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Formula 1: Coca Cola may replace Vodafone at McLaren
Date: 2012-07-09 11:35:37
Vodafone is considering the end of its presence in Formula 1. The telecommunications giant may be replaced by Coca-Cola. Vodafone joined to Formula-1 in 2002 as the sponsor of Ferrari,...
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The world's largest retailer is fifty years old
Date: 2012-07-09 11:20:03
Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart store on the 2nd of July 1962. Since then, Wal-Mart has become the world's largest retailer – mfor.hu writes. In 2001, Wal-Mart became America's...
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New Nestle plant in Dubai
Date: 2012-07-09 11:15:49
The Swiss food company will build a new plant in Dubai for 136 million USD. The 175 thousand square meter complex will provide 800 new jobs in the city –...
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Brau Beviale 2012: Tradition, innovation and naturalness
Date: 2012-07-09 10:32:55
Brau Beviale starts a day earlier in 2012 – on Tuesday, 13 November. Some 1,350 exhibitors and a good 31,500 visitors can look forward to the beverage industry’s most important...
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Fast food restaurants prefer chicken meat
Date: 2012-07-09 08:55:38
Dan Thompson, CEO of McDonald's would intoduce more and more products made of chicken, to the menu of the fast food chain. With the change, the company would target the...
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Nielsen: the amount that Hungarians spend on home maintenance is an European record
Date: 2012-07-06 12:48:02
The Hungarians spend the most part of their monthly budgets on housing-related services among the residents of twenty-eight European countries. While in Hungary, 36 percent of the average costs usually...
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Melon market participants consult in the ministry
Date: 2012-07-06 12:40:22
Local watermelon producers and multinational chain of stores are consulting in the Rural Development Ministry (VM) on Friday, on creating balanced melon market conditions – informs Simonka György, President of...
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Kalocsai paprika powder under EU protection
Date: 2012-07-06 12:30:49
The European Commission registered the “Kalocsai paprika powder” into the register of protected designations and protected geographical indications on July 3 – the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) told MTI...
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Hipercom: The best basket choice of June
Date: 2012-07-06 12:22:49
Hipercom Hungária Ltd. has listed the best basket choices of the month for June, too, based on various channels. The data of the research are taken from Hipercom Monitoring database,...
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Low-quality food distributors may be sentenced to several years in prison
Date: 2012-07-06 11:55:15
Those who will distribute low-quality, unhealthy or false food will risk even several years of sentence from January 1 next year – when the new Criminal Code will enter into...
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The Hungarian Prison Service joins to the “Start” work model program
Date: 2012-07-06 10:58:26
The Annamajori Kft., the Baracska-based farm of the Hungarian Prison Service delivers about 22 thousand chickens to forty municipalities nationwide from Friday. The Annamajori Kft., has joined to the “Start”...
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Coca-Cola slashes water footprint
Date: 2012-07-06 10:37:21
Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report (CRS) highlights how CCE is delivering against its 2007 sustainability targets. This follows on from its 'Reasons to Believe' sustainability report released at the start...
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The most ice cream in Italy is consumed in Rome
Date: 2012-07-06 10:28:07
Rome leads the list of Italian cities of artisan ice cream consumption with an annual 19 kilograms per person. In Rome an annual six or seven kilograms ice cream is...
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The genome of melon was decoded by Spaniards
Date: 2012-07-06 10:27:21
In the scope of the cooperation of nine Spanish research centers the complete description of melon’s genome is ready. Seven melon versions were introduced to the genetic analysis, the researchers...
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Pancakes will be fried in Derekegyház for one hundred and seventy hours
Date: 2012-07-06 10:21:33
At the sixth Pancake Festival in Derekegyháza pancakes will be fried for one hundred and seventy hours in the scope of a record attempt. So far, Hungarian records were born...
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Bike mall to be built in Csepel
Date: 2012-07-06 08:55:22
Indotek Group will start the construction of the on ten thousand square meters Pedál Market for byciclists in the beginning of 2013 on the area of the former Csepel Metal...
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Workplace Protecting Plan – positive impact is expected in trade
Date: 2012-07-05 12:59:09
According to experts, the costs of wages are the biggest in trade, so the Prime Minister's package of measures announced on Monday can be beneficial. Prime Minister Orbán Viktor announced...
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OTP launches a one hundred billion HUF investment loan program
Date: 2012-07-05 12:57:30
OTP Bank launches a one hundred billion HUF investment loan application its corporate clients. One priority of the program is to finance manufacturing, agricultural and food investments, that are planned...
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Policy Agenda: improving SME sector expectations
Date: 2012-07-05 12:50:15
The expectations of the Hungarian small and medium-sized enterprise sector continued to improve in the second quarter, however the leaders of the companies still not expect a significant change in...
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Ten percent of the wheat was already harvested in Vas county
Date: 2012-07-05 12:15:39
On the 40 thousand hectare wheat field, 10 percent of the crop was already harvested in Vas county. Experience has shown that there will be no problems with the amount...
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VinAgora: record number of entries
Date: 2012-07-05 10:51:57
A record number of 630 entries from twenty countries arrived to one of Hungary's most prestigious and only accredited international wine competition the VinAgora International Wine Competition, held for the...
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Bull's Blood celebration in Eger
Date: 2012-07-05 10:50:35
The Mountain Village of Eger organizes the Bull's Blood celebration in Eger for the 16th time this year. The festival lasts from th 5th to the 8th of July, on...
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Praktiker to be re-organized
Date: 2012-07-05 10:50:19
The Germany-based Praktiker DIY chain will be re-organized. According to the decision approved at the general meeting of the company that concept will be implemented, which envisages store closures. Under...
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Annually 200 million Chinese get sick from contaminated food
Date: 2012-07-05 10:49:26
The Chinese leadership promises to improve food security –the Renmin Ribao central party newspaper wrote on Wednesday. The government has promised the introduction of a more effective regulatory system and...
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Unilever and sustainability
Date: 2012-07-05 09:16:08
In 2011, 87 companies responded to the FFD’s annual Disclosure Request, up from 35 in 2010. FFD named Unilever, along with Nestlé, joint leader of the Food Products and Soft...
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Tokaji wineries were debuted in Russia
Date: 2012-07-05 09:00:22
Eight Tokaji wineries were presented themselves in Moscow on Thursday. The audience of the event was mainly consisted of Moscow-based Russian wholesale chains, and the largest buyers, but many representatives...
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Retail sales of the EU and the euro area increased in May
Date: 2012-07-04 12:52:32
In May, retail sales increased in both in the 17-member euro zone and in the 27-member EU – the European Union's statistical office the Eurostat announced on Wednesday. In May,...
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Corn prices increase in the heat
Date: 2012-07-04 12:50:53
Due to the hot days, maize and sunflower have significantly deteriorated in recent days. The assessment of damages has already started. The great drought and the almost African heat destroyed...
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Magazine: Business Breakfast – Optimism on the boat
Date: 2012-07-04 12:34:05
Spoon Café was the venue of PwC Hungary’s exclusive business breakfast (held in cooperation with Trade magazin, Chain Bridge Club and the Brand Association) on 16 May, where the main...
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Bonduelle signed a 300 million euros revolving credit facility
Date: 2012-07-04 12:10:15
Bonduelle took up revolving credit in a value of 300 million euros to refinance the Kelet Food and the other two canning factories, that were bought at the beginning of...
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