You can find the Hungarian News Agency’s main business and financial news from the previous week below.
LIDL STAYS HUNGARY’S TOP FMCG CHAIN
German-owned discount chain Lidl remained the biggest player on Hungary’s FMCG market last year, a ranking compiled by the magazine Trade showed.
Lidl had gross turnover of 921.8 billion forints (EUR 2.3bn) in 2021.
Runner-up on the list was Spar, with turnover of 791.8 billion forints, followed by Tesco, with sales of 765.0 billion forints.
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SZERENCSEJÁTÉK REVENUE CLIMBS OVER HUF 700 BN IN 2021
Revenue of Szerencsejáték rose by 22 percent to 701 billion forints (EUR 1.8bn) last year, the state-owned lottery company said. About 490 billion forints of revenue was paid out as winnings. Szerencsejáték paid some
131 billion forints into the central budget in tax,
contributions, fees and dividend.
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Source: MTI
