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NGM: retail sales increase since nearly three years
Retail sales grow for nearly three years. The growth that lasts for 35 month may remain permanently high this year, due to, inter alia, employment expansion, the rapidly rising wages,...
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Less melons may be imported this year
After the previous years, this year's market was more favorable to producers, but the fruit will be more expensive than last year – Népszabadság Online wrote. Oravecz Tamás, president of...
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Belgium’s pride has arrived
Borsodi will delight the friends of the Hungarian beer now with limited edition Belgian beer specialties. The Belgian beer culture huas a centuries-old tradition. Among today's finest specialty beers a...
Read moreThe farmers need to prepare to convert the support system
One of the biggest challenges in the coming years is to help farmers to prepare for the significant transition of the support scheme after 2020. One of the most important...
Read moreGE: the majority of Hungarian companies can not adapt to the speed of technological progress
According to 80 percent of the interviewed executives in Hungary in charge of innovation – (81 percent worldwide) industrial digital technologies in the next 10 years will radically transform the...
Read moreThe ekáer filters more efficiently from 1 August
The electronic road freight traffic control system (ekáer) will filter more efficiently from 1 August. After the National Assembly had refined the rules of the system, on the basis of...
Read moreFAO: cattle disease spreads fast
The lumpy skin disease among cattle is spreading very fast. The disease in recent weeks has reached Serbia, Albania and Montenegro, and can even appear in Hungary – the UN...
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The Mondi will create 220 new jobs in Békéscsaba
The Mondi Békéscsaba Kft. to expand its production site in Békéscsaba within the framework of a 13 billion HUF investment. As the result of the investment, 220 new jobs will...
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Food Cooking Festival in Fertõd
The world of 17th-century inn kitchen and gentlemanly cuisine will come to life for the fourth time in the courtyard of the Esterházy Palace on August 12 and 13 at...
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Consumer prices down 0.2 percent in May
In May like-for-like consumer prices dropped 0.2 percent according to the Central Statistical Office (KSH). In comparison with May 2015, food prices didn’t change. Sugar prices soared by 19.7 percent...
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Non-FMCG category, SILVER MEDAL: HD Group, Budapest Airport Budapest Airport – Close to your heart – promotional competition
Budapest Airport and HD Group implemented this Valentine’s Day activity on 9-15 February 2015. The campaign’s objective was to improve Budapest Airport’s passenger-friendly image, to increase sales of shops in...
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FM: 300 million HUF additional national support to the fruit and vegetable producer organizations
The fruit and vegetable producer organizations can claim for additional national support on a value of three hundred million HUF in Central Hungary, the Great Plains, the Northern region and...
Read moreNGM: an increase in retail sales confirms the spending of income
The increasing retail sales justify increasing household spendings – Simon Attila, Deputy Minister of State of the Ministry of National Economy (NGM) responsible for labor market told M1 news channel...
Read moreFood is the most expensive in Slovakia among the Visegrád countries
Among the Visegrad Group (Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland) the highest food prices can be found in Slovakia, although they still remain under the European Union (EU) average,...
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KAVOSZ: the frost-affected farmers can also receive full support
After the farmers who suffered ice damage, those agricultural enterprises suffered frost-damages can also benefit from the full support under the Agricultural Széchenyi Card (ASZK) scheme – the KAVOSZ Zrt....
Read moreMore winter wheat grown this year in Zala county
More winter wheat was grown this year in Zala county: Winter wheat was grown on 12 thousand hectares. The average yield was 5.9 tons, compared to last year’s 5.2 tons...
Read moreInteractive brewing museum in the basement of the City Hall
Interactive brewing museum was opened on Friday in the basement of the City Hall in Szolnok called Sörárium. At the handover ceremony of the 520 million HUF development, Szalay Ferenc...
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If you have diabetes, then you better watch out in the shops!
The shelves of diabetic products will disappear from the shops as well as the diabetic designation – the orange circle – will disappear from the products after July 20. The...
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A decrease in the economic performance of the euro area
A less than expected decrease occured in the economic performance of the euro area, but the preliminary data of the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) is standing in July on its...
Read moreLaws amended in favour of the agri-food sector
Recently the Hungarian parliament modified several laws in a way that the agri-food sector benefits from the changes. For instance upon the proposal of NAK and the Association of Hungarian...
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Consultation on food industry grants in Csorna
In the summer two grant programmes will be announced which are open to medium-sized and large food industry companies as well. At the end of June NAK and the representatives...
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Dairy Product Board: the EU support saves the milk producers
The EU support of 3 billion HUF (9.5 million euros) aid package is a significant help to the Hungarian dairy farmers – according to the Chairman of the Dairy Interprofessional...
Read moreFM: compensation fund should be enough to treat the damages of this year
By next March, 24 billion HUF will be available in the compensation fund, which is likely to be enough to treat this year’s damages – the Ministry of Agriculture (FM)...
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Discover the new DreherFeszt!
The DreherFeszt is the only “underground” beer festival held in the building of the brewery in the country. Due to the growing popularity, this year’s DreherFeszt was expanded to two...
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The METRO Cash & Carry won Silver Lion Award at the Cannes Festival in 2016
The METRO Cash & Carry won Silver Lion Award in the “Direct” category with its campaign called “Daily Catch”. The campaign competed with another 3096 campaigns for the award. The...
Read moreNew locations were added to this year's Hungarian Wine Route Rally
This year the 21st Hungarian Wine Route Rally visits such smaller wineries as well, which were not visited in past two decades by the field of the Hungarian Wine Route...
Read moreSixty-five wineries of the Carpathian Basin to debut at the Kürti Wine Festival
Sixty-five wineries of the Carpathian Basin will debut at the 9th Kürti Wine Festival that will be held during the weekend. The Kürti Wine Festival is probably, the most prestigious...
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The Nébih impose fines due to marking errors detected in salad mixes
The National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) tested pre-packed salad mixtures and their major components. During the examination the professionals found tagging errors in case of 10 pre-packed salad mixtures....
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Roundtable discussion at the Free University about the agriculture trade opportunities
The improvement of foreign trade results in agriculture can be expected from the growth of highly processed products – the speakers of the roundtable discussion emphasized. The roundtable discussion was...
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