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Laundry detergent brand Persil puts accessible QR codes on packaging

Laundry detergent brand Persil has placed so-called AQR codes on certain product packagings, in an attempt to improve accessibility for consumers. Unilever wants to add the codes to the full...

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Government backs the creation of online price monitoring system

Csaba Balázs Rigó, president of the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has initiated the creation of a price watch system in the food sector. Minister for Economic Development Márton Nagy expressed...

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Mastercard and Kifli.hu to plant trees in regional cooperation

Online supermarket Kifli.hu launches a campaign for the third time in Hungary, supporting the objective of the Mastercard Priceless Planet Coalition: planting 100 million trees. Customers of the Rohlik Group...

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The only certain thing about life…

…is uncertainty. This sentence is perhaps truer now than ever before. Nobody knows what to expect. Although “the end of the world” that had been predicted for late last year...

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PENNY and Munch: together against food waste

PENNY joined the Munch food saving platform on 17 April 2023: in two Budapest stores, shoppers can choose from three types of food boxes. This article is available for reading...

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Sustainable Mastercard payment cards

Mastercard has announced that it is speeding up its efforts to remove first-use PVC plastics from payment cards in its network by 2028. This article is available for reading in...

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Vajda-Papír to become carbon neutral by 2050

In the last 10 years Hungary’s leading hygiene paper manufacturer, Vajda-Papír, spent HUF 40bn on making production more eco-friendly and sustainable. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin...

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A new generation of cleaners?

As the financial advisor in RTL’s business television show Among Sharks, K&H rewarded Cleanspire with a HUF 1m mentor programme for their innovative solutions to replace cleaners marketed in a...

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Winners get their Startup PlasticSurgery awards

For the third time, the 4-month Startup PlasticSurgery programme has been organised. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2023/5 The programme seeks to help start-ups that offer...

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Stella McCartney makes “first ever” garment with plant-based sequins

Stella McCartney has designed a garment made from plastic-free, plant-based sequins: the sleeveless Biosequin® jumpsuit has made its debut on the cover of American Vogue. This article is available for...

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K&H sustainability index: still few companies prepare a strategy

Since 2022 K&H Bank has been conducting a sustainability survey in Hungary twice a year. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2023/5 They had interviewed 360 medium-sized...

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Henkel’s sustainability results

This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2023/5 Henkel has published its 32nd Sustainability Report. The company reduced its CO2 emissions by 55% (per tonne of product), and it...

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Germany: no more surcharge for vegan milk in Starbucks

In German Starbucks units coffee lovers will no longer have to pay an extra when ordering a latte made with vegan milk. This article is available for reading in Trade...

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NotMayo: Kraft Heinz and NotCo roll out plant-based mayonnaise in the USA

NotMayo is the name of a new plant-based mayonnaise launched by Kraft Heinz’s joint venture with NotCo, which debuted in the USA this March. The product is made with chickpea flour,...

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Meat, eggs and milk essential source of nutrients especially for most vulnerable groups, new FAO report says

Meat, eggs and milk offer crucial sources of much-needed nutrients which cannot easily be obtained from plant-based foods, a new report issued today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of...

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EY: Businesses around the world expect more and more tax audits

The majority of those surveyed (51%) expect more and more intensive investigations by tax authorities in the coming period, and based on their expectations (53%) the offices will pay special...

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Four Premio Sooós Pasta products have been awarded gold status

Among Soós Tészta Kft.’s 8-egg dry pastas, four Premio products have received recognition as a guarantee of high quality. Premio Soós Tészta’s 200 g dry pasta with 8-egg puffed noodles,...

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Amsterdam Trade Show 23-24 May 2023

PLMA’s annual “World of Private Label” International Trade Show is organised by the Private Label Manufacturers Association, which represents more than 4,000 member manufacturers around the globe. With offices in...

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Uniform but unique

Dina Meindl, managing director of membership services at Shop Association introduced the revamped central website, the Shop! Central platform and the Let’s Talk Shop! video roundtable discussion series. Building on...

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Wizz Air is investing in the production of biofuel

Wizz Air is investing 5 million pounds (more than HUF 2.1 billion) in the production of biofuel, from which it can meet the needs of its bases operating in the...

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Price wave hits toilet papers too

Innovations catered to consumer needs Value sales of toilet paper grew by 36% from 2021 to 2022, but volume sales were down 4 %. While moist toilet tissue sales increased...

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Focus group research: there is no deep recession yet, the market is just “reorganizing” itself

According to experts, the construction industry, which was “diluted” due to the decrease in the desire to invest, is now returning to normality, according to Wavin’s recent focus group research....

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ProVeg welcomes Aldi Süd’s commitment to plant-based products

ProVeg, an organisation promoting the use of plant-based products over animal-based alternatives, has welcomed Aldi Süd’s plan to expand its plant-based product selection in German stores to 1,000 products by the...

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Which aluminum cans can be recycled?

The answer is simple: all of them! A more livable and cleaner environment is our common interest. Their return and subsequent recycling means less energy consumption and, consequently, less environmental...

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A Hungarian company also won the EBRD’s entrepreneurial tender

A Hungarian company also won the competition of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Smapp Lab together with two foreign companies received the main prize of the competition...

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The Conference Board’s American consumer confidence index weakened

Instead of the expected stagnation, the American consumer confidence index of the American economic research institute Conference Board worsened in April. The Conference Board said on Tuesday that the indicator...

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There is a huge potential in local products

The government considers the work of domestic producers to be important, so we will do everything we can to ensure that as much domestic food as possible is used in...

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The agrarian chambers of the Visegrad countries protest against the duty-free import of Ukrainian grain

The agrarian chambers of the four Visegrad countries call on the European Commission to stop the duty-free import of Ukrainian grain into the European Union, Jan Dolezal, the president of...

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The Agricultural Marketing Center promotes Hungarian food products in Singapore

For the eighth year, the Agricultural Marketing Center is organizing a community appearance at one of the most important food and beverage exhibitions in the Southeast Asian (ASEAN) region, Singapore’s...

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A virtual glimpse into the office and community of Profession.hu

As the most visited job portal in Hungary, Profession.hu is constantly researching the most effective way of publishing job advertisements, both in terms of content and language. The company’s experts...

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