News and articles
A pandemic-ridden beer market
Date: 2021-01-25 14:25:22
The HoReCa sector makes up for nearly 30 percent of the major Hungarian breweries’ sales – and no beer was sold in this channel during the spring and the end-of-year...
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The taste of quality
Date: 2021-01-25 14:23:52
Since last September Gallicoop Zrt. has had a new owner. Our magazine interviewed András Muzsek, the CEO of the company that employs 1,100 people. What changes with a new owner...
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Award winning stores and POP projects
Date: 2021-01-25 14:12:41
POPAI Hungary’s parent organisation, Shop! joined forces with Retail Design Institute to present last year’s winning concepts in an online webinar. Shop!’s global development director, Leo van de Polder organised...
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Cereal Partners UK rolls out organic honey Cheerios
Date: 2021-01-25 14:11:14
Cereal Partners UK – the makers of Nestlé cereals in the United Kingdom – is to launch organic honey and chocolate Cheerios. The new product is Cheerios’ entrance into Britain’s...
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Sainsbury’s launches private label plant-based tea bags
Date: 2021-01-25 14:08:10
UK retailer Sainsbury’s has announced: from June 2021 it will introduce a plant-based material for its private label tea bags. The tea bags will be made of PL A (polylactic acid),...
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C&C Group and Innis & Gunn enter into long-term partnership
Date: 2021-01-25 14:05:35
C&C Group has started a long-term partnership with Edinburgh-based beer brand Innis & Gunn, for selling and distributing the latter’s award-winning range of beers in the UK and Ireland. C&C...
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Tesco stores offer vegan jam doughnuts
Date: 2021-01-25 14:02:49
British retailer Tesco has rolled out vegan jam doughnuts as part of its Wicked Kitchen range. Jazzy Jam Doughnuts are available across the UK and a pack of 5 costs 1 pound. The...
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Impossible Foods reduces wholesale prices by another 15 percent
Date: 2021-01-25 13:57:26
Impossible Foods Inc – they make the plant-based Impossible Burger – has announced plans to cut prices for food service distributors in the United States by approximately 15 percent as...
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Valeo Foods Group acquires UK-based tortilla chips producer
Date: 2021-01-25 13:54:04
Valeo Foods Group – they own brands such as Rowse honey, Kettle Crisps, and Jacob’s biscuits – has bought IAG, a producer of tortilla snacks in the UK. Valeo Foods...
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Morrisons profits from the cooperation with Amazon and Deliveroo
Date: 2021-01-25 13:48:01
According to data from Kantar Worldpanel, online sales by Morrisons grew more than any other UK supermarket’s in December, as its partnerships with Amazon and Deliveroo drove sales: online sales...
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SPAR buys 60 filling station shops in Switzerland
Date: 2021-01-25 13:45:27
SPAR Switzerland has expanded its presence in Switzerland with the acquisition of 60 Avia filling station stores from Store Service AG; the purchase came into effect as of 2021. SPAR already had 16 stores at...
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The Hut Group acquires online beauty retailer Dermstore
Date: 2021-01-25 13:43:01
Target Corp. is selling its skincare and beauty retailer – which they bought in 2013 – to a fast-growing British e-commerce company, called The Hut Group. The group is buying Dermstore.com...
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Constellation Brands streamlines portfolio
Date: 2021-01-25 13:29:30
US-based Constellation Brands is selling some of the brands in its portfolio. They have already got rid of the Paul Masson Grande Amber Brandy brand – the buyer was Sazerac,...
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Online grocery retailer Barbora enters the Polish market
Date: 2021-01-25 13:06:26
Maxima Grupe’s online grocery business Barbora is to enter the Polish market. The online grocery retailer sees great potential for the growth of e-commerce in Poland. Back in 2018 Barbora...
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Sonae MC: A key player in the field of recyclable packaging
Date: 2021-01-25 12:53:40
In Portugal Sonae MC has been named the best retailer when it comes to the use of reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging. This was revealed in the annual report of...
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Britain’s Eight Fifty Food Group buys Carroll’s Cuisine
Date: 2021-01-25 12:49:08
For an undisclosed sum British company Eight Fifty Food Group has acquired Ireland’s Carroll’s Cuisine. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2021. Under CCI’s ownership...
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Despar Italia launches new private label cold cuts and cheese products
Date: 2021-01-25 12:46:09
Despar Italia has expanded its Special Edition private label selection to include new cold cuts and traditional cheese variants. Plus the Despar Premium line now offers cheese from the Apulia...
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EkoPod: UCC Coffee comes out with home compostable coffee capsule
Date: 2021-01-25 12:42:37
UCC Coffee has launched its first Nespresso®-compatible home compostable capsule, called EkoPod. It has been independently certified ‘OK compost HOME’ – this certification guarantees that the capsule will compost at home...
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Orkla sells its Polish skin care business
Date: 2021-01-25 12:40:24
Orkla Care Poland has signed an agreement to sell the company’s skin care business in Poland to Bielenda Kosmetyki Naturalne Sp. z o. o. Spółka Komandytowa. Orkla said the decision was made to...
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Italian discounter MD closes 2020 with more than 800 stores
Date: 2021-01-25 12:37:12
Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Italian discounter MD has reported a strong year in terms of turnover and new store openings. MD’s performance is even more significant in...
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Aldi supports British suppliers with 3.5 billion pounds
Date: 2021-01-25 12:34:20
Aldi supports its British suppliers by spending an extra GBP 3.5 billion on UK-produced food and drink in the next 5 years. The initiative will help over 1,000 small businesses...
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Winter holiday promotions
Date: 2021-01-25 11:50:59
Advent calendars can be excellent promotional tools if given a twist, for instance BrewDog brewery makes these holiday products with special beers that can only be tasted this way. Some...
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By the end of the century, economic well-being had improved in January
Date: 2021-01-25 11:50:32
The economic index of both the population and companies shows a slightly negative mood, but both indicators have improved compared to the previous month, and pessimism is steadily declining –...
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Rich cocktail glasses
Date: 2021-01-25 11:44:18
The cocktail glasses of Martin Jakobsen are so beautiful and special that they add extra value to the drinks served in them. They send the message that their contents are...
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Top 10 consumption trends in 2021
Date: 2021-01-25 11:38:21
Adaptation and flexibility are the two main consumption trends of 2021. The pandemic has influenced all of the new trends, speeding up or bringing them to life. One thing is...
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Life, strength, health – and enjoyment
Date: 2021-01-25 11:32:10
The first wave of the pandemic didn’t induce serious changes in the market of milk desserts and dairy snacks. We learned from Angéla Majthényi, Sole-Mizo Zrt.’s trade marketing manager that...
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Convenience ice cream
Date: 2021-01-25 11:27:57
ColdSnap is an ice cream making machine that utilises pod technology. Basically it looks like a Nespresso coffee maker and it only takes 90 seconds to prepare ice cream by...
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The big winter fair slipped after the vaccination
Date: 2021-01-25 11:25:34
Or to next winter. New rule: vaccination first, then the fair can come – blokkk.com wrote. January promotions are smaller and smaller. There is less action in stores after Christmas....
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Takarékbank farmers are more optimistic, but a difficult year awaits livestock farmers
Date: 2021-01-25 11:25:29
The expectations of agricultural participants have improved by the end of the fourth quarter of last year, compared to the previous quarter, but typically growers are optimistic and livestock farmers...
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Shop in January I just go in, come out
Date: 2021-01-25 11:24:13
2021 started the way 2020 ended, and in early January we spent two and a half percent less in traditional stores – blokkk.com wrote. It makes a pre-epidemic shopping list:...
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