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Flaming row about wine in EU

The European Union head office proposed a drastic overhaul of the continent's wine sector to face up to increasing competition from abroad and eliminate a huge surplus of unmarketable produce....

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Nestle completes takeover in France and Spain

The world's biggest food and beverage company Nestle won conditional approval from the European Union to buy the nutrition business of pharmaceutical giant Novartis.   The European Commission said the...

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Grain production to increase

The rapid growth of the world's biofuel industry is likely to keep farm commodity prices at high levels in the next decade as it will boost demand for grains, oilseeds...

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Chinese quality supervisors have a lot of work

China said one-fifth of its consumer products don't meet government safety and quality standards. China, the world's biggest exporter of consumer products, faces pressure to improve safety standards as its...

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Only the owner will change for Hungarian Biscuits plants

The French food company announced that it has entered exclusive talks to sell its biscuit division to Kraft in a transaction valued at $7.2 billion. This move will allow Kraft...

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Renewing 4-star hotel in Harkány

The Hotel Dráva Thermal Resort is scheduled to open in Harkány in November. The hotel, being built with the upgrading of an existing hotel, is located next to the thermal...

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Unified property tax from 2008, major tax reform starts in 2009

Hungary will implement some simpler modifications to its tax regime as of January 2008 and major adjustments to the system that require wide-scale preparations are to enter into force as...

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Hungarian fmcg's quilification – average

International Service Chek – a mystery shopping company- made a survey in 7 CEE country + Russia about retail services. 60 cities, 61 retail chain, 160 test shops – from...

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Tentacles of Food Express

The biggest hungarian food home delivery company plans expansion with a vocational investor. Food Express wants to open in two directions: in west service is planned for Germany and Austria,...

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€100 million retail investment in two Romanian cities

Each project will take up an area of 8-10 hectares and will be finalized in 2010.   A mall of around 50,000 square meters to include extensive leisure areas, in...

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Politicians against shopping on Sunday

„Give Sunday back to the people!” – said the hungarian Christian Democrat Party. The party in the opposition wants that the multinational companies would have a profit less day, it...

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Food Nutrition Labels are Puzzle

In a study of educated adults — 75 percent had at least a high school education — most had trouble understanding everyday food nutrition labels.   Dietitians aren't surprised, since...

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Flare at Coca-Cola HBC plant in Luka

The upgrades at the Luka plant enable Coca-Cola HBC to produce 30,000 bottles an hour.   Greek Bottler Coca-Cola HBC (CCHBC) has invested 14.8 mln eur for a new bottled...

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Credit from the Drugstore – German method set an example

The personal bank services are important in Germany, but this time the place of the credit application is not a branch bank, but a coffee house or a drugstore. Most...

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Sale and lease back

European commercial property sales and leasebacks are set to grow to about 30 billion euros a year as firms seek to unlock the value of real estate on their balance...

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Reorganization at Food Express

There is a hard competition between home delivery food services. Because of the cheap price of small companies, the biggest, Food Express has to make restrictions. A few years ago...

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Tesco moves into the buoyant UK property market

Sellers will be able to list their homes on a Tesco website for a one-off fee of about £200.Last year, rival supermarket Asda provided touch-screen terminals with details of properties...

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One month – 1300 checks – HUF 91 million penalties

For authorities controlled in June together, the Hungarian Tax and Financial Control Administration, the Consumer Protection Agency, the Hungarian Labor Inspectorate and the Hungarian Customs and Finance Guard. Missing bills,...

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No more biscuit at Danone

The French Danone – owner of Gyõri Keksz – is thinking about a potential sale of its biscuit business to Kraft or Kellog, its US rivals. Danone's management was expected...

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Decrease in Budapest but increase in Szabolcs

The interim biennial purchasing power index compiled by GfK Hungária shows that well-performing counties are stagnating or dropped back slightly. Since 2000 there was a permanent growing in the capital,...

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Year of M&A

According to Reuters global M&A activity is on target for a record year after a first-half surge.  An increase in cross-border corporate mergers helped Europe push past the United States...

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Gaining deeper customer insight is the key to gaining a competitive edge in the retail

Loyalty cards give retailers a better guide to customer preferences study finds."Customer loyalty is based on the extent to which merchants connect with customers' interests, values and needs," said Nigel...

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Hungary's external and internal balances improved in the first four months

Hungary's Central Statistics Office (KSH) has revised that the cumulated trade gap at the end of the first quarter was EUR 442.4 m, down from prelim EUR 463.9 m and...

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Price of household goods decreased, food prices increased

Domestic sales prices rose by 0.4% in May 2007 compared to the previous month, and by 7.8%compared to May 2006.  The export sales prices expressed in HUF were higher by...

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Italy wins in „cheese war”?

It sets up a thrilling finale when the full Court of Justice will rule later this year on whether “Parmesan” can be made only by northern Italians or by any...

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20 Bauhaus unit in the next years

Germany's do-it-yourself chain, Bauhaus, will debut in October in Dunakeszi.Bauhaus will open two further stores this year, one in Dunakeszi and another in Szigetszentmiklós, which will be followed by 18...

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Own brand confectionery grows across European markets

European confectionery private label market share is continuing to grow strongly, according the latest statistics by Neilsen for the Private Label Market Association. Results indicate that the retailer brand market...

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Reorganization by Zalabaromfi

The new owner, the Dale consortium bought the company for more than 50% of a start prise, HUF 2,4 billion. Dale started to reorganize and rationalized the company in Zalaegerszeg....

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Burger King will be open in Bohemia

AmRest, the listed restaurant operator – managing, among others, Burger King,Pizza Hut KFC – ask for working permit in Czech Republic. Until now the concret start of the first bohemian...

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