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Food inspecting is on

The consumer protection actions before the holidays will be announced. Locked vegetable shipments, several tons of destroyed potatoes, beet coming from Germany, but sold with Hungarian tricolor, Polish eggs with...

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What should the school lunch be?

The Collège Clairefontaine, a middle school located near Arras in Duisans, offered cooking workshops during the 2011/2012 school year for students struggling in school. For two hours every Wednesday, students...

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The meat industrial bomb is still ticking

According to the plans announced on Monday in Gyula, a local governmental-owned meat company will be formed, that will purchase the bankrupt and beyond redemption Gyulai Húskombinát’s assets and can...

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Municipal company can save the meat industry in Gyula

In a week or two a wholly local governmental-owned meat company can be formed, which is expected to save the meat industry in Gyula – Magyar Hírlap writes. “The Meat...

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Ipsos: Money, That’s What I Want

Ipsos Open Thinking Exchange (Ipsos OTX) and Ipsos Global @dvisor are pleased to share the latest proprietary global infographic and commentary on the trends and behaviors that define people’s lives...

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Luxury mall opens during the spring

The more than 4,000 square meters Il Bacio di Stile seems to open its gates with about 30 different luxury shops in late spring. The Il Bacio di Stile is...

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Workania: 12 percent of the workers received 13th monthly wage

The proportion of Hungarian workers who received 13th monthly wage decreased from 14 percent (2011 data) to 12 percent last year – shows the most recent survey of fizetesek.hu operated...

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The direct sales of processed products have become increasingly popular in villages

According to the Young Farmers Association, villagers have returned to livestock, after the regulation of the direct sales of processed products became softer. The affected farmers need to use stricter...

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CBA turns to court because of the decision of the competition authority

The CBA Kereskedelmi Kft. turns to the Court of Justice, because the company believes the Competition Authority's Friday decision as unfounded. According to the decision  the company was fined by...

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dm’s “Together for the Babies” program ended successfully

The first phase of dm’s “Together for the Babies” program ended successfully at the end of December. Thanks to customers of the drugstore, a total of 262 families in need...

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The Slovak economy almost caught up with the performance of the Czech Republic

Twenty years after the establishment of the Slovak Republic, at end of last year, the performance of the Slovak economy almost caught up with the performance of the Czech economy...

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Per capita GDP is more than five times bigger in Budapest than in Nógrád county

Per capita GDP is more than five times bigger in Budapest than in Nógrád county, that has the worst unemployment rate in the country. The gross monthly earnings of the...

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The Italians do not purchase even during winter price reductions

Italian households purchase the half the amount during winter price reductions as the economic crisis began. Experts say the government's austerity measures have led to a reduction in consumption. According...

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Magazine: Canned fish: swimming upstream

Although fish consumption in Hungary is still way below the European average, the slow conquest of health trends had a favourable effect on fish and canned fish sales in the...

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Global survey about how FMCG-customers get information about certain products

Twenty-nine percent of Hungarian customers get information of food and beverages at the venue of the purchase, while another 21 percent finds out useful stuff about sales via friends, family...

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Troubled meat plants would be saved from billions of forints

According to the informations of Magyar Nemzet, approximately five and a half billion forints would be spent by the affected municipalities to the recapitalization of the meat plants of Kaposvár,...

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Matolcsy: the deadline for the introduction of new type cash registers may be extended

It is possible that the 1 April deadline for the introduction of new type cash registers may be extended and the introduction will take place later. Matolcsy announced the introduction...

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Price increases and closures may come to the meat market

In case of pork and poultry products, a further price increases can be expected – writes Világgazdaság.  The producers of the sector – especially those who are dealing with chicken...

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The first positive results of the Coop acquisition

As a result of Coop leaving the French chain Delhaize, the company has purchased 62 Match and Profi stores in the past few weeks. Gödöllő Coop Co. has inmegrated the...

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KSH: Unemployment rate unchanged

In September–November 2012, the number of unemployed people was 468 thousand resulting in an unemployment rate of 10.6%. The number of unemployed people was 468 thousand, 8 thousand (1.6%) more...

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VM: disease detected in case of only one ruminating animal in Hungary

Disease detected in case of only one ruminating animal in Hungary – the press office of the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) responded to the Saturday news that Belarus introduced...

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Goverment cuts utilities prices further

The government could reduce retail gas, electricity and district heating prices again this year after cutting them by 10% from 1st January, a new annoucment on kormany.hu tells us. The...

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Last year one and a half percent more beer was brewed in the Czech Republic

One and a half percent more beer was brewed in the Czech Republic last year, the preliminary datas show  – Jan Vesely, president of the Czech brewers association said on...

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NFH: still a lot of offenses at product presentations

There are still many infringements occur at product demonstrations, although some improvement can be detected compared to the previous years – shows the report of the National Consumer Protection Authority...

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Agreements with the Catholic Church restrict the opening hours in a few stores in Slovakia

Two business networks in Slovakia restricted its Sunday opening hours of a few of its stores, due to an agreement signed with the Catholic Church  – the Sme Slovak daily...

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Polaroid opens Fotobar stores in the United States

Polaroid opens ten “Fotobar” stores in the United States where digital photos can saved,  edited and printed from by using community services such as Instagram, Facebook or Picasa – the...

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Europe's richest businessman is the owner of the Zara fashion brand

According to a recent summary, published on Thursday, Amancio Ortega, Spainish businessmen became the richest in Europe. The assets of the owner of the Inditex textile group including the Zara...

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Rural Adventure Chosen as Europe's Best Communications Programme

The Vidék Kaland (“Rural Adventure”) Programme has won the competition for communications programmes related to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) launched by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural...

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Frozen pancakes from Mosonszolnok

The Cool Foods Kft. created a food plant in Mosonszolnok with a 80 million HUF investment. The plant that specialized for manufacturing pastas will soon give work to twelve employees....

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New Waste Management Regulations

Some of the implementation regulations of the new Waste Management Act that came into force on January 1 have been issued. Among others, the new regulations concern the distribution of...

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