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The growth of retail sales decreased in the Czech Republic in May

In May, the retail sales growth in the Czech Republic dropped to 2.7 percent, while rose by 6.9 percent in April – the Czech Statistical Office announced on Tuesday in...

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Nébih: Fressnapf calls contaminated dog food back

Fressnapf calls back dog food contaminated with salmonella – the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) told referring to the chain store. According to the information published on the Nébih...

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Raspberry Picking Robot

A new robot could help farmers pick up to 25,000 raspberries a day, according to Manufacturers Fieldwork Robotics. The robot was developed by Dr Martin Stoelen, a lecturer in robotics...

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Coles Launches Mum’s Sauce

Australian retailer Coles has launched Mum’s Sause to help raise money for sick children in hospitals across Australia. Fifty cents from each of Mum’s Sause Bolognese 500g jar sold will...

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Brazil Gets Its First ‘Healthy’ Supermarket

Super Saudavel, the first supermarket in Brazil to offer ‘healthy’ products selected by a team of nutritionists, has opened its doors to customers. The store is located in the Alto...

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Magazine: Technology brings major transformation to the Hungarian financial services market

At the end of April more than 400 experts gathered at the FinTechShow conference, where Hungary’s fintech strategy and the fintech programme of the Central Bank of Hungary (MNB) were...

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Analysts: growth in retail sales is lower than expected

The slower than expected retail sales of May surprised the analysts. Most of them expect further downturns in the second half of the year, compared to what they saw in...

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There is plenty of Hungarian grain for export

Similarly to last year, five million tons of wheat production is expected in Hungary this year, and not only the supply of the country is secured, but there is also...

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AM: punishment for food counterfeiters to be tightened

According to the amendment of the law of the Parliament, the punishment of food counterfeiters is stricter and they can no longer hide behind other companies after the fraud –...

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Nagy István: to maintain the EU agricultural budget a joint action by the region is needed

The EU agricultural budget for the next seven years should not be reduced, even by increasing the contribution of individual countries, Nagy István, Minister of Agriculture said on Friday in...

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The prosecutor’s office found an infringement at every checked webshop

In order to protect the rights of consumers, the prosecutor’s office examined the terms and conditions of sixteen webshops and found an illegal clause in each of them Szabó Ferenc,...

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AM: co-operation is essential in agriculture

Co-operation is essential in agriculture. It is important for farmers to recognize that being a member in a producer co-operation is not a risk, but a security – Feldman Zsolt,...

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A conciliation body is needed to make businesses ready for consumer protection

The experience of the first half of the year shows that it is necessary to prepare businesses for consumer protection in the 21st century – the Budapest Conciliation Body (BBT)...

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The National Soil Center has started

Another strong bastion was created with the launch of the National Soil Center (NFK), which serves the competitiveness of Hungarian agriculture and the transparency of the related activities – Nagy...

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Retail sales in the euro area were weaker than expected

Retail sales in the euro area were weaker than expected in May. In a monthly comparison, decline occurs for the second consecutive month in the volume of traffic as a...

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GKI: Business expectations fell sharply in June

After reaching its two-year low in April and an improvement in May, the GKI economic sentiment index fell to its level of early summer 2017. The deterioration in business expectations...

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The future of fuel cards

At the end of May Shell held their ‘Make the Future Live’ event: a 4-day festival in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, where the focus was on innovative ideas. The...

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Carrefour to expand home delivery in France

Carrefour is preparing to extend the coverage for its home delivery in its home market to all urban areas with more than 10,000 inhabitants by 2020. According to the reports...

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Gruppo VéGé Pledges To Tackle Food Waste With New App

Italy’s Gruppo VéGé has partnered with Last Minute Sotto Casa (LMSC) to launch a smartphone app to tackle food waste. LMSC is a portal that brings together, in real time,...

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Asda steps up partnership with Just Eat

Asda has announced an expansion of its partnership with Just Eat, as part of wider activity to bring new ideas to the customer experience. Through a new Express grocery delivery...

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Campaign to encourage sour cherry consumption

Hungary is a great power in the production of sour cherries, but the consumption of the extremely healthy fruit is low. The Ministry of Agriculture (AM) and the Agricultural Marketing...

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KKM: The Ministry of Agriculture of Japan has been discussing on Hungarian pig meat exports in Budapest

The Director of the Food Safety and Consumer Protection Office of the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture discussed the delivery possibilities of Hungarian pork in Japan – the Ministry of Foreign...

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Nébih: an average Hungarian throws out six kilos of vegetables and fruits a year

An average of six kilograms of vegetables and fruits are thrown out annually by an average Hungarian – the head of the Department of Plant, Soil and Agri-Environment Protection of...

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Chamber of Agriculture: So far six thousand students participated in the From Home To Home campaign

Interactive lectures were held for six thousand primary and secondary school students so far, within the From Home To Home Campaign – the Zala County President of the National Agricultural...

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It is possible to breed cattle that emit less methane

It is possible to reduce the methane emissions of cattle according to scientists. The genetics of cattle have a strong effect on the composition of microorganisms in the rumen of...

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This year’s development budget for the farm development program doubles, compared to last year

The proportion within the total amount of the farm development program have been set so that the people living on the farms can get more resources than the local governments,...

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FAO Food Price Index steady in June

Global food prices declined marginally in June, as lower prices of dairy products and vegetable oils more than offset a significant jump in maize quotations, and are now very close...

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Customised glasses – made using 3D printing

Hoya and Materialise developed Yuniku, the world’s first 3D-tailored eyewear. The technology works as follows: the human face is scanned and based on this the perfect frame is designed and...

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Online shops to pay bigger fines

Ákos Kara, secretary of state responsible for infocommunication and consumer protection informed that the name of online shops that don’t comply with the regulations will be registered in an online...

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Spar Austria Introduces New Organic Biscuit Range

Spar Austria has launched a new range of organic biscuits in partnership with the Vienna-based start-up NUSSYY. The product does not contain added sugar or palm oil, and it is...

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