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Vanilla and butter flavor cooking margarines with 80% fat content from Vénusz
The Vénusz will delight the lovers of cooking with two new cooking margarine specialties. One of the novelties is the seductive vanilla, while the other is a mix of soft...
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Hungarikum, of which we can not drink enough
The soda water is a real Hungarikum, and it bears the “guaranteed traditional and special food product” trademark for 10 years. Its consumption decreased for a couple of decades, but...
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The users of dubious origin seed may suffer a huge loss
Only the exclusively produced, controlled seed with certification guarantees the seed varietal purity and utility value. The seed counterfeiting cause significant damages to farmers. The counterfeit seed is usually cheaper...
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McDonald's profit report
McDonald's announced that its sales are continuing to struggle as efforts by its new chief executive to win back customers in the U.S. haven't paid off yet. The Oak Brook,...
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The diet is more important than exercises
According to researchers,diet is more important than exercise for people who want to lose weight. The study revealed that it was time to bust the myth of physical inactivity and...
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Analysts: encouraging earnings growth
According to analysts interwieved by MTI, the growth in earnings is encouraging. The Savings Bank expects a 4 percent, while the K&H expects a 3.5 percent growth in real wages...
Read moreTesco: preliminary results 2014/15
– £1.4bn Group trading profit, in line with expectations – UK like-for-like sales volumes up for first time in over four years, driven by better availability, service and pricing; like-for-like...
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Lidl is looking for new suppliers
Lidl continues its program that was launched two years ago, and still waiting for Hungarian farmers, who are producing high-quality products – the company told MTI on Wednesday. The department...
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The Food Avalanche gave “nets instead of fish” to fifty-three settlements
Spring works started in fifty-three settlements on a total of 110 hectares of land in the Food Avalanche program of the Hungarian Food Bank Association and Syngenta. The healthy vegetables...
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dm Bio: the 25th dm brand was born on 16 April!
16 years ago, when the organic products were almost unknown, the dm gave place for organic products on their shelves. As a result, the selection of dm counts 650 organic...
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The P&G promotes the environmentally responsible choice
The sustainability for P&G means the production of high quality products and at the same time to reduce the company's carbon footprint and to strenghten the positive social presence. The...
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The Tetra Pak retained its leading position in the domestic and international market
The Tetra Pak increased its sales by 1.7 percent in the 2014/2015 financial year achieving 10.9 billion euros revenues. The world's largest liquid food processing and packaging system manufacturing company...
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The government announced a tender to improve the conditions of children's nutrition
The government announced a tender for the local governments to improve the conditions of children's nutrition in a value of 1 billion HUF. Novák Katalin, Minister of State of the...
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The NAK has amended its charter
The National Agricultural Economics Chamber (NAK) held its national board meeting on 21 April 2015 in Gödöllő. The Chamber had a busy year: last year’s most important result was the...
Read moreFive tonnes of unmarked chicken meat was found in a Polish truck
The finance guards of NAV found five tons of unknown origin chicken meat worth 6 million HUF in a Polish lorry. The goods will be destroyed – the organization's press...
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Hop on hop off service in the vineyard
Ruszinkó Ádám Deputy Minister of State of the Ministry of National Economy (NGM) suggested to launch a hop on hop off service in the wine growing regions at a professional...
Read morePersonalised offers which annoy no one
In the age of Big Data personalised offers are very important in marketing. At the same time these can violate privacy rights and annoy people in general. A new tool...
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Drones to be used in retail?
In the March issue of STORES Magazine there was an article on how drones would be used in retail soon. It was Amazon who first considered using them in home...
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Nielsen: the turnover of household chemicals and cosmetics has increased
335 billion HUF worth household chemicals and cosmetics were sold in food retailing between March 2014 and February 2015; 6 percent more than a year earlier. In terms of quantity,...
Read moreThe VAT on pig carcass will be reduced to five percent
The proposal causes debates among the domestic players of the meat sector. It proposes to decrease the VAT on pig carcass from 2016 to 5 percent from the current VAT...
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Snack market: the Hungarians have turned towards Exotic flavors
Hungarians are not noshery people. Only slightly more than half of the population consumes the most popular types of snacks, the potato-chips and salty breadsticks. The ratio of those who...
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The Cash Register Association asks for the service sector’s patience
The Hungarian Cash Register Association draws the attention of the users of the service sector, not to buy cash registers that does not fully meet their needs, before the appearance...
Read moreTesco launched its Online Shopping service in Székesfehérvár on 21 April
Two years ago, Tesco launched its Online Shopping service on March 16, 2013. The service has 73 thousand registered users, they ordered a total of 30 million goods within 450...
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KSH: average earnings rose by 3.4 percent in February
Average earnings increased by 3.4 percent in February, compared to a year before, at firms employing at least five employees and in the Non-Profit sector – the Central Statistical Office...
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Travis Pastrana and the Nitro Circus
“Breathtaking show with the world's craziest and most courageous sportsmen.” The Nitro Circus visits Hungary the first time this summer. The show promises a unique experience to motor sports enthusiasts,...
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SPAR celebrations on the occasion of the Budapest100 weekend
The organizers of the Budapest100 program invited the residents of Budapest and the interested public to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Budapest for the fifth time this year. As the...
Read moreAdmission to the 10th Budapest Pálinka Festival will be free
The 10th Budapest Pálinka Festival will be organized between May 7 and 10 in the City Hall Park in Budapest. Entrance will be free. This year’s festival will focus on...
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More than 40 million tons of e-waste was generated globally in 2014
Old kitchen and bathroom equipments, office equipment make up the 41.8 million tons of electronic waste generated globally in 2014 – according to the report of the United Nations University...
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Thousands of square meters of wall can be renewed within a national competition
The Let's Colour City Beautification Society announces its national competition again. This year, the competitors can win paint enough to 800 square meters of wall to the renewal of community...
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