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Nielsen: medical products and food TV ads to get the most views
Date: 2016-03-18 11:38:23
The TV spots of pharmaceutical compositions and food products, beauty products and TV ads of trade reached the most TV viewers of 18-49-year-old in February this year. The Nielsen Audience...
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Meat Industrial Professional Day on 7 April in Budapest: Economy and Quality in the Meat Industry
Date: 2016-03-18 11:30:33
The Ministry of Agriculture (FM), the Szent István University and the Hungarian representation of IFS will organize a Meat Industrial Professional Day on 7 April 2016 in Budapest. Presenters will...
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Expansion is continuous at SPAR
Date: 2016-03-18 11:25:26
Following modernization five stores of SPAR Magyarország was re-opened in March, while in Tököl, a brand new supermarket awaits the shoppers. The SPAR’s latest unit – handed over in Tököl...
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The Lipóti Bakery is expanding its plant in Tatabánya with state support
Date: 2016-03-18 11:20:24
The Lipóti Bakery is expanding its 308 million HUF plant development in Tatabánya with a 108 million HUF government support under the enterprise investment program – Minister of National Economy...
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Prices reduced 0.1 percent last year
Date: 2016-03-18 11:16:08
Compared with December 2014, consumer prices were 0.9 percent higher in December 2015. Grocery prices rose 2.2 percent and within the category seasonal product (potato, fresh vegetables and fruits) prices...
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Tokaj March Grand Tasting in Budapest
Date: 2016-03-18 11:15:12
The Tokaj March Grand Tasting awaits its guests with the wines of sixty-seven wineries on Saturday to the Corinthia Hotel Budapest. Harsányi Dávid organizer told MTI that the Tokaj Grand...
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Nébih: contaminated Romanian sheep cheese has not arrived to Hungary
Date: 2016-03-18 11:10:14
Contaminated Romanian sheep cheese has not transported to Hungary, on which a European food safety alert was issued on Friday – the National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) told MTI....
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CBRE: Budapest is the eighth most attractive European city among the property investors
Date: 2016-03-18 11:09:25
Budapest became the eighth most attractive European city among real estate investors, ahead of Prague and Munich – according to the most recent research of the CBRE international property consultant....
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KSH: the number of employees increased by 110 thousand last year
Date: 2016-03-18 11:05:03
The number of employees increased by 110 thousand last year to an annual average of 4 million 210 thousand, while the number of unemployed declined by 35.5 thousand to 307.8...
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The Deichmann sold more than five million shoes in Hungary
Date: 2016-03-18 11:00:41
The Deichmann Shoe’s gross sales in Hungary grew by 7.6 percent to 38.3 billion HUF last year, from the 35.6 billion HUF of a year ago – the company told...
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FMCG advertising: spending grew by one fifth
Date: 2016-03-18 10:11:20
Calculated at rate card price, companies spent 20 percent more on advertising FMCG products in 2015 than in the previous year. Television commercials also had more viewers: FMCG products’ GRP...
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A new fruity flavour in the AirwavesCool chewing gum range
Date: 2016-03-18 10:09:22
A new fruity flavour in the AirwavesCool chewing gum range. Orange, lemon and mint in an exciting combination make CoolFruit products really special. An explosion of freshness first, followed by...
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Magazine: Few of the many innovations have the power to break through
Date: 2016-03-18 08:04:58
New products from Ariel, Garnier, Nivea, Lay’s, L’Oréal, Scholl, Vanish and other selected brands are featured in Nielsen’s 2015 Breakthrough Innovation Report. The market performance of 24,500 SKUs of 8,650...
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The Nébih has not yet met with extreme cases
Date: 2016-03-17 12:30:01
The seasonal food chain control series of the spring has not yet revealed extreme cases – Pleva György food and feed safety director of the National Food Chain Safety Office...
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Gardenexpo from Friday to Sunday
Date: 2016-03-17 11:47:52
Hungary's biggest outdoor living exhibition is re-opening its gates with a myriad of new solutions for your garden:garden furniture, machines and tools, outdoor cladding, shading technology, outdoor lighting, irrigation, heating...
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Whitening pork sector, struggling industry
Date: 2016-03-17 11:40:24
Éder Tamás, Societal, President of the Hungarian Meat Industry Association analyzed last year in light of the reduction of VAT on pork at the traditional Easter press conference of the...
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Another campaign will be launched to popularize Hungarian milk
Date: 2016-03-17 11:39:43
A larger than ever marketing campaign will be launched to popularize Hungarian milk – Fazekas Sándor, Minister of Agriculture announced on Thursday, at a press conference held in a store...
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Hungary is a net exporter of wine again
Date: 2016-03-17 11:25:03
Hungary has become a net exporter of wine again. The country can fufill its wine needs and is able to export. The National Wine Excellence program has important role in...
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The Verpelét-based Asiafood restarted production
Date: 2016-03-17 11:22:42
The Verpelét-based Asiafood Kft. has restarted production with an about one billion HUF EU and government support. The company's executives inaugurated the frozen pasta manufacturing plant on Thursday. At the...
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Retail sales doubled with the Baltic countries
Date: 2016-03-17 11:07:36
Compared to 2010, retail sales doubled between Hungary and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The foreign trade turnover increased by 9 percent last year – Szijjártó Péter foreign economic and foreign...
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More than 15 thousand people registered for this year's TeSzedd action within a week!
Date: 2016-03-17 11:03:34
In one week, more than 15 thousand volunteers registered for this year TeSzedd! (Pick It Up!) national garbage collection action. The TeSzedd! action will take place for the sixth time...
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The NAV recommends inculpation in fraud cases worth 6 billion HUF
Date: 2016-03-17 11:02:27
Two criminal organization dealing with the trade of chocolate and edible oil cheated almost six billion HUF Value Added Tax (VAT). The National Tax and Customs Authority (NAV) recommends inculpation...
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UNESCO: Neapolitan pizza can be a World Heritage Treasure
Date: 2016-03-17 11:01:43
Italy nominated the Neapolitan pizza as a candidate for inclusion in UNESCO'S cultural heritage list for next year. It voted unanimously to protect the Neapolitan pizza as part of the...
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Neanderthal diet: 80 percent meat, 20 percent vegetables
Date: 2016-03-17 10:59:29
Scientists from the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment (HEP) in Tübingen have studied the Neanderthals' diet. Based on the isotope composition in the collagen from the prehistoric humans'...
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We hardly use mobile payment apps
Date: 2016-03-17 10:47:20
The first mobile shopping and payment apps appeared in Hungary only a few years ago and the majority of consumers still don’t use them. Only 8 percent of online buyers...
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Google launching an online course in Hungary
Date: 2016-03-17 10:27:45
As the digital marketing landscape continues to grow at a rapid pace, marketers are faced with new challenges and opportunities within this digital age. The Digital Marketing Course is an...
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Food industry’s institutional system to be restructured
Date: 2016-03-17 10:24:05
Hungary’s government has decided to examine the possibility of closing 73 state institutions for good – many of which are operating in the agricultural sector. According to news website Vs.hu,...
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Magazine: Clean homes – more simply!
Date: 2016-03-17 08:31:28
After years of stagnation the household cleaner category had commenced to grow in 2014 and this trend continued. We learned from Daniella Csefkó, retail marketing manager of Colgate–Palmolive Magyarország Kft....
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A decision was born in Brussels on the temporary reduction of EU milk production
Date: 2016-03-16 11:50:45
The European Union backed temporary cuts in milk production on Monday, in an emergency move intends to tackle excess supply. The overproduction of milk has been a problem since the...
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