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Carrefour Supports French Fishermen During Crisis
As COVID-19 impacts the global food chain, Carrefour is taking action to support the French fishing industry. In an attempt to mitigate falling prices, the French retailer has committed to...
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NAK: Don’t accumulate! There will be enough food in Hungary!
Hungary is an agri-industrial country, a serious exporter, and our country’s self-sufficiency is about 120 percent of its basic food. In the current emergency, this has a particular importance: the...
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The limit for touchless payments without a PIN is raised to fifteen thousand forints
Up to 5,000 to 15,000 HUF for touch pay card purchases allowed without a PIN from April 15, with an estimated 90 percent of purchases without having to touch the...
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NAK: Which food companies can be key companies
A 2012. CLXVI. Act includes the 65/2013 Enforcement Order , which spells out in a systems, and facilities. From an agricultural point of view, the Implementing Regulation 540/2013 regulates which...
Read moreDuring the coronavirus pandemic it is safe to shop online
Ecommerce Hungary members, along with several courier companies, have introduced strict hygiene measures. The organization recommends expanding the scope for online commerce. Since the outbreak of the virus, over one...
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So bank on an outbreak – Ten points from Erste Bank
In the current situation, it is especially important to limit personal contact, to comply with hygiene rules and recommendations – whether it is shopping or daily finances. If possible, manage...
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The Ministry of Agriculture announces a Hungarikum competition
The Ministry of Agriculture (AM) announced a tender to support the collection, promotion, awareness, preservation and care of national treasures and Hungarikums – the Ministry of Agriculture announced on Tuesday....
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EY: Various tax incentives help businesses survive worldwide
Due to the constraints of the current social and economic situation, many businesses worldwide are in extremely difficult financial circumstances. National governments have also come to the aid of companies...
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More than 800 million people have no access to drinking water
If we consume world water at our current rate, we will use 20-30 percent more water by 2050 than 2016 levels – profitline.hu wrote. According to the United Nations’ World...
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(HU) Fogyasztóvédelmi referensek jó gyakorlatait mutatta be a FORE
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Amazon teams up with Bill Gates-backed group to deliver coronavirus test kits
Amazon.com Inc is teaming up with a research program funded by Bill Gates to pick up and deliver coronavirus test kits in Seattle, the e-commerce giant said on Monday. The...
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Two coronavirus testing sites open in Illinois Walmart parking lots
Walmart Inc (WMT.N) said on Sunday that federal drive-thru coronavirus testing sites have been set up in parking lots of its stores in Northlake and Joliet, Illinois to test first...
Read moreFAO: Food safety is everyone’s business
Without universal access to safe food, the 2030 Agenda will be impossible to reach. Already, an estimated 600 million people each year fall sick from eating food contaminated with bacteria,...
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Starbucks adopts drive-thru- and delivery-only model
In response to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, Starbucks is closing all consumer access to its company-operated café stores, including patio seating, through at least Friday, April 3. Customers will need...
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Less pigs and more poultry were slaughtered in Hungarian slaughterhouses last year
About 2 percent less pigs and nearly 2 percent more poultry were slaughtered in Hungarian slaughterhouses last year, while cattle slaughter remained virtually unchanged, according to a report published on...
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This is how Ecommerce Hungary informs you about the measures related to the outbreak
Ecommerce Hungary, a professional association strives to assist companies interested in online commerce, and provides credible information on measures to prevent the spread of the epidemic. In addition, they are...
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The amount spent on the purchase of agricultural machinery increased last year
Businesses spent more than 180 billion USD worth on new farm equipment last year, up 3 percent on the previous year, and spent 7 percent more on components in the...
Read moreDeloitte: That is how the world’s factories protecting themselves from the effects of the corona virus
The drastic measures (quarantine, border lock, curfew, etc.) introduced worldwide due to the coronavirus epidemic have put the manufacturing sector in the affected countries in a difficult situation. Several plants...
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Coronavirus eating guide – the most important nutritional issues on infographics
Due to the restrictions caused by the coronavirus, people are shopping different foods dramatically. At the initiative of the Daily Nutrition Blog, nutritionists, as well as organizations, came together to...
Read moreIfo expects 500 billion euros loss in Germany
The coronavirus crisis could cost the economy about 500 billion euros and lead to the loss of more than one million jobs, according to an analysis by the Ifo Economic...
Read moreFidelity Mood Survey China is among the first to recover from the epidemic
Chinese companies have a very good chance of getting the earliest and smallest losses out of the global coronavirus, according to answers to a pulse poll conducted by Fidelity International...
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GKI economic sentiment index hardly declined in the first half of March
Surprisingly, the GKI economic sentiment index dropped hardly in March, business expecta-tions worsened slightly, and consumer ones remained unchanged. This is obviously due to the fact that the survey, conducted...
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New Look, H&M, Harrods, Zara join growing list of temporary store closures
With H&M Group, Inditex, New Look, Reiss, River Island, Clarks & Arcadia Group all taking up a significant market share and all closed in the UK for the time being,...
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Panic buyers “should be ashamed”, says NHS director
At the press conference, NHS England national medical director Stephen Powis said the country should be ashamed that key medical staff were left unable to buy food. Powis referred to...
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Walmart’s Mexico unit pulls elderly workers from checkouts on coronavirus concerns
Grocers including Walmart de Mexico have begun bowing to pressure to pull from stores tens of thousands of elderly workers who pack bags at checkouts as concerns grow about their...
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Magazine: So many colours to choose from
According to Bianka Tóth-Perge, trade marketing manager of L’Oréal Magyarország Kft., sales in the hair colour and hair dye category grew by 4.3 per cent until October 2019, but the...
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(HU) Már a csoportos fázisban vagyunk, avagy laposodik a görbe
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IT: dealers selling daily consumer goods can more easily switch to home delivery
Out-of-shop trading and mail order trading in the event of an emergency can be carried out without notification and registration if the trader markets daily consumer goods or restaurant food...
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The continental qualifications for the Bocuse d’Or are also postponed
Due to the coronavirus epidemic, the continental qualifications originally announced for spring are postponed at the Bocuse d’Or International Cooking Competition. Copa Maya, the joint qualification for North and South...
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Panaceas against the coronavirus?
In the current situation, many are seeking a panacea to protect themselves and their families from the disease. Utilizing this, many businesses are promoting products that provide effective protection against...
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