Events
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Walmart Canada plans to triple ecommerce capacity
In response to the strong demand for its online grocery service during the coronavirus pandemic, Walmart Canada is planning to triple its ecommerce capacity. The retailer shared details of its...
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Starbucks unveils financial support for staff in Asia
Global coffee giant Starbucks has announced a US$10 million fund to support its partners (employees) around the world impacted by the coronavirus outbreak. The Starbucks Global Partner Emergency Relief Programme...
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‘Rice ATMs’ provide free rice for people out of work in Vietnam due to the coronavirus crisis
A machine that gives out free rice — it sounds too good to be true. But these “rice ATMs” have been set up around Vietnam to help those who need...
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Consumers after COVID-19
The extreme lockdown of today will be eased at some point. However, shoppers will be different. Fear, suspicion remain so all contactless solutions, self-service kiosk or cashless payment stay popular....
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(HU) ONLINE konferencia a promóciók jelenéről és jövőjéről
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RetailZoom: New time-zones changing shopping habits yet again…
Although the big-scale “stock-up syndrome” witnessed in the first three weeks of March seems to slow down in the Hungarian retail sector, a newly enacted legislation has yet again transformed...
Read moreBuy and defend the domestically produced products! – the Hungarian Product launches a movement
The Hungarian Product Nonprofit Ltd. encourages the purchase of domestically produced products and the use of domestic services within its new campaign. Anyone can join the action, helping to overcome...
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Seasonal and local products are becoming more popular
While consumption of locally produced fruits and vegetables has increased in recent years, there is another trend that is growing a little quieter but nicely: the consumption of seasonal products,...
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Fisheries are also affected by the epidemic
Győrffy Balázs, President of the National Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) held a podcast discussion with Németh István, President of the Hungarian Aquaculture and Fisheries Interprofessional Organization (MA-HAL) on the Hungarian...
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The national hail damage mitigation system is already operating
The national hail damage mitigation system was put into operation by the National Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) on Wednesday, and it will run until September 30. According to the announcement...
Read moreSpring field work has begun
Due to the milder weather, this year’s spring field work began in the country in the first half of April – the Ministry of Agriculture (AM) told MTI. Soil temperatures...
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Nébih ordered traffic restrictions at two poultry farms in Bács-Kiskun County
In two neighboring poultry farms in Bács-Kiskun County, the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) ordered immediate traffic restrictions and confinement due to deficiencies in the control of epidemics that...
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(HU) Mire érdemes figyelni alapanyag és étel rendelésekor a járvány idején
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(HU) A kereskedőknek most kell kezdeni előkészíteni a méltányossági kérelmeket
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Morrisons gives NHS staff 10% discount for 12 weeks
Morrisons has announced a 10 per cent discount on shopping for all NHS staff for 12 weeks to support the UK’s frontline health care workers through the Covid-19 pandemic. Morrisons...
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Co-op hopes to raise £30m for people hit by Covid-19 lockdown
The Co-op hopes to raise £30m to help those hardest hit by the coronavirus lockdown by allowing members to donate their unspent shopping reward points to a new support fund...
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Pasta maker Barilla funds cell therapy research for coronavirus
The Barilla family, which owns the pasta maker of the same name, has donated $500,000 to U.S. non-profit association “The Cure Alliance” to fund research on a COVID-19 therapy based...
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Permanent closure of 15,000 retail stores expected in the USA
Among the main topics of US news channels and television shows is the CPG sector, the food industry and the grocery retail. NBC Nightly News Broadcast also showcased the self-sacrifice...
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No change in the panic-index when it comes to the pandemic
According to the NMS Market Research National Pandemic Alarm, focusing on the changes within Central- and Eastern Europe, there is no change in terms of panic in Hungary, though we...
Read moreThere will be a band for the special retail tax
In Tuesday’s Hungarian Gazette, the government promulgated a decree on a special tax on retail chains. The special tax will be banded, you have to pay over 500 million HUF...
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The dairy sector has also been hit by the effects of the epidemic
The dairy sector was also hit by the coronavirus this week. These days, product councils and professional organizations in North America and the British Isles have called on farmers to...
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Another major decision to support agriculture
Until the end of June, employers, like other economic sectors, will be exempted from paying public charges on their employees in the sectors most affected by forced downtime due to...
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The Ministry of Agriculture and Nébih help local producers with advertising space
The Ministry of Agriculture and the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) would like to help connect local producers and their potential buyers with an advertising space Zsigó Róbert, Secretary...
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Pork from Mohács is constantly available in the shops
Despite the difficulties arising from the current epidemiological situation, the MCS Vágóhíd Zrt. will do its utmost to continue to serve its partners and domestic consumers with quality pork. In...
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Hungarian poultry has been banned in Mexico
Mexico has banned the import of day-old poultry and hatching eggs from Bács-Kiskun county after the laboratory of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) identified the bird flu virus...
Read moreThe breeding sow animal welfare support program can continue after 2021 with unchanged conditions
Hungary is one of the few countries that provides subsidies to encourage livestock farmers to ensure animal welfare conditions on their farms that go beyond the strict animal welfare conditions...
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The Hungarian Food Book has been expanded
The legislators supplemented the FVM Decree 1BB52/2009 (XI.12) with Annex 41 on smoked paprika. This was done by Decree 8/2020 of the Minister of Agriculture, promulgated on 25 March, which...
Read moreStores smaller than 400 square meters have opened in Austria
The first step towards normalcy has been taken. Austria’s measures to curb the coronavirus pandemic have been effective, so stores smaller than 400 square meters have been reopened – Austrian...
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