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Lidl saved food from festivals
After last year, once again this year, Lidl Hungary offered the fruit, vegetables and bakery products left over from its summer relocations to those in need, with which it helped...
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Procter & Gamble and Rossmann team up to alleviate menstrual poverty
Procter & Gamble donates one pad to the Hungarian Red Cross’ #lánybólnővé program for every package of Always pads purchased at Rossmann. The program created to alleviate menstrual poverty supports...
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Everyone should have a notebook and a pen for the start of the school year – Westend is organizing a charity event
Westend started a joint collection of school supplies with the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service. In the campaign, which runs until September 17, they are looking for tools necessary for learning,...
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Children mainly spend on snacks and online games with their own bank cards
Every second of Erste Bank’s youngest customers actively uses their bank account, and 40 percent of the checking accounts available to 6-14-year-olds require a bank card. Children use plastic most...
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PICK is offering more to consumers this year
The popular Hungarian brand is supporting this year’s start of school with an overstocked product. In 2022, consumers were already able to meet PICK’s unique offers on several occasions, and...
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German innovation develops no-cocoa chocolate
QOA, a Germany-based startup now part of the tech accelerator Y Combinator, makes cocoa-free chocolate using “precision fermentation” of other ingredients. Over a little more than a decade, the company...
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What will happen to Italian people favorites foods if there is not enough pasta and tomato sauce?
A 100 percent increase in utility costs awaits Italians returning from vacation, and the price of food, public transportation, and textbooks will continue to rise, the daily newspaper La Repubblica...
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Carrefour Launches Vegetable Beer Range In Poland
Carrefour Polska has announced that it has launched a vegetable beer range in Poland, which it claims is a first of its kind in the country. The move is part of the retailer’s efforts...
Read moreL’Oréal’s biotech and eco-solutions “invent the future of beauty”
With its yearly innovative beauty report, L’Oréal is shifting research and innovation to focus on green sciences, tech advancements and augmented beauty. The 2021 report is categorized into five key...
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Rosé is still a favourite
Red is the new White, pink persists and sparkling shines at the 2022 New World Wine Awards. More than 150 wineries and wine distributors from across the nation have entered...
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Aldi fights food waste with a “magic bag”.
Aldi has partnered with surplus food app Too Good To Go in a bid to ramp up its ongoing battle against food waste. The UK’s leading discounter – which is currently on the...
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World Homeless Pets Day: Mars promotes adoption
Mars draws attention to the hundreds of thousands of homeless dogs living in Hungary and the importance of adoption on the occasion of World Homeless Pets Day. One of the...
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The glass is half fullHungarians are informed, but consume little liquid, according to a survey by Szentkirályi Hungary
According to three-quarters of the respondents (77 percent), mineral waters play a role in covering the need for minerals, while only 47 percent of them pay attention to the mineral...
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Experts can help mitigate drought damage with digital soil and water management maps
Specialists from the Soil Science Institute (ATK TAKI) of the ELKH Agricultural Science Research Center participate in the development of digital soil and water management maps of agricultural areas within...
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A third of the festival-goers spend over HUF 10,000 per day on food
More than two-thirds of those attending the festival buy food worth more than HUF 5,000 on a daily basis, and 33 percent of those surveyed spend more than HUF 10,000...
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GKI: Hungarian companies perceive the effects of climate change, but do not invest in environmental protection projects
Most Hungarian businesses perceive the effects of climate change, 50 percent of companies have goals related to environmental protection, compared to the EU average of 41 percent; at the same...
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Henkel significantly increases sales, drives strategic agenda and raises sales guidance for 2022
In the first half of 2022, Henkel increased Group sales to around 10.9 billion euros. This corresponds to significant organic sales growth of +8.9 percent. This positive development was driven...
Read moreLow-calorie sweetener could promote microbiome health
A new low-calorie sweetener made from mogrosides and galactooligosaccharides may offer the same effects as artificial sweeteners with none of the negative consequences such as increased appetite or weight gain...
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Only robot cash registers will soon be available at one of the domestic supermarket chains
The first units appeared last year, and by next year all Decathlon stores will have exclusively self-service cash registers – and all this thanks to a Hungarian IT company, Laurel....
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Many gas stations in Hungary are affected by the government’s unexpected announcement
The government will continue to support small gas stations, for this purpose it has set aside HUF 18.5 billion – said the State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture responsible...
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A new flavour by Coca-Cola, specially for younsters
Coca-Cola is launching Dreamworld — the fourth and final of its Coca-Cola “Creations” flavors in 2022 — that the beverage giant says allows consumers to explore “what a dream tastes like.”...
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The hidden power in food waste: biomethane could serve as alternative of Russian gas
Biological waste found at every step of the food chain can replace a fifth of Russian gas imports. According to the European Biogas Association (EBA), by 2050 the amount of...
Read moreJ&J To End Global Sales Of Talc-Based Baby Powder
Johnson & Johnson will stop selling talc-based baby powder globally in 2023, the drugmaker said, more than two years after it ended US sales of a product that drew thousands of consumer...
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According to a Costa Coffee survey, Hungarians vote for home-made iced coffee
In the heat of the summer, there is nothing better than a cup of iced coffee: whether it’s plain espresso freddo, iced coffee, frappe or an ice-cold cappuccino – according...
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No more OBI catalogs, that was it!
OBI follows Western European trends in Hungary as well, which is why it no longer publishes its paper-based catalog. In addition to the communication taken as a joke, the real...
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Tesco UK launches zero emission electric lorries in industry first
Tesco has become the first retailer in the UK to launch a zero-emission electric lorry, with each vehicle replacing 30,000 diesel-fuelled road miles with clean green energy each year. The...
Read moreAn agricultural robot startup from the United Kingdom received £1.5 million for its development
Muddy Machines, an AgTech and robotics company that helps automate crop harvesting, has been awarded £1.5m in project funding. The latest funding round was led by Regenerate Ventures, which specializes...
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This year, Tesco and Mars are supporting the needy with HUF 2.5 million
Thanks to their collaboration, Mars and Tesco support the work of the Hungarian Food Bank Association with a total of HUF 2.5 million. As part of the charity campaign launched...
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Ryanair CEO says the era of €10 flights is over
The airline’s average fare would rise from around €40 (£33.75) last year to roughly €50 over the next five years, he told the BBC. But he says he believes people...
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This summer, PENNY is about to renovate nearly 30 of its stores across the country
PENNY’s large-scale store renovation and modernization project launched at the end of 2020 has been implemented in 73 stores this year, of course in line with last year’s rebranding of...
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