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Unmarked potatoes were seized with ekáer
Eighty tons of unmarked potatoes were seized in Újfehértó, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, after checking the data of the electronic road freight system. The staff of the National Tax and Customs Administration...
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GKI-Erste economic sentiment index stagnant for four months
The GKI-Erste economic sentiment index adjusted for seasonal effects moved upwards slightly in April, reaching its level of January. According to the empirical survey conducted by GKI with the support...
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The Poultry Product Council asks for same judgment as the pig sector in taxation
The Poultry Product Council (BBT) asks for same judgment as the pig sector in taxation. According to the Poultry Product Council there is no technical reason that while the Value...
Read moreSeveral million inspections are performed for secure food supply every year
Only the comprehensive and proactive monitoring of the entire food chain can guarantee the sales of safe food products, therefore millions of tests are carried out in laboratories across the...
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The sugar manufactory in Kaposvár spent one hundreds million HUF on development
The Kaposvár-based 1. Magyar Cukor Manufaktúra (MCM) Kft. (1st first Hungarian Sugar Manufactory (MCM) Ltd.) built new powdered sugar plant and a solar panel system. The facilities were handed over...
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Vitamin Szalon franchise’s first store in Budapest was opened
Vitamin Szalon franchise’s first store in Budapest was inaugurated on 22 April in the Campona Shopping Centre. The first Vitamin Szalon was opened in Szeged last March. The second shop...
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Coca-Cola Pop Up Store: exclusive Coca-Cola merchandise, not only for collectors
Since its birth in 1915, Coca-Cola’s glass bottle earned iconic status in the past 100 years as the symbol of happiness. Now, Coca-Cola is celebrating this centennial and preparing with...
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Vanilla and butter flavor cooking margarines with 80% fat content from Vénusz
The Vénusz will delight the lovers of cooking with two new cooking margarine specialties. One of the novelties is the seductive vanilla, while the other is a mix of soft...
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Hungarikum, of which we can not drink enough
The soda water is a real Hungarikum, and it bears the “guaranteed traditional and special food product” trademark for 10 years. Its consumption decreased for a couple of decades, but...
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The users of dubious origin seed may suffer a huge loss
Only the exclusively produced, controlled seed with certification guarantees the seed varietal purity and utility value. The seed counterfeiting cause significant damages to farmers. The counterfeit seed is usually cheaper...
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McDonald's profit report
McDonald's announced that its sales are continuing to struggle as efforts by its new chief executive to win back customers in the U.S. haven't paid off yet. The Oak Brook,...
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The diet is more important than exercises
According to researchers,diet is more important than exercise for people who want to lose weight. The study revealed that it was time to bust the myth of physical inactivity and...
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Analysts: encouraging earnings growth
According to analysts interwieved by MTI, the growth in earnings is encouraging. The Savings Bank expects a 4 percent, while the K&H expects a 3.5 percent growth in real wages...
Read moreTesco: preliminary results 2014/15
– £1.4bn Group trading profit, in line with expectations – UK like-for-like sales volumes up for first time in over four years, driven by better availability, service and pricing; like-for-like...
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Lidl is looking for new suppliers
Lidl continues its program that was launched two years ago, and still waiting for Hungarian farmers, who are producing high-quality products – the company told MTI on Wednesday. The department...
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The Food Avalanche gave “nets instead of fish” to fifty-three settlements
Spring works started in fifty-three settlements on a total of 110 hectares of land in the Food Avalanche program of the Hungarian Food Bank Association and Syngenta. The healthy vegetables...
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dm Bio: the 25th dm brand was born on 16 April!
16 years ago, when the organic products were almost unknown, the dm gave place for organic products on their shelves. As a result, the selection of dm counts 650 organic...
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The P&G promotes the environmentally responsible choice
The sustainability for P&G means the production of high quality products and at the same time to reduce the company's carbon footprint and to strenghten the positive social presence. The...
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The Tetra Pak retained its leading position in the domestic and international market
The Tetra Pak increased its sales by 1.7 percent in the 2014/2015 financial year achieving 10.9 billion euros revenues. The world's largest liquid food processing and packaging system manufacturing company...
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The government announced a tender to improve the conditions of children's nutrition
The government announced a tender for the local governments to improve the conditions of children's nutrition in a value of 1 billion HUF. Novák Katalin, Minister of State of the...
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The NAK has amended its charter
The National Agricultural Economics Chamber (NAK) held its national board meeting on 21 April 2015 in Gödöllő. The Chamber had a busy year: last year’s most important result was the...
Read moreFive tonnes of unmarked chicken meat was found in a Polish truck
The finance guards of NAV found five tons of unknown origin chicken meat worth 6 million HUF in a Polish lorry. The goods will be destroyed – the organization's press...
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Hop on hop off service in the vineyard
Ruszinkó Ádám Deputy Minister of State of the Ministry of National Economy (NGM) suggested to launch a hop on hop off service in the wine growing regions at a professional...
Read morePersonalised offers which annoy no one
In the age of Big Data personalised offers are very important in marketing. At the same time these can violate privacy rights and annoy people in general. A new tool...
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Drones to be used in retail?
In the March issue of STORES Magazine there was an article on how drones would be used in retail soon. It was Amazon who first considered using them in home...
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Nielsen: the turnover of household chemicals and cosmetics has increased
335 billion HUF worth household chemicals and cosmetics were sold in food retailing between March 2014 and February 2015; 6 percent more than a year earlier. In terms of quantity,...
Read moreThe VAT on pig carcass will be reduced to five percent
The proposal causes debates among the domestic players of the meat sector. It proposes to decrease the VAT on pig carcass from 2016 to 5 percent from the current VAT...
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Snack market: the Hungarians have turned towards Exotic flavors
Hungarians are not noshery people. Only slightly more than half of the population consumes the most popular types of snacks, the potato-chips and salty breadsticks. The ratio of those who...
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The Cash Register Association asks for the service sector’s patience
The Hungarian Cash Register Association draws the attention of the users of the service sector, not to buy cash registers that does not fully meet their needs, before the appearance...
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