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Hungarian purchasing power represents 51 percent of the European average
In 2021 European consumers are to spend approximately EUR 10,200 billion on food, utilities, services, etc. The per capita purchasing power is EUR 15,055, which means that the average purchasing...
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Wheat’s per tonne price nears 100,000 forints
According to PÁIR data from the Research Institute of Agricultural Economics (AKI), the live weight price of broiler chicken increased by 11 percent to HUF 238/kg and turkey’s price grew...
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Granarolo buys historic Italian Gorgonzola producer
Italian agri-food group Granarolo has announced the buying of Gorgonzola cheese producer Mario Costa. Mario Costa has more than 100 years of history and focuses on quality. In 2020 the company...
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Waitrose removes garden chemicals from its product selection
Waitrose has committed to removing all potentially harmful garden chemicals from its product selection until the end of the year, in order contribute to preserving natural biodiversity in Britain’s outdoor...
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Carrefour Polska launches products tracked by blockchain
Carrefour Polska is launching Polish private label potatoes tracked via blockchain technology, making it possible for customers to trace the journey of the product from cultivation to packaging. With the...
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Everli plans to enter Germany and Romania
Online grocery shopping platform Everli plans to expand into Germany and Romania in early 2022. Everli is operating in over 80 cities across Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic, and France....
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Absolut Vodka comes out with first bottle design update since 1979
Iconic Swedish vodka brand Absolut has unveiled its first design overhaul since the brand’s creation in 1979. Absolut joined forces with Brand Union, Destrito and Ardagh Group on the upgraded...
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REWE opens a hybrid supermarket in Cologne
REWE Group has opened a new store in Cologne that offers a hybrid service: customers can decide whether they want to pay at the checkout or via the retailer’s Pick&Go...
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Coca-Cola to acquire controlling stake in sports drink maker BodyArmor
Coca-Cola is to buy a controlling stake in sports drink maker BodyArmor in the value of USD 5.6 billion. Coca-Cola bought a minority stake in BodyArmor back in 2018, becoming...
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Tesco opens first cashierless store
Tesco is testing its first cashierless store in Central London, in partnership with technology company Trigo. The supermarket’s GetGo store has sensors in the shelves that work with an AI...
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SPAR N°1 Value is the name of SPAR International’s new private label range
SPAR International has rolled out a new private label range, called SPAR N°1 Value, which will debut in European markets ahead of a global launch. The range, which offers high...
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Carlsberg and Żabka cooperate for eco-friendly packaging
Carlsberg Polska and Żabka have teamed up to offer consumers an environmentally friendly packaging solution called Snap Pack. Six-pack units of Carlsberg beer cans will be sold in Żabka stores...
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Planet-Score follows the Nutri-Score system
French retailer Auchan has announced that it backs the creation of the Planet-Score environmental labelling system, as it is in line with the brand’s commitment to promoting greater transparency across...
Read moreAldi to open 15 new stores in the United Kingdom by the end of the year
Aldi will open 15 new UK stores by the end of 2021, as the German discounter plans to invest GBP 1.3 billion in opening 100 new supermarkets over the next...
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Delivery in half an hour
DoDo relies on artificial intelligence based delivery solutions and the ‘last 2 kilometres’ principle in the same-day delivery of Alza.hu parcels. The Czech start-up has developed a special logistics platform...
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K&H: More frequent card use by young consumers
A survey made for K&H’s youth index has found that 78 percent of 19-29 year old consumers use some kind of bank card, but only 38 percent do online banking...
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Mastercard Carbon Calculator available to Gránit Bank customers
Gránit Bank was among the fist in the world to introduce the Mastercard Carbon Calculator on 15 November: card holders can use this to see the impact of their purchases...
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Borsodi Brewery distributes three Diageo beer brands from 1 January 2022
Diageo has entered into a partnership with Molson Coors: from 1 January 2022 Borsodi Brewery is going to be the Hungarian distributor of Guinness, Kilkenny and Hop House 13 beers....
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Sales by dm up more than 9 percent
Sales by dm Hungary augmented by 9.34 percent and represented a value of HUF 133 billion. Hungary has 259 dm drugstores where 3,155 people are working. The drugstore chain’s online...
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Mars workers do more than 45,000 hours of volunteer work
In the last 13 years Mars employees did more than 45,000 hours of volunteer work. As part of the Mars Ambassador Program, more than 800 workers helped communities in 50 countries...
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Zewa packaging made with recycled plastics
Zewa is cutting the carbon footprint of its packagings by starting to use 33 percent post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic in its designs. Zewa is dedicated to the circular economy and...
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Reál Hungária to take over product supply in five counties
As of 1 January 2022 Reál Hungária Élelmiszer Kft. is going to supply Reál franchise stores and other retailer partners with goods in five more counties, taking over the task...
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Another major investment in Nestlé’s pet food factory in Bük
After the HUF 50-billion development project that was announced a year ago, Nestlé Hungária is starting another big investment in the Bük factory: from a budget of HUF 35 billion...
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Yango Deli starts rapid delivery service in London
Superfast grocery delivery service provider Yango Deli has announced the launch of its operations in London. Yango Deli will operate from four dark stores, covering about 1.4 million potential customers...
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Walmart to extend night operations
About 500,000 containers are waiting to be offloaded from cargo ships at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Walmart, FedEx and UPS will step up their efforts to help...
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Conad Centro Nord assists in shopping with virtual avatar
Italian retailer Conad Centro Nord is to launch a virtual avatar that communciates with customers, telling the story of a number of its products. The virtual avatar is the result...
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Waitrose joins the Organic Potato Pledge
Waitrose & Partners has also joined The UK Robust Potato Pledge, which will see the group move away from the use of copper-based fungicides on organic fresh potatoes. The retailer wishes...
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Italy’s Campari to offer shares to workers from 2022
Italian drinks company Campari will offer employees the option of receiving a part of their salaries in the group’s shares starting from 2022. The initiative will target the group’s 4,000...
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Asda to recruit 15,000 workers for the Christmas season
Asda is preparing for Christmas by recruiting 15,000 seasonal workers. They will fulfil a variety of roles including serving customers, replenishing shelves, picking, packing and delivering online orders. Since the...
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Carrefour Spain opens 1,000th Express store
Carrefour Spain now has 1,000 Express stores, thanks to the opening of over 100 stores in the country this year. Under the Express name, Carrefour operates supermarkets and franchise-system neighborhood...
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