Events
Coca-Cola, Invitech, E.ON, and Tesco wins Effekt 2030
The EffeKteam recognized the companies’ effective environmental and social investment programs in the Chance Creating Business, Future Economy, Green Balance and Society of All categories. The Effekt 2030 Award will...
Read moreOnly about half of regular Internet users shop online, according to a survey
In Hungary, the number of online shoppers is low, only 33 percent of the adult population, 3.2 million people shop at least once a year from an online store, while...
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Eccomerce meetup on mobile applications
Nowadays, a retailer, and in many cases a brand, need inevitable digital presence in order to effectively reach their customers, to communicate with them, and provide the opportunity to place...
Read moreThere will be a Sausage Festival in the Railway History Park
Home-made sausages, hams, cheeses, traditional pig carving shows, concerts, folklore shows, veteran car exhibitions and family programs await the visitors at the 6th Pig Sausage Festival on October 11-13 to...
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The growth in the private sector of the euro area has stopped
Growth in the private sector in the eurozone virtually stopped in September after the manufacturing industry’s recession is increasingly affecting the services sector – according to the London-based IHS Markit’s...
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Spar Netherlands Opens 150th Express Store In Utrecht
Spar Netherlands has announced that it has opened its 150th Express store in Eemnes in the province of Utrecht. The forecourt outlet caters to the immediate or daily shopping needs...
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Coop Italia Reviews Market Strategy As Consumption Declines
Coop Italia has reviewed its market strategy as food consumption declined in 2019 after three years of growth, according to reports. The cooperative has increased its focus on environmentally friendly...
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Tesco Poland extends restructure plans and exits large hypermarkets
At its H1 results presentation, Tesco has shared new detail about the restructure of its Polish operations, its largest business in central Europe. Tesco closed 62 unprofitable stores in Poland...
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Nagy István: the competitiveness of the Hungarian poultry sector must be preserved
The importance of the poultry industry in Hungary is crucial, and the sector’s competitiveness must be preserved – the Minister of Agriculture said at the annual meeting of the European...
Read moreAM: fresh pork from Hungary can be shipped again to Serbia
Serbia has reopened its market for fresh pork in Hungary as a result of more than a year of negotiations – the Ministry of Agriculture (MTI) announced on Saturday. According...
Read moreKopint-Tárki has improved its growth expectations
The Kopint-Tárki Economic Research Institute raised its GDP growth forecast for September to 4.8 percent from the 4.5 percent forecasted in June, while its forecast for 2020 remained unchanged at...
Read moreAM: The agricultural ministers of the Visegrád countries met in Prague
The shaping the future of the Common Agricultural Policy and forestry issues were the main topics of the meeting of the agricultural ministers of the Visegrád Cooperation in Prague, which...
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Volunteers collected nearly 2 tons of waste from the Lake Tisza
Shoes, flasks, PET bottles and many other rubbish contaminates the Tisza, its floodplains and reed beds. Last Friday, more than 1.8 tons of waste were collected by Coca-Cola Magyarország and...
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Nébih: German sausage products were recalled
The National Food Chain Safety Authority (Nebih) warns on its website that travelers to Germany, such as to the Munich Beer Festival, and travelers to seven other affected countries should...
Read moreFitch: global economic growth slows this year to a seven-year low
The escalation of the US-China trade war is expected to slow global economic growth to a seven-year low this year and will further weaken next year – according to Fitch...
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The number of known credit card frauds increased twentyfold In the past five years
In the past five years, the number of known credit card fraud cases in the world has increased approximately twentyfold – Hungary’s cyber coordinator told M1 news channel on Thursday....
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Abonett enters the snack market with new sandwiches
This summer Abonett Kft. put four new sandwich products on the market. The Abony-based family enterprise, which specialises in extruded crackerbreads, also gave products a new packaging design and added...
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Coca-Cola unveils first marine plastics sample bottle
Today, Coca-Cola unveiled its first ever sample bottle made using recovered and recycled marine plastics, demonstrating that one day, even ocean debris could be used in recycled packaging for food...
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Jumbo Launches New Line Of Gluten-Free Products
Dutch retailer Jumbo has launched Lekker Vrij van Gluten, a new range of gluten-free products for people with gluten intolerance. The line comprises 10 products including oatmeal, crackers, pasta, and pancake...
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FrieslandCampina Announces Partnership With United Dairymen Of Arizona
FrieslandCampina has announced a partnership with American dairy cooperative United Dairymen of Arizona (UDA) to step up the production of lactoferrin – a speciality ingredient required for early life nutrition...
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Magazine: Dimensions of consumer consciousness
In order to protect themselves, consumers don’t like to admit that marketing messages have a great impact on their shopping behaviour. Shoppers tend to describe themselves as conscious buyers, like someone...
Read moreKSH: retail sales continued to increase
According to raw data, calendar effect adjusted retail trade turnover in August was 5.3 percent higher than a year before – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced on Thursday. Food...
Read moreThe government is launching a program to promote Hungarian wines
The government is launching a 3.5 billion HUF program to promote Hungarian wines – the Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture said in Budaörs on Thursday. Feldman Zsolt...
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Hungarian export opportunities from Bangkok to Sao Paolo
Hungarian food exporting companies should pay attention to the fact that exports to distant, large markets are dynamically increasing. For example, value-added sales to India rose 28 percent year-on-year, to...
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The Chamber of Agriculture and the Design Terminal help innovative businesses
It is possible to apply for the NAK Tech Lab Enterprise Development Program, which was announced by Győrffy Balázs, president of the National Chamber of Agriculture and Böszörményi-Nagy Gergely, head...
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AM: employment support in the poultry and pig sector more than doubles
The rate of income support announced to keep qualified workers in the poultry and pig sector increases from 200,000 to 500,000 HUF per employee. This year’s program budget will increase...
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Nielsen: sales of antidepressants increased one and a halffold in domestic retail
The value of antidepressants in Hungary increased by 48 percent in value and by 26 percent in volume between September 2018 and August 2019, according to Nielsen’s data on international...
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A local producer market has been established in Olaszliszka
A local producer market has been established in Olaszliszka. The cost of the investment was nearly 41 million HUF, which was won by the local government in the Regional and...
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Retail sales in the euro area were more favorable than expected
Retail trade growth in the euro area increased more than expected in August, indicating that household consumption will continue to support economic growth. The European Union Bureau of Statistics (Eurostat)...
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The international frozen food industry meets up in Cologne
Frozen products make life easier and international cuisine is no longer imaginable without them. In the scope of Anuga Frozen Food, Anuga will from 5 to 9 October 2019 once...
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