Tag "Unilever"
Nutritious soy-based meat substitute
Date: 2023-01-17 10:35:28
Wageningen University and Unilever have implemented joint research. This has found that soybean meal, concentrate and isolate must be subjected to post-processing procedures to produce textured fibrous vegan meat, which...
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Csaba Burján continues his work as Director of Global Customer Development at Food Solutions
Date: 2023-01-06 11:52:44
Csaba Burján, the Central and Southeastern European manager of Unilever’s Food Solutions business, will continue his work as Director of Global Customer Development of Food Solutions from November 2022, after...
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We had both feet on the (play)ground (Part 2)
Date: 2022-12-13 11:13:56
Between 19 and 23 September, the Trade Playground was full: Trade magazine organised its Business Days conference for the 15th time. Almost 900 decision-makers gathered from the HoReCa and FMCG sectors in Hotel...
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Grubhub and Gopuff team up for grocery and alcohol delivery
Date: 2022-10-10 10:10:58
Grubhub and Gopuff are partnering to provide fast delivery of grocery items, alcohol and essential items. The new partnership will see the Chicago-based food delivery platform tap into Gopuff’s warehouses...
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Unilever hikes prices by 11% in UK due to rising costs
Date: 2022-07-26 12:06:40
Unilever has increased prices for products including Marmite, Pot Noodle, Magnum and Dove soap by up to 11% as it battles with rising costs throughout the supply chain. The FMCG...
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Unilever cost cuts downsizes Magnum Multipack
Date: 2022-07-20 10:08:05
Consumer goods company, Unilever has made the size of its Magnum multipacks smaller, as inflation continues to push up the price of grocery products. In a bid to mitigate these...
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First consumer research results from Hungary about plant-based foods
Date: 2022-07-11 09:44:57
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 ceases production at its Röszke plant
Date: 2022-06-24 11:20:59
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
Date: 2022-06-20 10:56:02
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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Unilever Pilots Warmer Freezers To Combat Emissions
Date: 2022-05-09 08:50:04
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
Date: 2022-05-03 08:10:53
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
Date: 2022-04-28 09:35:21
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
Date: 2022-03-08 11:41:22
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
Date: 2022-02-21 13:29:52
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
Date: 2022-02-21 13:26:39
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
Date: 2021-12-06 12:16:29
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)
Date: 2021-11-12 10:51:53
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
Date: 2021-10-21 08:50:40
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
Date: 2021-10-07 09:09:33
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
Date: 2021-08-26 09:07:43
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
Date: 2021-07-22 11:20:30
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
Date: 2021-06-11 08:50:59
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
Date: 2021-06-10 10:38:14
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
Date: 2021-05-28 08:30:30
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
Date: 2021-05-28 08:10:29
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
Date: 2021-05-19 10:50:07
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
Date: 2021-05-19 08:10:25
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
Date: 2021-05-12 07:22:45
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
Date: 2021-04-28 19:06:45
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
Date: 2021-04-28 14:36:06
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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