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BelOrta introduces sustainable packaging for red fruit, new snacking line
Dutch fruit and vegetable company BelOrta launched the first cardboard punnets with topseal on Wednesday, commenting that it responds to the trend towards more sustainable packaging. The company says its...
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Magazine: Trends of the past, driving forces of the future
In 1979 Géza Kovács collected possible problems of the future, from the fate of natural resources to social inequalities. Some of these are being dealt with today as well, for...
Read moreSpar Austria Forms Alliance to Promote A Reduced-Sugar Diet
Spar Austria has launched a sugar reduction initiative to draw attention to the benefits of lower sugar consumption, the retailer said in a statement. The aim of the initiative is...
Read moreZero Advertising Tax, Accommodation Tax Reduction – Here’s the Government’s new action plan
The government announced a significant tax cut in its new economic action plan – penzcentrum.hu wrote. Economic slowdown is expected in the world, and the goal of the Hungarian government...
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The sugar and calorie content of domestic soft drinks almost halved in Hungary
Since 2010, the average sugar and calorie content of soft drinks and fruit juices in Hungary has decreased by 43 percent. According to the voluntary commitment of the Hungarian Mineral...
Read morePig exports jumped
Seven percent fewer cattle, one percent less poultry, and four percent fewer pigs were slaughtered in domestic slaughterhouses in the first quarter of 2019 compared to January-March 2018 – Magyar...
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The rise in earnings was double-digit in March
In March, gross average wages increased by 10.2 percent to 367,000 HUF, compared to a year before – the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced Thursday. The growth has been double...
Read moreKSH: investment growth accelerated in the first quarter
Investments increased by 26 percent in the first quarter after the 17 percent growth of last year. The strong upswing in investments was primarily driven by the development of enterprises,...
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Analysts: increasing employment face increasing constraints
Unemployment has fallen to nadir, but the pace of decline will continue to slow down as the quality of supply is rather low, only the unskilled labor has been left...
Read moreFeldman Zsolt: the preparedness of the wine-making profession is a good basis for the quality renaissance of champagne
The preparedness of the Hungarian wine and champagne professional community provides a good basis for the continuation of the traditional renaissance of traditional champagne – the Minsiter of State of...
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The car buying habits of Hungarians are significantly changing
The great majority of Hungarians would buy a new car from traditional traders in the coming years, but they attach more and more importance to sales-related services – according to...
Read moreColombia, Nespresso to help farmers swap coca for coffee
A charitable initiative will help farmers in Colombia’s southwestern mountains trade nearly 400 hectares (1,000 acres) of coca, the base ingredient in cocaine, for coffee, the growers’ federation said on...
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Magazine: Growing importance of modern channels in fruit and vegetable sales
Eszter Kocsis, Nielsen’s retail services senior manager spoke about the results of the company’s fruit and vegetable buying habits survey at the 5th Zsendülés conference in Szeged. She revealed that the...
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The food industry is before the digital revolution
In addition to tourism, construction and logistics, the food industry was also named as an area for the ICT revolution by the Ministry of Innovation and Technology (ITM). Solymár Károly...
Read moreGrowth credit program: at K&H agricultural and food companies are the most active
In the first four months, K&H concluded 17 billion HUF worth NHP fixed loan and leasing contracts with nearly 40 percent already disbursed. The majority of the applicants are rural...
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KSH: the number of employees has increased
In February-April this year, the average number of employees was 4 million 492 thousand, 47 thousand more than a year before. The employment rate of 15-64 year-olds increased with 1.0...
Read more(HU) Green Brands Akadémia III. Mitől lesz zöld egy márka?
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Read moreAgricultural Research Center: precision technologies in agriculture represent hundreds of billions of reserves
The annual output of Hungarian agriculture can be increased by 300-350 billion forints annually (10-15 percent) by using a wide range of precision technologies – Gyuricza Csaba, Director General of...
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Siller Festival at the weekend in Paks
The National Siller Festival will take place for the twelfth time during the weekend in Paks. At the event, open cellars and the tasting of the best wines will await...
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Rapidly expanding German market
According to forecasts, by 2021 the German food market will be worth EUR 259 billion as the sector is expanding by 10.5 percent a year. IGD’s analysis has revealed that...
Read moreFood e-commerce on the Rise
Global food e-commerce sales are forecast to nearly triple to US$321 billion by 2023, according to a new report. The Global Food E-Commerce report, released by market research firm Packaged...
Read moreCorona Collab Supports Ban of Single-use Plastic in Bali
Corona, Parley for the Oceans and World Surf League have partnered with a series of pro-surfers and artists to create a range of limited-edition reusable bags made from Ocean Plastic®,...
Read moreCoca-Cola Helping to Clean Up Waterways
The Coca-Cola Foundation has donated a year-long grant, worth over $NZD300,000 to New Zealand not-for-profit group Sea Cleaners. The grant has enabled the Sea Cleaners’ team to put a new...
Read moreStrawberries are expensive
Although the strwberry season started well in the middle of April, the cool weather slowed the ripening of the fruit, and the prices are also higher than usual – Világgazdaság...
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FruitVeB: special attention has to be paid to the protection of vegetables and orchards due to the rainy weather
The amount of rain that has fallen in the previous days has been good for both vegetables and fruits, and helped their growth, but the cool and rainy weather favors...
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Hungarian success at the Decanter World Wine Awards in London
Hungarian wines and sparkling wines won three platinum and seven gold medals at the world’s largest international wine competition, the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) in London. This year, the...
Read moreMazars: the collection of consumption taxes to be tightened in the CEE region
Consumption-type taxes remain the most important, and therefore their collection to be tightened in the Central and Eastern Europe region, and recovery in Hungary is sufficiently effective – Mazars International...
Read moreThe tobacco product tracking system was put into operation before the EU deadline
Hungary fulfilled its EU tobacco product monitoring obligation before the deadline. The ND National Tobacco Trade Nonprofit Zrt. fully implemented the identification and registration of all actors in the sales...
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Vocational training can be the solution to regional inequalities
Increasing world-wide employment would give room for faster development, but regional disparities deter countries from achieving their goals – according to the recently published OECD study conducted with the assistance...
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The eMAG became Hungary’s largest online store in 2018
The eMAG became the largest webshop in Hungary, followed by Extreme Digital on second and Media Markt on third in 2018 – GKI Digital told MTI on Tuesday. After four...
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