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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...
Read moreThe 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...
Read moreNAV 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...
Read moreLegislation 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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(HU) Lendvai Levente, az Arany Kaviár séfje lett a Jeunes Chefs Rôtisseurs Ifjúsági Szakács VB hazai döntőjének győztese
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FAO: world food prices continued to increase in January
World food prices have risen in January for the fourth consecutive month, this time mainly due to higher prices of vegetable oils, sugar and cereals. The January Food Price Index...
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The Hungarian coffee profession to be introduced in the Millenáris Park
Fifty exhibitors of coffee, accessories and other products, barista tournaments and twelve attendance programs await the audience to the 11th KávéBár Bazár (CoffeeBar Bazaar) on Saturday and Sunday to the...
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Twelve teams compete in the final of the Catering Chef Competition
The 12 teams competing in the 2019-2020 Final of the Catering Chef Competition will learn from the best in the industry Zsigó Róbert, Minister of State of teh Ministry of...
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Professional federation: the number of students opting for the agricultural engineering profession has increased
In five years, the number of students opting for the agricultural engineering profession has increased by 70 percent, most of them choosing an agricultural career because of competitive income, high-tech...
Read moreEY: Hungarian companies have a lot to do because of Brexit
Hungarian firms have a lot to do with Brexit, with the UK’s exit from the EU. It will most affect the issue of customs and VAT, says EY in a...
Read moreRetail sales in the Czech Republic increased by 4.8 percent last year
Retail sales in the Czech Republic rose 4.8 percent last year, the Czech Statistical Office (CSÚ) said in a statement on Wednesday in Prague. Retail sales growth has been steady...
Read moreRomanian retail sales increased by 7.2 percent last year
Romanian retail sales grew 7.2 percent last year – the Romanian National Institute of Statistics announced oon Wednesday. The increase was mainly due to non-food sales, of which sales increased...
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Israeli scientists plant date palms from two thousand year old seeds in Israel
Israeli scientists planted six date palm trees from the seed from Jesus’ age. Professionals hope to be able to grow a date palm on male-female seeds found in the Judean...
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Euro area private sector’s growth accelerated slightly in January
The year started stronger in the euro area private sector, with economic growth slightly accelerating in January – according to IHS Markit’s Purchasing Manager Indexes. The Eurozone Composite Purchasing Manager...
Read moreUS Import Duties – China halves additional duty on certain US products
China will cut customs duties on certain US products by half – the Chinese state news agency sannounced in a statement Thursday. The measure, which will take effect on February...
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