Events

Lidl to open another distribution centre in the USA

Lidl is expanding in the south of the USA. The discount grocer announced it will build a USD 100 million regional distribution centre in Covington, Georgia. The 86,000m² facility will...

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ISM: 50 years of sweets

ISM is the biggest annual trade fair for sweets and snacks in the world, which has been organised for 50 years. In 2020 Cologne hosted the event between 2 and...

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Coca-Cola buys dairy product company fairlife LLC

The Coca-Cola Company has announced that it has acquired a 100-percent stake in fairlife LLC, a Chicago-based manufacturer of value-added dairy products. Fairlife LLC started operations in 2012 with a high-protein milkshake,...

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Gruppo Selex invests 330 million euros in its stores in 2020

Italian retailer Gruppo Selex is going to invest EUR 330 million in opening new stores and remodelling existing supermarkets in the country next year. This budget will be used to...

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The 2020 Grüne Woche broke many records

Internationale Grüne Woche took place in Berlin between 17 and 26 January 2020. This year’s trade fair broke many records: on 129,000m² more than 1,800 exhibitors from72 countries showcased their...

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Amazon India enters into partnership with Future Retail

Amazon India is now an official sales channel of Future Retail stores, enabling the latter to reach a wider customer base. Future Retail currently has 1,500 stores, attracting over 350...

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Rema 1000 and Vallø Castle join forces

Norway’s Rema 1000 has announced a partnership with Vallø Castle for sourcing fresh organic eggs. The initiative is part of the retailer’s ’ground-to-table’ strategy that concentrates on offering special, locally produced...

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Lidl launches Ireland’s first 100-percent compostable bag for potatoes

Lidl Ireland has introduced the first fully compostable potato bag in the country, in cooperation with Meade Potato Company. The 2kg packs of Meade White Potatoes feature packaging made from...

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A top feeling

In 2020 economic growth was around 5 percent in Hungary, and this was one of the top growth rates in the EU. For 2020 GKI calculates with a 3-3.5 percent...

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Whole-Foods and Parmigiano Reggiano sign distribution deal

Italy’s Consorzio Parmigiano Reggiano has signed a distribution agreement with Whole Foods Markets, which is valid in the USA, Canada and the UK. The agreement – signed with the USA-based...

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Valio and Stora Enso trial wood-based biocomposite packaging

Valio and Stora Enso are going to distribute 10,000 wood fibre-based reusable lids made from a biocomposite, while encouraging consumers to reduce food waste. The reusable lids will be used...

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Lower wheat prices

In January the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a forecast that says the world’s chicken production will increase by 4.5 percent to 103.5 million tons this year. According...

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Nestlé’s Henniez Mineral Water Switches To 75% rPET Bottles

Nestlé Waters’ mineral water brand Henniez has switched to water bottles made of 75% recycled PET plastic across its entire range. The announcement was made three weeks after Nestlé pledged...

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Coca-Cola To Launch Recycled Plastic Bottles In Sweden

Coca-Cola has announced plans to launch a new range of bottles made entirely from recycled plastic in Sweden. The company is also introducing new labels on its Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite...

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Lifeblood of Amazon merchants threatened as coronavirus infects Chinese workers

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) sellers are bracing for product shortages as Chinese workers – worried about the fast-spreading coronavirus – may be unable or unwilling to return to idled factories. The...

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Magazine: Modern wine sector management

Members agreed at the November meeting of the National Council of Wine Communities (HNT) that one of their main tasks in the previous four years had been reorganising the public...

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AM Secretary of State: mangalica breeding is marketable still in the 21st century

Mangalica cultivation is not just a tradition, but a constantly evolving, marketable value creation in the 21st century – the State Secretary responsible for Agriculture said at the opening of...

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The foreign trade surplus last year was almost 5 billion euros

The value of exports in euro terms increased by 4.0 percent and imports rose 4.8 percent in 2019, and the foreign trade surplus fell by 4.985 billion euros to 535...

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Lecsó was cooked at the Catering Cook Competition

The Catering Cook Competition was held on 6 February within the Sirha the most prestigious food and hospitality trade show. The competition was won by the Hungast Pécs from twelve...

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Agricultural Research Center: The fruit research center in Cegléd was refurbished from about 250 million HUF

The Cegléd Research Station of the Fruit and Ornamental Plant Research Institute of the National Center for Agricultural Research and Innovation (NAIK) was renovated from about 250 million forints –...

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NAV found 27 million HUF worth tax-free cigarettes on the M3 motorway

About 27 million HUF worth tax-free cigarettes were found in a truck on the M3 motorway – the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) told MTI on Friday. According to...

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Allen & Overy: a decline in international mergers and acquisitions rates last year

The global Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) market has seen a decline in international transactions, with investors focusing primarily on their own markets last year – the Hungarian partner of Allen...

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Sirha closed a successful exhibition at Hungexpo

All participants as a professional consider the Sirha Budapest International Food and HoReCa Trade Fair as a business success. The HUNGEXPO Budapest Convention & Exhibition Center saw 12 percent more...

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FAO: Food Price Index eases in October as dairy prices decline

Global food prices dipped in October, led lower by dairy products, averaging 27 percent below its all-time high reached in early 2011. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 176.4 points...

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Legislation and subsidies help to increase irrigated areas

The new legislation, which came into effect in January 2020, provides an opportunity to expand irrigated areas in Hungary, for which simplified irrigation development plans can be made and farmers...

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Kroger Is Testing ‘Food as Medicine’ With Food Prescriptions for Customers

Kroger is testing a new concept where doctors can write food prescriptions their patients then fulfill at one of the grocery chain’s stores with the help of a Kroger Health...

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Norway Raises Output Quotas For Salmon Farmers

Norway will allow fish farming companies to raise their salmon and trout output capacity in nine of the country’s 13 ocean farming regions, its fisheries minister has said. The system...

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Kaufland To Remove Microplastics From All Personal Care Products By 2021

Discounter Kaufland says that it will have ‘completely dispensed’ with microplastics across its cosmetics and personal care ranges by the end of 2021. The Schwarz Group-owned retailer has already eliminated...

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Deserts at Sirha

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