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Scientists may found the substitute for cocoa beans
Those who are addicted to chocolate will be happy; scientists may have found a way to solve a potential impending shortage of cocoa – privatbankar.hu wrote. Scientists may have found...
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Investor sentiment improved in the euro area
The improved sentiment index of September reflecting the finish of the Brexit-effect – according to the Sentix investor survey. In September, the investor sentiment index of the Sentix economic research...
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COOP’s new head of purchasing
As of 1 August 2016 Attila Szabó is the new head of purchasing at CO-OP Hungary Zrt. 39-year-old Mr Szabó has many years of experience in the FMCG sector. He...
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Unilever keeps going forward
In the second quarter of 2016 Unilever performed better than originally expected. Bloomberg had forecasted a 4.5-perncent growth but sales expanded by 4.7 percent. Although sales slowed down a little,...
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Art for shopping
Several works of art from the Louvre-Lens museum of fine arts have been exhibited in the Auchan hypermarket of Noyelles-Godault in France. The store manager hopes that the 60m² exhibition...
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Greek chain about to go bankrupt
Marinopoulos Group, the company that operates Greece’s biggest supermarket chain, has temporarily been granted protection from its creditors by the Athens court. Marinopoulos Group supposedly owes EUR 500-700 million to...
Read moreTest run starts in October in the slaughterhouse of Mohács
Test run starts in October in the slaughterhouse of Mohács carried out with a more than 21 billion HUF investment. The slaughterhouse is expected to start normal production in early...
Read moreThis year's vintage will be good
This year's vintage will be quantitatively mixed, but will have a good quality – these are the first experiences of this year's harvest – according to the growers and winemakers'...
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The government would whiten the drink and snack vending machines market
The government would whiten the drink and snack vending machines market from the illegal market participants. The technical details of this regulation were published in Friday's issue of the Hungarian...
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KSH: The revised data show an even larger trade surplus in 2015
In 2015, exports reached 79 million euros, while imports were 556 million euros less than the known 90.539 and 82.421 billion euros. Last year's trade surplus is 477 million euros...
Read moreThe 27th Budafok Champagne and Wine Festival opens its gates on Saturday
The 27th Budafok Champagne and Wine Festival opens its gates on Saturday. Gulyás Gergely, vice president of the National Assembly, responsible for law creation, in his welcoming speech told that...
Read moreThe agricultural ministers stood beside the maintenance of the CAP
The meeting of the EU agricultural ministers was useful. The meeting showed that the agricultural ministry leaders are determined towards the maintenance and renewal of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)...
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FM: the School Fruit and Vegetable Program continues
The School Fruit and Vegetable Program continues this year to provide healthy fresh fruits and vegetables to the schoolchildren in the school year – the Minister of Agriculture told M1...
Read moreThe private sector improves the employment
According to the senior analyst of the K&H Bank mainly the private sector improves the employment data, but further improvement will be slowed by the fact that it increasingly difficult...
Read morePlum Days in Szarvas
The Plum Days in Szarvas will be held between September 9 and 11. The main purpose of the event is to promote the plum of the city of Szarvas and...
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A new public catering institution was handed over in Tahitótfalu
A kitchen-dining complex suitable for the production of six hundred portions of food began operations with two hundred seats in Tahitótfalu, Pest County; the greenfield project is the largest own-funded...
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Catfish stew festival in Tiszacsege
A catfish stew festival was held on Saturday in Tiszacsege, Hajdú-Bihar county. 111 teams have entered to the fourth edition of the catfish stew-cooking competition, who had to cook catfish...
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Drugstores’ share in sales increases further
Toothpaste: last year toothpaste was sold in a value of more than HUF 13 billion. Like-for-like value sales were up 3 percent but volume sales dropped 1 percent. Drugstores’ share...
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METRO food donations worth more than one billion forints
METRO and the Hungarian Food Bank have been cooperating for 5 years. Since 2012 METRO Hungary donated more than HUF 1 billion worth of food to the charity, from which...
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New MARTINI bottles make their Hungarian debut
On 27 July – in the period when the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix takes place – MARTINI introduced their new bottle design in Budapest. The 150-year-old iconic Italian drink...
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Theodora expands its portfolio
Theodora came out with new still natural mineral waters this summer. The Theodora Kereki still product line’s new pink member is a reaction to the demand for soft mineral waters...
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The online sector accelerates
The domestic online retail continues to grow steadily. The market closed the first half of this year with a 18 percent increase. According to joint Online Retail Index survey of...
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The Dairy Product Board and the ALDI Magyarország Élelmiszer Bt. have signed an agreement
The ALDI Magyarország Élelmiszer Bt. – after becoming a member of the Product Board in April 2016 – signed a cooperation agreement today with the Dairy Interprofessional Organisation and Product...
Read moreStrategic cooperation between the Tesco and Waberer’s
The Tesco and Waberer's-Szemerey today announced a strategic cooperation in which the Waberer's-Szemerey will carry out the freight transport tasks of the chain in the future in Hungary. The long-term...
Read moreMadosz president: good tobacco crop is expected this year
Slightly better quality tobacco crop is expected this season compared to the previous years – the President of the Hungarian National Association of Tobacco Growers (MADOSZ) told MTI on Thursday....
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NFM: “the school learning consumer awareness” application has been launched
The application for “the school learning consumer awareness” has been launched – Keszthelyi Nikoletta, Deputy Minister of State of the Ministry of National Development (NFM) told M1 news channel on...
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KSH: trade surplus is above one billion euros in June
In June, the reported export value in euros increased by 4.9 percent while the value of imports increased by 1.8 percent, compared with a year before. The trade balance surplus...
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Rolling buffets in Budapest
As the summer festival season is finished, the best rolling buffets of the Hungarian street food sector will roll in Budapest. The Food Truck Show that will be held this...
Read moreCoface: Hungarian companies achieved the highest growth among the regional companies
The Central and Eastern European region's five hundred largest companies last year generated revenues of 593 billion EUROS, which is a 4.2 percent increase in an annual comparison. According to...
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FM: the hail response system is expanding to nationwide
The government will extend the already successfully operating hail response system in several counties to the area of the entire country – the Ministry of Agriculture told MTI on Thursday....
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