Events
Germany’s Norma To Launch Private-Label Chocolate Assortment
Date: 2019-08-26 08:30:33
German discounter Norma has announced plans to launch a new assortment of high-quality, private-label chocolates under the name Excelsior Magie du Chocolat (Excelsior Magic du Chocolat) in September of this...
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FrieslandCampina Installs First Small Windmill In Dutch Farm
Date: 2019-08-26 08:10:24
FrieslandCampina has installed the first small windmill in a dairy farm in Zwolle in the Netherlands as part of a collaboration with E.A.Z. wind to generate sustainable energy. More than...
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Magazine: Lidl is expanding in emerging markets
Date: 2019-08-26 07:48:42
Lidl’s presence is getting stronger in the emerging markets of CEE and SEE. The discounter chain plans to continue increasing its market share until 2023. //...
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After seven months of deterioration, business expectations improved in august
Date: 2019-08-26 02:38:47
The GKI economic sentiment index rose in August compared to its low of almost two and a half years in July. According to the empirical survey conducted by GKI (www.gki.hu)...
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AMC has launched a melon promotion campaign
Date: 2019-08-23 11:30:51
The Agricultural Marketing Center (AMC) has launched a melon promotion campaign to raise awareness of the longer melon season this year. Feldman Zsolt, Minister of State at the Ministry of...
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Budapest Wine Festival will focus on the Eger wine region
Date: 2019-08-23 11:20:30
The winemakers and wines of the Eger wine region, as well as the local gastronomy and culture, will be at the center of this year’s Budapest Wine Festival, which will...
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Typical blue grape varieties are harvested in Villány at the end of August
Date: 2019-08-23 11:17:48
Some farmers may begin harvesting blue grapes in the Villány wine region in the last days of August, the secretary of the 2,500-hectare vineyard council told MTI. Nagy Gergely said...
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Nagy István: grants and programs help increase the competitiveness of beekeeping
Date: 2019-08-23 11:14:11
The Hungarian beekeeping program, the honey promotion campaigns, and the Year of Pollinators announced this year are all intended to boost the competitiveness of the sector and increase the efficiency...
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National Lecso Festival in Balatonkenese
Date: 2019-08-23 11:12:12
The National Lecso Festival will be held on Friday in the Széchenyi Park of Balatonkenese – the organizers of the event told MTI. For the first time this year, a...
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Consumer confidence in the euro area deteriorated in August
Date: 2019-08-23 11:10:51
Consumers confidence in the euro area and in the European Union deteriorated in August, according to a survey by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN)....
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German farmers closed another poor harvest season
Date: 2019-08-23 11:04:59
The summer harvest season in Germany has again been poor and workers have been hard to find, according to a report by the National Association of Farmers (DBV) published on...
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The richest family businesses
Date: 2019-08-23 11:02:44
For many people, family businesses are small, friendly shops. However, there are families that run mega-billion dollar companies. Bloomberg has compiled a list of the richest families in the world...
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Aviation fuel from household waste
Date: 2019-08-23 11:00:29
Shell, British Airways and Velocys are building together a huge facility that will be able to recycle household, commercial and production waste by turning it into fuel for aircraft. It...
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Waitrose becomes first UK grocer to sell eggs from ‘teenage’ hens
Date: 2019-08-23 08:50:05
Billed as a way of reducing waste for farmers, Waitrose has become the first UK supermarket to start selling pullet eggs from so-called ‘teenage’ hens. Pullets, otherwise known as hens...
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Meatless scramble: Plant-based vegan eggs coming to Kroger
Date: 2019-08-23 08:30:31
The plant-based trend is about more than burgers: Plant-based eggs are coming to Kroger. The major grocery chain is already stocking Just Egg, made with mung beans, in some of...
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Amazon launches a new program to donate unsold products from third-party sellers to charity
Date: 2019-08-23 08:10:37
Amazon will make it easier and more affordable for its third-party sellers to donate their unwanted excess inventory and returns, rather than having the items sent back or destroyed. The...
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KKM: a discussion took place in Budapest about the export of Hungarian pork to Thailand
Date: 2019-08-22 11:18:40
Representatives of the Thai Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (KKM) were discussing licensing of Hungarian pork in Thailand and successful Hungarian measures against swine fever in...
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Cigarette prices in Hungary are moderate
Date: 2019-08-22 11:07:01
In the Czech Republic, a pack of 20-fiber cigarettes costs an average of 3.88 euros (1270 forints), while in Hungary it costs 3.82 euros (1250 forints) – boon.hu wrote. The...
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Foods in the heat
Date: 2019-08-22 11:05:26
Why do foods get worse in the heat? What can we use to determine if they can still be consumed? How do we store food in the heat? Why shouldn’t...
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The development of the online grocery shopping market in Germany is below expectations
Date: 2019-08-22 11:03:09
The market for fresh food on the Internet in Germany has failed to live up to the hopes of service providers – German news portals wrote on Wednesday that DHL’s...
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Nébih is helping the wood trade companies with a guide
Date: 2019-08-22 11:02:45
The National Food Chain Safety Authority (NABIH) is providing an online guide to help wood traders to operate in compliance with Hungarian and EU legislation, the office’s head of department...
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German mobile companies make online shopping easier
Date: 2019-08-22 11:01:50
Leading German mobile companies are launching a joint service called Mobile Connect, which allows you to connect to portals with a phone number without entering an email address or password,...
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Economic activity in the euro area improved
Date: 2019-08-22 11:00:47
Economic activity in the euro area improved somewhat in August, as manufacturing performance decreased at a slightly slower pace, although concerns about global trade sentiment further worsened business sentiment among...
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Rewe Group Pledges To Offer ‘Unpackaged’ Cucumbers
Date: 2019-08-22 08:10:23
German retailer Rewe Group has pledged to remove plastic packaging from its cucumbers, saving up to 160,000 kilograms of plastic per year. As the retailer noted, the thin plastic film...
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The National Council of Mountain Communities: 2019 vintage can be a very good year
Date: 2019-08-21 11:30:49
According to responses of the winemakers, we are ahead of a very good vintage – Brazsil Dávid, Secretary General of the National Council of Mountain Communities told M1 news channel...
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Chamber of Agriculture: less pears to be produced this year
Date: 2019-08-21 11:25:01
According to preliminary data, this year the domestic pear crop may be up to 20-25 percent less than in the average years, according to preliminary data, while the quality is...
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Lidl is expanding its Hungarian products
Date: 2019-08-21 11:22:08
Lidl Magyarország is further expanding the range of its own branded product line called Hungarian Treasures, which are products exclusively from Hungarian suppliers – origo wrote. Lidl Magyarország within the...
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Despite the heat, the Hungarian Taste Street and the Craft Festival attracted many visitors
Date: 2019-08-21 11:10:57
In spite of the heat, many people visited the Hungarian Taste Street in front of the Castle Garden Bazaar on Tuesday morning and the Buda Castle for the Crafts Festival,...
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The Farmer Expo in Debrecen has ended
Date: 2019-08-21 11:10:51
In four days, 30,000 visitors attended East Hungary’s largest agricultural and food trade fair, which ended on Sunday evening at the University of Debrecen (DE) Böszörményi Road agricultural campus, Vaszkó...
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