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Magazine: Milk desserts are in great shape
Date: 2017-10-31 07:14:32
The milk dessert market is growing year by year, but the sales growth is different in different segments. Viktória Főfainé Kiss, brand manager of FrieslandCampina Hungária Zrt. told our magazine that the...
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FruitVeB: The volume of folded vegetables grew by 15 percent
Date: 2017-10-30 11:40:15
The yield of folded vegetables has increased significantly, by 15 percent in recent years, while the size of the folding area has declined – Ledó Ferenc, President of the Hungarian...
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The isosugar plant in Tiszapüspöki was handed over
Date: 2017-10-30 11:32:29
The re-engineering of Hungary has come to a milestone with the isosugar factory of the Kall Ingredients Ltd. in Tiszapüspöki – Orbán Viktor Prime Minister said on Monday in Tiszapüspöki,...
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11 percent more employees at Intersnack
Date: 2017-10-30 11:30:43
Intersnack, the manufacturer Chio products, thanks to growing exports, increased the number of its staff by more than 11 percent, compared to last year. The company’s number of employees has...
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FM: The impact of the extension of the Russian embargo on Hungarian agro-exports is negligible
Date: 2017-10-30 11:20:00
The expansion of the Russian embargo has a negligible impact on Hungary’s exports to Russia – the Ministry of Agriculture (FM) told MTI on Monday. According to their information, the...
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NFM: the consumer protection checks in e-commerce brought significant improvements
Date: 2017-10-30 11:15:51
The proportion of web stores with consumer infringement violations has dropped to 14 percent from the previous 54 percent this year. The significant improvement is due to the adoption of...
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The aim of the government is to give more and more tasks to the agrarian chamber
Date: 2017-10-30 11:09:58
The aim of the government is to give more and more tasks to the National Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) – Lázár János, Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office said at...
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Praktiker’s digital store develops the most dynamically
Date: 2017-10-30 11:05:04
Although Praktiker has 20 business units in Hungary, its “twenty-first” store, the online store is developing the most dynamically. The webshop started its operation in spring 2009, it was completely...
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Cisco: the number of Internet users to increase by 1 billion in four years
Date: 2017-10-30 11:04:00
According to Cisco’s forecasts, the number of Internet users will increase by 1 billion in four years, from last year’s 3.6 billion to more than 4.6 billion users in the...
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New flavors have been identified by Australian researchers
Date: 2017-10-30 11:03:12
A possible seventh flavor, carbohydrate has been identified by Australian researchers who are trying to reveal how this flavor is related to the consumption of starchy foods. “This is typically...
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The German ifo business sentiment index at record level
Date: 2017-10-30 11:02:14
Instead of the expected minimal deterioration, the October German business sentiment index of the Munich-based Institute for Economic Research rose significantly to record levels. The October business mood index rose...
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Agrokor sells several companies
Date: 2017-10-30 11:01:33
Croatia’s largest privately owned company has serious financial problems. The Agrokor sells several companies, carries out reorganises in the retail sector and plans to invest in the food industry –...
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The trademark gives guidance to shoppers
Date: 2017-10-30 10:35:40
Judit Szép, managing director of BioCo Magyarország Kft. told our magazine that her company is the only one among dietary supplement manufacturers with 10 products bearing the MÉKISZ trademark. It isn’t easy...
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Tork PeakServe™ Continuous™ Hand Towel System is setting a new standard for high-traffic towel dispensing
Date: 2017-10-30 10:23:01
Our latest research** shows that dirty and overcrowded washrooms are the biggest problem at high-traffic venues. When asking over 3000 people across six countries about their experience at high-traffic venues,...
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400 employees at Chio
Date: 2017-10-30 09:00:14
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Magazine: Wieners and frankfurters are purchased less often
Date: 2017-10-30 07:39:53
In the first six months of 2017 Hungarian households purchased less wiener and frankfurter, because the number of buying occasions decreased. Nine from 10 households purchased the category in the examined...
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(HU) GKI: Rövidtávon kedvezőek a folyamatok
Date: 2017-10-30 00:01:40
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The Croatian TOP10 has 82 percent of the market
Date: 2017-10-28 08:38:45
The 10 biggest retail chains in Croatia had combined sales of EUR 3.72 billion in 2016, which constitutes an 82.1-percent market share. Konzum is still the biggest player with a...
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South Korean cosmetics at Unilever
Date: 2017-10-28 08:37:16
Unilever is to spend USD 2.7 billion on buying a South Korean cosmetics manufacturer, in order to stay the fourth biggest player in the skin care market. Carver Korea’s sales...
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New Purina factory in the USA
Date: 2017-10-28 08:35:56
Nestlé has announced that a new factory will start production in the USA, making Purina pet care products. The new production plant – the 21st Purina factory in the USA...
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The English like a German retailer the most
Date: 2017-10-28 08:33:58
German discounter Aldi was voted the most popular retail chain of 2017 in the United Kingdom. In a voting organised by the magazine Good Housekeeping, the discount supermarket chain finished...
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Lidl is testing menu boxes in Switzerland
Date: 2017-10-28 08:31:58
Lidl Switzerland is testing menu boxes: they deliver ready-to-cook meals to consumers’ homes. Customers can try a new recipe every week and only the freshest ingredients are used for the...
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Lavazza buys shares
Date: 2017-10-28 08:29:53
cé Italian coffee company Lavazza has acquired an 80-percent share in Nims, a company that sells coffee capsules and coffee vending machines. The two companies started cooperating back in 1994....
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Premium water in Coca-Cola’s portfolio
Date: 2017-10-28 08:27:22
Coca-Cola North America has announced the acquisition of Topo Chico, a premium category mineral water brand. The Mexican product will be made available all over the USA. There is a...
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Less wine produced in France than ever before in the last sixty years
Date: 2017-10-28 08:20:25
This year less wine will be made in France than ever before in the last 60 year. In volume a 19-percent decline is expected: 36.9 million hectolitres of wine will...
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Successful quarter for Pepsi
Date: 2017-10-28 08:18:38
In the 3rd quarter of 2017 sales by PepsiCo jumped 1.7 percent. From the Western markets sales only dropped in the USA, but even this decline wasn’t the result of...
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Milestone in the life of the Russian bear
Date: 2017-10-28 08:17:04
Russia’s biggest retail chain X5 opened their 11,000th shop. The new 1,400m² supermarket is located in Moscow and sells 10,000 different products. In the 2nd quarter of 2017 X5’s sales...
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SPAR’s 21 million euro investment in Austria
Date: 2017-10-28 08:14:41
SPAR Austria is building a new hypermarket in the shopping centre of Steyr. The EUR 21-million project will be completed by the end of 2018. 200 people will work in the...
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Profi continues to conquer Romania
Date: 2017-10-28 08:12:15
Romanian retailer Profi will open 8 new stores in the country – in different retail channels. Two large stores will be built in Bucharest, while in other cities 100-230m² stores...
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Danone invests in a start-up
Date: 2017-10-28 08:10:07
Frozen organic baby food manufacturer Yooji is now enjoying the financial support of Danone. The company’s artisan products are available in 600 shops. Yooji will remain independent: Danone feels it...
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