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Value saving: ON – Waste: OFF
The registration of waste reduction actions planned for this year’s 17th European Week for Waste Reduction (November 22-30) has been closed, so our country will be on the international map...
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Guinness owner Diageo appoints new CEO to revive growth
Dave Lewis will join the alcohol giant as the company struggles to turn around a slowdown in sales. Diageo has named consumer products veteran Dave Lewis to be its next...
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GKI: AI is spreading rapidly in the service sector, while adoption in other sectors is only sluggish
In July 2025, GKI conducted a survey among companies on the prevalence of artificial intelligence, to which 390 companies responded. Which sectors are being transformed by AI? Do companies trust...
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NAV 2024: fewer inspections, more results − a new era in data-driven inspections
The yearbook summarizing the activities of the Hungarian Tax Authority in 2024 has been published, which shows that the tax authority is working with fewer but more targeted inspections, while...
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The price of table eggs has increased in the EU and in Hungary
According to data from the European Commission, the packing house price of table eggs in the EU was 262 euros/100 kilograms in the first ten months of 2025, an increase...
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Economising, consciousness and seeking trust: h ow our consumption habits are changing
On the first day of the Business Days conference, managing director Tünde Turcsán presented the results of this year’s YouGov Shopper survey. This article is available for reading in Trade...
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With a capsule chamber against food waste – Advice from the Nébih Without Leftovers program
Conscious management of household food supplies plays an important role in reducing food waste in households. The Without Residues program of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) provides practical...
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New standards and new directions in cardboard packaging
In 2025 everything is about renewal in the packaging sector. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2025/11. The tightening of EU and domestic regulations is fundamentally shaping...
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Hungarian goose meat is not only delicious and healthy
The saying goes that whoever does not eat goose on St. Martin’s Day will starve all year long. Although goose is not the easiest type of poultry to prepare, the...
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Wholesale prices in Austria decreased on a monthly basis, increased on an annual basis in October
Austrian wholesale prices fell month-on-month, but rose year-on-year in October, according to figures from the Austrian statistical office, Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich. Austrian wholesale prices fell 0.3 percent month-on-month in October,...
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TECHXPO 2025: Budapest to host Central Europe’s largest innovation and technology summit
This November, Budapest will once again be the technology capital of Central Europe: TECHXPO 2025 will be held at Hungexpo between November 13-16, bringing the spirit of the largest international...
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Farmers undertaking sustainable agricultural practices will receive another significant support
The transfer of approximately 58.5 billion forints of support has begun, as payments for agri-environmental management (AKG) and organic farming support programs (ÖKO) will be launched in addition to basic...
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Economic expectations in Germany deteriorated slightly, while the eurozone economic sentiment index rose in November
In November, the ZEW economic sentiment index for Germany deteriorated slightly, while the sentiment indicator reflecting economic expectations in the euro area improved compared to the previous month. The ZEW...
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Makeup trends reimagined
Hungary’s decorative cosmetics market has shown spectacular growth in recent years, but in the first half of 2025 the previous momentum slowed down a bit. This article is available for...
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British retailer Tesco helps visually impaired shoppers with new technology
Tesco is the first in the UK to introduce the Be My Eyes app, which provides live video assistance to blind and visually impaired shoppers. This article is available for...
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The presence of avian influenza has also been confirmed in Csongrád-Csanád County
The National Food Chain Safety Authority (Nébih) has confirmed the presence of a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in a farm keeping fattening turkeys in Csongrád-Csanád County. The affected herd...
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Researchers at the HUN-REN Agricultural Research Center, Institute of Agriculture have developed a new drought-tolerant wheat line
Researchers at the HUN-REN Agricultural Research Center (HUN-REN ATK) Agricultural Research Institute have developed a new drought-tolerant wheat line. Semi-dwarf wheat can reduce yield losses caused by water shortage even...
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Local Products Not Always Better for the Environment, Göttingen University Study Finds
Many consumers believe that locally produced food is more environmentally friendly than imported goods — but that’s not necessarily true. A recent study by the University of Göttingen reveals that...
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Tens of thousands of chickens culled in the Netherlands due to bird flu
Tens of thousands of chickens have been culled in the Netherlands after bird flu was discovered on poultry farms in Swifterbant in Flevoland and Bennekom in Gelderland, the Dutch Ministry...
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Nébih confirms the presence of African swine fever (ASF) in a wild boar in Baranya County
The National Food Chain Safety Authority (Nébih) has confirmed the presence of African swine fever (ASF) in Baranya County, an area previously free of the disease. The virus was detected...
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Grupo Carrefour Brasil Introduces Sustainable And Traceable Beef
Atacadão, the cash-and-carry unit of Grupo Carrefour Brasil, has launched sales of individually traceable beef from the Brazilian state of Pará. This initiative, which kicked off in the state capital,...
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DélKerTÉSZ producer cooperative closed a stable year
DélKerTÉSZ, which brings together 450 producers from Szentes, closed a stable year despite lower producer prices. The cooperative’s members, who mainly grow tomatoes and peppers, sold 53.5 thousand tons of...
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Strengthening breeding and deepening cooperation can give impetus to domestic goose production
Despite the record-breaking bird flu epidemic that started last year, there will be no shortage of goose meat and fattened goose liver this year. According to the joint overview of...
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The SzakMÁzz! career choice exhibition has opened in Budapest
The SzakMÁzz! career choice exhibition opened in the BOK Hall on Tuesday, where 134 exhibitors and more than 100 professions will be introduced to young people who are about to...
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Annual inflation in the Czech Republic increased in October
Annual inflation in the Czech Republic rose to 2.5 percent in October from 2.3 percent in September, the Czech Statistical Office announced on Tuesday in Prague. Consumer prices rose by...
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The number of cattle slaughters increased by almost 30 percent in the first nine months of 2025
According to the AKI slaughter statistics, in the January-September 2025 period, cattle slaughter in live weight increased by almost 29 percent compared to the January-September 2024 volume. The slaughter of...
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FAO food price index falls in October, near-record cereal stocks expected
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released its latest report on the world food commodity index, which shows that food prices continued to decline in...
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EU regulations on food additives are getting stricter – new rules on the use of preservatives and sweeteners
Several EU regulations have amended the regulations on food additives, the National Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) announced. The new legislation aims to update outdated references and reclassify certain product categories,...
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Sentix: Investors in the eurozone became more pessimistic in November
Investor pessimism in the eurozone increased in November compared to October, while experts had expected the opposite, according to a report by the Sentix GmbH economic research institute on Monday....
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