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Genetic engineering against swine flu
Genetic engineering technologies could help prevent the spread of swine flu in pig farms and also reduce the risk of epidemics, British researchers say. According to scientists at the Roslin...
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Kifli and BENU pharmacy access on Kifli.hu
The most popular products in the online offer of BENU pharmacies are available with a few clicks from the Kifli.hu website. In collaboration with Kifli and BENU, an additional service...
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Assistance to frontline workers: 40 million HUF grant from Szentkirályi Magyarország and PepsiCo
Szentkirályi Magyarország and PepsiCo provide a total donation of 40 million HUF to a Hungarian healthcare institution and an aid organization. With the significant offer, the two companies will help...
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KITE Zrt.: Hungarian farmers are buying better machines
Hungarian farmers are buying bigger and more knowledgeable agricultural machines – Zahorán Zalán, Deputy Chief Technical Officer of KITE Zrt. told Agrárszektor. The expert added that this trend is justified...
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GVH: the environmental awareness of European consumers has strengthened, according to a study
European consumers are ordering more from the internet, trying to shop locally as often as possible and making “greener” choices, meaning they are willing to pay more for a product...
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Russia has become a net food exporter
Russian agriculture closed a historic year last year. For the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has become a net food exporter – origo wrote. Last...
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Euro area inflation peaked at a near 1-year high
Inflation in the euro area reached a peak of almost 1 year in February, but core inflation slowed compared to January, according to the final data published by Eurostat on...
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Back to business with PLMA
The Private Label Manufacturers Association announces that its PLMA 2021 “World of Private Label” international trade show, which was originally scheduled for May this year, will now take place on...
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Oh, dear consumer…! The new rules of commercial guarantee for consumer durables
Recently retailers have had to modify their ‘General Terms and Conditions’ (ÁSZF) and internal processes because of the new rules in the commercial guarantee for consumer durables. They are obliged...
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The deadline for applying for private accommodation has been extended
The deadline for the tender for the development of other and private accommodation establishments has been extended until 30 September due to the coronavirus pandemic, so there is more time...
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Volkswagen, Aral To Expand Charging Station Network For E-Vehicles
Volkswagen and Aral will jointly accelerate the expansion of ultra-fast charging stations for electric vehicles in Germany, Great Britain, and other countries in Europe. The plan outlines the development of...
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Barilla Group Launches Mulino Bianco Pancakes
Italy’s Barilla Group has launched pancakes under its Mulino Bianco bakery breakfast range. Mulino Bianco Pancakes are made with flour, sugar, eggs from free-range hens and 100% fresh Italian milk. They...
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Mondelēz International Cuts Plastic Windows From Its Easter Eggs In UK & Ireland
Mondelēz International has removed more than 6.4 million plastic windows from chocolate eggs on sale in the UK and Ireland this Easter, taking 5.4 tonnes of plastic out of the environment...
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Magazine: Light at the end of the tunnel?
More optimistic expectations In a Hungarian National Panel representative survey with 800 respondents, we examined what consumers think about the year ahead of us. It turned out that 54 percent...
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Upturn in the hotel business?
According to the latest hotel market analysis of commercial real estate consulting firm CBRE, the Hungarian hotel industry stands on several legs, therefore one of the earliest and most dynamic...
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Preferential loans for HoReCa suppliers!
The Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) has asked the government to include the suppliers of HoReCa units in the Interest-free Economic Reboot Rapid Loan programme. Suppliers of hotels and restaurants...
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When it isn’t the shopper who stays at home
Extreme Digital has installed an online sales and advisory service counter in its store located on Szent István Boulevard since the beginning of the second wave of the pandemic. Customers...
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New managing director for Urban
At the end of 2020 the new owners of Urban Édesipari Kft. – a key player in the Neapolitaner wafer market – appointed Éva Major Varga as the managing director...
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Trendy products from Maspex Olympos
Patrícia Peres, brand manager of Maspex Olympos Kft. told our magazine that they rolled out the Apenta Light carbonated soft drink in grape flavour this January, following one of the...
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2020: The year when Hungarian consumers were forced to step on the digital moving sidewalk
2020 increased the proportion of consumers who are shopping online – and this is also true for FMCG shopping. Which factors were the driving forces behind this trend? It became...
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This year brings more free-from groceries to SPAR stores
In accordance with constantly changing consumer needs, SPAR is adding new lactose-, gluten- and soy-free innovations to its product selection, as demand is growing dynamically for these products. Head of...
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Successful trade marketing strategies here and beyond the Neverending Sea
More than 70 people registered for this year’s I Love Trade Marketing conference, which was organised by the Trade Marketing Club (TMK) online. Zsuzsanna Hermann, one of the club’s founders...
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Wine and walnut prices grew significantly
According to the Market Price Information System (PÁIR) of the Research Institute of Agricultural Economics (AKI), due to the low yield in 2020 the price of walnut increased by 10...
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P&G commits to 2,021 acts of good
Procter & Gamble has announced that the company will do 2,021 good things in 2021. As part of its recently launched international campaign Lead with Love, P&G and its brands...
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Unilever redefines the concept of beauty
Unilever has announced that as part of launching its new Positive Beauty programme, the company will stop using the word ‘normal’ on all beauty and body care products and in...
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Hungarian Advertising Code of Ethics is being updated
After six years in use the time has come to update the Hungarian Advertising Code of Ethics. The Hungarian Advertising Association (MRSZ) and the Self-regulatory Advertising Board (ÖRT) delegated members...
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New Lidl store opens
On 11 March Lidl Hungary opened its latest store in Budapest’s 2nd district, at 43 Csalogány Street. The 1,200m² shop is located on the ground floor of a newly built...
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Hungary’s 35th INTERSPAR store opens in Kaposvár
SPAR Hungary’s 35th INTERSPAR store was built in a record 10 months in Kaposvár. From more than HUF 11 billion they built the S-PARK Kaposvár Shopping Park, where the stylish...
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