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Morrisons plans to open cashierless stores
Morrisons wishes to compete with Amazon Fresh stores by testing cashierless store technology. The retailer is working with US technology company AiFi, which uses cameras to track the objects customers...
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REWE launches new meat product with 50-percent vegetable content
Germany’s REWE Group has launched classic meat products made of 50 percent vegetables, under the brand name ‘Better Half’. At the beginning the retailer will be offering two products – minced...
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Unilever partners with Arzeda
Consumer goods giant Unilever has announced a strategic partnership with Arzeda for improving the sustainability and performance of its cleaning and laundry detergent products portfolio. In the next 3 years...
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PepsiCo plans to cut the sugar content of products
By 2025 PepsiCo intends to reduce the sugar content of its popular drinks in Europe by a quarter, plus they also want to launch a wider range of healthier, nutritious...
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Nestlé Waters to concentrate on local solutions
Nestlé Waters is to step up efforts to manage water sustainably and to identify and support local solutions. The company will help regenerate the ecosystems in the areas around each of Nestlé...
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SPAR Austria rolls out organic baby food range
SPAR Austria has launched a new range of organic baby food suitable for infants aged between 5 and 12 months. The product range is completely organic and the ingredients are...
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Müller enters the kefir category
Müller is about to shake up the flavoured dairy product market with its first ever kefir product, Müller Kefir Smoothie. Kefir sales are growing by 24 percent in the United...
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Location-based marketing: Thoughts on geofencing
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed consumption habits and made the online world – and online marketing – more important. One of the latest tools is geofencing, which in the retail...
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Mastercard to remove magnetic stripe from cards
Mastercard has announced that in most markets their debit and credit cards won’t have a magnetic stripe from 2024. By 2033 the magnetic stripe will be gone from all Mastercard...
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Hungary’s first smart mall to open in September
Hungary’s first smart mall is waiting for shoppers with never before seen smart solutions from this September. Etele Plaza’s smartphone app can guide customers to the mall from their homes,...
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Young consumers: Digital and physical go hand in hand
In July Mastercard published the results of its Gen Z (18-24 years old consumers) survey that covered the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. This reveals that young consumers are...
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Partners in recycling
Tetra Pak and Stora Enso have entered into a partnership to work towards a circular economy, and to make progress in the area of recycling in Central and Eastern Europe....
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Danone introduces Nutri-Score in Hungary too
Supporting shoppers in making conscious consumption decisions, from July the packaging of Danone Krémtúró cottage cheese cream products feature Nutri-Score nutrition information. WHO, BEUC and the EU all recommend the...
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Confectionery industry reacts to challenges with innovating
Innovation work didn’t stop during the pandemic period either, on the contrary, it gained momentum – it was revealed at a press event of the Association of Hungarian Confectionery Manufacturers...
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A campaign to encourage the consumption of pork is launched
The Ministry of Agriculture (AM), the Agricultural Marketing Center (AMC) and the Association of Hungarian Meat Industry (Meat Association) will continue their campaign to promote the consumption of pork and...
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Biomarkers of powdery mildew infection in wheat have been identified by ATK researchers
The first reliable biomarkers of powdery mildew infection in wheat were identified by the research group of the Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH) Agricultural Science Research Center (ATK). In their...
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Two-thirds of employers do not trust their colleagues enough while working remotely
Only 35 percent of employers have full confidence in their telecommuting, while 39 percent believe their people don’t work as hard and efficiently at home as they do in the...
Read moreThe ifo German business sentiment index deteriorated more significantly than expected in August
Analysts in the ifo economic research institute’s German business sentiment index deteriorated more significantly than analysts expected in August, marking a weakening for the second month in a row. In...
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(HU) Grill és chill a Szegedi Ifjúsági Napok-on az ALDI-val
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(HU) Tanszergyűjtő akciót szervez a Magyar Máltai Szeretetszolgálat és a SPAR
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(HU) Tudatosabban készülnek a szülők az őszi iskolakezdésre
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(HU) Hamarosan zárul a K&H adományozási kampánya
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(HU) Több nőt érint a karantén-túlsúly, de a férfiak így is elhízottabbak
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(HU) Modern kenyér ősi gabonából – az ALDI-ban
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Blokkk.com: SZÉP-cards are increasingly popular
In July 2021, the number of restaurants increased by 2% compared to the pre-epidemic period, in cash and for the first time in portions, jars, i.e. volumes. And in the...
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The Hungarian grape and wine sector receives more money
Additional resources have been reallocated to support the Hungarian grape and wine sector in favor of the National Agricultural Subsidies and the Agricultural Professional Tasks article, agrarszektor.hu found out from...
Read moreThe performance of EU slaughterhouses is fluctuating
The operation of slaughterhouses in the European Union has been showing strong fluctuations in recent months – agrarszektor.hu wrote. According to the latest Eurostat data, the number of pigs...
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