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Green Brands brand marketing
Independent international brand marketing organisation Green Brands started its Hungarian training programme with two ‘Academies’ in April and May. Ákos Kozák, the first speaker at the April event made an...
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FruitVeB: rainy weather was good for horticultural crops
The rainy weather of the past few weeks has been good for outdoor horticultural crops, but rain also increases the risk of infections – FruitVeB explains in its latest report...
Read moreEcfin: growth forecast for Hungary
The European Commission has improved Hungary’s economic growth forecast for 2019 and 2020 in its spring forecast, but warned that there were more and more signs of overheating in the...
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The quality of public catering can be enhanced with high quality ingredients
It is an important goal to prepare healthy and safe foods mainly from local and bio-based ingredients in public catering, which quantitatively and qualitatively meet the physiological needs of the...
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Colorants over limit were found in candy for children
More than permitted quinoline yellow and unlabeled tartrazine dyes were detected by the Slovak authorities in a tongue coloring candy intended for children. The National Food Chain Safety Agency (Nébih)...
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Employment in the euro area increased more than expected
Employment in the euro area increased more than expected in the first quarter, compared to a year before – according to data reported by the European Union Statistical Office (Eurostat)...
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Randstad Employer Brand Research 2019 – Will there be enough workers in retail trade and in the FMCG sector?
Várkert Bazár hosted the event where the results of the Randstad Employer Brand Research were presented for the sixth time. Jacques van den Broek, global CEO of Randstad was also...
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The future workplace: how to automate intelligently
Automation is now a key pillar of any digital transformation program. But what process and functions should you automate first? And how do you make sure that it’s roles, not...
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Free From Plastics Packaging Exhibition and Conference 2019 Comes To Barcelona
Free From Plastics Packaging 2019, Europe’s most focused exhibition on plastic-free and plastic alternatives in packaging, will be held on 28 and 29 May in Barcelona. Aimed at attracting European...
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Coop Switzerland Expands Gluten And Lactose-Free Baked Goods Range
Swiss retailer Coop has added new products to its gluten and lactose-free baked goods range. The assortment includes a number of different flours, millet flakes, baking mixtures and several baking...
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Megacities: Giant cities where we live
In 10 years’ time there will be 38 megacities on planet Earth. By 2030 about 60 percent of the planet’s population will be living in cities – reveals a study...
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GfK has analysed the European retail sector
GfK’s ‘European retail in 2019’ study analyses trends and developments in 32 European countries, and it makes sales forecasts for 2019, serving as a kind of handbook for decision-makers in...
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Good start of the year, but uncertainty follows
Various international growth forecasts predict a slowdown in the European Union in 2019. As for Hungary, a 3.5-percent GDP growth is likely after last year’s plus 4.9 percent. In the...
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Poultry meat export gains momentum
According to the Research Institute of Agricultural Economics (AKI), in April the European Commission published a short-term forecast that says: in 2019 the EU’s beef production will represent a volume...
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Chamber of Agriculture: the Hungarian food industry supplies more than ten million people
Currently, the Hungarian food industry is serving more than ten million people, but with technological and other developments, it could provide reliable, healthy food to as many as twenty million...
Read moreCorns are tested at ten places
The post-registration trial of maize of the Seed Association Interprofessional Organization and Product Board, the National Association of Cereal Producers and the National Agrarian Chamber of Agriculture has been launched...
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AMC represented Hungary with a community stand at the Novi Sad Agricultural Fair
Over 1,500 exhibitors from sixty countries are presenting their products to about 140,000 visitors at this year’s International Trade Fair for Agriculture and Food in Novi Sad, between 11-17May, 2019....
Read moreNagy István: we need to keep the level of EU agricultural subsidies
In order to maintain the current level of subsidies, the right framework and simple conditions are needed in the European Union’s agricultural policy – Nagy István, Minister of Agriculture said...
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Competitiveness 2019: the Milton Friedman University held its annual conference
According to traditions so far, the Milton Friedman University held its annual conference on competitiveness this year. During the 2019 conference, in addition to electromobility, financial innovation and digital diplomacy,...
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Hungarians eat breakfast too fast
Breakfast is especially important for the Hungarians, but the lack of time characterizes their everyday lives. This means, on the one hand, that most families can spend much less time...
Read moreVAT on organic food was reduced to five percent in Romania
In Romania, the minimum VAT rate on food products classified as traditional products and organic foods and on traditional non-alcoholic beverages is reduced to 5 percent. According to Prime Minister...
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Huge growth about the corner when it comes to e-commerce
Change is upon us, and it’s time to embrace it. We’re all on the hunt for every growth opportunity abound in our industry, but finding them requires a scientific guide...
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CEO confidence in growth dips dramatically
What a difference a year makes. Nearly 30% of business leaders believe that global economic growth will decline in the next 12 months, approximately six times the level of 5%...
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Cashless trend catching on in Japan
Japan is taking steps toward becoming a cashless society, with all transactions paid in cash expected to decline from 76.2% in 2018 to 71.4% in 2022, according to data and...
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The Body Shop launches plastic recycling initiative
Portrait of a female waste-picker made from 1,500 recycled plastic items hand-collected by waste-pickers in Bengaluru, India. Beauty and body care retailer The Body Shop is stepping up its sustainability...
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Nike prepping footwear sizing feature for app, retail stores
Nike wants to make sure its customers buy footwear that fits and is prepping a Nike Fit functionality in its app and within physical store locations to make that happen....
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Magazine: More days, more sausages
Zoltán Szántó, senior product manager of PICK Szeged Zrt. told Trade magazine that the two biggest segments in the grill product market are grill sausages and meat prepared for the...
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(HU) Júniusban Visegrádon találkozik az Ecommerce szakma
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Read moreMNB: the six month increase of core inflation stopped in April
Seasonally adjusted annual core inflation remained unchanged in April, remained 3.8 percent as in the previous month, hence the increase of the indicator lasted for more than half a year...
Read moreAM: 8.6 billion support HUF for breeding sows this year
In 2019, the government earmarked 8.6 billion forints for breeding sows and 10.5 billion forints for animal welfare in the budget – Nagy István, Minister of Agriculture said on Monday...
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