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UPS: Continued Rapid Introduction of Services and Capabilities Supporting Customer Needs
UPS is moving quickly to introduce a wide range of innovative new services designed to extend our leadership position in developing technology solutions to help e-commerce and small and medium-sized...
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Rema 1000 Collaborates With Schulstad To Fight Food Waste
Rema 1000 has announced that it has joined forces with Danish bakery giant Schulstad to prevent food waste by encouraging customers to use leftover bread as an ingredient in their...
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Nestlé To Launch KitKat Gold In Europe
Nestlé has announced plans to roll out KitKat Gold across Europe and other selected countries throughout 2020. KitKat Gold is a combination of crispy wafer and smooth milk chocolate, topped...
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FrieslandCampina Adds €24m To Its Annual Sustainability Budget
FrieslandCampina has announced an additional annual investment of €24 million to improve sustainability practices in the dairy farms of its farmer members. The extra investment is in line with the...
Read moreAbundant grape harvest was predicted in Ópusztaszer
Abundant grape harvest was predicted by farmers of the surrounding mountain communities and the representatives of the Carpathian Basin wine orders at the St Vincent’s Day celebration in the Ópusztaszer...
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Food is already packed by robots at Walmart
Walmart on Wednesday unveiled its latest weapon in the battle against Amazon and Kroger for shoppers’ food spending: a grocery-picking robot – origo wrote after Business Insider. The machine, part...
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IKEA enters UK shopping centers market with London mall deal
IKEA’s shopping center business is spending 170 million pounds ($222 million) to buy and upgrade a London mall in its first foray into Britain, betting it can win over a...
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Coop Switzerland Launches Winter Drink In Three Flavours
Coop Switzerland has launched a new ginger-based winter beverage range under its private-label brand, Karma. The vegan drink is available in a 60-millilitre pack in three flavours – beetroot, ginger,...
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Frozen Food Company Iglo Launches ‘Green Cuisine’ In Germany
Frozen food company iglo has launched a new line of meat-alternatives in Germany under the label Green Cuisine. The assortment comprises nine items including four ready meals and five individual...
Read moreTesco has published its report
Tesco’s sales fell during the Christmas season. A report by the largest UK retail network in London on Thursday said the downturn particularly affected by Central European interests, mainly it...
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The agreement on the 2020 wage increase was born at SPAR
The SPAR Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. and Trade Employees’ Trade Union (KASZ) agreed on wage development for 2020. Under the agreement, the SPAR Loyalty Program will continue to exist. What is...
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Georges Duboeuf dies aged 86
Georges Duboeuf, one of the great wine merchants of the 20th Century, has died at the age of 86. He was best known for turning the release of a little-known...
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Alibaba’s executives are patient
Despite the long preparation and the favorable offers Alibaba has not been successful in the old continent, but its executives are patient – Világgazdaság wrote. Despite its extremely favorable offer...
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UK Farm Bill To Be Introduced This Month
An agriculture bill is to be introduced in Britain’s parliament later this month as the country prepares to develop its own farm policy for the first time in decades, environment...
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Obeikan MDF Joins ‘Food Fellows’ Project
Spanish packaging company Obeikan MDF has joined the ‘Food Fellows’ project to fight food waste and devise sustainable solutions. The project is an initiative of the Harvest House in the...
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Coca-Cola Acquires Dairy Products Company Fairlife LLC
The Coca-Cola Company has announced that it has acquired 100% stake in Fairlife LLC, a Chicago-based manufacturer of value-added dairy products, for an undisclosed amount. Fairlife LLC commenced operations in...
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New leader at Nestlé Hungária’s HR department
From January 2020 Dúl Mária will take over the position of HR Director at Nestlé Hungária. After a successful career in finance and HR at the Schöller Ice Cream business...
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New chairman at Shell Hungary
From January 2020, Solti Andrea was appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors, which is the highest position in the Royal Dutch Shell in Hungary. Former Chairman of the...
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Maxima Implements AI-Based Solutions In Grocery Retail
Lithuanian retail group Maxima has announced that it has implemented a number of AI-based solutions across its grocery stores for better customer experience. The new technology will also help in...
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Co-op targets online and vegan opportunities for 2020
Co-op, the major UK convenience retailer, has set out plans to extend its reach in online sales in 2020 as well as to enhance its product offer, with a new...
Read moreLidl Targeting 100 New Stores In France By 2022
Discounter Lidl is aiming to open 50 new stores a year in France by 2022, following its busiest year for new store openings in the country. Since 2012, Lidl has...
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Pizza and cabbage flavored lollipops to come
Archie McPhee has recently launched macaroni, sour cucumber, grilled chicken, mussels and charcoal-flavored lollipops. Now cabbage, ham, and pizza flavored lollipops to come – origo wrote after Store Insider. While...
Read moreMeat-free pork may be coming soon
US-based Impossible Foods is launching a new line of pork imitations with meat-free pork and sausages to win Asian consumers as the company focuses on international expansion this year –...
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Spar Italy Rolls Out New App For Better Retail Management
Spar Italy has introduced a new app in association with technology partner Aspiag Service for better retail management. The retailer has rolled out the .onRetail app in over 560 Despar,...
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Mars Accelerates Action to Tackle Climate Change With New #PledgeForPlanet Initiative
With the #PledgeForPlanet initiative, Mars announces fresh ambition to further cut emissions from its operations in line with the key aim of the Paris Agreement – to limit global warming...
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Lidl Ireland To Remove Cartoon Characters From Cereal Packaging
Lidl Ireland has announced plans to remove cartoon characters from the packaging of its own-brand cereals by the spring of this year. The retailer will replace cartoon characters from the...
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Aldi adds swathe of vegan NPD as Veganuary gets underway
Aldi has added a swathe of plant-based snacks across multiple categories Aldi has boosted its plant-based range with a massive influx of NPD for Veganuary. The discounter has this week...
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(HU) Január 15-ig pályázhatnak innovációikkal a SIRHA Budapest kiállítói
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Veganuary comes to Germany
UK-based organisation Veganuary gets active in Germany and has prompted some retail heavyweights such as Globus, dm and discounters to start vegan promotions. The times when the retail trade focused...
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Amazon considers opening stores in Germany
Amazon.com is considering opening stores in Germany, its second biggest market after the United States. Amazon already operates stores in the United States and Britain, including the Whole Foods grocery...
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