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Coop executives decorated with Order of Merit
On 20 August László Pekó, chairman of the board of directors at Co-op Hungary Zrt. and CEO of Nyírzem Zrt., and László Tóth, CEO of Unió Coop Zrt. and member of the...
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Ceres wins silver medal at the 17th Euroregional Bread Festival
Dunakapu Square in Győr was the place where the 17th Euroregional Bread Festival took place on 8 September. Ceres Zrt.’s Ceres Rhodes Loaf finished 2nd in the bread category and was...
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Alföldi Tej opens cheese production plant
Dairy company Alföldi Tej Kft. has built a cheese production facility from HUF 15 billion in Debrecen. First only Trappist but later also Gouda cheese will be made in the new...
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Nestlé reduces greenhouse gas emission faster
Nestlé has announced that it will reduce its greenhouse gas emission to zero by 2050. The company wants to achieve this goal by putting several products on the market –...
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Coca-Cola HBC Europe continues to lead the way in sustainability
According to the 2019 Dow Jones Sustainability Index, Coca-Cola HBC is the No.1 sustainably ran soft drink company in Europe. This is the sixth time in the last 7 years that...
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Unilever switches to renewable energy
Unilever has announced that the company is now only using renewable energy in all factories, warehouses, offices and research centres on all five continents. This achievement is the result of the...
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Costa Coffee to be launched in Hungary next year
Coca-Cola HBC plans to roll out its Costa Coffee product in at last 10 countries in 2020 – and one of these markets is Hungary. Zoran Bogdanovic, CEO of Coca-Cola HBC...
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Intermarché’s expansion in Portugal
France-based Les Mousquetaires has announced a large-scale expansion plan for its Intermarché stores in Portugal. The retailer plans to invest EUR 200 million in opening 105 stores by 2023. EUR...
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7-Eleven introduces mobile checkout
After testing mobile self-checkout with employees at its own store, 7-Eleven launched the service in several Dallas locations in 2018 to get customer feedback for further fine-tuning. Customers at 7-Eleven in New...
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Target and Disney partner for a special in-store experience
Target will open about 65 in-store Disney stores in the next two years as part of a new partnership between the two companies. The first 25 of the shop-in-shop concepts will...
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No-checkout store concept arrives in Switzerland
Swiss company Valora and Migrolino follow the path of Amazon Go, testing a new store concept in Switzerland. This spring Valora opened its automated mini-store at the main train station...
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In the service of value and quality – for the second time
The Value and Quality Awards were presented to those products, companies and services that want to be ‘the best among the good ones’. Currently the Value and Quality Award is...
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Sixty applicants won the Value and Quality Award in 2019
On 10 September the award ceremony of the Value and Quality Award took place in the building of the Hungarian Parliament for the second time. This year 67 entries by...
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Coop Rally visited food companies in East Hungary this year
This year the Coop Rally’s more than 300 participants visited 8 destinations (meat and dairy plants, a soft drink company, a winery, COOP stores and a fresh product logistics centre)...
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A community food stand opens on thousand square meters
The Agricultural Marketing Center has been promoting Hungarian food in the form of community appearance at countless foreign exhibitions for decades. As this year’s OMÉK focuses on the food industry...
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Thirty-five wineries and 50 programs at the Villányi Red Wine Festival
Thirty-five wineries and nearly fifty gastronomic, cultural and pop music programs await the visitors to the Villányi Red Wine Festival, which will be organized for the 32nd time between October...
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A feed plant was opened in Somogy County
The Hungarian economy is growing fastest in the European Union today – the Minister of Foreign Affairs said at the inauguration of the 3.1 billion HUF worth feed production plant...
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A record number of Hungarian companies presented themselves at the Agromalim trade show in Arad
The CED Central European Economic Development Network Nonprofit Ltd. has presented a record number debuting opportunities of its twenty-two Hungarian partners at the Agromalim Agro-Food Trade Fair in Arad, held...
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Wine Festival 2019
Budapest Wine Festival opened its gates to wine lovers for the 28th time in September. Visitors got the chance to taste several thousand wines of more than 160 Hungarian and...
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A work of art
EKI Creative Kft. has unveiled its latest in-store display. It was developed for Paco Rabanne cosmetics and according to key account manager Péter Eckert, it is almost a work of art, as...
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So that a little wind doesn’t turn into a hurricane
Retail magazine iXtenso has interviewed Alexander De Ruiter, the CEO of Dutch consultancy firm OBI4wan. He talked about how to manage a worsening reputation and negative consumer reviews. In his view...
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Hungary’s biggest wine exporter
Lidl Hungary has organised the Lidl Wine Expo Hungary for the sixth time. The event’s goal is to promote Hungarian wines in Europe and facilitate their market entry. In 2018...
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The 40th National Wine Competition
This year the National Wine Competition was organised for the 40th time, with the Kunság wine region as the host. The National Council of Wine Communities (HNT) organised the competition,...
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Lidl introduces a unique, eco-friendly textile collection
Thanks to its innovative power, Lidl introduces a unique collection of textiles that meet the strict criteria of the Cradle to Cradle Certified™ (C2C) Gold and Silver Certification. The biodegradable...
Read moreThe Harvest Days of Szekszárd have begun
The Harvest Days of Szekszárd have begun, with Varga Judit, Minister of Justice, inaugurating the series of programs on Friday. The head of the ministry, as the patron of the...
Read moreHoney festival in Kaposvár
Half a hundred beekeepers offer their products at the Kaposvár Honey Festival, which will be held on Friday and Saturday in Somogy County. Mészáros János, president of the Zselic Beekeepers’...
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A perfect example for circular economy: Corrugated packaging
Sustainability is in the DNA of VPK Packaging Group. One of the spearheads is our well thought-out waste management strategy. Reducing waste at all our plants leads to significant environmental benefits. In...
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Nestlé inaugurates packaging research institute, first-of-its-kind in the food industry
Nestlé today officially inaugurated the Institute of Packaging Sciences, the first-of-its-kind in the food industry. The new Institute enables Nestlé to accelerate its efforts to bring functional, safe and environmentally...
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Growing number of environmentally conscious SPAR customers every year
As part of the company’s environmental protection programme, SPAR Hungary only makes two kinds of plastic shopping bags available to shoppers, while customers can choose from many eco-friendly bags. The...
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Hungarian Order of Merit Knight Cross was awarded to the leaders of the Coop chain
On behalf of the President of the Republic Áder János, Dr. Palkovics László, Minister of Innovation and Technology handed over Hungarian Order of Merit Knight Cross to Pekó László, Chief...
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