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                    Due to the heat wave, the consumption of the summer seasonal products has increased
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-13 11:27:21
												                    
				
                The turnover of the summer seasonal products – ice cream, mineral waters and beers – is outstanding due to the heat wave – trading companies told MTI on Thursday. Balogh...
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                    Heat speeds up the aging of the beer
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-13 11:23:24
												                    
				
                The heat is good for the beer consumption, but it is not good for the beer. It is worth to pay attention to the proper storage temperature and consumption temperature...
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                    The poultry processing company in Bátaszék plans an expansion this year
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-13 11:20:01
												                    
				
                The Bát-Grill Kft. plans an expansion this year. The sales of the Bátaszék–based poultry processor may reach four billion HUF – the company's managing director told MTI. Szekeres Sándor on...
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                    Henkel delivers solid performance in second quarter
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-13 11:12:36
												                    
				
                Sales: +13.5% to 4,695 million euros (organic: +2.4%) Operating profit*: +14.0% to 768 million euros EBIT margin*: +0.1 percentage points to 16.4% Earnings per preferred share* (EPS): +11.2% to 1.29...
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                    Ice coffee that help during the heat wave
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-13 11:05:22
												                    
				
                It is easier to survive the heat wave with the consumption of iced drinks and ice coffees. The following recipe may come in handy for coffee lovers – Rutai Gergely,...
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                    The British waste the most food in Europe
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-13 11:02:34
												                    
				
                Britain wastes more food than any other country in Europe, with UK households throwing away 6 kilogrammes of food a week. 12 billion pounds worth food a year. For every...
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                    The heat causes fish mortality and agricultural damages in Austria
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-13 10:59:48
												                    
				
                The Austrian Die Presse daily reported about heat-related agricultural damages and fish mortality in Austrian rivers on Wednesday. Because of the high temperatures and low oxygen content, fish mortality is...
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                    Private label products becoming more popular
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-13 10:18:16
												                    
				
                PLMA’s 2015 year book analyses the state of play in the field of private label products. In 14 from the 20 countries surveyed PL products’ market share increased. In the...
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                    Coffee in the warehouses
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-13 09:19:44
												                    
				
                This year farmers in Vietnam stockpiled more coffee in their warehouses than ever before since 2010. A record harvest is expected in 2015 so prices won’t increase. Vietnamese farmers mostly...
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                    Our personal finances from East to West
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-13 09:16:49
												                    
				
                How do you think your personal finances will develop in the next 12 months? – in the 1st quarter of 2015 Nielsen asked consumers this question in 60 countries all...
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                    Grape growers are expecting better protection from the Nébih
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-12 11:41:31
												                    
				
                The protesters who demonstrated on Wednesday in front of the National Food Chain Safety Authority’s (Nébih) Wine and Alcoholic Beverages Board of Directors, asked for stricter controls more than ever...
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                    Analysts: it was expected that inflation will slow down in July
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-12 11:40:17
												                    
				
                It was expected that inflation will slow down in July. On the basis of the recent data (consumer prices were 0.4 percent higher than a year earlier), however, the basic...
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                    Brussels to support the little ones
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-12 11:39:50
												                    
				
                The EU accepted the Hungarian rural development program. The large estates lost against the small estates, after such an agri-rural development can take place, which reflects the government's desire to...
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                    42 percent of the Hungarian families throw out food regularly
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-12 11:30:38
												                    
				
                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 market changes and the weather did not favor the sweet corn growers this year
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-12 11:27:15
												                    
				
                This year, the domestic sweet corn-growing area decreased by ten percent to 33 thousand hectares, compared to 2014. However, Hungary still has Europe's largest corn processing capacity, and we belong...
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                    The Apenta Vitamixx is popular
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-12 11:25:39
												                    
				
                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!
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-12 11:24:36
												                    
				
                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
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-12 11:22:57
												                    
				
                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
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-12 11:07:22
												                    
				
                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
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-12 11:00:28
												                    
				
                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
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-12 10:00:12
												                    
				
                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
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-12 09:25:52
												                    
				
                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...
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                    Grocery retail on a growth path
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-12 09:13:12
												                    
				
                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
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-12 09:06:38
												                    
				
                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...
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                    Magazine:  Cold hop Dreher is already in the pipeline
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-12 07:42:27
												                    
				
                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...
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                    Brussels is unable to ward off the damages caused by russian food embargo
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-11 11:48:40
												                    
				
                In parallel with the extended Russian food embargo Brussels also continues its damage mitigating actions. According to many people; in vain. According to the dairy sector participants the EU’s support...
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                    Inflation was 0.4 percent in July, while the price of food rose above the average
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-11 11:45:56
												                    
				
                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
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-11 11:26:15
												                    
				
                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
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-11 11:24:40
												                    
				
                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...
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                    OECD: a recovery in the euro zone and a slowdown in the US and China
                    
                        
																								Date: 2015-08-11 11:23:00
												                    
				
                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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