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Romania is on top of the EU’s inflation ranking

In November 2010 in the EU-27 consumer prices were 2.3 percent higher on average, compared to prices in November 2009. The biggest price increase was measured in Romania (7.7 percent)...

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Sharp increase in the turnover of Polish shops

According to a quick estimate by Eurostat, the volume of retail sales grew in October 2010: by 1.8 percent both in the EU-27 and in the eurozone, compared to the...

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Export drove industrial prices up

Domestic industrial sales prices were 1.2 percent higher in November 2010 than in the previous month. If compared with November 2009, they were 10.8 percent higher. Industrial export sales prices...

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The majority of the population expects a rise in prices

As opposed to earlier increase, the Consumer Confidence Index fell by 18 points in the last quarter of 2010, similarly to the Consumer Expectation Index that plummeted by 34 points...

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Retail turnover may expand by two percent this year

According to a forecast by GKI, the Hungarian economy is about to leave the crisis behind. Unfortunately, in order to formally meet the 2010-2011 budget deficit target Hungarian economic policy...

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Production expanded in the food industry too

Compared with November 2009, industrial production rose by 15 percent in November 2010. Production was 11 percent higher in the first eleven months of 2010 than a year before. According...

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Employee training combined with job preservation at Cora

In September 2010 Magyar Hipermarket Kft., the owner of Cora stores, started training programmes for employees in their Budakalász, Fót and Szeged stores. The programme is supported by the EU’s...

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Stable position in the middle rank

In 2010 young Hungarians participated in EuroSkills (soon to merge with WorldSkills) competitions for the fourth time. The contest was held in Lisbon and we entered in 13 categories. Cook...

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More than two million card holders in the SuperShop Programme

SuperShop Loyalty Programme is 10 years old and celebrates with more than 12 billion points and 2 million cards issued. We talked to managing director Norbert Hovanyecz. T. M.: –...

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Controlled quality in cooperation between SGS and Corvinus University

Quality requirements that our partners have to meet are becoming more complex from day to day. To serve this demand, SGS Hungária Kft.’s consumer testing line offers a wide range...

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With passion for quality meals

Market leading Pick Szeged Zrt. offers products made from quality base material to the lovers of Winter Salami and treats those who like salami, cold cut, ham, sausage, wiener, liver...

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Branded Goods Association: serving brands and quality for 15 years

BGA’s 15th anniversary meeting took place in the famous Lotz room of the Párizsi Department Store on Andrássy Boulevard, on 15 December 2010. In his opening speech President Tamás Ács...

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Budapest Wholesale Market plans to offer more services

CEO Zoltán Házi answered our questions. T. M: – What was 2010 like for Budapest Wholesale Market Zrt.? H. Z.: – We had a good year. We registered 645,000 entries...

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METRO Customer Academy was launched amid great interest

2010 was a milestone in the life of METRO Hungary, as by opening their Customer Academy the retail chain now offers also professional knowledge and an opportunity for development to...

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Coop Group firmly walks on the designated path

We evaluated the Coop Group’s successful year of 2010 with Co-op Hungary Zrt. CEO László Murányi and commercial director Péter Boros. • T.M.: – How do you evaluate 2010 from...

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Diversified cleaning product distribution across households

In the first 10 months of 2010 83 percent of Hungarian families bought some kind of product from the household cleaning product category. However, the importance of individual segments showed...

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The position of chemical product stores became stronger

In general we can say that the market of cleaning products contracted last January-October. The only exception was disposable paper towel, sales of which increased by 11 percent in terms...

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Branded rabbits and eggs dominate this year’s Easter too

If we examine data by Nielsen, we can see that the market of Easter seasonal products does surprisingly well in terms of value. The economic crisis seems to discard low...

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The market expanded

The latest trends in food consumption had a favourable effect on the frozen vegetable market. Nielsen measures turnover in four retail chains of key importance. In the October 2009-September 2010...

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(HU) Értékesebb a hazai élelmiszer – tanítani fogják a magyar ízeket

Sorry, this entry is only available in HU....

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Rolling eggs

The dioxin scandal in Germany upgraded Hungarian brands. This new food scare came in handy for Hungarian farmers and food processing companies as this is the umpteenth case that a...

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Industrial production unexpectedly declined

Nearly a 12 percent drop occurred in the volume of the industrial production in December, compared to November. It was a negative surprise for the analysts. According to the Tuesday...

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The bakers of Somogy raises their prices: Bread price will increase above 300 HUF

A kilogram of white bread may be more expensive than 300 HUF. The majority of the bakers of Somogy will raise their prices by 20-30 percent. During the summer harvest,...

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The more Hungarian suppliers the multis will use, the greater support they will receive

The Ministry of National Economy breaks the typical practice of the previous governments, that supported several international companies on a much higher proportion compared to the average of the region...

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214 billion HUF of meat products: increase in value and quantity

Retail sales of meat products increased by 3 percent in value, 4 percent in quantity last year, as compared to the previous year. The annual market size is about 214...

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Fornetti Pannon continues under the name Pek-Snack

Galántai János, Chief Executive Officer of Fornetti Pannon Ltd. told that the Igal-based company from Somogy County changes its name to Pek-Snack and will further operate and develop its network...

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Be careful at price reductions

The National Consumer Protection Authority raises consumer awareness of prudent behavior in case of price reductions. It can be observed that in this case, some traders use various tricks to...

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Wound up against the Traubi Zrt.

The dispute, which lasts for more than one and a half decade may end after the court initiated liquidation proceeding against one of the companies using the name. The Traubisoda...

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YouTube has the largest mobile broadband traffic

According to Allott Communications; YouTube led the total mobile data traffic in the second half of 2010. According to the recent global survey of mobile broadband traffic; in the second...

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Lidl catalogs on the net

Lidl has introduced a novelty in Hungary: from this year, the catalogs of the discount chain are acvailable in online paged form. The current publications can be read on the...

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