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FrieslandCampina and United Dairymen of Arizona enter into partnership

FrieslandCampina has announced a partnership with American dairy cooperative United Dairymen of Arizona (UDA). With this step the objective is to increase the production of lactoferrin, a special ingredient required...

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Edeka’s first organic supermarket opens in Hamburg

German retailer Edeka has launched its first organic supermarket in Hamburg-Altona, under the name Naturkind. The supermarket offers a selection of fresh regional and seasonal organic food items. The store...

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Spar opens its 150th Express store in Utrecht

Spar Netherlands  has opened its 150th Express store in Eemnes, in the province of Utrecht. The new store caters to the immediate or daily shopping needs of modern consumers in...

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Lidl launches online shopping in Slovakia

Slovakia has become the latest country where Lidl has launched an online store, but currently the site is non-food only. Lidl has been continuously accelerating its e-commerce developments. Since the...

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Aldi plans to expand in Italy and Switzerland

Until 2020 Aldi Süd plans to open 80 new stores in Italy, 600-800m² shops with dedicated sections for fruit and vegetable, wine, food and baked goods. In Switzerland the retailer...

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Italy’s illycaffè wants to conquer the USA

Illycaffè currently operates 23 units in North America and in the next 5 years they intend to open 200 new cafés in the USA. For illycaffè the US market accounts...

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Kroger opens its first ‘food hall’ concept store

Kroger has opened a 4,800m² store in the centre of Cincinnati, which features a 650m² dedicated food hall on the 2nd floor, seating up to 200 guests. By offering a...

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Tesco tests checkout-free shopping

Tesco has invested in Trigo Vision a checkout-free start-up company, to test cashierless technology at its Tesco Express store. Trigo Vision’s technology will make it possible for Tesco app users to...

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Green light for the merger of Extreme Digital and eMAG

On 17 October 2019 the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) approved of the merger of Extreme Digital Zrt. and eMAG (the Hungarian affiliate of eMAG that forms part of the South...

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Everything, no matter from where

On 14 October Ecommerce Hungary organised a conference on mobile apps. Because of the digitalisation and mobile first trends, today’s shopping habits are characterised by the ‘buying everything, no matter...

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E-commerce is growing fast

GfK has done a major online survey on the digital consumption habits of Hungarians in 2019. The answers given in the 1,500-respodent study have revealed that the number of regular...

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Hungarian businesses have discovered online marketplaces

GKI Digital’s estimation is that there are more than 4,500 enterprises in Hungary (mainly SMEs) that have some kind of connection with selling at online marketplaces. Net sales by these...

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(HU) Harmadszor

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Unilever makes more pledges

Unilever has made a pledge to halve its ‘virgin’ plastic (that is non-recycled plastic) use by 2025. To this end the company will utilise more than 100,000 tons less plastic...

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Magyarvíz takes steps to protect the environment

Lajosmizse-based Magyarvíz Kft. is one of the biggest players in the Hungarian mineral water market. The company has reduced the weight of PET bottles, so in comparison with 2017, 10-12...

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Smart malls are coming

Between 2019 and 2020 about 4.4 million square metres of new mall floor space will be created in Central and Eastern Europe, which will answer the challenges of retail in...

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Gluten-free and vegan products available in OMV VIVA shops

From October seven new private label, additive-free snacks can be found on the shelves of OMV VIVA filling station shops. The four snack mixes are made from organic ingredients only,...

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Consumers show interest in small neighbourhood shops

A survey by Miutcánk – done with 850 internet users in early October in connection with the #ibuyitlocally campaign – points out that the majority of consumers, 95 percent like...

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GKI’s business confidence index hits a nadir

In October the GKI business confidence index decreased less than the margin of error, still it hit an almost 3-year nadir. Business expectations have been worsening since the beginning of...

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Mastercard’s advisory division moves to Budapest

Mastercard strategic consultancy business line, Mastercard Advisors brings one of its European centres to Budapest. As part of this move, the company plans to increase the number of advisors to...

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Coca-Cola plans to use bottles made of paper and waste collected from the seas

As part of the World Without Waste initiative that the company announced last year, Coca-Cola has teamed up with Danish paper bottle start-up Paboco. Paboco’s goal is to be the...

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HUNGEXPO: Modernisation work has started

On 30 September the revitalisation programme of Hungexpo ceremonially started. From HUF 55 billion exhibition halls A, B, D, G and F will be modernised by 2021, plus two new...

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More expensive oilseeds

According to data from the National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre (NAIK), the average production price of raw milk was HUF 100.48/kg in Hungary in September 2019. The export price...

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SAP’s new head of communications

Zsuzsa Halpert takes over the external and internal communication tasks of SAP, as integrated communication and PR specialist – in Hungary and five more countries in the South East Europe...

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Deufol builds factory in Debrecen with 1.4-billion-forint state funding

German company Deufol is building one of Europe’s most modern packaging and logistics plants in Debrecen, from a budget of HUF 7 billion. The company has 90 premises in 11...

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South Korea’s favourite soft drink now sold in Hungarian shops too

Milk-based carbonated soft drink Milkis was launched 30 years ago. The South Korean product is already very popular in Russia, and now it can also be found on the shelves...

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KitchenAid promotion in Spar stores

US kitchen appliances brand KitchenAid’s products are available to SPAR customers between 10 October 2019 and 29 January 2020. Shoppers get a loyalty point for every HUF 1,000 spent and...

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Coca-Cola for a cleaner Tisza

On 27 September 100 Coca-Cola Hungary workers collected more than 1.8 tons of waste from the river Tisza, as part of the PET Cup initiative. The 170 bags of rubbish...

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Aldi bans plastic shopping bags

ALDI Hungary has banned plastic shopping bags, in the future biodegradable plastic bags, paper bags and multi-use shopping bags will be available to customers in ALDI stores. At the same...

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Investments for the community rewarded in four categories

Effekteam has honoured what companies do for the environment or the community in four categories. Winners from the FMCG sector: Tesco-Global Áruházak Zrt. won with its food saving programme –...

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