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In developed countries, one third of the food produced becomes waste
In developed countries, one third of the processed food produced does not end up on the consumer’s table and thus becomes waste, said President Áder János in his Blue Planet...
Read morePig shortage in Romania
It has become a huge question where this year the Romanian consumer will get the pork for Christmas. The measures aimed at reducing the swine fever epidemic have practically eliminated...
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Artisan methods combined with the expertise of a large firm
Kaposvár-based KOMETA 99 Zrt. exports products to more than 40 countries. Managing director Giacomo Pedranzini told that the whole production process takes place in Kaposvár and the company is a...
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On a Hungarian initiative, the origin marking requirements of honey mixtures may become stricter
The efforts of the last two years have been fruitless, and at today’s meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council, the European Commission promised to revise the labelling requirement for...
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The future starts in the present: Future Trade conference
Early September Budapest was the host of the Future Trade e-commerce conference. There were nearly 50 speakers and a dozen exhibitors at the trade event. Márk Kocsis, managing director of...
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England is on the verge of breaking down because of brexit
No one should be surprised by the negative economic and social impact of Britain’s exit from the EU. It was clear that the country would have a worse economic performance...
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Awards and winners
This year’s Business Days conference is now over. The representatives of the market came to do a bit of construction work and on the 5th day the 8th Wonder of...
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KSH: inflation was 5.5 percent in September
In September, consumer prices were on average 5.5 percent higher than a year earlier, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Friday. The rise is in line with analysts ’preliminary...
Read moreKopint-Tárki expects much higher GDP growth, compared to its previous forecast
Kopint-Tárki expects a much higher GDP growth of 6.8 percent this year, instead of the 5-5.5 percent indicated in the summer, CEO Palócz Éva presented the research institute’s latest economic...
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NMHH: the advertising market is still below the pre-pandemic levels
Compared to last year, fewer product placings were launched in the first half of the year, compared to last year, and the market is still weaker than in previous years,...
Read moreCzech retail sales increased
In August, the value of retail sales in the Czech Republic increased by 4.1 percent year-on-year calendary adjusted, the Czech Statistical Office said in Prague on Friday. Czech retail has...
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It would not only be good for agriculture if more cabbages were to be consumed
As in the past year, about 4,000 hectares of brassicas are grown in Hungary in 2021. Syngenta said at its professional event in Ócsa that the hungarian consumption of fresh...
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In the service of value and quality
On 9 September, the Value and Quality Awards were presented to the winners for the fourth time in the building of the Hungarian Parliament. Organised by DIAMOND Szervezőiroda Bt., ExVA...
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Here’s AMC’s new business development program: the Hungarian Food Business Program
The Agricultural Marketing Centre presented online, real-time food catalogue and event management software under the name of Hungarian Food Business Program in the 80th century. National Agricultural and Food Exhibition...
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The Kiváló Minőségű Élelmiszer (KMÉ) trademark is on the screen again
The Agricultural Marketing Centre (AMC) is launching a national media campaign to promote the High Quality Food (KMÉ) trademark in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture (AM) and the National...
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FAO Food Price Index rises further in September
World food commodity prices rose in September, led by tightening supply conditions and robust demand for staples such as wheat and palm oil, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...
Read moreAnalysts: pension premium payment could give another boost to retail sales
Retail sales growth accelerated somewhat in August, but the pace is still below pre-pandemic levels. Demand may strengthen further in the coming months, and the payment of the pension premium...
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The members of Magyar Bankholding help the agricultural sector with huge loans
The member banks of Magyar Bankholding, Budapest Bank, MKB Bank and Takarékbank, have a total loan and leasing portfolio of almost 500 billion HUF in the agricultural sector, which together...
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Producer price growth in the euro area slowed in August
Producer prices in the euro area rose less in August than in the previous month and than expected, according to a report published by the European Union’s statistical office, Eurostat,...
Read moreThe value of online orders increased by 76 percent in the first nine months in Romania
The value of orders placed in online commerce in Romania increased by 76 percent and the number of orders increased by 54 percent in the first nine months, compared to...
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This year’s French wine production could be 27 percent lower than last year
The French Ministry of Agriculture has published a somewhat more optimistic forecast for wine production this year, which is expected to be 27 percent lower than last year. On Thursday,...
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Śnieżka Group: Paint market has returned to pre-pandemic levels
A Śnieżka Csoport értékelése szerint az idei első félévben a festékpiac visszatért a koronavírus-járvány előtti működéséhez, emellett a prémiumtermékek iránti fokozott vásárlói érdeklődés tartósnak bizonyul mind Lengyelországban, mind Magyarországon. A...
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The year of opportunities and challenges in the oral care market
According to Boglárka Hering, GSK’s consumer healthcare brand manager, oral care product value sales were growing below the level of the inflation rate in the first six months of 2021,...
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Growing wheat costs are a challenge for Barilla
Tight global wheat supplies and soaring raw material prices are posing a challenge for Italian pasta maker Barilla (established in 1877) – at the same time also exposing fragility in...
Read moreAldi’s Polish expansion
Aldi is planning to open seven stores in Poland in September, as it intends to have 200 units across the country by the end of the year. The discounter has...
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Swiss company Emmi to buy US feta cheese brand Athenos
Swiss dairy company Emmi has bought US feta cheese company Athenos from Lactalis Group for an undisclosed sum. This step will help Emmi to strengthen its position in the US...
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Lidl Serbia promotes local products with new private label
Lidl Serbia has recently launched a new private label brand, S ljubavlju, domaće (With love, local), consisting of about 80 products made by local producers. Lidl says the new product range...
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Czech retailer Albert introduces digital price tags in more stores
Until the end of the year Czech retailer Albert plans to introduce digital price tags in another ten stores. The retailer has already installed more than 500,000 electronic price tags...
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Bulgaria’s Fantastico Group opens new store and entertainment complex in Pernik
Bulgarian retailer Fantastico Group (established in 1991) has unveiled a new multi-use retail and entertainment complex in Pernik. The new 10,753m² complex opened in August and took 10 months to...
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Polish beer brand Żubr helps Biebrza National Park
Żubr has started a long-term cooperation with the Biebrza National Park in order to reclaim the land on its territory – about ٤٠ percent of the park is now privately...
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