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School start with the Thanks Sió! School Bag Program in 2013
Date: 2013-09-04 12:12:07
More than 1,000 Thanks Sió! Packages arrived to 110 Hungarian primary schools between 26 – 30 August. The Sió-Eckes Kft. announced its Thanks Sió! School Bag Program application this year,...
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Hungarian wines at the G20 Summit
Date: 2013-09-04 12:10:05
The participants of the G20 summit in St. Petersburg can taste a selection of Hungarian wines. After almost half a year selection process, the Russian administration officials found four Hungarian...
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Sealed Air at Drinktec 2013
Date: 2013-09-04 11:39:52
Packaging and hygiene expertise join forces to meet the challenges of today’s and tomorrow’s beverage and brewing industries At Drinktec 2013 in Munich, Sealed Air will be showcasing solutions to...
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Eurostat: Euro area GDP up by 0.3%
Date: 2013-09-04 11:22:49
GDP rose by 0 . 3 % in the euro area 1 (EA1 7 ) and by 0.4% in the EU2 7 1 during the second quarter of 201 3...
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The German Praktiker to be liquidated, while the stores in Hungary will continue to operate
Date: 2013-09-04 11:02:33
It was unable to find investors to rescue the German Praktiker AG, thus the company will be liquidated – Die Welt’s online edition wrote on Wednesday. The Die Welt by...
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The organizers plan a dual record braking at the dödölle festival in Nagykanizsa
Date: 2013-09-04 10:59:09
The Dödölle Festival awaits its visitors with a dual, 26-hour-long dödölle frying record attempt in Nagykanizsa on 6-7 September. Prikryl József, the president of the event’s organizer the Kanizsa and...
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Nations' cheese competition has started
Date: 2013-09-04 10:28:14
SZEGA Foods is one of the oldest and most important cheese-importer, trader of Hungary. The company has been devoted to introduce and spread the culture of international gastronomy for almost...
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GfK: the rosé is the favorite of the youth
Date: 2013-09-03 12:55:14
About a quarter of the turnover of spirits comes from wine sales. Although the customer base has shrunk by one-tenth in the past two years, the volume of sales has...
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Consumers would also benefit from the 17 percent meat VAT reduction
Date: 2013-09-03 12:42:25
The farmers and the food industry trade associations have long been trying to reach to reduce the VAT on meet products that is the highest in Europe. Due to the...
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The test of the data submitter program was succesful
Date: 2013-09-03 12:40:28
The program sending the datas to the NAV is working successfully. The datas of the cash registers must be sent monthly to the National Customs and Tax Authority (NAV), until...
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Six million tons of corn crop is expected this year
Date: 2013-09-03 12:38:49
Although corn crop will be smaller than expected this year; about 6 million tons, price increases are not expected – the Deputy Director of the Agricultural Research Institute told MTI...
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Tesco expands its fleet with Mercedes vans
Date: 2013-09-03 12:01:32
The Tesco and the Mercedes-Benz have signed a strategic cooperation agreement on Tuesday in Budapest. In the scope of the agreement Mercedes becomes the exclusive vehicles supplier of Tesco in...
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Hilltop – Available even in the Spar shops
Date: 2013-09-03 12:00:19
By strengthening its commercial activities, the Neszmély-based Hilltop Winery signed an agreement with the Spar network to distribute the winery’s products. In addition, the Hilltop products are available in the...
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Seven hundred marching at the harvest of Badacsony
Date: 2013-09-03 11:00:56
About seven hundred participants will take place at this year’s Badacsonyi harvest parade. The spectacular crowd will march between Badacsonytomaj to Badacsony. The three-day-long series of events will begin on...
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The NAV found counterfeit washing gels in a value of more than fifteen million HUF
Date: 2013-09-03 10:58:00
The finance guards of NAV seized counterfeit washing gels from a truck on the M5 motorway in a value of more than fifteen million HUF – the National Tax and...
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Agriculture can help the GDP in 2013
Date: 2013-09-02 12:25:34
According to the forecast of the GKI Economic Research Co. after the decline in 2012 and in the first half of 2013 the GDP will increase by about a half...
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The expansion of investments in the second quarter surprised the analysts
Date: 2013-09-02 12:20:02
Analysts surveyed by MTI on Friday considered the expansion of investments in the second quarter as a surprise, while the Ministry of National Economy (NGM) pointed out that this is...
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KSH: trade surplus amounted to 581 million euros in June
Date: 2013-09-02 11:32:59
In June 2013 the value of exports was 6.7 billion euros (1978 billion HUF) and the value of imports was 6.1 billion euros (1805 billion HUF). The foreign trade balance...
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Foie Gras Festival again
Date: 2013-09-02 11:30:13
The 5th Foie Gras Festival will raise the awareness of its visitors on the differences between geese and ducks liver – the organizers informed MTI. The National Food Chain Safety...
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Laurel focuses on PC based cash registers
Date: 2013-09-02 11:28:22
The Laurel Group received permission for another two types of its cash registers during the weekend. Thus the Laurel Smart Cash Register Family became completed, so the company in the...
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A new application was announced on pálinka trademarks
Date: 2013-09-02 11:27:21
From the beginning of September, one can apply for pálinka trademarks again. The samples can be submitted between the 20 and 30 September at the Wessling Hungary Kft. that will...
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Pezsgő Világ: Festival of Classic Champagnes in Budapest
Date: 2013-09-02 11:20:19
The guest lecturers of the III. Pezsgő Világ Fesztivál (3rd Champagne World Festival) will present the heritage of the Blanquette de Limoux, which was the first bottle-fermented French Champagne, while...
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The MOL has launched a mobile service under its own name
Date: 2013-09-02 11:15:35
The Mol Nyrt. has launched a private label mobile service on Monday by relying on the network of Magyar Telekom – the Mol told MTI. As the first among the...
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Hungarian economy has still been frozen even after a hot summer
Date: 2013-09-02 10:17:18
GKI Economic Research Co. forecasts that GDP is expected to grow by around 0.5 per cent in the second half of 2013, following its decline last year and in the...
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Dynamic expansion in the electric toothbrush market
Date: 2013-09-01 22:15:34
Toothbrush retail sales are above HUF 3 billion a year and in the first four months of 2013 both value and volume sales grew by 4 percent. Electric toothbrush sales...
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Above-average sales growth in both value and volume
Date: 2013-09-01 22:11:01
Mouthwash sales go beyond HUF 3 billion per annum and growth in the category is bigger than the average. In the first four months of the year both value and...
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Strong manufacturer brands among toothpastes
Date: 2013-09-01 22:06:42
The annual toothpaste market’s value is HUF 12 billion. This January-April retail sales augmented by 3 percent but volume sales dropped 1 percent. Hypermarkets were responsible for 33 percent of...
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Growing number of consumers want their toothpaste to have therapeutic effects
Date: 2013-09-01 21:59:30
Modern oral care involves more and more products in addition to the traditional toothbrush and toothpaste. Anita Boros, Procter & Gamble’s PR manager told our magazine that they put a...
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Recession did preserve
Date: 2013-09-01 21:54:41
f we analyse the structural trends of the recent past, we can see that the lower price category increased its weight, sales shifted in the direction of private label products,...
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Manufacturer brands increased their market share
Date: 2013-09-01 21:51:03
Fruit juice is the seventh biggest (in value) from the 90 grocery categories audited by Nielsen. Annual sales are worth between HUF 38 and 40 billion. In the December 2012-May...
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