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Tesco Changes Packaging Concepts for Cheese and Chicken
Date: 2020-12-08 08:50:47
The British retail chain Tesco wants to use a new concept to save 260 tons of plastic per year on packaging for its own label hard cheeses. The packaging of...
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Coffee from the Reusable Bottle
Date: 2020-12-08 08:30:38
The coffee roasting company Cofi Loco offers coffee beans in a reusable glass bottle via its own online store. From the beginning of December 2020, the reusable bottles will also...
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OK, Boomer: Survey highlights gulf between youngest and oldest consumers
Date: 2020-12-08 08:10:44
Generation Z consumers are more concerned about the sustainability credentials of food and beverage products than Boomers, and find vegetarian and vegan products more appealing, new research shows. PR company...
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Podcast with Győrffy Balázs and Neubauer Katalin
Date: 2020-12-07 11:38:42
Győrffy Balázs, President of the National Chamber of Agriculture and Neubauer Katalin, Secretary General of the Hungarian National Chamber of Commerce, talked about the commercial sector and the Christmas shopping...
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The Independent Trade Union of Commercial Workers proposes to rethink the time zone for the elderly
Date: 2020-12-07 11:36:09
The Independent Trade Union of Commercial Workers is proposing to reconsider the two-hour protected shopping time zone for the elderly introduced after the coronavirus pandemic after December 11, as they...
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The MCS Vágóhíd Zrt. expects significantly better results and higher sales revenue than last year
Date: 2020-12-07 11:30:24
It is expected that the MCS Vágóhíd Zrt. of Mohács, which is optimistic about the future, will close the year with a significantly better result and higher net sales than...
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A group of private investors has invested half a billion forints in online wine trading
Date: 2020-12-07 11:25:59
A group of private investors will start online wine trading with an investment of almost half a billion forints – Váradi József announced on Monday at an online press conference...
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Save 2020 with a sandwich!
Date: 2020-12-07 11:22:30
In Hungary, 2 million people live in deep poverty, including families, children, the elderly and the homeless. The COVID-19 pandemic made their daily food supply even more difficult. The Budapest...
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BioTechUSA donates 9 million HUF worth of protein slices to 4,500 needy people with the help of the Hungarian Food Bank
Date: 2020-12-07 11:20:40
In order to save products that are no longer on the market but are still suitable for consumption, BioTechUSA has initiated a partnership agreement with the Hungarian Food Bank Association....
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Agroinform.hu: pine growers expect more restrained turnover this year
Date: 2020-12-07 11:20:23
Pine growers expect more restrained turnover this year, according to the forecast of the Interprofessional Organization of Hungarian Ornamental Gardeners. Pine tree prices will be at a similar level as...
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IKEA expects strong year-end sales
Date: 2020-12-07 11:15:09
In November, IKEA’s sales in Hungary increased by 5 percent, compared to November last year, and expectations are similar for December, the company said at MTI’s request. Online sales, which...
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After a month-long closure, stores opened in Austria
Date: 2020-12-07 11:14:32
After tha shutdown lasts since November 17 aimed at curbing the coronavirus pandemic, stores opened on Monday and teaching began in the lower grades of schools in Austria. However, Chancellor...
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This year, shoppers are spending billions on toys at Christmas, according to a survey
Date: 2020-12-07 11:10:42
Regio Játék estimates that the annual turnover of the Hungarian toy market may exceed 50 billion HUF, half of which, 25-27 billion HUF, will be realized in the month and...
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Retail sales declined in the Czech Republic
Date: 2020-12-07 11:10:27
Retail sales in the Czech Republic fell 0.2 percent in October year-on-year. The monthly decline was 1.9 percent, the Czech Statistical Office announced in Prague. Turnover in manufactured goods fell,...
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Sentix’s eurozone investor sentiment index improved significantly in December
Date: 2020-12-07 11:05:33
By December, hopes for the antiviral vaccine had improved investor sentiment in the euro area to the highest level since February, according to a survey by the economic research institute...
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Brands together – collaboration over competition
Date: 2020-12-07 11:04:58
Born out of the crisis of the pandemic, the Mission Brand Alliance is looking to push consumers to other values-driven brands by banding together. The joint 20 brands are sending...
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Product donation to the Kiskunhalas Epidemiological Hospital
Date: 2020-12-07 11:03:05
450 bottles of vitamin drinks were donated by the Akasztó-based R-Water Kft. to the Kiskunhalas Mobile Epidemiological Hospital, thus helping to strengthen the immune system of the employees of the...
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Rossmann is one of the world’s best employers
Date: 2020-12-07 10:25:11
Forbes partnered with market research firm Statista to compile our fourth-annual list of the World’s Best Employers. We surveyed 160,000 full-time and part-time workers from 58 countries working for businesses...
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Reál: Successful promotion with Hungarian Product
Date: 2020-12-07 10:21:11
Hungarian Product Nonprofit Kft. organised a promotion campaign in REÁL stores between 2 and 27 September. Shoppers who purchased minimum two Cerbona Élelmiszergyártó Kft., Detki Keksz Édesipari Kft., Nádudvari Élelmiszer...
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Seventeen moments of spring
Date: 2020-12-07 10:03:54
On the second day of the Business Days conference Tünde Turcsán, commercial director of GfK Hungária’s FMCG division gave an insight into the latest consumption trends and their practical manifestations...
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Magazine: Business Days 2020 – Our conference was not cancelled… Vol. 2
Date: 2020-12-07 06:51:39
E-commerce, drugstores and discount supermarkets were the topics of the day’s first roundtable discussion. Changing consumption habits in the light of the pandemic The ‘conductor’ of the morning concerts...
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Analysts: October retail sales fell short of expectations
Date: 2020-12-04 11:55:47
Analysts interviewed by MTI were disappointed by the development of retail sales in October and are also seen as a bad sign for economic growth in the fourth quarter. According...
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A campaign has been launched to promote the consumption of pork
Date: 2020-12-04 11:46:59
As the holidays approached, the Ministry of Agriculture (AM), the Agricultural Marketing Center (AMC) and the Interprofessional Organization and Product Council for Slaughter and Meat (VHT) launched a campaign to...
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Black Friday remained gray
Date: 2020-12-04 11:40:30
While the November traffic that peaked in Black Friday in 2019 was a really noticeable upturn on the curves, this year the number of visitors to physical stores in November...
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AM: Hungary’s digital food industry strategy is under way
Date: 2020-12-04 11:35:54
Under the Digital Welfare Program (Djp), Hungary’s Digital Food Industry Strategy (Dés) can be prepared for next February with the participation of the Ministry of Agriculture (AM), the Ministry of...
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This is the only way to get the Hungarian food industry back on its feet
Date: 2020-12-04 11:35:03
The need to renew Hungarian agriculture and the food industry is not a question. However, there are several ideas as to what are the biggest weaknesses in the sector and...
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Don’t take it easy
Date: 2020-12-04 11:30:08
Nowadays, if you wanna go somewhere, all that was left was the store. And the holidays are coming. The government is scratching its head at what to do, but there...
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Analysis: The Hungarian M&A market may revive after July 2021
Date: 2020-12-04 11:28:53
The Hungarian M&A market may recover after July 2021, the DLA Piper international law firm network told MTI on Friday after publishing its latest analysis of the impact of the...
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The Magyar tej brand is celebrating its anniversary with a comprehensive campaign
Date: 2020-12-04 11:25:56
This year, the Magyar tej (Hungarian Milk) brand celebrates its 10th birthday. On this occasion the manufacturer Alföldi Tej Kft. has launched a comprehensive campaign. Ten years ago, Alföldi Tej...
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