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Amway reports sales of $10.8 billion for 2014
Amway today announced sales of $10.8 billion for the year ending Dec. 31, 2014. The result represents a decline of eight percent from 2013, due to lower revenues in China...
Read moreKotányi uses locally produced ingredients wherever possible
Fűszermalom Kft.’s initiative was successful and seasoning pepper production restarted in the Mórahalom region. In 2014 about 50 tons of excellent quality seasoning paprika was prepared from locally grown pepper....
Read moreAn agreement between Tesco and the trade union
The Commercial Employees' Trade Union (KASZ) representing thousands of Tesco employess reached an agreement with the leaders of Tesco. Tesco was able to find new jobs to 350 people, which...
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Henkel awarded again for leadership in sustainability
For the eighth consecutive year, Henkel receives RobecoSAM’s Gold Class award and is included again in the 2015 Global Most Sustainable Corporations in the World Index (Global 100 Index). The...
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The Kinder eggs are prohibited in the USA
” The Kinder eggs are prohibited just like narcotics in the USA” U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer Mike Milne told the National Post after two American tourists were caught...
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New CEO at McDonald's
On Wednesday, the McDonald's announced that Chief Brand Officer Steve Easterbrook will replace Don Thompson as chief executive from 1 March. Easterbrook, 47, turned around McDonald's operations in the UK,...
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Jack Daniel's great-grandniece has showed her favourites
Jack Daniel's great-grandniece visited Budapest. Lynne Tolley has the best job in the world; in addition to being the brand’s traveling ambassador, she is working as a master taster as...
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New Vice President at Tetra Pak
Tetra Pak, the world’s leading food processing and packaging solutions company has appointed Charles Héaulmé (48, French) into the Vice President position of the European and& Central Asia region cluster...
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Helly Hansen will be the clothing sponsor of the famous ski school
Helly Hansen will be the official clothing sponsor of the famous Ecole du Ski Français (ESF) ski school for the 2015/16 and the 2016/17 ski season. The Scandinavian brand designed...
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Magazine: Which trade fair to pick in 2015?
Grüne Woche, 16-28. January 2015, Berlin The Grüne Woche food, agriculture and gardening trade fair will be organised for the 80th time next year. A summit for government ministers and...
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The Lidl to plant trees
The Lidl Magyarország has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Pilisi Parkerdő Zrt. undertaking to support to replant the forest areas that were seriously damaged by the sleet in...
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Advertising Tax: negotiations between the government and the Bertelsmann Group
The government carried out discussions with the Luxembourg-based Bertelsmann Group in recent weeks – the Government Information Center (CCI) told MTI on Friday. During the meetings the government and the...
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McDonald's will open fewer restaurants in Russia this year due to the weak ruble
The McDonald's will open fewer new restaurants in Russia this year than last, because the decrease of the rouble has increased the costs of expansion – the Russian chief executive...
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Wine-Blues-Sticker Days days in Veszprém
The Wine-Blues-Sticker Days in Veszprém will be organized for the third time between March 6 and 8 – Brányi Mária, the city’s Deputy Mayor told at Fridays event heralding press...
Read moreThe revenue of IKEA Magyarország increased by more than 17 percent
The revenue of IKEA Magyarország increased by more than 17 percent in the financial year lasted until August 2014, compared to the previous financial year – the furniture store chain...
Read moreA special product for each washing phase
Detergents traditionally occupy the biggest space in the part of a store where household chemicals are displayed. Buyers – most of the time they are women – have strong opinion...
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The Syngenta enters the domestic market of wheat with five new products
More than one thousand agricultural farmers participated at Syngenta’s traditional season opener roadshow. At the series of events held in seven cities, about the production possibilities of wheat, corn and...
Read moreThe Tesco named the stores that the company will close in the UK
The Tesco has named the 43 stores it is closing across the country, a move that will put 2,000 jobs at risk.The company is currently informing staff at the affected...
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The STI Group has developed the perfect medicine box
Ten percent of the medicaments are counterfeit worldwide –according to the study of the US Food and DrugAdministration (FDA). The European Union plans to review the EU directives against pharmaceutical...
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The agriculture machinery market increased by 60 percent in the first nine months of 2014
The turnover of the Hungarian agriculture machinery market increased by 60 percent to 125 billion HUF in the first nine months of 2014, while the global market seemed to have...
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Chocolate Carnival to be held in Pécs
The Chocolate Carnival of Pécs is waiting for the visitors with special chocolates and colorful programmes associated with sweets. The Pécsi Csokoládé Karnevál (Chocolate Carnival of Pécs) will take place...
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Lidl promotes Hungarian apple
Lidl also joined the Ministry of Agriculture and FruitVeB’s joint campaign to promote Hungarian apple. At a promotional event, held on 2 October in the Huszti Road Lidl store in...
Read moreTesco fires less employees
There will be no redundancies, due to the law imposing a ban on Sunday work – that can be read in the letter sent by Tesco to its staff. However,...
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The Hungarian team started to compete in the world finals of Bocuse d'Or
The Hungarian team started to compete in the finals of the world’s most prestigious cooking competition, at the world finals of Bocuse d'Or on Wednesday morning in Lyon, France, where...
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The Franchise Awards of 2014 were handed over
The Awards Ceremony of the Hungarian Franchise Association (MFSZ) took place on 22 January. The gala dinner is the most prestigious event of the domestic franchise sector. At the gala...
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A complaint-free enjoyment from Philadelphia
Philadelphia cream cheese which is available in Hungary for a long has proved in a lot of forms: whether it is a sandwich, a delicious cream soup, the perfect cheese...
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Developments at the Dunapack Papír és Csomagolóanyag Kft.
The nearly 1.7 billion HUF worth innovative development of the Nyíregyháza-based factory of the Dunapack Papír és Csomagolóanyag Kft. (Dunapack Paper and Packaging Ltd.) has been completed. For the investment,...
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The Gyulahús would increase competitiveness by building a new slaughterhouse and meat plant
The Gyulahús will increase its competitiveness by building a new meat plant and slaughterhouse by using EU funds. The decision-preparatory study plan is completed on behalfof the owner, which is...
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Race at the market on the eve of the Bocuse d'Or
The finals of the Bocuse d'Or cooking competition will be held for the 15th time this year. A Hungarian chef was able to qualify for the second time to the...
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The number of visitors continued to increase at the world's largest agricultural fair
The number of visitors continued to increase at the world's largest agricultural, horticultural and food fair, at the International Green Week in Berlin (International Green Week): more than 415 people...
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