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Russia’s Magnit reaches milestone in online orders
Russian retailer Magnit has hit a milestone of 50,000 online orders a day, as it continues to expand its e-commerce services. The retailer has strengthened its online capabilities in recent...
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Nestlé launches vegan product range in the United Kingdom
Nestlé introduced the Garden Gourmet Sensational vegan range to the British market at the end of September. Currently the range contains four plant-based products (burger, mince, Cumberland-style sausages and Mediterranean-style filet)...
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Aldi trials checkout-free stores in Utrecht
Early next year Aldi Nord will start testing a checkout-free store in Utrecht, as part of a broader test to see how artificial intelligence can simplify the shopping process for...
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FrieslandCampina starts solar panel project
In cooperation with Zelfstroom, FrieslandCampina has started a solar panel project to speed up its energy transition initiative. More than 3,300 member dairy farms are working with FrieslandCampina on the...
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Carrefour fights food waste with loose eggs
French retailer Carrefour is selling loose eggs in all hypermarkets to save around 3.5 million eggs from being wasted per year. If eggs in a box are broken, all of the...
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Jumbo rolls out beef from free-range cattle
Dutch retailer Jumbo has launched a range of beef products from free-range cattle. The meat used in the range is sourced from cows that graze freely on Dutch pastures for...
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Mastercard’s global initiative for small businesses
Mastercard has launched a global initiative to support the transition to digital platforms and processes for micro- and small businesses: Strive aims to strengthen the financial resilience of small businesses...
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One and a half million Google Pay transactions in six months at K&H
Since its launch this spring K&H customers spent HUF 8 billion using the GPay service – informed K&H. K&H’s head of innovation Balázs Németh added that between April and September...
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Trade magazin is now a 5-time MagyarBrands winner
We would like to thank you dear readers and partners for helping us to earn the MagyarBrands recognition for the 5th time, in the Excellent Business Brand category. // This...
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Coca-Cola’s paper bottle passed the test in Hungary
The Coca-Cola Company has teamed up with Danish start-up Paper Bottle Company (Paboco) to develop a paper bottle for soft drinks. The beverage company and Kifli.hu started testing the new...
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From now on ALDI exclusively sells 100 percent Hungarian fresh meat
From October 2021 ALDI Magyarország only sells poultry, pork and beef products sourced from Hungarian suppliers. This year ALDI added 10 new meat products to is assortment, so customers can...
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Henkel makes dishwasher gels more sustainable
Henkel’s Laundry & Home Care division is introducing a new packaging concept for the Somat dishwasher gel range and has launched a new Somat All in 1 Gel ProNature product....
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Mars appoints new P&O director for Central Europe
Daria Maslovskaya joined the Mars Multisales team in Prague as P&O (people and organisation) director for Central Europe on 12 October. She has been working for the company for 13...
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Autumn tibi campaign with Uncle Tibi
This autumn Bonbonetti Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. commissioned Human Telex Advertising & Event with implementing an advertising campaign for new products, including the giant tibi chocolate tablet. Human Telex’s creative...
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Production line installation in Vajda-Papír’s new factory
Hungarian-owned, market leader hygiene paper product maker Vajda-Papír Kft.’s HUF 16-billion factory expansion project is expected to be completed by April 2022 – informed managing director Attila Vajda. In early...
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Retail sales in the euro area increased in September
After several months of stagnation and decline, the volume of retail trade increased slightly in September compared to the previous month in the euro zone, according to the Tuesday report...
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Live cattle: Growing export, declining import
AKI’s Market Price Information System (PÁIR) reveals that the price of egg (sizes M and L) was HUF 27.5 at the place of packaging in the first nine months of...
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Growing proportion of poultry liver patés
With annual sales nearing 10,000 tonnes, meat spreads constitute a rather small segment in the processed meat category, with a 4-percent value share and a 5.7-percent volume share of the...
Read moreAnalysts: a substantial increase in retail sales is encouraging
Analysts reporting to MTI were positively surprised by the September retail sales figures, which suggest they could have a positive impact on third-quarter GDP data as well. According to a...
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Bence Dalnoki wins the Hungarian final of Bocuse d’Or
Bence Dalnoki, the sous-chef of Stand restaurant and his commis, Patrik Nyikos came up with the best performance in the Hungarian final of Bocuse d’Or on 21 October. The runner-up...
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Campaign for conscious alcohol consumption
With the support of spiritsEUROPE, the Hungarian Spirits Industry Association and Product Board launched a 3-month campaign called Hangover. Experts and influencers have teamed up to educate young adults about...
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A beverage packaging collection system has been developed by industry players
A strategic and regulatory concept has been developed for the collection of beverage packaging by domestic industry players. According to their statement sent to MTI on Monday, they would like...
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Nestlé develops by from 35 billion HUF
The government has spent all its financial resources on preventing mass unemployment during the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus epidemic, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Monday. According to...
Read moreKSH: trade surplus was 1.3 million euros in September
After two months in September, foreign trade again produced a surplus, with exports exceeding the value of imports by 1.3 million euros, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported on Monday,...
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Henkel’s quarterly revenue increased
Revenues from Henkel’s German household chemicals and cosmetics group grew in the third quarter of this year, the company said on Monday. Henkel reported on Monday that its organic sales...
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Retail sales in the euro area were weak in September
Retail sales in the euro area were weaker than expected in September compared with the previous month, as Germany, the region’s largest economy, underperformed and consumers restrained their spending on...
Read moreGerman retail sales are expected to grow at the end of the year
The professional representation of German retail companies, HDE, expects a 2 percent increase in Christmas sales this year, compared to last year, mainly due to strong growth in online sales....
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Bank cards for blind and visually impaired consumers
Mastercard is introducing bank cards that make it possible for blind and visually impaired consumers to differentiate between credit, debit and prepaid cards. In the Touch Card system there are...
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Vegan products are the stars of Lidl Germany’s campaign
Lidl Germany is starting a marketing campaign through print, online, TV and radio to inspire consumers to purchase its Vemondo brand. This product range is comprised of alternative products that are plant-based and...
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