News and articles
Ikea closed a very successful fiscal year
Date: 2011-01-14 11:35:53
FY10 sales grew by 7.7% to €23.1 billion. The IKEA Group net profit for FY10* increased by 6.1 % to 2.7 billion Euro, compared to the previous fiscal year. The...
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Carrefour's revenue is higher than the annual Hungarian GDP
Date: 2011-01-14 11:21:18
In an environment he describes himself as “difficult,” Carrefour successful performance to exceed the consensus of analysts. The fourth quarter 2010, posting a turnover of 27.128 billion euros against 26.908...
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U.S. retail is growing for the sixth months
Date: 2011-01-14 11:18:00
According to the Friday communication of the Ministry of Commerce; U.S. turnover increased by 0.6 percent in December 2010, compared to the previous month, while analysts expected a 0.9 percent...
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New enterprise management system at Hell Energy
Date: 2011-01-14 11:10:13
Hell Energy Hungary Kft., Hungary's leading energy drink manufacturer will carry out its enterprise management by using the SAP IT system. Although the economic crisis had a smaller effect on...
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Cornexi mueslis are coming again
Date: 2011-01-14 09:34:28
Cornexi Food Ltd., producing traditional muesli bars, was established in 1996, and was relaunched in 2009 with new oweners. The company produces breakfast muesli bars in good quality, in 8...
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Charity action by SPAR and Maltese Charity Service was a success
Date: 2011-01-14 06:05:09
A new record is set now, the “Pleasure to Give” charity event helped to collect 140 million tons of food for families in need in SPAR outlets. This charity action...
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Charity offers by Tesco-customers within the Christmas-season
Date: 2011-01-14 05:27:50
More than 38 million HUF was offered to families in need. Tesco worked together with HUngarian Red Cross, Magyar Ökumenikus Segélyszervezet, Magyar Élelmiszerbank Egyesület and Ringier media company to help...
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No eggs in Hungary are contaminated with dioxin
Date: 2011-01-13 18:09:56
The Agricultural Office has closed its audit to scen eggs in Hungary, including eggs deriving from Germany, and it was found that none of the eggs examined were contaminated with...
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Agricultural producer prices grew by one-thirds
Date: 2011-01-13 12:21:14
In November 2010 the producer price level of agricultural products increased by 31% compared to the corresponding month of the previous year. More specifically, the price level of crops and...
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Crisis tax for multinational companies is a necessity and legal
Date: 2011-01-13 12:15:59
Hungary offered a wide range of corprate tax relief since the change of the system in the early nineties, which even hindered Hungarian companies – however, throughout the years it...
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Chief Veterinary Officer confirmed the news: no dioxin-contaminated eggs in Hungary
Date: 2011-01-13 12:13:31
Hungary has not received dioxin-contaminated eggs – Endre Kardeván, Chief Veterinary Officer of the Ministry of Rural Development (VM), has pointed out after the news about dioxin-free eggs in Hungary...
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All three egg-samples of SPAR proved to be dioxin-free
Date: 2011-01-13 12:13:08
.As it is already known, The Agricultural Office has carried out an audit of eggs in one of the outlets of SPAR Hungary Ltd on 8th January 2011. The eggs...
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Companies revenue stagnated
Date: 2011-01-13 12:12:31
37 percent of 2500 companies researched within the compass of Marketing Commando's survey in January 2011 have closed a higher revenue in December 2010 than they did in the previous...
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One of the world largest manufacturers of caps for beverage containers moves on to Hungary
Date: 2011-01-13 12:10:26
Bericap Capital, one of the world's largest manufacturers of caps for beverage containers, will spend HUF 1.5 billion at its Hungarian plant this year to meet high demand, Napi Gazdaság...
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Crisis taxes will end in 2012
Date: 2011-01-13 12:00:19
The crisis taxes will end after 2012 but the government plans to negotiate a new system with the affected sectors which would generate about half of the revenue from the...
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Weather destroyed Tesco's Christmas
Date: 2011-01-13 11:59:12
Tesco Hungary has closed a rather unsuccesful Christmas-season, which naturally led to the decrease in revenue and stock exchange. Supermarket giant Tesco today blamed weeks of snowy weather for only...
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GKIeNET: smartphones are catching up
Date: 2011-01-13 11:58:08
Smartphones are catching up when it comes to online purchases. Now the usage of these devices has reached 1.5 percent of all e-purchases, which is a significant step ahead since...
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Illegal beverages caught in Hungary
Date: 2011-01-13 11:47:14
An illegal network of alcoholic beverages producing factory has been caught by the National Tax and Customs Board on Wednesday. Employees of the authority have checked six houses and found...
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Dioxin found in pork in Germany
Date: 2011-01-13 11:36:46
Germany's poisoned eggs scare has now spread to pork with investigators reporting raised levels of cancer-causing dioxin in pigs at a farm in Lower Saxony. This follows on from an...
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Companies in Hungary are not willing to work with young mothers
Date: 2011-01-13 08:13:08
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UN, EU, G20: the whole world is worried about food prices
Date: 2011-01-12 17:55:02
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization drew attention; that the price of the basic foods reached record highs in December 2010, which may lead to fear of inflation, protectionism, and...
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The poultry Product Council wants 8-12 percent wholesale price increase
Date: 2011-01-12 13:24:52
An 8 to 12 percent wholesale price increase would be needed to re-restore the profitability of domestic production – that can be read on the website of the Poultry Product...
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The MOSZ supports the “Original Hungarian Food” sign
Date: 2011-01-12 13:22:02
The National Federation of Agricultural Cooperators and Producers (MOSZ) supports the introduction of the “Original Hungarian Food” marking – said Tóth István, secretary of the MOSZ. He added that discussions...
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Europe's largest economy grew by 3.6 percent in 2010
Date: 2011-01-12 12:35:37
German Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.6 percent in 2010, compared with a year earlier – said the German statistics office on Wednesday. According to the communication of the...
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Last year, cereal production fell by 9 percent
Date: 2011-01-12 12:25:36
Last year, 12.3 million tons of grain was produced on nearly on 2.6 million acres, on 11 percent smaller area than in the previous year. The yield decreased by more...
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France reclaimed the first place
Date: 2011-01-12 12:21:53
Once again, France was the world's leading wine producer in 2010, after a year earlier Italy overtook it – shows the analysis of IWSR market research institute. Although wine producing...
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India is already concerned about rising food prices
Date: 2011-01-12 12:21:18
Manmohan Singh, Indian Prime Minister has convened an extraordinary government meeting on Tuesday, in order to deal with the alarming rise of food prices. On the meeting, that was held...
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The Saturn and Media Markt are no longer to “pull” Metro?
Date: 2011-01-12 12:17:56
The Saturn and Media Markt chains were the pulling force companies of Metro Group, but in 2010 the two companies' earnings have stagnated, customers migrated to the Internet. The different...
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Vinexpo 2011 – list of programs
Date: 2011-01-12 11:58:48
Vinexpo sets the wine and spirits industry the challenge of invigorating its markets at its Bordeaux exhibition from 19 to 23 June 2011. Everything has been arranged for the international...
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Honey infected with antibiotics on the Hungarian market
Date: 2011-01-12 11:39:50
Honey-samples from Heves county are still being examined – daily paper Heves Megyei Hírlap learned from food safety and animal health board chief veterinary officer Dr József Eperjesi. The honey-controll...
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