Tag "Hollandia"
Aldi trials checkout-free stores in Utrecht
Early next year Aldi Nord will start testing a checkout-free store in Utrecht, as part of a broader test to see how artificial intelligence can simplify the shopping process for...
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Jumbo rolls out beef from free-range cattle
Dutch retailer Jumbo has launched a range of beef products from free-range cattle. The meat used in the range is sourced from cows that graze freely on Dutch pastures for...
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Underwater parking garage for bicycles helps wildlife and pedestrians
Cycling is extremely popular in the Netherlands where there are more bikes than people. This is one reason why bicycle parking is at a premium and the country is in...
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Why are the tallest people in the world shrinking
For decades, Dutch men and women are the tallest in the world, but the last generation is on average one centimeter smaller than the previous one, researchers explain the reason...
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JD.com to open distribution centre in the Netherlands
Chinese e-commerce giant JD is to open a new, 18,000m² distribution centre in the Netherlands. Two thirds of this floor space will serve warehousing purposes and there will be offices...
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House of Rituals – flagship store in Amsterdam
Dutch beauty brand Rituals celebrates its 20th anniversary with its first-ever flagship, evolving to a lifestyle brand with complementary product categories and experiences. On the Retail Enviroments site published by...
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Dutch To Ban Cigarette Sales In Supermarkets From 2024
The Netherlands will ban the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products in supermarkets from 2024 in a drive to get more people to give up smoking, the government said....
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A German hospital was given herring as a gift
In a unique way, the Dutch government thanked a German hospital for taking over the care of several coronavirus patients: four thousand young salted herrings were sent to the hospital...
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Restaurants, bars and cafés have reopened in the Netherlands
In strict compliance with the rules on community distancing, restaurants, bars and cafés in the Netherlands were reopened on Monday afternoon, thanks to a further loosening of restrictions on the...
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Dutch supermarkets use “dry mist” to keep fruits and vegetables fresh
Shoppers in the Netherlands have become accustomed to seeing fresh produce shelves covered in a layer of fine ‘dry mist’. But why? To keep fruits and vegetables fresh for longer,...
Read moreDutch agricultural exports set a record thanks to increased sales of flowers and pork
According to data from the Dutch Central Statistics Office and the Wageningen Economic Research Center, agricultural exports in the Netherlands set a new record last year, growing by 4.6 percent...
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Smurfit Kappa Unveils Plan For Beverage Carton Recycling Plant
Smurfit Kappa has announced that it plans to set up the first beverage carton recycling plant in the Netherlands in association with HVC and Bluemats. The new facility will be equipped to...
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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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Spar Netherlands Opens 150th Express Store In Utrecht
Spar Netherlands has announced that it has opened its 150th Express store in Eemnes in the province of Utrecht. The forecourt outlet caters to the immediate or daily shopping needs...
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Dutch cheesemakers worry about US tariffs
Two famous Dutch cheeses, Gouda Holland and Edam Holland, are among the many artisanal European products threatened with US tariffs the Trump administration announced on 8 April. For Dutch cheese...
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Plus puts ‘animal-friendly’ smoked chicken sausage on the market
Dutch retailer Plus announced that it had introduced a new range of smoked chicken sausages that bear the ‘Beter Leven’ certification. The new product, Gijs fresh chicken smoked sausage, is...
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The number of foreign tourists could increase by more than half in the Netherlands by 2030
By the end of the next decade, the number of foreign tourists in the Netherlands can grow by more than one and half times to about 29 million per year...
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Fipronil eggs were found again in the Netherlands
Fipronil was detected in pesticides in the Netherlands at an organic farm. Farmers apparently did not learn fom the case last year – agrarszektor.hu wrote. The scandal first exploded in...
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The shadowy side of the Dutch dairy industry
The Netherlands has one of the most successful dairy industry in the global market, but according to The Guardian, the size of the Dutch livestock is so large that the...
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Fake cow registrations in the Netherlands
Signs of fraud in the registering of dairy cows were found at 2,100 cattle farms, Minister Carola Schouten of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality announced in a letter to the...
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Magazine: The Netherlands is one of the driving forces of the world market
The Netherlands is the world’s 5th biggest product exporter and in 2016 the country exported goods in the value of nearly USD 668 billion – this sum represents 3.5 percent...
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Dutch sauce made from Hungarian ingredients
B.W.A. Kft. distributes Dutch hot pepper sauce products, called Sriracha, in Hungary. Managing director Anton Weij revealed that they started producing raw hot pepper paste in Hajós 26 years ago, which is transported...
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New innovations, expanding portfolio
White Lake Kft. is the distributor of Leerdammer cheese, which was developed 40 years ago by two Dutch cheese masters. It is one of Europe’s biggest cheese brands and Kornél Temesvári, managing...
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Pöttyös will celebrate its 50th birthday next year
FrieslandCampina is a Dutch cooperative owned by nearly 19,000 farmers and the dairy products they make are the results of internal processes only – ‘from grass to glass’. Ferenc Szecskó, marketing...
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A pioneer of development in the world of HR
Randstad Holding is the second biggest human resources service provider in the world. The company is the market leading recruitment agency in both the Netherlands and Hungary – informed Sándor Baja,...
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Decades of domestic and international experience
Aegon Hungary General Insurance Company Zrt. has been in the majority ownership of Dutch company Aegon since 1992. PR director Edit Drevenka told our magazine that the Hague-based company is present in...
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2017: the year of innovations
HEINEKEN Hungária Breweries Zrt. is proud of its Dutch roots and the company’s family background. Communications manager Kata Bors told that more than 70,000 employees in more than 70 countries are working...
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Premium quality cheese varieties
ERU Food Trading Kft. is the distributor of a wide range of high-quality Dutch cheese products. Managing director András Lengyel informed us that Dutch parent company Royal ERU is present in many...
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The Netherlands is the home of delicious cheese varieties
Dutch cuisine has many peculiar characteristics and in addition to Dutch flavours, the cuisines of several countries are present in the country, with Indonesia having an especially strong presence, thanks...
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