Tag "Unilever"
Unilever ceases production at its Röszke plant
Unilever will cease production at its plant in Röszke. 80 percent of the 190 employees working there will be affected by the planned collective redundancies, and 20 percent will be...
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Unilever trials warmer freezers to fight emissions
Unilever is to test warmer ice cream freezer cabinets in an attempt to reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions by 20-30%. In Germany and next year in Indonesia they...
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First consumer research results from Hungary about plant-based foods
Recently Danone, Nestlé and Unilever have published the results of their consumer surveys on what Hungarian shoppers think about plant-based foods. There are differences in the numbers, but in general...
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Unilever Pilots Warmer Freezers To Combat Emissions
Consumer goods group Unilever is launching two pilots to test warmer ice cream freezer cabinets in an attempt to reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 20% –...
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Average family wastes £800 of food annually, warns Tesco
A Tesco study has revealed the average British family wastes approximately £800 of edible food a year, prompting a sustainability partnership between the grocer and Unilever. The study also showed...
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The Vegetarian Butcher has arrived in domestic stores
The retail distribution of The Vegetarian Butcher plant-based, quick-frozen meat substitute products in Hungary has started. The four-product portfolio of the Unilever brand has debuted in the Spar 140 store,...
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Unilever is leaving Russia
British company Unilever has announced a suspension of exports to Russia. The company will also stop importing from Russia, further developing projects in the Russian Federation and investing in advertising....
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Unilever not given up on GSK
Unilever is set to pursue a deal for GSK’s consumer health business after its GBP 50 billion offer was rejected in December. With this deal done, Unilever would grow to...
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Unilever to collaborate with Holobiome
The long-term ambition of Unilever with the research partnership with Holobiome is to enhance ingredients in its products that appear to boost levels of certain calming neurotransmitters in the gut,...
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Burger King opens plant-based restaurant in Spain
In partnership with the Unilever-owned The Vegetarian Butcher, Burger King Spain is only selling plant-based food in a Madrid restaurant for a month. Besides, Burger King is to introduce ‘Long...
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Magazine: Business Days 2021 – The 8th wonder of the world (Part 1)
Nearly 800 participants turned up to discuss the 8th wonder of the world – the restart of the sector – during the 5 five days of the Business Days conference,...
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Amazon And Others Commit To Using Zero-Carbon Shipping Fuels By 2040
Amazon.com Inc and IKEA are among commercial users of container shipping that will opt for zero-carbon marine fuels by 2040 in a new initiative aimed at speeding up decarbonisation in...
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Donations are made by Hungary’s first electric truck produced in series
Hungary’s first electric-powered truck, manufactured in series, debuts with a goodwill mission: Volvo FL Electric, operated by WSZL, distributes a joint donation of HUF 5 million to the Ecumenical Relief...
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Unilever partners with Arzeda
Consumer goods giant Unilever has announced a strategic partnership with Arzeda for improving the sustainability and performance of its cleaning and laundry detergent products portfolio. In the next 3 years...
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Unilever reached higher-than-expected revenue in the second quarter
Unilever’s sales grew better than expected in the second quarter, partly due to higher prices and partly due to strong sales of ice creams and teas. Among other things, revenue...
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Unilever Launches ‘World-First’ Paper-Based Laundry Detergent Bottle
Unilever has announced it is using a new technology to launch the first ever paper-based laundry detergent bottle. A prototype has been developed for leading laundry brand OMO (also known...
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Positive beauty and Nature’s Recipe – sustainability at Unilever
POPAI Hungary held its annual general meeting online. The professional part was a topic of strategic and practical sustainability at Unilever, broken down globally and by category. The POPAI Hungary...
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Unilever Partners With Food Tech Group ENOUGH
Unilever announced that it will partner with food-tech company ENOUGH (formerly 3F BIO) to bring new plant-based meat products to the market. The company fits with Unilever’s fast-growing meat-alternative brand, The Vegetarian...
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Nestlé, PepsiCo, Unilever, Mars and Mondelēz propel UK flexible plastic recycling with new fund
Producer compliance scheme Ecosurety and environmental charity Hubbub are launching The Flexible Plastic Fund, a UK industry initiative aimed at making flexible plastic recycling economically viable for recyclers and easier...
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Lives and careers abroad
Our magazine interviewed four managers who had spent a long time in other countries. Zsuzsa Szak (SZZS), general manager of beauty care at Henkel Magyarország Kft., Dániel Buzási (BD), country...
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Unilever To Switch To Recyclable Toothpaste Tubes
Unilever has announced that its oral care brands will switch to recyclable toothpaste tubes for its entire portfolio by 2025 at a global level. The recyclable tubes, developed after four years...
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Magazine: Emotionally the most effective FMCG commercials in 2020
2020 created challenges for the marketing profession as well. From the spring commercials that used to serve sales and brand building purposes were focusing on solidarity and on helping each...
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Lifebuoy donation to OMSZ
Hand hygiene brand Lifebuoy – recently relaunched by Unilever in Europe and Hungary – donated more than HUF 4.5 million worth of 4,600 hand hygiene gels to the National Ambulance...
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Ferrero rolls out ice cream sticks in France
Italian company Ferrero has unveiled ice cream sticks in France in three varieties – Raffaello coconut ice cream in coconut-almond coating, and Ferrero Rocher in dark and classic variants. The...
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DS Smith profits from online shopping boom
DS Smith has reported that that the boost from the Christmas season to its packaging business continued into 2021, with more people shopping online. There were also signs of recovery in demand...
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Honvéd hospital receiving donations from Unilever
On 23 April 2021, Unilever Hungary handed over to the Budapest Honvéd Hospital 1,000 gift packages of beauty and cleaning products worth a total of approximately HUF 5 million, which...
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Unilever donating more than HUF 4.5 million worth of hygienic hand gels
Lifebuoy, a recently re-released hand hygiene brand, helps the National Ambulance Service by donating more than HUF 4.5 million worth of hygienic hand gels. At a time when it is...
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Unilever redefines the concept of beauty
Unilever has announced that as part of launching its new Positive Beauty programme, the company will stop using the word ‘normal’ on all beauty and body care products and in...
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Unilever wants to get rid of the term ‘normal’ with care products
Unilever makes the decision after criticism the company has received for the non-inclusiveness of their advertisements and product denominations. Last summer, the Indian division changed the name of its whitening...
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Magazine: Strong brands, strong flavours
They don’t care about the pandemic or the changes of seasons: wet condiment (ketchup, mustard and mayonnaise) and horseradish sales continue to grow. Anita Plánk, ideation lead of Unilever Magyarország...
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