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Asda Introduces Blueberries In 100% Recyclable Punnets
UK retailer Asda has announced that it has rolled out blueberries in a fully recyclable punnet with a film lid. The innovative packaging will allow customers to recycle the whole...
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Kroger adopts online marketplace model similar to Amazon, Walmart
The Kroger Co. is integrating digital marketplace platform Mirakl into its Kroger Ship ship-to-home program. The leading supermarket retailer will offer Kroger Ship customers an extended aisle with more than...
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Starbucks offers visibility into how it sources coffee beans
Starbucks is offering a new digital traceability tool that gives customers a virtual view into where their coffee beans come from. The new solution enables customers to visit traceability.starbucks.com on...
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Magazine: Penny Market: With the focus on the employees and development
Penny Market has been present in Hungary for 24 years, with 223 stores, 3 logistics centres and more than 4,000 employees. The discounter chain continues its store modernisation programme, focusing...
Read moreGKI: economic expectations deteriorated in August
The dynamic rise in the GKI business cycle index came to a halt in August after the April low, with half of the April fall caused by the pandemic being...
Read moreAnother fourteen free e-chargers were handed over by ALDI
E-motorists are awaited with free charging at six locations in Budapest, one in Dunaharaszti, one in Székesfehérvár, one in Mosonmagyaróvár and two in Győr: ALDI’s network has been expanded with...
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The result of Alföldi Tej Kft. was improved by 800 million HUF in 2019
In the 2019 business year, the results of the Alföldi Tej Kft., Hungary’s second largest dairy company, improved significantly. Although the company’s sales revenue decreased by almost 2 billion HUF,...
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The Bread Soul Festival was held in Budapest again this year
The Bread Soul Festival was held in Budapest again this year. At a meeting of traditional sourdough bread makers, home bakers and professional bakers exchanged their experiences and measured their...
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Nearly a quarter of young people make no distinction between dietary supplements and medications
72 percent of young people are aware that food supplements are a supplement to the traditional diet, but 23.6 percent mistakenly classify these products as medicines and try these drugs...
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Severe famine is expected in Africa
Climate change, locust infestation, civil wars, terrorism, and now the coronavirus. Sub-Saharan Africa is a continual crisis zone anyway, so despite the rapid response of governments and previous deceptive hopes...
Read moreOne hundred and ten economists were asked about America’s economic prospects
It will not be easy for the U.S. economy to regain and maintain momentum in the next period. Preserving jobs has paramount importance, for which further fiscal stimulus measures would...
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Taste and color cavalcade By Mondelez
To celebrate 35 years of fun and flavor, the SOUR PATCH KIDS® brand is looking to make things a little sweeter for their fans by opening the doors to the...
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Where robots pick tomatoes
The pandemic catalyzed the use of robots and artificial intelligence. Digitization has been introduced in sectors where it was unimaginable – magyarmezogazdasag.hu wrote. Source: magyarmezogazdasag.hu A Boston startup, Root AI,...
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The largest European economies show the signs of slowdown
In Germany, France and the euro area as a whole, IHS Markit published its preliminary purchasing method indices in August, and other indicators besides the German manufacturing industry fell short...
Read moreBritish Tesco will create an additional 16,000 jobs
Britain’s Tesco has announced that an additional 16,000 jobs will be created to cater to increased online sales during the pandemic – origo wrote after Reuters. The largest retail company...
Read moreThe government plans to open indoor restaurants in Romania
In Romania, the number of newly diagnosed coronavirus infections fell for the first time last week, and the government is considering allowing the interior part of restaurants to open –...
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Another base will be opened by the British subsidiary of Wizz Air
The Wizz Air UK, is opening a new base at Gatwick, the second largest airport in London. In a statement sent to MTI, the airline announced that flights to Athens,...
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(HU) A nagy kólák vetélytársa Németországban
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Co-op and Deliveroo partnership reaches 400 stores
Co-op has announced it has expanded its partnership with Deliveroo, now offering delivery from 400 stores. Co-op has become the most widely available food retailer on the Deliveroo app, serving...
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Morrisons trials reusable paper bags
Morrisons is set to run a trial of reusable paper bags, in a bid to ditch its plastic “bags for life”. The trial will take place initially in eight stores,...
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Irish Consumer Sentiment Slips On Stricter COVID-19 Measures
Irish consumer sentiment slipped in August after local COVID-19 lockdowns and stricter nationwide restrictions that the survey’s authors said may cause some to re-assess how long the disruption will last. Ireland...
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Happy-Meal Bird Houses – Video of the day
Starting Sept. 26, McDonald’s locations across Finland will offer free nest box kits with each Happy Meal purchase. “Especially after Covid-19, we wanted to give families something they could do...
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Many vendors were knocked out of the store by the virus
The coronavirus pushed down the number of store employees by 23,000 in the second quarter. Meanwhile, part-time employment has jumped. One-tenth of shopkeepers lost their jobs, or part of them,...
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(HU) ÖKOCÍMKE: Környezetbarát termékekkel a fenntarthatóságért
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Nielsen: Hungarians ate twenty million frozen pizzas in a year
Frozen pizza rules: between July 2019 and June 2020, the Hungarians bought a quarter more in value and almost a tenth more in volume, compared to the same period of...
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The coronavirus effect has reached the poultry market
In the recent period, the transfer price of poultry products has decreased by an average of 5-10 percent compared to last year – Csorbai Attila, Chairman and Director of the...
Read moreHungarian sweet corn is sought after worldwide
The harvest of sweet corn, with its early varieties has begun. Hungary is the largest producer in Europe and the second largest exporter of canned corn in the world. This...
Read moreLidl has joined the UN directive on the empowerment of women
Lidl Hungary has signed the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs), joining the global initiative to promote women. With this step, the company will continue to promote equality both within the...
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The Grand Prix of Value and Quality will be presented on September 9 in the Vajdahunyad Castle
The awards of the Value and Quality Grand Prix Competition will be presented at the Economy Festival on September 9 in the building of the Hungarian Agricultural Museum in Vajdahunyadvár....
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All fats are bad?
Like eggs, margarine, or sugar, from time to time, fat becomes the number one public enemy in nutritional recommendations. Thus, it is no wonder that the various fats and oils...
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