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Magazine: Eat smartly! – An overview of health-conscious eating
Date: 2022-05-04 06:23:02
Our company has conducted a representative, 500-respondent online survey in its Hungarian National Panel about the healthy eating trend, and how it influences people – are they willing to make...
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Year of the Tiger – and struggles too
Date: 2022-03-16 10:35:40
2022 is the Year of the Tiger and the astrologists say it will also be full of struggles, but luckily our efforts will bear fruit. Looking back on the last...
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We are lucky with plant-based products
Date: 2022-03-08 10:44:44
Companies engaged in the market of alternative protein and plant-based food products have it hard if they want to be a step ahead of consumers. Flexitarians, vegetarians and vegans are...
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Chapters from the big book of drinks
Date: 2022-03-07 08:25:23
Innovation work is necessary in the alcoholic drink category too, as the consumers of the 21st century demand changes and brave ideas. Innovating often means that the alcohol-free versions of...
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Magazine: Sirha Budapest 2022: Hungary’s biggest celebration of the HoReCa sector
Date: 2022-02-28 06:22:58
Once again Sirha Budapest will open its gates between 22 and 24 March in 2022, at the HUNGEXPO Budapest Congress and Exhibition Center. The biggest food and HoReCa trade show...
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Stores in the digital world – 2040
Date: 2022-02-21 18:50:20
In the last decade e-commerce produced a 75-percent, USD 3 trillion growth of global retail sales. Brick-and-mortar stores are likely to turn into places where products are sold as part...
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The lowest inflation of the past four months occured in Germany in January
Date: 2022-02-14 11:02:36
After a nearly thirty-year high in December, inflation in Germany fell to a four-month low in January, the German federal statistics office Destatis announced on Friday. The final value of...
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Magazine: Skyrocketing costs in the canning industry
Date: 2022-02-04 07:09:28
The size of the annual canning market is bigger than HUF 200 billion, making up for 8-10 percent of the food processing industry. Péter Sebesta, president of the Hungarian Cooling...
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Magazine: We need sweets even when times are hard!
Date: 2022-02-03 06:09:30
According to the Association of Hungarian Confectionery Manufacturers, by the end of 2020 the confectionery market managed to recover from the shock it had suffered before Easter. Secretary general Gábor...
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Magazine: Transforming bakery industry
Date: 2022-01-31 06:09:34
József Septe, president of the Hungarian Bakers’ Association informed that the number of currently active 900 bakery enterprises is expected to decrease to 500 by 2023. At the moment these...
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Magazine: Milling industry is profitable – but this isn’t enough for a renewal
Date: 2022-01-28 07:09:38
Annual net turnover of Hungary’s milling industry was HUF 109.192 billon in 2020, from which export sales amounted to HUF 29.94 billion. There are 39 milling companies that operate 51...
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Pandemic, costs and synergies
Date: 2022-01-27 10:22:21
Dr Sándor Kántor, director of the Association of Hungarian Brewers told our magazine: after the third COVID-19 wave beer sales jumped and 4.52 million hectolitres were sold in Hungary in...
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Development work focuses on health and environmental protection
Date: 2022-01-27 09:14:13
The Hungarian Mineral Water, Fruit Juice and Soft Drink Association represents more than 95 percent of Hungarian mineral water bottling companies and 90 percent of soft drink and fruit juice...
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Battling with weather extremities
Date: 2022-01-26 08:16:02
In Hungary fruits and vegetables are grown in the value of HUF 350-400 billion – from this HUF 80-100 billion is the output of fruit farming and HUF 150-200 billion...
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Magazine: Results are needed – already by yesterday if possible!
Date: 2022-01-26 06:16:16
Krisztina Vatai, services management director of GS1 Magyarország told our magazine that the COVID-19 pandemic pushed consumers towards online shopping in FMCG buying too, therefore it is now more important...
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Which way are you going, dairy sector?
Date: 2022-01-24 10:09:41
Hungarian dairy companies purchased 3 percent more cow’s milk in both 2019 and 2020, while in the first eight months of 2021 the like-for-like growth was 6.5 percent. In 2020...
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Magazine: Key factors
Date: 2022-01-24 06:16:23
During the coronavirus pandemic those winemakers suffered the biggest sales losses whose main partners were in the HoReCa sector or in event gastronomy. Those selling to retailers quickly adapted to...
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Pandemics and rising input prices hit the poultry sector
Date: 2022-01-21 10:15:56
The world’s poultry meat production has been developing dynamically in the last two decades, with an average annual growth rate of 5 percent. Experts predict that this trend will continue...
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Magazine: Highs and lows
Date: 2021-12-14 07:16:00
In 2020 the combined output of meat processing and preserving companies was HUF 350 billion, while meat product makers manufactured in the value of HUF 210 billion. Tamás Éder, president...
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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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Magazin: Wholesalers: A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor
Date: 2021-10-12 06:49:12
They supply consumers with products around the world. They represent the strongest link in the supply chain. They are the ones who take stand behind the stage to make consumers...
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The art of renewal
Date: 2021-10-06 15:58:02
Wholesalers had a hard time during the pandemic. Restrictive measures came one after the other, production slowed down, it was very difficult to keep the supply chain alive and the...
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There is no festive season without chocolate
Date: 2021-09-24 10:01:10
In 2020 the end-of-year confectionery market was rather eventful, as the second wave of the pandemic had a negative influence on sales, but the lifting of the restrictions for Christmas...
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The Christmas season might improve business results
Date: 2021-09-23 10:43:02
Judit Bresák-Varga, Promix Gifts Kft.’s sales manager reported to us that the COVID-19 and the restrictions that ensued caused a considerable decline in promotional gift sales. On average the industry...
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In everyone’s kitchen
Date: 2021-09-17 10:22:14
Sales keep growing in the spice market and not only because of the popularity of home cooking, as the HoReCa sector is also getting back on its feet. According to...
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In the spirit of practicality
Date: 2021-09-17 10:19:04
According to Nikolett Szőke, Unilever Magyarország Kft.’s gifting brand manager, in 2020 the market of Christmas gift sets was heavily influenced by the pandemic in the beauty care category, and...
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Festive treats with behind-the-scene secrets
Date: 2021-08-26 16:00:17
Hungary’s flour market doesn’t depend on end-of-years sales, mainly because of the level of industrial flour utilisation. In retail trade demand is growing for small-sized and special flours. Sales of...
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Wine chocolate, bubbly chocolate and medical sweets
Date: 2021-08-26 15:06:59
All over the world people celebrated World Chocolate Day on 7 July. On this occasion the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office collected the most interesting chocolate-related patents from the last 125...
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Shoppers want natural and effective products
Date: 2021-05-24 08:59:05
The COVID-19 pandemic made people spend much more time at home, which means that they also had more clothes to wash, more dishes to do and more cleaning work in...
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The magic works from the inside
Date: 2021-05-21 10:12:35
It is very likely that the biggest boom of 2021 is going to take place in the food and dietary supplement market, in connection with consumers making great efforts to...
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