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SPAR Austria To Combat Food Waste With Digitalisation

Retailer SPAR Austria is aiming to minimise food waste in its stores through new methods, including increased digitalisation of the group’s inventory. In cooperation with  the company’s IT unit, Microsoft, and...

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Premier Foods to buy The Spice Tailor for GBP 43.8m

Premier Foods is acquiring South East Asian meal kits brand The Spice Tailor for GBP 43.8m. In the 2022-2023 financial year the acquisition is expected to generate a revenue of...

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The European apple crop may be weaker than expected

WAPA (World Apple and Pear Association) has reduced its forecast for the European apple harvest by 90 thousand tons – the FruitVeb Hungarian Vegetable and Fruit Association and Product Council...

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Ice Cream Museum in Singapore – Video of the Day

Most food-themed museums don’t have much of a museum feel, more like fun entertainment. Even if their topic is ice cream!...

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Tesco rolls out first dairy-free milk drink range under its Wicked Kitchen label

Tesco’s plant-based label Wicked Kitchen has rolled out its very first dairy-free milk drink. There are four variants available: oat, coconut, soy and almond. Products in the dairy-free range contain...

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A significant crop loss is expected in sweet corn due to the severe drought

The sector is in trouble: in addition to the extraordinary economic situation caused by world political and economic events, and the explosive increase in costs, this year nature is spectacularly...

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Vending Machine, 21st century – Picture of the day

An intelligent (and benevolent) vending machine in the USA: it returns the money if the product you paid for is stuck....

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GKI: this is how overheads increased, and this is how it will affect the budget

The consumer price index in August 2022 was 15.6% compared to August 2021, while the harmonized price index was 18.6%. Of this, 1 percentage point is explained by fuel purchases...

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“Buttery” bacteria discovered to convert sugar in plant-based drinks into natural flavor

Scientists at Denmark Technical University National Food Institute have discovered a new butter flavor to improve the taste of plant-based dairy. “We have been working with butter and fermented dairy products...

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How one Silicon Valley startup is using computer vision to make shopping frictionless

Silicon Valley startup AiFi (pronounced like “wi-fi”) is the driving force behind no fewer than 86 “computer-vision powered” autonomous stores in North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. AiFi...

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It is not enough that bread has become more expensive by 70 percent, it can be even more expensive

Escaping overhead is also a serious problem for Hungarian bakery businesses – Pénzcentrum points out in a recent article. And although the Hungarian Bakers’ Association does not yet have specific...

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India restricts its rice exports, which could cause a humanitarian disaster

India is also limiting its rice exports, after both exports and domestic prices increased due to the rise in world market prices in the recent period. India, the world’s second...

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The impact of covid on consumer habits continues to this day

The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has affected consumer behavior in an unprecedented way. The purpose of the research presented by Portfolio was to assess the impact of the lockdown...

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Gift packs with our favourite brands

Nikolett Szőke, Unilever Magyarország Kft.’s brand manager believes that the success of Christmas gift packs depends on brand, price and the type/format of products in the pack. The top sets...

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Road carrier costs increased by 22-23 percent in the first half of the year

In the first half of 2022, the Road Transport Price Index (KFX), which shows the costs of Hungarian road carriers, shows an increase of around 22-23 percent compared to the...

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Borsodi is expanding: the brewery handed over a new logistics hall

The Borsodi Brewery continues the development of its logistics area with the investment worth nearly one billion forints, which has just been completed. The company further modernized its operations, expanded...

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Let’s start the autumn season together at the largest downtown community market!

Let’s meet again in the heart of the city center on MARKETS DAY, where Erzsébet tér and Deák tér will once again turn into a huge community market on Sunday,...

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Coop’s private label bacon received an Érték és Minőség Nagydíj

On September 8, at the end of the Coop Rally, which was also considered a celebration of Hungarian food production, this year’s Érték is Minőség Nagydíj (Value and Quality Grand...

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POP trade day

On 23 June a small but enthusiastic group of POPAI members visited the Artmacth POS factory in Timisoara. Everything at the same place Ágnes Péczely-Tóth, head of sales and marketing...

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Japan’s Wholesale Inflation Hits 9% As Price Rises Broaden

Japan’s wholesale prices rose 9.0% in August from the previous year, matching the annual pace of growth in July, signalling that persistently high raw material costs continued to squeeze corporate...

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Employing people with disabilities is a help for many companies

Four out of ten Hungarian companies have employees with disabilities, and the majority of employers reported positive experiences with joint work. In the vast majority of cases, the integration of...

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A Hungarian specialist is Danone’s Central and Eastern European HR Director

Szentpétery Boglárka joined Danone’s Central and Eastern European team as HR director in September. The Hungarian specialist, based in Budapest, organizes and manages the company’s human resources tasks in the...

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The National Chamber of Agriculture received the family-friendly workplace trademark

As the holder of the Family-friendly workplace trademark, the Chamber has become a member of an illustrious club, joining the ranks of such workplaces as – among others – Shell...

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K&H once again awarded the work of Trans-Sped

In the environmental sustainability category, K&H awarded the work of Trans-Sped. In addition to ZERO delivery, which enables delivery without single-use packaging, several operating models and initiatives have been introduced...

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The arable area increased by 32 thousand hectares compared to last year

The size of the agricultural area is 5 million 81 thousand hectares, almost 55 percent of the country’s area, the arable area increased by 32 thousand hectares in one year,...

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BDO: Foreign VAT can only be reclaimed by the end of the month

In Hungary, September 30, 2022 is the deadline by which the VAT paid abroad in 2021 can be reclaimed – Dr. Brigitta Mucsi-Szabó and István Rácz, the tax managers of...

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Hungary’s first gold-crowned confectioner

The memorial exhibition organized in honor of Henrik Spelter, who was born 140 years ago, can be viewed at the Hungarian Trade and Catering Industry Museum until November 20. What...

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Interactive restaurant world – Video of the day

The Sagaya restaurant in Tokyo offers an amazing experience. The universes released from the served dishes are connected in space, creating new worlds – for example, a bird released from...

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Rossmann comes up with a new prize game

At the beginning of the summer, the drug store chain with the centaur logo came up with a 3-month-long prize draw, in which daily, weekly and grand prizes are drawn....

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UK Grocery Inflation Hit New High Of 12.4% In August, Says Kantar

Grocery inflation in the UK hit 12.4% in August, new data from Kantar has revealed, setting a new record for the British marketplace. In the 12 weeks to 4 September,...

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