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The DHL Freight brings food to five thousand families in need

The DHL Freight Magyarország joined to the initative of the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service, delivering 72 tons of food to the needy throughout the country. The significant amount of donation...

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Hungary is the privileged partner of the Croatian Viroexpo

Hungary is the privileged partner of the 20th Viroexpo international fair, which was opened on Friday in Verőce – the Hungarian Embassy told MTI. Fifty-one Hungarian companies participate at the...

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Fifteen thousand boxes of smuggled cigarettes were found in Pécs

Fifteen thousand boxes of cigarettes without tax stamps were found by the finance officers in a Hungarian truck – the NAV informed MTI on Thursday Bus Szilvia the Press Officer...

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Consumers want snacks with natural flavours and ingredients

An international survey on sweets and salty snacks found that three quarters of consumers want products with natural flavours and ingredients – these characteristics are more important to them than...

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Witor’s product selection expands rapidly

Witor’s experts have been working hard for 50 years to offer consumers innovative sweets. The company’s delicious products are marketed in stylish packaging and their prices are affordable. Glatz Hungary...

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Chocolate rabbit is the most popular

Easter confectionery sales amounted to HUF 4 billion and represented 940 tons in the three-month season last year. Like-for-like value sales surged by 12 percent and volume sales bettered by...

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There is value in chocolate figures

Last year’s improved consumer mood manifested in the sales data of Easter chocolate figures too. More and better quality products were purchased in 2014. – Besides a 2-percent growth in...

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A 17-billion-forint annual market

Mayonnaise, ketchup and mustard generated a HUF 17-billion combined turnover in the December 2013 – November 2014 period. Value sales improved 4 percent from the base period. Mayonnaise sales valued...

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eShoppinglist – The application of smart stores

Szintézis Informatikai ZRt. is launching its new mobile phone application called eShoppinglist. The app is serving the purpose of customers as well as stores, and is set for all known...

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KSH: retail sales rose by 5.6 percent in December

According to calendar adjusted data, retail sales rose by 5.6 percent in last December, while in 2014 the volume of sales was 5.2 percent, higher than in the previous year...

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The Sunday store closure can rearrange the turnover towards smaller shops

The Sunday store closure can affect third of the Hungarians, who buy intensively on the last day of the week. They will have to purchase in more expensive, smaller shops....

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The food processing strategy has been completed

The food processing strategy has been completed, which is expected to be discussed by the government in a few weeks – Zsigó Róbert announced at a professional forum. Zsigó Róbert,...

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Lázár János initiates a meeting in connection with the advertising tax amendment

Lázár János initiates the meeting of the Economic Committee in order to discuss the possibilities of the changes in the advertising tax – the Prime Minister's Office told MTI on...

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Investment increased by 14 percent last year

A total of 5,216 billion HUF was spent on investments in Hungary in 2014, 14 percent more than a year before. The investments increased in the majority of teh sectors...

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Magazine: Spicier flavours from condiment makers

Easter is one of the driving forces behind mustard, ketchup, mayonnaise and horseradish sales. Last year sales expanded, in part because barbecues are becoming trendier, creating a third season for...

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The Cornexi places its production into Székesfehérvár

The Cornexi Food Kft. moves from Enying to the industrial park of Székesfehérvár until the summer. Due to the planned capacity expansion, the company would like to create at least...

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EKAER: the NiT Hungary ask for a longer fine-free period

The NiT Hungary ask for the extension of the fine-free test period from the government. The Executive Secretary General of the advocacy organization, Dittel Gábor wrote a letter to Varga...

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Avalon Park: Adventure in nature!

Market leader HELL ENERGY, energy drink manufacturer chose the Utazás 2015 (Travel 2015) exhibition to present its latest tourism investment. The company is also famous for its local patriotism. This...

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NIVEA: not only the teens have oily and problematic skin

According to the latest research data more than 80% of the teenagers and almost 40% of adult women suffer from blackheads and acnes that commonly appear in case of oily,...

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The Civita Food Kft. debuts in London with gluten-free products

The Debrecen-based Civita Food Kft. debuts in London on Wednesday with its GMO and gluten-free products   – the company told MTI on Wednesday. According to the communication, the Debrecen-based family...

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China has dropped some of the world's leading technology brands from its approved state purchase list

China has dropped some of the world's leading technology brands from its approved state purchase lists, while approving thousands more locally made products, in what some say is a response...

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Salt and traditions

Salt company Salinen Austria AG is the market leader in Europe, making products used by the food industry, the chemical industry and agriculture. Mag. Stefan Maix has been the CEO...

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Two-digit growth in value and volume sales alike

In the two-month Easter period of 2014 ham and smoked meat were sold in the value of HUF 7 billion. This constitutes a 15-percent increase from the category’s performance in...

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More and more stores sell Quality Hungarian Pork

Pork products marked with the Quality Hungarian Pork (KMS) trademark. Hungarian pork meat and pork products are only allowed to use the KMS trademark if they regularly go through the...

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Kitchen Trend Meeting at the 6th Kitchen Exhibition

At the Kitchen Exhibition everyone can find the perfect kitchen: a wide selection of kitchen and dining room furniture, machinery, large appliances, cooking gear and the experience of cooking await...

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Nielsen: more people were watching food, chemicals and cosmetics commercials

The domestic TV commercials of food, household chemicals and cosmetics reached 1 percent more GRP last year, than a year before – according to a Nielsen Audience Measurement Ltd. The...

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The MLSZKSZ welcomes the retuning of EKÁER

The Association of Hungarian Logistics Service Centers (MLSZKSZ) welcomes the government's efforts that they retune the EKÁER system, building on the experiences of the two-month test period. The Association considers...

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Szentkirályi extends its portfolio with a Flower Garden product line

The market-leading Szentkirályi Group reached 9.6 billion HUF revenue in 2014, which is a nearly 10 percent increase over the previous year. The company’s market share was more than 20...

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A new SPAR Express at the OMV filling station near Szigetszentmiklós

A SPAR Express was opened at another OMV filling station. This is the sixth SPAR Express store, which is operated by a local retailer at an OMV filling station, within...

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Credit Market: More than half of the Hungarians do not compare the offers

The Hungarians’ trust in crediting shows a rising trend in the recent period; nearly two-third of the population accepts or even considers the good credit scheme as an option –...

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