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NGM: inflation will be below 0.4 percent this year
The government's convergence program expects an average inflation of 0.4 percent for the whole year. According to recently published data it will be slightly below it – Balogh László, Deputy...
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ACTIVIA to be renewed worldwide
The world's leading fresh dairy brand, the Danone ACTIVIA strengthens its position with a new image, unified message and developments affecting all markets. The result of the global InSync survey...
Read moreTesco: Not a bite can be wasted!
By 2020, all European Tesco stores will offer food surplus to charity. Tesco and the Századvég Gazdaságkutató Zrt. (Századvég Economic Research Co.) at their joint “Not a bite can be...
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METRO: 10 million HUF grant on “Own Business Day”
METRO devotes 11 October each year in 25 countries around the world to draw attention to the importance of the 21 million privately owned businesses. On this day, on the...
Read moreGrowing expectations towards the food industry
Today's nutrition challenges can only be met through collaboration in which all relevant stakeholders are taking part – was said at the Food4Talk professional conference organized by Nestle. Nestlé is...
Read moreThis year's The Most Beautiful Kitchen Gardens awards were handed over
Sixty-two gardeners received recognitions at the award ceremony of the The Most Beautiful Kitchen Gardens in 2016 in Budapest on Tuesday – the Ministry of Agriculture (FM) told MTI. This...
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The '56 vintage of Tokaji aszús will be rebottled
In honor of the 1956 memorial year 150 Tokaji wine specialties will be bottled again, from the aszús that can be found in the National Wine Depository. In 1956 harvest...
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Wine grape harvest may be below last year’s level
This year’s grape harvest is estimated to be below the average level – informed the National Council of Wine Communities (HNT). The weather may still change this estimation, though. At...
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Legal practice in VAT deduction lawsuits
The Curia of Hungary has published a document with detailed information on its legal practice in lawsuits concerning VAT deduction matters. In the future this document can act as a...
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Electromobility – the way of the future
After the shock of the BREXIT the markets more or less returned to business as usual mode. The FED didn’t see any reason the change the base rate in June...
Read moreKSH: inflation was 0.6 percent in September
Consumer prices were on average 0.6 percent higher in September than a year before, while compared with the previous month increased by an average of 0.2 percent. The Central Statistical...
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Reál Hungária to be separated
The Reál Hungária Élelmiszerkereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. will be separated at the end of September – the owners decided. The goal is to make an independent company for the immovable...
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Ten Hungarian companies can transport milk and dairy products to Chile
The Chilean authorities accepted the registration of ten Hungarian milk and milk products manufacturing plant on Monday. These companies can launch their first shipment to South American country – the...
Read moreAuchan’s autumn wine fair starts soon
Fazekas Sándor Minister of Agriculture praised the improving quality of the Hungarian wines at a press conference held on the occasion of Auchan’s autumn wine fair in Budaörs on Tuesday....
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The amount of food waste in Hungary is about 1.8 million tons annually
In Hungary about 1.8 million tons of food ends up as waste, approximately one-quarter in the households – the Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture (FM), responsible for...
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Recent additions in the Széchenyi Card Program
The loan products of the Széchenyi Card Program were expanded. From now, up to 50 million HUF Széchenyi Working Capital Loan can be claimed, compared to the former 25 million...
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Two new types of cash registers received marketing authorizationTwo new types of cash registers received marketing authorizationTwo new types of cash registers received marketing authorization
Two new types of cash registers complying with the new technical requirements received marketing approval on Tuesday. One of them is a portable cash register, so it can used by...
Read moreGrowth is stable in the major developed economies
Growth is stable in the major developed economies, according to the CLI August complex macro-economic indicator of the OECD published on Monday. The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development...
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Ukraine has become the world's largest flour exporter
Ukraine was the world's largest flour exporter between July 2015 and June 2016. Ukraine exported a total of 344 thousand tons, which is 32.5 percent more than in the same...
Read moreForty million HUF worth smuggled cigarettes were found Tiszabecs
Forty million forints worth smuggled cigarettes were found by the finance guards in an underground hideout in Tiszabecs – the press officer of the National Tax and Customs Office (NAV)...
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Efficient mobile advertisements provide information
At the moment 79 percent of smartphone users with an internet access – 2.9 million people – come across mobile advertisements, revealed a study conducted in 2016 by eNET and...
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Coca-Cola makes new pledges
Coca-Cola HBC has made 7 new pledges – here are some of the goals the company wishes to achieve until 2020: 40 percent of total energy use should come from...
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Multisensory experiences
Very often retailers only concentrate on what shoppers see when creating the interior of a store. However, if they wish to really impress customers, they also need to pay attention...
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Paying the bill to a robot
As part of a pilot project by Pizza Hut Asia, a robot called Pepper – developed by Softbank Robotics – welcomes guests in restaurants and takes the order. It is...
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GfK: the weight of the markets decreased in the procurement of daily consumer goods
The ratio of the markets, including the weight of the farmers' markets decreased in daily consumer goods purchases. The share of visitors from the 72 percent measured in 2010, decreased...
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Hungarian cabbage farmers face a difficult year
Hungarian cabbage farmers are facing a difficult year in 2016: this year a series of diseases decimated the crops, the market price is lower than before, while its hard to...
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dm: hilarious store opening on the Krisztina Boulevard
The dm opened its new store on the Krisztina boulevard, Budapest in the first week of October. A huge interest surrounded the opening of the new store. The store opening...
Read moreDepressed purchase prices at the wine-growing regions
The growers are complaining about low purchase prices this year. Grape growers interviewed by MTI told that prices have not increased since last year, despite the high quality of the...
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