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The new market in Budafok is under construction
The construction of the new market has started on Wednesday in the middle of the 22nd District. Karsay Ferenc (Fidesz-KDNP), mayor of the district informed MTI that the old market...
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A biologist was managed to cultivate truffles in Britain
The first truffle to have been cultivated on UK soil has been harvested from a field in Leicestershire, according to a plant biologist. Dr Paul Thomas planted the fungus on...
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Contaminated foods were seized in a plant in Tolna county
The National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) seized one hundred tons of unknown origin, unmarked, contaminated food products, mainly vegetable flour in a plant in Tolna county. The NÉBIH in...
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The living dead: How the burnout syndrome keeps taking lives?
Many people suffer from burnout and this illness signals that it is time one made changes in their life! We could say that untreated distress is the mother of the...
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Auchan’s special shopping trolleys
Upon the recommendation of a mother whose daughter suffers from Angelman syndrome, on 3 December Auchan announced that they start to use special shopping trolleys in Hungarian stores. With the...
Read moreShopping while waiting for the bus
Tesco Online Shopping app can be downloaded free of charge and makes it possible for consumers to do their shopping in 12 busy Budapest bus stops. Users only have to...
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Joining forces to help people living with flour sensitivity
A new European Union directive entered into force on 13 December, which makes it compulsory to inform consumers properly about the food they buy. This detailed information providing also includes...
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The domestic food industry needs 1,000 billion HUF fundings
The dominant food companies that do not qualify as small and medium-sized enterprises will not receive EU funding sources between 2015-2020 – the agrarszektor.hu wrote. The government would spend 300...
Read moreThe Food Act to be amended
The amendment proposal of the act on the food chain and about its control is ready. According to the amendment it will be possible to appeal against the alleged classification...
Read moreKSH: consumer prices fell by 1.0 percent in February
The consumer prices fell by 1.0 percent in February, compared to the same month of 2014, while compared to the previous month, consumer prices increased by 0.5 percent for the...
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Good results at the Auchan Magyarország Kft.
The Auchan Magyarország Kft. achieved an annual gross turnover of 326 billion HUF in 2014 in its 19 stores and the belonging 16 gas stations. The EBITDA of the company...
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SME investment willingness is uncertain
The investment willingness of the SMEs declined again. At the end of the year, 56 percent of the CEOs planned some improvements. This seems to break the positive upward trend....
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Fazekas: the proportion of Hungarian products has increased in the domestic market
The demand for Hungarian food products has steadily increased in the domestic stores. The proportion of Hungarian products in 2010 was 75 percent on the market, it has now grown...
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The employees of the filling station were competing for the best coffee maker’s title
The Shell and Caffé Perté organized a special barista competition and professional day for the staff working at the filling stations. With the event the two companies intended to strengthen...
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The EP accepted the cap on credit and debit card fees
The European Parliament has backed a deal to cap the fees retailers pay to process debit and credit card transactions, which EU officials say will mean savings for customers. Use...
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Manpower: 18 percent of the employers plan recruitments
According to Manpower’s recent representative survey, eighteen percent of the employers plan to increase staff in the next three months. The highest recruitment rate is experienced in the construction and...
Read moreThe soft wheat crop may be smaller this year in the EU
The European Union’s soft wheat harvest this year will be 141.5 million tonnes, lower than last year's record of 148.2 million tonnes, when the weather was very favorable. The European...
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What can we expect from the Hungarian economy in 2015?
Hungarian daily Világgazdaság organised an economic conference, titled ‘2015: restructuring markets, new owners’, where experts discussed the state of play and the challenges of 2015 in Hungary. The conference started...
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Grocery retail sales augmented in both value and volume
Between December 2013 and November 2014 value sales in grocery retail increased by 5 percent and volume sales expanded by 4 percent. Products in the 90 grocery categories audited by...
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Sales of household chemicals and cosmetics keep growing
In the January-October period of 2014 retail sales of household chemicals and cosmetics represented a value of HUF 270 billion, 6 percent more than in the first ten months of...
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PL buyers sense an improvement in product quality
The majority of Hungarian consumers think positively of retail chains’ private label (PL) products. 72 percent of buyers sense an improvement in the quality of PL groceries and household chemical...
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Early winter minuses in consumer prices
In December consumer prices were 0.9 percent lower than one year ago. Compared with November 2014, consumer prices fell 0.7 percent on average, and groceries cost 0.7 percent less in...
Read moreEuropeans are more satisfied with online purchases than in-store purchases
Eighty percent of Europeans are satisfied with online shopping, while only 67 percent of them are satisfied with offline in-store purchases – the latest UPS representative survey reveals. The research...
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GDP grew in last year's fourth quarter in the EU
The joint gross domestic product (GDP) of the European Union (EU) Member States increased by 0.4 percent in the last quarter of 2014, compared to the previous quarter – Eurostat...
Read moreTwo Tescos remain open on Sundays
Only two of the 209 Tesco stores will be open throughout the country on Sundays after 15 March – the department store chain informed Pénzcentrum. Only two Tescos will operate...
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Unite against qualitative hunger
The Danone Kft. created a media club under its 17 years old “Do Together for the Children” (TEGY) program. The media club is dealing with important social tasks every year:...
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New limited edition Fanta: the elder taste conquers again
The Fanta surprises us with a an old “acquaintance” this spring; the Fanta Elder. The new flavor joins to the Fanta soft drink family as a limited edition member. The...
Read moreFazekas: the basic criteria of producing quality food is good quality soil
The good quality soil is the basic criteria for the production of high quality food, it is inconceivable without conscious protection of the soil – Fazekas Sándor Minister of Agriculture...
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The Managing Director of the Henkel Magyarország Kft. won “The Manager of the Year 2014” award
The National Association of Managers chose dr. Fábián Ágnes, the Managing Director of the Henkel Magyarország Kft. as the Manager of the Year. The presidency of the National Association of...
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