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790,000 cans of food for people in need
Bonduelle Central Europe Kft. and the Hungarian Food Bank Association donated 790,000 canned food products in the value of HUF 246 million to people in need. The 221 tons of food...
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A gluten-free life for 80 billion forints a year
Gluten-free groceries had a 4-percent share in total grocery sales between July 2018 and June 2019. Gluten-free foods were sold in the value of almost HUF 80 billion. Dóra Hajnal,...
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Europe is slowing down, but we aren’t
Like-for-like retail sales augmented by 3.4 percent in Europe in the 2nd quarter of 2019. The sales growth in this period was 7.7 percent in Hungary – this was the...
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The Ministry of Agriculture helps the competitiveness of Hungarian livestock farmers with subsidies
The Ministry of Agriculture (AM) also provides subsidies to Hungarian livestock farmers to help the sector cope with strong international competition – the Ministry announced on Friday. According to the...
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MNB: card payments ratio continued to expand in the second quarter
The infrastructure of card payments and the rate of card payments also expanded in the second quarter of this year -the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) announced on its website...
Read moreMadosz: the quality of tobacco is better than last year
The quality of the tobacco produced this season is expected to be better than last year, and the quantity will be good as well – the president of the National...
Read moreAfrican Swine Fever: pig breeders can get free disinfectants
Pig farmers can get free disinfectants from their veterinarian – the National Food Chain Safety Agency (Nebih) has published on its website. In a statement, the agency stressed that it...
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The University of Pécs terminates the purchase of PET bottled beverages
The University of Pécs (PTE) terminates its supply of plastic, PET-bottled water and beverages – the institute announced on Monday. It is reported that the leadership of PTE – as...
Read moreNAV draws attention to the marketing conditions of new types of tobacco products
“Smoke-free” alternatives to smoking, such as refillable electronic cigarettes or heating devices containing real tobacco but at a much lower temperature than conventional cigarettes, are also spreading in Hungary –...
Read moreRetail sales in the United States grew faster than expected
Retail and hospitality sales in the United States expanded at a higher rate than expected for the sixth consecutive month, indicating that the steadily rising consumer spending is likely to...
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The earliest direct evidence of human milk consumption has been discovered in Britain
The earliest direct evidence of human milk consumption to date has been identified in Britain – BBC’s news portal wrote. The authors of the study, published in the journal Archaeological...
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World Without Waste
In January 2018 Coca-Cola HBC joined forces with The Coca-Cola Company and launched the World Without Waste project. One of the project’s goals is to collect and recycle the equivalent of...
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European retail in 2019
A study made by GfK has revealed that purchasing power grew considerably in the European Union in 2018. The engines of this growth were Latvia (+10.3 percent) and the Czech...
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An economic slowdown has started
In the 2nd quarter the Hungarian economy was growing by 4.9 percent; this rate was faster than expected and the fastest in the European Union. However, an economic slowdown has...
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Expensive tomato
As of 1 January 2019 the VAT on UHT and ESL milk reduced from 18 to 5 percent. Data from the first 32 weeks of the year indicate that the...
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Online is stronger if combined with offline
According to data published by EuroShop, it has a positive influence on the sales performance of online shops if they open an offline store. There is a so-called ‘halo effect’,...
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So that a little wind doesn’t turn into a hurricane
Retail magazine iXtenso has interviewed Alexander De Ruiter, the CEO of Dutch consultancy firm OBI4wan. He talked about how to manage a worsening reputation and negative consumer reviews. In his view...
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Minimalizing food waste by LG
By storing your food well, you can make it last longer as well as maintaining the best taste and temperature. Find out how. Whether you’re a carnivore, pescatarian, vegetarian or...
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Too much wine is a problem too!
According to data from the National Council of Wine Communities, 392,000 tons of grapes was harvested in Hungary in 2018, from which 3.75 million hectolitres of wine was made –...
Read moreNielsen: Hungarian retail trade is second in Europe
Brexit insecurity continued to affect the retail sector across the continent, but retail sales in Europe increased by 3.4 percent in the second quarter of 2019 compared to the same...
Read moreGrowth in agricultural producer prices has slowed down
In July, the annual growth rate of agricultural producer prices declined to a single-digit level. Following a 10.5 percent rise in June, acquisition prices were 8.5 percent higher in July...
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The turnover of non-alcoholic radlers has exploded over the last five years
The turnover of non-alcoholic beers and radlers at HEINEKEN Hungária has increased significantly over the last five years. Heineken 0.0 Non-alcoholic Beer has doubled its turnover in one year, while...
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Feldman: the new support in the meat industry can bring a quality change
The beef bull-breeding support program in the meat sector could bring a qualitative turn by allowing more domestic meat to reach consumers – the Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture...
Read moreNAK: average quantity but good quality plums this year
This year, about 60-70 thousand tons of plums were produced in Hungary, which corresponds to the average of recent years, but the quality of the fruit is very good this...
Read moreThe number of pig slaughterings has decreased
After a long timethe number of pig slaughterings in slaughterhouses again decreased in the first half of this year. This is partly due to strong demand for live animals in...
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Children are becoming more aware of nutrition
Children are now informed about nutrition through social media and influencers, but for more than three-quarters of the participants the parents’ opinion is the most important – according to a...
Read moreThe irrigation of the Trans-Tisza lands is also ensured by the renewal of the Eastern Main Canal
More than three billion HUF of EU funding has been used to renovate the tools of the Eastern Main Canal in the last three years, which will allow irrigation of...
Read moreAM Minister of State: The Ministry has launched a strategy for gene conservation
This year, the implementation of the plans set out in the gene conservation strategy was started with the provision of a 12.3 billion HUF funding, the Minister of State of...
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That's why we are eating snacks at night
Researchers at BYU have shed new light on why you, your friends, neighbors and most everyone you know tend to snack at night: some areas of the brain don’t get...
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Counterfeiting accounts for more than 18,000 billion forints losses at EU level
According to the estimates of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), losses in counterfeiting and piracy in 11 economic sectors amount to 18,686 billion HUF per year at EU...
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