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Merkur Extends Its Range of Regional Foods from Salzburg
Austrial retailer Merkur has increased the range of locally-produced food in its offering. For exampla, since the beginning of 2019, Merkur has sold around 500,000 products that are produced in...
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Smurfit Kappa Unveils Plan For Beverage Carton Recycling Plant
Smurfit Kappa has announced that it plans to set up the first beverage carton recycling plant in the Netherlands in association with HVC and Bluemats. The new facility will be equipped to...
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Amazon’s exchange rate declined, due to disappointing flash report
Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, fell 8 percent in its post-close e-commerce trading following a third-quarter flash report released Thursday. While the technology giant’s revenue of 69.98 billion USD...
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Tesco to launch Finest pop-up eateries
Tesco is planning to launch a number of Finest branded eateries in the run-up to Christmas, according to reports in The Grocer. The temporary shops will open for four to six...
Read moreSchwarz Group Invests In Artificial Intelligence
Schwarz Group, the parent company of Lidl and Kaufland, has invested in a new artificial intelligence platform alongside the Deutsche Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI, German Research Centre for Artificial...
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Five new Spar China stores open
Grocery-retailer Spar China has launched five new supermarkets. The Dutch-headquartered international franchise business has opened two stores in Shandong and three in Guangdong, both Chinese provinces, and bring the chain’s...
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(HU) Újrafelhasználható és menő – az ALDI poharait mindenki imádni fogja
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First aid courses for infants and premature babies are organized nationwide by the National Association for Premature Babies and NaturAqua
The cause of cradle death is unknown and, although it is less common in recent times, unfortunately, it may still present and certain predisposing factors, such as premature birth, may...
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Exhibition in Milan for Hungarian exhibitors
The Agricultural Marketing Center (AMC) encourages Hungarian export to Italy with the launch of the community stand from November 30 to December 8, 2019. The stand featuring high quality traditional...
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The Minister of Agriculture also discussed the possibilities of developing agriculture in Vietnam
Nagy István, Minister of Agriculture, also talked about the development of different areas of agriculture, the effects of climate change, water mongering and cooperation in education and research in Vietnam...
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Amazon Expands Pickup Network In US
Amazon has announced the expansion of Counter, a service that offers customers the option to pick up their Amazon packages at a partner location across the US. The online giant...
Read morePopular franchise brands in Hungary
Ten U.S. companies will offer jobs, services, economic development and business ownership opportunities in Budapest, Hungary as part of a U.S. Franchise Trade Mission November 18 – 19, bringing world-famous...
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Scotland Plans To Impose Charges On Single-Use Drink Cups
The Scottish Government is planning to introduce a charge on single-use drink cups, according to environment secretary, Roseanna Cunningham. Cunningham said, “The scale of the challenge is clear – an...
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Kaufland Reduces Plastic On Meat Packaging
Discounter Kaufland has introduced new packaging for its self-service mince meat, which uses 70% less plastic than before. Instead of plastic, Kaufland uses now a cardboard carton with a thin...
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AM: a number of sustainability programs are operating successfully in Hungary
The Department of Agriculture (MoD) is successfully running a number of sustainability programs, such as the development of producer markets, the Food Abandonment Initiative and the Afforestation Support Program –...
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Two new Príma stores
In September the Príma retail chain opened two new stores. The one at 127-129 Bartók Béla Road has been a CBA store for nearly two decades. This shop has been modernised and...
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Schwarz Group is the No.1 grocery retailer in the Czech Republic
Schwarz Group is the leading retailer in the Czech Republic – and in Europe – as sales of the group soared by nearly 36 percent last year. Lidl and Kaufland...
Read moreMuch less than expected grapes were produced this year in Hungary and in several countries of Europe
The experts were mistaken, the crisis of overproduction of grapes did not take place. Less than expected grapes were produced in Hungary and in other European countries, so the export...
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Google, Samsung, Pick are the strongest brands in Hungary
Google is at the forefront of the 2019 national representative survey of the VMLY & R advertising agency again, which provides an overview of how brands are perceived by Hungarian...
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New HR Manager at Diageo Service Center in Budapest
From October Zács Kristóf has been HR Manager of the Diageo Kft. The specialist will be responsible for the Global Financial Audit / Financial Controlling function as an HR Business...
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Syngenta invests 2 billion USD into sustainable agriculture
Syngenta will invest 2 billion USD into sustainable agriculture over the next five years – the pesticide and seed company announced. By investing, Syngenta will provide the source to meet...
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Kárpát EXPOrt: economic development without borders
The CED Central European Economic Development Network Nonprofit Ltd. and HEPA Hungarian Export Development Agency, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Affairs, are organizing for...
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Finally, the new generation of advertising media has arrived
A new Hungarian innovation was introduced: the Luxroll advertising platform, which offers a more modern alternative to the visual display in the mobile advertising market than roll-up, which has been...
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Mastercard’s consulting business brings its regional headquarters to Budapest
Mastercard’s strategic consulting business, Mastercard Advisors, will bring one of its European headquarters to Budapest, and plans to increase the number of consultancy teams that have already begun recruitment in...
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The future of the cosmetics industry in paper-based packaging
The development of L’Oréal and Albéa can bring groundbreaking innovation to the cosmetics industry. The two companies have created the first paper-based cosmetic tube, using almost entirely bio-based and certified...
Read moreDeloitte: three Hungarian companies were included among the fastest growing technology companies in the region this year
Three Hungarian companies are among the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the region this year, which has seen sales increase by more than 432 percent this year – Deloitte...
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Dove To Launch Bottles Made Of 100% Recycled Plastic By Year End
Unilever has announced plans to introduce bottles made of 100% recycled plastic for Dove beauty products range by the end of 2019. The new bottles will be launched in Europe...
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Walmart’s InHome Delivery Service Completes First Deliveries
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s InHome Delivery completed its first delivery orders across multiple cities, including Pittsburgh; Kansas City, Mo., and Kan.; and Vero Beach, Fla. More than 1 million consumers in these markets can...
Read moreSainsbury’s to remove fireworks from shelves
Sainsbury’s is set to become the first major retailer in the UK to ban the public sale of fireworks after revealing it would remove them from their shelves. The Big...
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