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Coop Sweden tests airport food delivery service
Coop Sweden has announced that it is testing a food delivery service in the Landvetter Airport in Gothenburg, Sweden. Customers can order online and pick up their purchases from the arrivals hall...
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Taste gin with Waitrose in your home!
UK retailer Waitrose & Partners has introduced a new service – called Gin O’ Clock – that allows customers to have gin tasting sessions at a location of their choice. The two-hour...
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Evie: the first electric van for home delivery from Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s is the first UK supermarket to test electric van technology for home deliveries. Initially using one 100 percent electric van – named Evie – the trial runs until May; then...
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Light, temperature and decoration
The three things mentioned above are the most important components of a pleasant in-store environment – revealed a survey conducted by financial service provider Liberis, conducted with 1,000 participants in...
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Maximum in-store experience
US premium audio system manufacturer SONOS has a flagship store in Manhattan that offers a really special customer experience. There are seven test rooms in the store, where all kinds...
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POPAI meeting at Coca-Cola
POPAI Association members gathered at the Coca-Cola HBC Magyarország headquarters in Dunaharaszti on 9 May. Csaba Veres, in-store and event activation manager of Coca-Cola HBC was the host, who gave...
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Apple Pay launched in Hungary
On 21 May the Apple Pay service was launched in Hungary, debuting at OTP Bank and to be followed by more banks in the weeks to come. With Apple Pay...
Read moreKSH: the Hungarian economy grew by five percent in the first quarter
According to the raw data, Hungary’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 5.3 percent. According to the seasonally and calendar effect adjusted and balanced data the Hungarian gross domestic product...
Read moreKSH: agricultural data collecting started in case of individual farms
Agricultural data collection began on Wednesday; the survey, which lasts until June 15, concerns 484 settlements in the country. The aim of the action is to explore the economic activity...
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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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Nespresso coffee machines are already available in Auchan
Another milestone has arrived in the life of Nespresso. The brand has expanded its range of collaborative partners with the convenience of customers, so Nespresso is waiting the customers in...
Read moreTesco develops the financial awareness of its staff
Tesco launched a national campaign called “Financial Practices” for its staff. In May, in cooperation with the Hungarian National Bank, the Ministry of Finance and the State Audit Office, they...
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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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For DACHSER, sustainability is a must
DACHSER is committed to sustainable corporate policies which this family-owned enterprise pursues with great commitment and consciousness of its responsibilities. As a central pillar of DACHSER’s corporate philosophy and value...
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Lidl Introduces New Water SKU To Support Aid Agency
Discounter Lidl is launching a new mineral water under the name ‘Dein Wasserspender’ (Your Water Dispenser) in order to support the aid organisation ‘SOS Kinderdorf e.V.’ (SOS Children’s Village). For...
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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 moreDreher’s sales grew by almost 10 percent last year, and its profit rose fourfold
Dreher Breweries’ net sales increased last year by almost 10 percent, and its operating profit and profit rose fourfold – Bai József, Chief Financial Officer of Dreher Breweries told MTI....
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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Another recognition for the human policy activities of ALDI Magyarország
ALDI Magyarország has again received the “Trusted Employer 2019/20” award from the German-Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DUIHK). The ALDI Magyarország Élelmiszer Bt. has been awarded for the company’s...
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