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                    Róbert Zsigó: The price of 874 foods has decreased thanks to the margin freeze
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-26 12:17:24
												                    
				
                According to the new data, the price of 874 foods has decreased thanks to the margin freeze, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Culture and Innovation (KIM) said...
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                    The European Commission recommends that EU citizens build up an emergency reserve
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-26 12:12:20
												                    
				
                The European Commission says the current threats to the European Union require constant preparedness, and the EU executive is therefore recommending that citizens stockpile at home an emergency stockpile of...
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                    High-ranking awards for food industry and trade professionals
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-26 12:10:35
												                    
				
                In connection with the National Day of the Republic of Hungary, Linda Szommerné Egyed, owner of Fino-Food, Frank Odzuck, CEO of Zwack Unicum Nyrt., and Csaba Kanizsai-Tóth, CEO of FÁN...
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                    Kifli.hu expands with exclusive Marks & Spencer products
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-26 11:52:14
												                    
				
                The Rohlik Group, the parent company of the Hungarian online supermarket Kifli.hu, is significantly expanding its exclusive partnership with the British brand Marks & Spencer. Customers can now access more...
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                    Márton Nagy: the range of products subject to margin stop may be expanded
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-26 11:52:02
												                    
				
                If prices start to rise for other products not currently subject to the profit margin cap, then “we will expand the range of products covered by the profit margin cap” –...
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                    Jägermeister Orange: an ice-cold novelty with the aroma of Sicilian orange
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-26 11:28:04
												                    
				
                1400 hours of Sicilian sunlight, 56 herbs and the aroma of three oranges in one bottle – Jägermeister Orange, the uniquely fresh and fruity, bright orange, light new version of...
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                    GVH: 100 product categories are now available in the online Price Monitor
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-26 11:20:00
												                    
				
                The online Price Monitoring system operated by the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has been expanded with 22 new product categories. Thus, the daily updated prices of 100 product categories, a...
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                    Growing demand, changing climate, new technologies in the domestic vegetable oil industry
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-26 11:16:10
												                    
				
                The bottled cooking oil and refined bulk oil market operates in an international system, so prices and trends are not determined by the independent production or consumption of each country...
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                    New cybersecurity regulations: how companies can save millions
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-26 11:05:53
												                    
				
                In 2025, cybersecurity regulations became even stricter, affecting the conduct of audits and the calculation of supervision fees. The mandatory fees for companies are partly based on revenue, but a...
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                    KPMG: How to use AI in credit risk analysis ethically and competitively
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-26 10:57:16
												                    
				
                Financial institutions and financial service providers are expected to be among the biggest beneficiaries of the AI revolution, provided they do not sacrifice consumer and user trust on the altar...
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                    Representatives of the Slovak baking industry have rejected the use of EU-approved insect ingredients in their products
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-26 10:56:03
												                    
				
                The Slovak baking industry has issued a joint statement rejecting the use of insect-based ingredients in its products that the European Union (EU) has classified as suitable for human consumption...
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                    Bunge to sell European margarines and spreads business to Vandemoortele
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-26 10:11:54
												                    
				
                Vandemoortele will acquire Bunge’s margarines and spreads business in Germany, Finland, Poland and Hungary. US agri-food giant Bunge is selling its European margarine and spreads business to Belgian food group...
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                    Industrial condominium as an investment – is the sector on the verge of new momentum?
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-26 09:47:45
												                    
				
                Hungary’s industrial real estate leaders gathered for the first time at the HAD Real Estate Business Brunch, organized by the HAD Group, to discuss the future of the sector, the...
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                    Lidl and ProVeg join forces to find innovative cheese alternatives in new startup competition
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-26 09:28:10
												                    
				
                The winner will have their product sold in selected Lidl in Germany stores under its Vemondo private label, ProVeg announced. (Image source: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick/ Somain/ Lidl (01) / Wikimedia Commons...
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                    Rice wine waste found to have longevity-boosting properties
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-26 09:05:30
												                    
