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Scary recipes for Halloween
No matter how much we like it or hate it, Halloween is undoubtedly a great opportunity to relax together with the children or our friends in the gray autumn weather....
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Local products must play a prominent role
With local products, the transportation route of food can be reduced, and the producer, the processor and the consumer are not only physically “close” to each other, but a relationship...
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Richárd Tarnai: the authorities will take action against those who serve alcohol to minors
Violations of catering industry units and commercial units of supermarket chains have significantly decreased in Pest county in recent years thanks to the series of inspections by the consumer protection...
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In the center is the fallow land covered with soil
Next year, the conditions for fallow areas with soil cover that can be accounted for in HMKÁ 8 will be changed. Therefore, farmers should pay special attention to the crop...
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The world market price of corn has decreased
According to Tallage, the world market price of corn fell between September 9 and October 5 due to the arrival of the American crop on the market, the record volume...
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Hungary’s GMO-free status must be maintained
Hungary’s GMO-free status and its right to be able to decide on this issue in a sovereign way, to protect Hungarian agriculture and the health of consumers, must be preserved...
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Social media users are 46% more receptive to online ads
Insights platform Kantar has found that frequent users of social media are much more likely to be positively disposed to online advertising compared to the average adult. Notably, among those...
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Dino Polska To Acquire 75% Equity Stake In eZebra
Dino Polska has agreed to acquire a 75% equity stake in online drugstore retailer eZebra. Dino Polska has received the consent of its supervisory board to acquire the...
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Tyson Foods partners with insect protein startup to develop ingredient facility
The meat giant will work with Protix to construct a plant dedicated to insect protein items in the U.S., for use in pet food, aquaculture and livestock production. Tyson Foods...
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African swine fever is getting closer to Hungary’s southern border
In the middle of October, the presence of African swine fever (ASP) in domestic pig herds was confirmed in the Eszék-Baranya county in Croatia, bordering Hungary. Since the start of the...
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Interactive tea filter – Video of the day
Are you nervous? Drink a soothing chamomile tea. It’s a little better! But everything around you is just as stressful. The American distributor BOH counters this: it adds to the...
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Ruthlessly honest dishes – Picture of the day
According to David Olenick, if food could talk, it would say what you probably hear inside your head… (sorry, we didn’t translate this now, it requires minimal knowledge of English)....
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The population’s ability to pay improved slightly due to falling inflation
The solvency of Hungarian households increased slightly compared to the previous quarter, which was primarily due to falling inflation, according to the new solvency report of Intrum and GKI. However,...
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OPTEN: focus is again on liquidations
Technical stagnation in September, expected decrease in the number of companies in October. Moderate willingness to start a company, the number of new companies below the seasonal level. Again, the...
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Advertising tax may be postponed again
According to a recent announcement by the Hungarian Advertising Association, positive negotiations are also taking place this year between János Gulyás and the prime minister’s chief of staff, Antal Rogán,...
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In November, GfK’s consumer sentiment index in Germany continued to deteriorate
According to the GfK economic research institute, consumer sentiment in Germany deteriorated for the third consecutive month in November, and no improvement can be expected until the end of the...
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We can expect brutal apple prices
This year, we can expect a medium apple harvest, which is expected to be between 450 and 550 thousand tons. This means a slight decrease compared to the long-term average...
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Papírozzuk le!
A háztartási papírtörlők, annak ellenére, hogy textilkendőkkel könnyen helyettesíthető termékek, továbbra is nagy népszerűségnek örvendenek. Az emberek előszeretettel alkalmazzák őket takarítás során, de a nyári grillszezonnak is elengedhetetlen kellékei. Azonban egyre...
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German politicians call for slashing taxes on plant-based milks
In Germany cow’s milk is taxed at a lower rate than milk substitutes, and the SPD and the Greens wish to change this. This article is available for reading in...
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The EuroCIS 2024 trade fair: Already beyond tomorrow!
February 27-29, 2024 between the best of the European retail technology sector will meet in Düsseldorf. At EuroCIS, the leading trade fair for retail technology, at the end of February,...
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A Hungarian company has developed equipment that produces high-quality drinking water from steam
The founder and managing director of Clasman Kft., a Hungarian company that has developed equipment that efficiently and sustainably produces high-quality drinking water from the humidity of the air, was...
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GVH: the competition office’s recommendations can be quickly used in the online accommodation reservation market
The proposals of the Economic Competition Authority (GVH) can be quickly used in the online accommodation reservation market – the competition authority said in connection with the fact that the...
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Rolling handcarts are coming to Lidl stores
The new development is gaining momentum in Lidl stores, as rolling hand shopping baskets are now also available in the country’s largest stores. Large shopping carts increase the length of...
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It’s not worth saving on the metal-sealed seed!
The actors of the domestic seed sector expect a decrease in the use of metal-sealed seeds. The reason behind this is the deterioration of farmers’ liquidity situation, however, the National Chamber...
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A joint initiative of K&H and AKI: the agricultural CO2 calculator
On October 10, 2023, the K&H Group presented its gap-filling initiative created with the Institute of Agricultural Economics, the K&H agricultural CO2 calculator, which is available free of charge and...
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“Green” assessment of food industry sustainability reports of V4 countries in terms of EU Taxonomy – V4GreenReporting
AKI launched its 18-month V4 Grant research program in October 2023 with the support of the International Visegrad Fund. The consortium (AKI and V4 partner institutions: SZE-Győr, SUA-Nyitra, AMBIS-Prague, ERDN-Poland)...
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Barilla-owned Pasta Evangelists opens first UK factory
The new 47,000 sq-ft facility will produce more than 50 tonnes of fresh pasta each week. Pasta Evangelists, the direct-to-consumer business owned by Italian pasta and sauce heavyweight Barilla, is...
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The excess demand in the television market also affects Atmedia
Atmedia prepared several scenarios for 2023. Thanks to this, as well as the implemented price level increase and the stable viewership of the portfolio, it can manage the excess demand...
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DPD Launches Fresh Products Delivery Service In Portugal
Express transport company DPD Portugal has launched a new home delivery service for fresh food and drinks across mainland Portugal. The temperature-controlled (between 0° and 4°C) DPD Fresh delivery service...
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Blue Planet – A Hungarian company has developed equipment that produces high-quality drinking water from steam
The founder and managing director of Clasman Kft., a Hungarian company that has developed equipment that efficiently and sustainably produces high-quality drinking water from the humidity of the air, was...
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