Tag "Magyar Élelmiszerbank Egyesület"
In the first half of the year, the food bank helped the needy with 4.7 million kilos of saved food
Date: 2023-07-25 10:28:16
In the first half of this year, the Magyar Élélmiszerbank Egyesület rescued and donated 4.7 million kilograms of expired and defective goods to the needy. In a statement delivered to...
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Food rescue in school kitchens
Date: 2023-06-22 12:59:54
As part of a pilot project, the Magyar Élélmiszerbank Egyesület and the Catering Service Organization of the Budapest Metropolitan Municipality have successfully tested the conditions under which leftover, unserved food...
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The Food Bank and the Jesuit order help in Borsod with saved food
Date: 2023-06-21 11:32:53
On June 21, the Hungarian Food Bank Association added its five hundred and fiftieth charitable partner to its national food rescue network. The association, which collects products with near-expiration or...
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Penny strengthened further last year, and the expansion doesn’t stop
Date: 2023-06-20 11:46:41
Trade magazine interviewed Eszter Kazatsay, Penny’s head of corporate communications. – What was the most important event in the company’s life last year? – PENNY reached another important milestone last...
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The biggest food collection of the year so far for the needy is here: are Hungarians still collecting the most from pasta?
Date: 2023-05-15 10:07:16
On May 12-13, Friday and Saturday, the biggest food collection campaign of the year will take place organized by the Hungarian Food Bank Association. In response to the ever-increasing needs...
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The biggest food collection of the year so far is here
Date: 2023-05-08 12:04:10
On May 12-13, Friday and Saturday, the biggest food collection campaign of the year will take place organized by the Hungarian Food Bank Association. In response to the ever-increasing needs...
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The Food Bank is organizing a spring food collection campaign for the first time
Date: 2023-05-08 11:00:09
Due to the increase in the price of food, the Hungarian Foodbank Association is organizing a food collection campaign for the first time in the spring this year. The association...
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The Hungarian Food Bank Association helped the needy with HUF 10 billion worth of food in 2022
Date: 2023-03-03 10:17:33
In 2022, a total of 239,000 needy people benefited from the near-expiry or defective products that the Hungarian Food Bank Association collected from stores and manufacturers. In 2022, we increased...
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Together with its customers, ALDI supported those in need
Date: 2023-02-23 11:53:59
Social responsibility is extremely important to ALDI, the defining element of which is environmental awareness and social sensitivity. The company has been doing important social work for years through joint...
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Last year, PENNY helped with a donation of over HUF 600 million!
Date: 2023-01-16 12:04:05
PENNY also had a busy year in 2022 in terms of donations. Our country’s leading retail store chain helped those who needed it the most with large-scale collection campaigns and...
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Danone continued its year-round donation even at Christmas
Date: 2023-01-12 11:41:37
Danone Magyarország Kft. continued to help those in need in 2022, but during the winter months, around the holidays, it turned its attention to those in difficult situations in order...
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Tesco and Nestlé support the care of the needy with HUF 15.5 million
Date: 2022-12-06 11:33:04
Like Santa Claus, Nestlé and Tesco are preparing gifts on December 6. As a result of this year’s joint campaign, the two companies are supporting the work of the Hungarian...
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December 5 is the International Day of Volunteering
Date: 2022-12-02 10:02:23
Volunteering is charity, work done out of free will, without financial compensation. On December 17, 1985, at the initiative of the United Nations, the decision was made that December 5...
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Online learning material for reducing food waste
Date: 2022-11-24 11:01:58
While food prices show a continuous increase, an average person in Hungary still produces nearly 65 kg of food waste at home every year. Among other things, this is what...
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152 stores, 3 days, HUF 111 million worth of product donations – the balance of a Tesco weekend
Date: 2022-11-23 11:21:55
93 tons of food donations were collected in the non-perishable food collection campaign of the Magyar Élélmiszerbank Egyesület last weekend in Tesco stores, in which well-known actors also participated. This...
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The Food Bank collected more than 240 tons of donations
Date: 2022-11-22 12:00:31
Customers collected a total of 241 tons of durable food in the 17th Christmas fund-raising campaign of the Magyar Élelmiszerbank Egyesület from Friday to Sunday in 334 stores in 160...
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The country’s largest food collection campaign is here
Date: 2022-11-16 10:25:50
From Friday to Sunday, the biggest food collection campaign of the year will take place organized by the Magyar Élélmiszerbank Egyesület. The stakes are high, without joint assistance, tens of...
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The Hungarian Food Bank Association is launching a food collection campaign on Friday
Date: 2022-11-15 13:28:58
The food collection campaign of the Magyar Élélmiszerbank Egyesület will take place from Friday to Sunday in the stores of four retail chains across the country. The Food Bank asks...
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A Christmas fundraiser is starting in ALDI stores across the country
Date: 2022-11-15 11:59:23
This is the fifth year that ALDI has participated in the Magyar Élélmiszerbank Egyesület’s Christmas Fundraiser. This year, November 18-20. customers can drop off food intended for the needy at...
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Danone supports the needy with more than 3,000 products worth nearly half a million forints
Date: 2022-10-17 10:40:41
On October 14, a donation convoy loaded with food passed through the historic downtown of Budapest on the occasion of World Food Day. Organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization...
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The government is committed to global food security
Date: 2022-10-14 11:35:27
For the Government of Hungary, food security is of strategic importance, and the fact that good quality food is on the table of the Hungarian people. On the occasion of...
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This year, a convoy of donations drew attention to World Food Day
Date: 2022-10-14 10:57:58
A truck convoy loaded with food donations worth HUF 100 million drew attention to World Food Day in Budapest on Friday. The convoy of 20 trucks passed through downtown Budapest...
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The amount of food waste in Hungary is amazing
Date: 2022-09-28 10:11:33
The majority of Hungarians claim to be environmentally conscious, and we throw approximately 300,000 tons of salvageable food into the trash every year. 80 percent of the Hungarian population considers...
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Although the majority of Hungarians shop consciously, they still waste a lot of food
Date: 2022-09-26 09:30:49
According to their own admission, the majority of Hungarians buy consciously and pay attention to the expiry date of food, yet they produce 65 kilograms of food waste every year,...
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The future has already started! – Auchan’s complex sustainability strategy
Date: 2022-09-14 09:12:56
This summer Auchan Magyarország established a special directorate for implementing its environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy. The company wants to reduce CO2 emission from store operations by 46% and to...
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50th anniversary of Danone’s economic and social “Dual Project”
Date: 2022-09-13 08:39:23
50 years ago, Antoine Riboud, co-founder and former CEO of Danone, shared in his pioneering speech that economic and social goals must be interdependent, and business success should always go...
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Going towards net zero emission
Date: 2022-09-02 09:28:52
Tesco has recently published its 2021-2022 sustainability report online. Zsolt Pálinkás, CEO of Tesco Magyarország: “We know very well that our business operations depend on our environment, as food can...
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Magazine: Change is inevitable and urgent
Date: 2022-09-02 06:29:37
According to data from the United Nations, from the food that is wasted globally 3 billon people could be fed. What makes the problem even worse is that 10% of...
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By the end of the year, PENNY had donated food to those in need from 110 of its stores
Date: 2022-08-25 10:35:48
PENNY continues to strengthen its social responsibility role. By the end of August, one of Hungary’s leading retail chains will be handing over food to those in need from 81...
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7,200 kilos of sweets from champions to children in need
Date: 2022-08-18 08:19:27
In July and August, the Magyar Élélmiszerbank Egyesület presented 5,494 needy children with candy packages. The donations were distributed in charity camps, which were visited by the brand ambassadors of...
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