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Packaging material production plant will be established in Rétság with a 23 billion HUF investment
The Indian Flex Films establishes a flexible plastic packaging material manufacturing plant in Rétság. The value of the investment is 23 billion forints, of which the government contributes with 2.8...
Read moreThe consumer sentiment has fallen in the United States
The Consumer Sentiment Index of the US Michigan University became worse than expected in November. In November, the Consumer Sentiment Index of the US Michigan University dropped to 97.5 points...
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Growth in life expectancy has slowed in the EU
Life expectancy in the European Union is one of the highest in the world, but the continued growth in life expectancy has slowed down and there are still significant differences...
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(HU) Ez a gyár a Coca-Colának, a Pepsinek és a Nestlének is szállít
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Magazine: Great opportunities for the small ones
Erik Vágyi, sales director of Nielsen gave an insight into how things are in two retail channels at the Business Days conference in Tapolca, in September. He revealed that in...
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Poultry meat will be more expensive next year
It’s good news for consumers that festive dinner for this Christmas will not be more expensive, and the prices of poultry meat and preparations do not generally increase. The bad...
Read moreCoffee prices increased significantly
Arabian coffee prices rose 7.2 percent in one week in the US commodity market for the March deadline – Világgazdaság Online wrote. According to the data of Investing.com; yesterday, the...
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Auchan’s staff ran fifteen thousand kilometers for the residents of the SOS Children’s Villages
900 employees of the Auchan Retail Magyarország took part in a worldwide solidarity move. In the recently ended 11-day “AuchanRun for the Young People” program, Auchan’s staff were running, hiking...
Read moreNagy István: application for subsidies should be easy in the new CAP
Hungary will only support a new common agricultural policy (CAP), which makes the application and payment of subsidies easy for both farmers and Member States’ organizations – Nagy István Minister...
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Focus on conscious nutrition: Health Island is available in all Penny Market stores
Penny Market is celebrating an important milestone: Health Islands are promoting conscious nutrition, are available in all of the businesses of Penny Market. The chain of stores has always promoted...
Read moreThe authorities of the region have been negotiating about the fight against counterfeit pesticides
In the spirit of counteracting the trade of counterfeit and illegal pesticides, the Taxation, Customs and Plant Protection Authorities of the Visegrád countries have been negotiating for the third time...
Read moreThe OECD indicates a slowdown in world economic growth
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) indicates the slowdown in world economic growth in the next two years in its Progress Report published on Wednesday. The main driver...
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Hungarian-Ghana relations are on the rise
Hungary looks to be a special partner for Ghana and is proud of the fact that professional and diplomatic relations are on the rise – the Parliamentary Minister of State...
Read moreAfrican swine fever: so far the Romanian authorities killed 360,000 pigs
The Veterinary and Food Safety Officers of Romania have detected the pathogens of African swine fever in other Bihar settlements – the Agerpres news agency told on Monday. The Bihar...
Read more(HU) IFS & Élelmiszer-IPAR 4.0 Konferencia (2018. november 30.)
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Magazine: Growing popularity of juices with fruity bits
According to Réka Soós, category and innovation manager of Sió-Eckes Kft., in the first half of 2018 sales in the Hungarian fruit juice market jumped more than 10 percent...
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Environmental protection product fee: a raise would be exaggerated and disproportionate
At the end of September a draft of a planned amendment to the environmental protection product fee law appeared on the government’s website. According to this, from January 2019 the...
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The best stores honoured for the fourth time
The jury selected the winners of the SuperStore 2018 competition in 15 categories. This prize rewards points of sale created with the most innovative concept, honouring those solutions which meet...
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Lifetime Achievement Award 2018
A the gala dinner of the Business Days conference Trade magazin and Chain Bridge Club presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Olga Pavlova, owner and managing director of Detki Keksz....
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The Chain Bridge Foundation gave a helping hand again
On 27 September, the third day of the Business Days conference, chairperson of the Chain Bridge Foundation’s board of trustees Zsuzsanna Hermann spoke to conference participants about the work of...
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Digital payment in Italian Lidl and Auchan stores
Lidl Italia shoppers who own an Android device can now pay for their FMCG purchases through Google Pay. Google Pay contactless enables users to pay for their shopping quickly and...
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New food safety programme from Walmart
Walmart launched its new, blockchain technology food safety programme, which had been developed by IBM and was tested in cooperation with several suppliers in the last 18 months. Walmart Food...
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Casino Group: new concept store in Paris
Casino Group opened a new concept store on the Champs-Elysées in Paris, called ‘Le4Casino’. Casino’s own brands, organic and vegan products are waiting for shoppers. Visitors to the store will...
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Sainsbury’s plans push into UK beauty market
Taking on Boots, Superdrug and Debenhams, Sainsbury’s is testing department store-style beauty aisles staffed with specialist assistants in 11 stores. The UK beauty market is worth GBP 2.8 billion and...
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In-home delivery from Waitrose
As part of Waitrose’s latest service, in-home delivery, the products purchased are unpacked by the driver while the flat’s owner is away. The ‘While You’re Away’ service is already a...
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Kantar: Mercadona is the Spanish market leader
Data from Kantar Worldpanel show that the biggest Spanish grocery retailer, Mercadona already has a nearly 25-percent market share in the country. The fastest developing chain is Lidl (with a...
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Coca-Cola acquires stake in Made Group
Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola Amatil have acquired a 45-percent share in Australian beverage company Made Group. Founded in 2005, Made Group now has five brands in its portfolio: Cocobella, Rokeby Farms,...
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Tesco and Aldi are getting ready for Brexit
According to Tesco CEO Dave Lewis, opportunities to stockpile food in order to prepare for a no-deal Brexit are ‘very, very limited’. He also said that ensuring supplies of food...
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Lidl opens 16 stores in Serbia
On 11 October 2018 Lidl opened 16 stores in different parts of Serbia. More will follow in the months to come. The discount supermarkets sell 1,500 carefully selected products, including...
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Bio-Planet to introduce ‘food compass’
Organic food specialist Bio-Planet is about to introduce a ‘Food Compass’: a unique platform that provides customers with free personalised nutritional advice – all they need to do is register....
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