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42 percent of the Hungarian families throw out food regularly
42 percent of the Hungarian families regularly throw out food, in 8 out of 10 cases due to change in quality, in one-fifth of the cases, due to the expiration...
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The Apenta Vitamixx is popular
The Maspex Olympos Kft. is promoting the Apenta Vitamixx vitamined andflavored mineral waters in the summer heat within a street campaign. During the Apenta Vitamixx street sampling campaign, 2 “apenta”...
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Gemius: online ordering to be fun!
In 2015, 2,803,000 Hungarian net users have purchased from domestic portals, while 833,000 persons have chosen products from foreign sites . This is a clear increase,l compared to last year's...
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Takács Ákos has become the marketing manager of Red Bull
From 1 August, Takács Ákos founder of the Red Bull Pilvaker and the Liszt Remix is the marketing manager of Red Bull Hungária Kft.. The young professional was working as...
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Gingerbread Festival this weekend in Debrecen
The Gingerbread Festival will present the illustrious history of gingerbread making in Debrecen and the traditions of rural beekeeping on 15 and 16 August. Vajda Mária ethnographer, the festival’s idea...
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Omega-3s may prevent from the development of schizophrenia
Omega-3 fatty acids may prevent the development of full-blown schizophrenia in people who are at high risk of the disease, new research suggests. What's more, omega-3s seemed to prevent the...
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New EU funding programmes favour SMEs
Viktor Zoltán Kovács, the head of K&H’s SME marketing division told Trade magazine that in the new budgetary period (2014-2020) SMEs can profit the most from European Union funding programmes....
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Ahold and Delhaize agree on merger
Dutch company Ahold and Belgian retailer Delhaize have decided to join forces: the new company Ahold Delhaize consists of 6,500 stores where more than 50 million customers are served every...
Read moreGrocery retail on a growth path
Value sales soared 4.9 percent and volume sales improved by 3 percent in Q1 2015 if compared with the performance of Q1 2014. Both indicators are above the European average....
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Born British
Between 10 and 24 July 2014 this campaign launched a new product, Carling Cider in SPAR and CBA stores. The promotion was a breakthrough in in-store communication: by adapting the...
Read moreMagazine: Cold hop Dreher is already in the pipeline
As artisan beers are getting more and more popular, Dreher decided to launch another innovation after the brewery’s successful tank beer: a cold hop lager will hit the market in...
Read moreInflation was 0.4 percent in July, while the price of food rose above the average
In July, consumer prices increased by an average of 0.4 percent, compared to a year before, while compared with June have not changed on average – the Central Statistical Office...
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Analysts: trade surplus exceeded the expectations in June
The growth of the trade surplus in June exceeded the expectations of the analysts. The annual export surplus according to the analysts of the Erste and ING Banks is likely...
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The SPAR has earned the highest level of IFS Logistics certificate
SPAR Hungary renewed its quality certification: after last year's successful IFS Logistic certification, the company has fulfilled the requirements of the system on the highest level in May. The quality...
Read moreOECD: a recovery in the euro zone and a slowdown in the US and China
THe Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs), designed to anticipate turning points in economic activity relative to trend, point to stable growth momentum in the OECD area as a whole. Stable growth...
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Product and technology development capabilities on the pasta market
Csikesz Csaba, sales director of the Famíliatészta Kft. told that some market participants on the Hungarian pasta market in the past few years tried to reduce costs with several hundred-million...
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Rossmann festival drugstore and foam party at the Sziget Festival
The Rossmann has opened its special drugstore at the Sziget Festival. At the store that has a sales space of over 600 square meters, a wide range of necessary hygiene...
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Visa: Hungarians use their bank cards more regularly
Card usage increases in Hungary, compared with cash use. According to the survey of the Visa Europe examining the Balaton region, the number of POS transactions grew by 17 percent...
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The DHL signed official logistics partnership deal with MotoGP
DHL announced a new three-year partnership with the world's premier motorcycle racing championship, MotoGPTM. The partnership will see DHL support the logistics needs of MotoGPTM and its sister championships, Moto2TM...
Read moreHarvest has begun in the Sopron wine region
Compared to last year, the harvest has begun in the Sopron wine region one day earlier; on Monday. Kurt Taschner, the owner of the Taschner Wine House told MTI on...
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Truffles celebration in Jászivány
Truffle searching dogs competition, players search for mushrooms, fair, background music, exhibitions, professional lectures and free tastings are awaiting those who visit the Truffles celebration in Jászivány during the weekend...
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Hungarian brewers are proud of the quality they produce
On 15 June the Federation of Hungarian Breweries published a statement, welcoming the fact that inspections by the Hungarian Authority for Consumer Protection found that each of the 40 different...
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Growth in domestic trade catches up with export
According to GKI Economic Research Zrt., in 2015 Hungary’s economy will grow faster than the European Union’s 1.8-percent average, but it has no chance of repeating last year’s 3.6-percent expansion...
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Sziget Festival: the consumer protectors are constantly monitoring the festival
The consumer protectors are constantly monitoring the vendors of the Sziget Festival – Anita Kiss, press officer of the National Consumer Protection Authority (NFH) told on Tuesday at a press...
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Field work done the optimal way
Esri Hungary Ltd. has a solution called ArcGis, which relies on spatial data to provide business decision-makers with the latest data they need. Attila Oláh, the managing director of Esri...
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Magazine: They like to buy it if it is natural
Although more fruit yogurt is sold in general, sales have dropped recently, while plain yogurt sales have increased – Beáta Kiss, external corporate relations director of DANONE Kft. informed our...
Read moreThe government will give significant amounts for the development of the wineries
The government devotes a significant amount of technological development to the wineries, from the 1,300 billion HUF rural development program of the coming period – Kis Miklós Zsolt Minister of...
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