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Kesko encourages shopping sustainably
Finland-based Kesko participated in the 10Days100Challenges initiative of three universities in Helsinki, allowing shoppers to track their climate impact. The initiative ran for 10 days and involved 100 students. They...
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Casino about to partner with Hema and Ikea
Casino Group continues to test cooperation with other retailers. Ikea and Casino have announced they will be testing Ikea click and collect points at Géant hypermarkets. The first 4 stores...
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New online shop with an FMCG profile
A new online FMCG shop called kifli.hu is to be launched this winter. The store will follow the ‘pure player’ model – there will be no physical stores. Kifli.hu will do...
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European organisations unite
Ecommerce Europe and the European Digital Commerce Association (EMOTA) announced in early September 2019 that they are joining forces: as of 1 January 2020 they continue under the aegis of...
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Going to the mall – online
German online shop OTTO and shopping centre operator ECE – which belong to the same group – have established a joint venture called Stocksquare, which connects physical stores with online...
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Tesco and Nestlé are helping together again
Between 26 September and 9 October Nestlé and Tesco teamed up once again to fight food waste. In this period Nestlé donated 1 percent from the price of each product...
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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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At the launch of the Book of Excellent Pálinkas 2019 Róbert Zsigó, state secretary for food chain supervision called attention to the fact that master distillers, pálinka houses, enterprises, trade...
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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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‘Multifunctional’ drinking straw
There are several alternatives to plastic drinking straws, from aluminium to paper, but probably one of the strangest is the drinking straw made from algae. It can be used for...
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Who is killing the great chefs of Europe?
A famous French chef, Marc Veyrat, who is the head of La Maison de Bois restaurant in Manigod, has written a letter of complaint to the editors of the Michelin...
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A sweet experiment
Hungarian craft brewery Mad Scientist has come out with a new 11-percent abv beer called White Mead 50% Irsai Olivér™ with must. The new beer is made with premium acacia...
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There was no APA when we started drinking beer
…but Soproni has now given us Soproni Óvatos Duhaj APA, a new beer that won in the ale category at the International Beer Challenge! Soproni brand manager Dalma Szabó told:...
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Alcohol-free alcohol
At the end of summer an alcohol-free distillate appeared in the Hungarian market. Its distributor, Coca-Cola HBC Magyarország says Fluére is a novelty even at European level and it can...
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What kind of sandwich do Hungarians like?
The big Kométa sandwich survey has found that half of Hungarians eat a sandwich every day. From the 1,242 respondents 80 percent of men said a big tasty sandwich is...
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Top chefs will be competing in the Hungarian Bocuse d’Or selection
The Hungarian Bocuse d’Or Academy has selected the 10 chefs that will complete in the Hungarian final of the competition. Some of them are the heads of Michelin-starred restaurants or...
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Dessert competition
Bolka Dessert Boutique’s peach and almond cake has been named this year’s dessert of Budapest. The public could taste the new dessert for the first time at the 9th Sweet...
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50 years celebrated
It was 50 years ago that teaching started at the Faculty of Commerce, Hospitality and Tourism of the Budapest Business School’s (BGE) predecessor institution. BGE celebrated the anniversary with a...
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Nébih guides for cutting food waste
Four working groups of the No Leftover programme of the National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) have compiled guidance documents that can help in preventing the production of food waste...
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Workforce, trends and prices
The Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BKIK) has conducted a survey with the participation of restaurant and confectionery owners and guests. It has found that young people’s salary expectations...
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