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Unilever for a circular economy
Unilever announced that by 2025 all of the packaging material they use will be fully reusable, recyclable of compostable. At the same time the company asked FMCG product manufacturers to...
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Tourist agency: the average income in the tourism sector should be doubled
The average income in the tourism sector should be doubled in the coming year. In 2015 it was net 103 thousand HUF – Guller Zoltán, CEO of the Hungarian Tourism...
Read morePortugal to levy sugar tax on soft drinks
The Portuguese government expects to raise EUR 80 million for public health from introducing a sugar tax on soft drinks from 1 February 2017. The new tax would apply to...
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Italian wines in the US market
Last year 2.53 million hectolitres of Italian wine was sold to the USA. Although Italy’s wine export reduced by 0.5 percent in volume, it augmented by 3.1 percent in value...
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Spar is flying high with its own brands
Spar Austria informed that last year they sold twice as many from the company’s private label energy drinks than from Red Bull products. Last year 45.7 million S-Budget energy drinks...
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Optimistic US consumers
A Bloomberg survey has revealed that US consumers are more optimistic than ever before in the last 15 years. 36 percent of respondents said the US economy is going in...
Read moreThe future of grocery retail chains?
Tesco opines that grocery retail chains can only survive if they pay bigger attention to supplying restaurants, online selling and serving individual needs. The British retailer plans to acquire Booker...
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Magazine: Piquant flavours on the Easter table
Christmas, Easter and the summer barbecue season are the three most important periods in wet condiment (mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup, horseradish, etc.) sales. Amarillisz Vlahosz, junior brand manager of Unilever Hungary...
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Got2b Volumania
Make madly voluminous hairstyles with the got2b volumania hair styling foam. Have up to 4 times more voluminous hair with much more body. The more voluminous, the better!...
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AXE new antiperspirant range
AXE launched its new antiperspirant range, a unique combination of stylish fragrance and powerful protection. AXE Signature Anti-Marks Protection AP aerosol and stick has superior white marks protection. AXE Urban...
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Univer baby food
Univer baby food products return with a brand new, children’s story look! They not only have a new design but also a new composition. For detailed product information please visit...
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Nestlé Granola
In the muesli category the importance of the granola – crunchy muesli – segment is growing. Nestlé follows this new trend with the introduction of the NESQUIK, CINI MINIS and...
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PICK Chilli liver paté
PICK Chilli liver paté is a creamy liver spread that is made from top quality ingredients. Its unique, pleasantly hot taste comes from red chilli pepper and green jalapeno pepper....
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Bull’s Blood and the Tisza fish soup became Hungariukums
The Hungarikum Committee raised the Bull’s Blood, the Kodaly method, the Hungarian shepherd and hound breeds, as well as the Tisza fish soup into the row of Hungarikums; The Hungarian...
Read moreThe Hungarian startup is exporting brewing equipments to the US market
The company manufacturing Brewie automatic home brewing equipments will begin the delivery of pre-orders to the US market this week. The value of the first shipment of 250 machines, worth...
Read moreGermans like Hungarian wines
Germans like Hungarian wines. Germany is a major outlet for the Hungarian wine producers – according to Czerván György Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture (FM). The Ministry...
Read morePénzügykutató: GDP will expand above 4 percent this year
The gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate this year may rise above 4 percent, due to the fact that investments will jump on low base. According to the latest forecast...
Read moreK&H: subdued corporate demand for credit
According to the K&H Bank, credit demand is subdued, despite the low interest rate environment, and a growing deposit base characterizes the corporate sector. The demand for loans primarily boosts...
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The agricultural chamber helps with qualified tender writers
The Consulting Network of the National Association of Agricultural Economics (NAK) provides assistance to about 400 thousand members in the selection of proposals, preparation, AND implementation. According to the information...
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MNKH: Hungary is in the forefront in agri information technology
Hungary is in the forefront in agri information technology and in IT connected to the test tracks of self-driving cars in Europe – the CEO of the Hungarian National Trading...
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Melania Trump’s hometown is selling new products under the First Lady brand name
Melania Trump’s hometown (Sevnica in Slovenia), is honoring their famous former resident with a line of exclusive “First Lady” products including chocolates, beauty creams, salami and red wines. The products...
Read moreSpring sowing has begun
Most of the autumn sowings are in favorable conditions in Zala county. The farmers have begun to sown spring cereals, and if warming continues further, the sowing of sunflower and...
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Superfast internet is available in almost quarter of a million households
About 230 thousand households has access to superfast internet thanks to the self-financed investments of the service providers. The development of the network will be started in all parts of...
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Asian street food movement and beer – Video of the day
Tiger Beer celebrates the heat, energy and passion of the Asian streetfood movement....
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ProWein gets bigger and bigger
Wine and spirits trade fair ProWein will take place between 19 and 21 March 2017 in Düsseldorf. The organisers told at a press conference that last year 55,000 trade visitors...
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The Hotel Association elected a new president
Könnyid Lászlót was elected as the President of the Hungarian Association of Hotels and Restaurants (MSZÉSZ). At the organization’s extraordinary general election meeting, Hamvas Zoltán was elected as gastronomic co-chairman...
Read moreWorld Water Day: the National Water Strategy focuses on the Lake Balaton
The National Water Strategy was born recently. Csonki István, head of the Central Transdanubian Water Authority, said that the National Water Strategy’s main goals are the karst waters of the...
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Positive cattle and beef trade balance
Data from the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) and KSH’s market price information system (PÁIR) revealed that Hungary’s live cattle export grew by 11 percent in the January-October 2016 period....
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Magazine: Who is going to work?
One of the biggest challenges in Europe is to have more people working. At a professional forum organised by the National Trade Association (OKSZ) at the Budapest Chamber of Commerce...
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Few chemicals used in small crop categories
Farmers growing crops on a smaller area of land are having problems with protecting their plants, because in small crop categories very often there aren’t authorised pesticides. NAK started cooperating...
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