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A pandemic-ridden beer market

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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