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Consumer sentiment in Germany is at a two and a half year low,

GfK’s German consumer sentiment index for August decreased to a two-and-a-half-year low. According to a report released by GfK on Tuesday, the consumer sentiment index fell to 9.7 points in...

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Natural disasters caused less than average annual damage in the first half of the year

Natural disasters have caused less than average annual damage in the first half of the year – according to a survey released on Tuesday. The world’s largest reinsurer, the German...

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Motor fuels of the future and freight forwarding were in the centre of attention

On 30-31 May the drvingcamp centre was the venue of this year’s Innovation Days, where all the important players from the sector were present, courtesy of Shell Hungary Zrt., to...

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Danone Seeks Carbon Neutrality by 2021 With €25M Boiler Investment

Danone has announced an NZ$40 million (€25 million) investment in its Nutricia spray drying plant with the aim of achieving carbon neutrality by 2021. The company said that the achievement...

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PepsiCo buys into China’s Natural Food

PepsiCo has taken a stake in one of China’s biggest natural food companies, Natural Food International. The snacking company is buying 26 per cent of the business for US$131 million...

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Tesco To Launch Super-Hot ‘Armageddon’ Chilli Pepper

Tesco has announced plans to introduce the hottest British-bred chilli pepper – Armageddon – in its UK stores. The retail giant claims Armageddon stands head to head with America’s Carolina...

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Magazine: Ecommerce Summit 2019: Online shopping is the future

Ecommerce Hungary has organised its annual two-day conference, which is now called Hungarian Ecommerce Summit, in Visegrád for the 16th time.  Another new idea from the organisers was inviting experts...

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The price of melon has fallen

This year, the dometic watermelon season started around 10 -11 July at the chain of stores in Hungary. The season started with prices around 250-300 forints per kilogramme, but now...

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The winter wheat harvest is nearing its end

90 percent of winter wheat has already been harvested, yielding around 5.25 tonnes per hectare nationwide – the Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture said in Szeged-Szőreg on...

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Nébih is conducting a national food consumption survey

The National Food Chain Safety Authority (Nébih), is conducting a survey on Hungarian food consumption habits with the participation of about 2,700 people. The Authority is now waiting for further...

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Beekeeping at ABB for data analysis

ABB’s Krakow-based Corporate Research Center holds bees in beehives on the roof of the building, not just to improve the city’s environmental condition, but also to test computer algorithms. Many...

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Analysts: it is hard to mobilize labor reserves

Remaining labor market reserves are now very difficult to mobilize, and unemployment can only be reduced very slowly – analysts told MTI commenting on the latest data released by the...

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KSH: employment continued to grow in the second quarter

The average number of employees in the April-June period was 4 million 511,000, u 36,000 more than a year before. The average number of employees also exceeded 4.5 million in...

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New calls for proposals in the Hungarian Village Program

The government is launching four new calls for proposals in the Hungarian Village program worth nine billion forints – the Commissioner responsible for the development of modern settlements announced at...

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(HU) Erősebb, büszkébb és színesebb – Megújul a Cinzano Vermouth

Last month, Gruppo Campari used the 260th anniversary of Cinzano to mark the start of a new era for the vermouth and sparkling wine brand. Lucy Britner was in Turin...

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Asda uses 90,000 plastic bottles for car park resurfacing

Asda has utilised 90,000 plastic water bottles to resurface the car park of its Wakefield store as the grocer finds news ways to recycle. The plastic was ground to tiny...

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Grocers urged to scrap junk foods from eye-level shelves as obesity crisis bites

A health charity has urged supermarkets to remove junk food from shelves at eye level to reduce obesity levels. The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) said in a report...

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Lidl Ireland Opens 200th Store In Tullamore

Lidl Ireland has announced that it has opened its 200th store in Tullamore in County Offaly. The new store is part of the retailer’s €200 million investment plan for 2019,...

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Magazine: That ‘Hollywood smile’ isn’t only for the stars anymore!

Csilla Hódos, retail marketing manager of Colgate-Palmolive Kft. told Trade magazin that a premiumisation process is going on in every category of the oral care market. Orbico Hungary Kft.’s trade...

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Cheerful statistics, gloomy expectations

According to April-May data, the growth rate of the Hungarian economy started to slow down in the second quarter compared to the record high dynamism of the first quarter. However,...

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Hungary is a major exporter of sour cherries

One third of the world’s sour cherries are produced by the EU, with nearly 80 percent produced by Poland, Hungary and Germany – magro.hu reports. Hungary is the world’s largest...

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The Chamber of Agriculture should bring food production closer to the people

In the future, the industrial character of food production will be further strengthened, but at the same time it should be brought closer to the people. It is one of...

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The amount of food thrown away may increase in the coming years

According to a report by the Boston Consulting Group, the amount of food thrown away will increase by 1.9 percent worldwide by 2030 – piacesprofit.hu wrote. The problem in developed...

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KATA and KIVA are becoming increasingly popular

The number of self-employed persons in Hungary is constantly increasing. More and more people are opting for tax treatment that is favorable at European level, and the number of KATA...

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The WWF warns about proper water management

The impact of climate change can be felt more and more. According to a new report from the WWF, the inadequate water management practice in EU member states further exacerbates...

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Robotization in harvest

Agriculture is one of the industries that is able to take full advantage of the development of robotization. Daily Star reports that from Belgium to England and Japan, farmers are...

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We can use the smartphone to check the food in the store

British researchers have developed low-cost, smartphone-friendly, environmentally friendly sensors for checking the freshness of packaged meats and fish – origo wrote. Researchers say that the new sensors can help detect...

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We need to eat 100 million bacteria a day to maintain our health

We put about as many pathogens into our body when we chew an organic apple, and that’s right – a recent study points out. An apple every day keeps the...

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Smuggled cigarettes were found in a minibus near Milota Szabolcs county

Police found smuggled cigarettes worth sixty-six million forints in a minibus near Milota near the Hungarian-Ukrainian border – the Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Police Headquarters announced on Sunday on the police’s website....

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Growth in the euro area private sector slowed in July

Growth in the private sector in the euro area slowed in July, according to the Purchasing Manager Indexes. IHS Markit, a London-based financial and economic data provider announced on Wednesday...

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