private sector performance remained close to stagnation in December, as the recovery in the services sector could only partially offset the crisis in the manufacturing industry – according to...
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MTÜ: 2019 was decisive in Hungarian tourism
According to the estimation of the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ), 2019 was a year of tourism investments, outstanding sector revenue growth, further expansion of tourism and digitalisation in Hungarian tourism....
Read moreFerihegy Airport’s passenger traffic has crossed 16 million
Passenger traffic at Ferihegy Airport exceeded 16 million last year – Budapest Airport (BA) informed MTI. The traffic of the Hungarian capital’s airport reached a record 14.9 million passengers by...
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A new sauna complex in Zalakaros was built from nearly half a billion forints
A sauna complex with a capacity of almost two hundred people has been built with an investment of 450 million HUF in the Zalakaros Bath. Juhász Szabolcs, director of tourism...
Read moreThe number of Romanian guest nights increased
From January to the end of November, the number of guest nights at commercial accommodation establishments in Romania increased by 5.1 percent, compared to the same period of last year...
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Veganuary comes to Germany
UK-based organisation Veganuary gets active in Germany and has prompted some retail heavyweights such as Globus, dm and discounters to start vegan promotions. The times when the retail trade focused...
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Amazon considers opening stores in Germany
Amazon.com is considering opening stores in Germany, its second biggest market after the United States. Amazon already operates stores in the United States and Britain, including the Whole Foods grocery...
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The world’s first iceball-maker
Bring one of the hottest beverage trends home with the Craft Ice™ maker that automatically makes batches of slow-melting round ice. No more messing with expensive and time-consuming molds. Open...
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(HU) ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA: javult a gazdasági helyzet 2019-ben Magyarországon
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OKSZ: year-end sales in stores broke all records
All records so far have been broken by year-end store sales, with total retail sales exceeding 1,200 billion HUF, of which more than 100 billion HUF has been spent on...
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Hundreds of tons of goods were withdrawn by Nébih in 2019
Hundreds of tons of unknown and dangerous goods were withdrawn from the market in 2019 by the National Food Chain Safety Authority (Nébih) – portfolio wrote after Magyar Nemzet. The...
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Sales of the Jókenyér brand are growing by four percent each year
The Ludwig & Mentes Kft., manufacturer of the Jókenyér brand products, has sold an average of four percent more bakery products each year over the past 5 years, increasing the...
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