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Magazine: Wieners and frankfurters are purchased less often
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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The Croatian TOP10 has 82 percent of the market
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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From large to small in Poland
Polish wholesale chain Eurocash took over 188 Mila stores, for which they paid EUR 82 million. The move forms part of the wholesaler’s strategy to establish a supermarket chain that...
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Tesco’s lasting growth path
Compared with the first half of 2016, Tesco reported a 1.1-percent sales growth in the first half of 2017. The sales increase was the biggest in the UK and Ireland....
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Milk’s price going up
Data from the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) and KSH’s market price information system (PÁIR) revealed that the price of raw milk in Hungary was HUF 96.03/kg in September 2017....
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Dairy product prices kept rising in September
In September 2017 consumer prices were 2.5 percent higher on average than in September 2016. Food prices rose 3.1 percent, with butter and spread prices jumping 16.5 percent. Pork’s price...
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Sales were up in August
In August 2017 like-for-like retail volume sales augmented by 4.6 percent; adjusted for calendar effects, the sales growth was the same – reported the Central Statistical Office (KSH). Food and...
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Self-regulation: going at full speed
The Self-regulatory Advertising Board (ÖRT) does a lot for successful self-regulation in advertising. In the first three quarters of 2017 nearly 600 cases ended up at ÖRT to ask for...
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#wewillsurvive
On 11 September the European Journalism Centre (EJC) organised a workshop – as part of a series – in Budapest, called New Impact Summit. Invited journalists listened to presentations and...
Read moreCzerván: the Hungarian agroexport can be doubled within ten years
The Hungarian agroexport can be doubled within ten years, so it can reach 15-16 billion euros – the Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture (FM) said on Thursday...
Read moreA Hungarian initiative is being discussed on honey in the European Union
A Hungarian initiative is being discussed on honey, apiaries and bee keeping in the European Union, Erdős Norbert Fidesz MEP said at a press conference in Budapest on Sunday. According...
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The manufacturing plant of Márka was handed over
Production came into its own hands. In the coming period production volume can reach up to 100 million liters per year. The production and bottling plant and logistic center of...
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The Szarvasi Mozzarella Kft. would increase its production significantly
The Szarvasi Mozzarella Kft. would built a new plant to increase its daily milk processing capacity by fifty percent. The investment may begin next year if it receives a positive...
Read moreHungary in the elite of the cheese world
Hungary’s biggest cheese festival the 1st SZEGA Nations’ Festival of Cheese, was a great success, surrounded by a great interest beyond the expectations. The event is a major milestone, as...
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The EU is investing 30 billion euros for innovation
The European Commission is investing 30 billion euros for new solutions to the societal challenges and breakthrough innovations in the 2018-2020 period from the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Framework...
Read moreRetail sales grew by 9.3 percent in Romania
In Romania, retail sales grew by 9.3 percent in the first eight months of last year, the Romanian National Statistical Institute announced on Wednesday. According to seasonally adjusted and calendar...
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