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All Souls’ Day – According to the Chamber of Agriculture, the domestic chrysanthemum crop is similar to last year
This year (similar to last year), around 17 million chrysanthemums were grown in Hungarian gardens – the National Chamber of Agrarian Economy (NAK) announced on Friday, noting that it is...
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Digital food retailing is growing in Germany
Just under half of their customers have used home-delivery services to receive food at home since the pandemic. According to GfK, new fast-food business models are also driving changes in...
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Aldi supports staff with new menopause training
Discount grocer Aldi has enhanced its support for colleagues experiencing menopause with new training for its managers. Facilitated by Henpicked: Menopause in the Workplace, the training will raise awareness of...
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Italy’s Illycaffe to pay global employee bonus, CEO tells paper
Italian premium coffee maker Illycaffe will pay a cash bonus to its employees to help them cope with increasingly stretched finances, its chief executive told Il Corriere della Sera newspaper...
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Trappist cheese may get a price cap, too?
The details of Viktor Orbán’s statement announced last Friday, which new products will be added to the list of price-capped products, have not yet been revealed. As the data of...
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The interest of the farmers of the Carpathian Basin is cooperation
The fall regional meeting of the Hungarian Farmers’ Conciliation Forum (KEF) of the Carpathian Basin was held in Pula, Croatia, at which delegates from 9 Carpathian Basin regions represented Hungarian...
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These data are required for the 2022 damage mitigation allowance application
After agricultural damage that occurred in the 2022 damage mitigation year, the application for damage mitigation benefits can be submitted until November 30, 2022 by the injured parties who announced...
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LA adopts Plant-Based Treaty to fight climate change
With climate change threatening major changes that will affect food production, activists are promoting the Plant-Based Treaty as a means of reducing consumption of animal products. Of course, convincing people...
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The price of sugar may even double
Once the price cap is over, sugar will rise in price by 100 percent. “The price of granulated sugar in stores would rise by one hundred percent, to around HUF...
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MNB: the commercial real estate market is also at risk due to the increase in energy prices
Rising energy prices and the resulting inflationary pressure, as well as the tightening monetary policy in response to this, which also resulted in an increase in financing costs, pose a...
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TIM State Secretary: it is important to use new technologies in agriculture
The Ministry of Technology and Industry (TIM) considers it important to apply new technologies in agriculture as soon as possible, which is why it has started the implementation of the...
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Plant-based proteins: New plants on the horizon
According to the United Nations, thousands of plants and animals were used for food in the past, but today less than 200 contribute to global food supplies. What is more,...
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Limited-edition M&M’s, Skittles products launched for Halloween
Mars Wrigley has launched two new products ahead of Halloween, to make the most of a 38 per cent increase in Trick or Treating in Australia. Ben Hill, Mars Wrigley...
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Asda to open first standalone ‘Asda Express’ convenience stores
Asda has unveiled plans to open its first two standalone convenience stores before Christmas, under a new ‘Asda Express’ brand. The Asda Express stores will create 37 new jobs in...
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Fresh Produce Sector Calls For Action To Soothe Energy Cost Impact
Freshfel Europe, which represents the fresh produce industry, has called for urgent action from authorities to mitigate the impact of soaring energy prices on the fruit and vegetable sector. It...
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Ministry of Agriculture: Hungarian agriculture must be modernized
Agriculture has faced several serious challenges in the past two years, but these difficulties bring opportunities, and they have taught us that agriculture is necessary – said Minister of Agriculture...
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KSH: the unemployment rate was 3.8 percent in September
In September, 185,000 people were without a job, the unemployment rate was 3.8 percent. In the three-month period from July to September, the average number of unemployed was 178,000, and...
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Meteorological Service: the ear plants would require additional moisture
Additional rain would be needed for the even emergence and development of the sown ears of corn, but no precipitation is expected in the next week, the National Meteorological Service...
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Bulk shopping costs HUF 50,000-80,000 more per month
Food inflation is already at 35.2 percent in Hungary. According to a recent study, an average family spends HUF 50,000-80,000 more on shopping than it did a year ago. According...
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According to MKB and Takarékbank experts, food prices will decrease
Food may become more expensive until the end of the year, and a price increase is expected in the first half of 2023, but it will be smaller than this...
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Citrus fruits aren’t vegan? Tesco seeks alternatives
Tesco has reacted to the claims that its lemons and oranges aren’t vegan-friendly: the retailer has recently revealed that its citrus fruits are coated with a wax called shellac –...
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Digital marketplace METRO MARKETS now also available in Portugal
Expansion of METRO’s digital marketplace model into European markets progresses METRO MARKETS, METRO’s digital marketplace for non-food, is now also available in Portugal, expanding into its second country this year....
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They fear a significant rise in food prices, but Hungarians are trying to eat healthier
The vast majority of Hungarians believe that rising food prices will have the greatest impact on their daily lives in the near future, according to the latest Hungarian survey by...
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Jägermeister launches campaign for new intelligent packaging – The Secret is Ice Cold
A new promotional campaign from Jägermeister called The Secret is Ice Cold is centred around active and intelligent packaging. It encourages consumers to place Jägermeister bottles in the freezer to...
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The deputy presidents of the GVH were appointed
Both vice presidents of the competition authority will continue their work for Hungarian consumers after President Katalin Novák repeatedly appointed László Bak and András Tóth as vice presidents of the...
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Aldi and Lidl charge for electric car charging in Germany
It seems that the days when customers could charge their electric cars for free in supermarkets’ car parks are coming to an end. Following the example of Aldi, also Lidl...
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Soon, e-signatures for smartphones will be available for free from vending machines
It will soon be possible to request a qualified electronic signature that can be used as a private person on a smartphone from the “automated machines” in higher education institutions,...
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Corvinus research: how ecologically unsustainable are households in the Budapest urban area?
From an ecological point of view, Budapest and its surroundings are amazingly unsustainable: the ecological footprint related to the household consumption of a resident of the capital is 2.5 global...
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Eurostat: 127 kilograms of food was wasted per inhabitant in the EU in 2020
About 127 kilograms of food was wasted per inhabitant in the European Union in 2020, the first year of the coronavirus epidemic, the statistical office of the European Union, Eurostat,...
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Gfk: The average purchasing power per capita in Europe in 2022 is 16,344 euros
However, there are significant differences between the 42 countries: people in Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Luxembourg have significantly higher purchasing power than in the rest of Europe, while Kosovo, Moldova and...
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