Helsinki s beloved Tuomaan Markkinat, a traditional Christmas market, has kicked off its festive season with an impressive start, drawing nearly 135,000 visitors in its opening week. Despite the chilly weather, the market has become a hotspot for both locals and tourists, eager to immerse themselves in the festive atmosphere and indulge in responsible gift and decoration shopping.
According to Finnish Customs export statistics, our food exports have increased by approximately 20% between January and October 2022 when compared to the corresponding period the previous year. For the first time in its history, Finland s food exports will reach EUR 2,1 billion in 2022. "The growth seen in exports will increase the resilience of the food sector to crises," says Esa Wrang from Business Finland.
May 05, 2021
HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach - 5 May 2021 - Local health food brand JMC Wild Forest collaborates with African childcare ministry organization Watoto, hoping to awaken the public s attention to vulnerable women and orphans in Africa.
Jannie, the founder of JMC, hopes to awaken more people to care about the needs of disadvantaged women and children in Africa through the collaboration with Watoto.
JMC Wild Forest is a local shop in Hong Kong that offers delicious healthy and natural foods from Europe. The initial idea for Jannie to start JMC is originated from her experiences in sharing natural food from Europe with her family and friends. JMC Wild Forest travels to Europe and searches for products, bringing before Hong Kong and Macau people quality and reasonably priced natural products from Europe.
Finland buys over 1 million litres of disinfectant and 100 million masks in 2020
The volume of hand disinfectant sold in Finland last year would more than half fill an Olympic-size swimming pool.
Last spring, Finland was threatened by a shortage of hand disinfectant. As a result many companies shifted their focus of production to meet demand.
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The sudden appearance of the coronavirus in the spring of 2020 created massive demand for hand sanitation products and face masks in Finland.
Like many businesses last March, the Tampere-based company Poikain Parhaat, a firm specialising in natural food products, saw sales stall as the pandemic worsened.