				
                Researchers in the Philippines have discovered that the byproduct of traditional rice wine fermentation could have significant health benefits, including anti-aging properties, The Drinks Business reported. Filipino researchers have optimised...
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                    Hungarian food producers may be in serious danger due to the margin freeze
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-25 12:35:15
												                    
				
                Following the introduction of the margin freeze, previously strictly confidential information has been made public: supplier prices can now be calculated back to almost anyone. This poses serious market risks...
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                    Róbert Zsigó: the prices of foods affected by the margin freeze decreased by an average of 17.7 percent
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-25 11:57:48
												                    
				
                The margin freeze came into effect a week ago, and the prices of the affected foods have decreased by an average of 17.7 percent, said Róbert Zsigó, Parliamentary State Secretary...
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                    NAV: online stores cannot escape paying retail tax either
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-25 11:52:22
												                    
				
                Online stores must also pay retail tax if their sales revenue reaches 500 million forints; the tax rate is 0.15 percent for up to 3 billion forints, the National Tax...
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                    The urgency of climate adaptation is beyond question
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-25 11:49:34
												                    
				
                Extreme climate and weather events are becoming more frequent and severe. The cost of the resulting damage and losses is $16 million per hour globally. A significant part of this stems...
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                    Margin stop works, says Márton Nagy
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-25 11:46:53
												                    
				
                The margin freeze is working, the prices of more than a thousand products have been controlled – the Minister of National Economy emphasized in his video message on Tuesday, adding...
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                    Celebrity brands, vitamins and green packaging: the drugstore market has taken a new direction
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-25 11:42:47
												                    
				
                The drugstore market has seen spectacular growth in recent years, driven not only by the expanding range of products but also by the constantly changing needs of consumers. The explosive...
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                    The average price of this year’s Easter eggs could be around ninety forints
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-25 11:35:58
												                    
				
                The average consumer price of eggs for Easter could be around 90 forints, which means that buyers can get the food inseparable from the holiday at about the same price...
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                    Eurobarometer: majority of Europeans would strengthen defence and security
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-25 11:27:01
												                    
				
                66 percent of all Europeans surveyed, and 63 percent of Hungarian respondents, believe that the European Union should play a more important role in protecting against global crises and security...
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                    New ATMs may be located here first. The specific list of settlements is on the map
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-25 11:26:44
												                    
				
                A proposal has been submitted by the Hungarian Banking Association regarding the installation of ATMs. Depending on the size of the settlement, banks would deploy new ATMs in several phases....
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                    Conservationists’ Association Urges Ban on Genetically Modified Meat
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-25 11:23:50
												                    
				
                The Hungarian Association of Nature Conservationists (MTSZ) would like to extend the scope of the government’s bill on the ban on laboratory-grown meat, which was submitted to the Parliament in...
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                    New training series for Lake Balaton tourism: practice-oriented trainings in Keszthely
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-25 11:20:52
												                    
				
                One of the keys to the development of tourism at Lake Balaton is increasing the competitiveness of service providers – a goal now supported by a targeted training series jointly...
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                    Hungarian IKEA sets world record: Soroksár will be the world’s largest fulfillment center
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-25 11:13:40
												                    
				
                By 2026, IKEA’s Soroksár store will be transformed into the world’s largest online fulfillment center, raising logistics operations not only in Hungary but also in the entire region to a...
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                    Zebra meat on the plate – an exotic in Hungarian gastronomy
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-25 11:06:47
												                    
				
                While it is less common throughout Europe, a minor media storm has erupted in Hungary around a zebra – more precisely, because of its adoption. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced...
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                    Hungarians are in debt
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-25 11:02:51
												                    
				
                In January 2025, the domestic credit market reached a historic milestone: the average amount per contract of newly concluded personal loan contracts exceeded 3 million forints for the first time,...
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                    Confinement, grazing ban and mandatory slaughter are necessary to curb FMD
                    
                        
																								Date: 2025-03-25 11:00:45
												                    
				
                The National Chief Veterinarian is introducing new measures in Győr-Moson-Sopron county due to the Slovak foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks. Among other things, a grazing ban will come into effect in the...
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