News and articles
Consumer spendings have increased in the world's largest economy
Date: 2012-04-03 11:22:41
The U.S. personal spendings grew by 0.8 percent in February, surpassing the expectations of a 0.6 percent increase. The January data was improved to 0.4 percent growth from 0.2 percent....
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Novelty from Haas Natural: Rákóczi cottage cheese pudding powder
Date: 2012-04-03 11:20:32
The Natural Haas product line expanded with a new product: with the Haas Natural Rákóczi cottage cheese pudding powder. The new, limited edition pudding The Natural Haas product line expanded...
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Molson Coors to acquire Cenral and Eastern European brewer StarBev
Date: 2012-04-03 11:16:07
Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE: TAP; TSX) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with StarBev L.P., owned by funds (“CVC Funds”) advised by CVC Capital Partners Limited...
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METRO joined to the Earth Hour initiative for the fifth time
Date: 2012-04-03 10:50:01
All illuminated signs of every METRO stores will be turned off in Hungary for an hour. The protection of the environment is important element of the operation of Metro. In...
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The sun protection of children is again in the center this year
Date: 2012-04-03 09:25:06
The dm drogerie markt re-organizes its “Children of the Sun” campaign based on an international initiative. This is the second year, when dm draws attention to the dangers of sun...
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OKSZ: We will spend during Easter despite the crisis
Date: 2012-04-02 13:10:41
This year, egg prices increase drastically, thus Easter holiday meals will cost more, but merchants expect that the Hungarian population will spend the same amount as last year. According to...
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KÉKI: High quality ham is expensive, but the cheaper is not bad either
Date: 2012-04-02 12:52:48
Hungarian housewives can definitely agree about one thing: they have received plenty of good ideas on how to buy the ideal ham for Easter. Never before did so many ham-tests...
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Russian supermarket chain buys two thousand tons of Hungarian apples
Date: 2012-04-02 12:50:55
The Russian Magnit supermarket chain buys two thousand tons of Hungarian apples as the first step. The shipping of the fruits has begun to Russia – informed the Ministry of...
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Hungarian exhibitors at Alimentaria 2012
Date: 2012-04-02 12:34:38
Alimentaria Barcelona IS the most important International Food and Drinks Exhibition in Spain and one of the world’s premier shows, and took place from 26th to 29th March 2012, last...
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BMI on a record annual level
Date: 2012-04-02 12:20:57
The seasonally adjusted value of the Purchasing Manager Index (BMI) was 56.8 points in March, the highest of the last thirteen months. In addition, it is well above 50 points,...
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The Ministry of Rural Development's proposal on illegal land purchasing
Date: 2012-04-02 12:08:53
The government has adopted the Ministry of Rural Development's proposal on illegal land purchasing. The Minister of Rural Development promised swift and effective action regarding so-called pocket contracts. At the...
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The Government has adopted the National Rural Strategy
Date: 2012-04-02 12:00:14
“The Government is treating agriculture as an important spring-board”, stressed András Giró-Szász at the press conference at which he and Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas jointly announced that the...
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Changes in the pig holding rules
Date: 2012-04-02 11:33:51
The EU regulation that prohibits the sows to be kept in isolation – will enter into force in January 2013 – will only affect less than 50 affected pig farms...
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Tesco awaits its local suppliers
Date: 2012-04-02 11:15:52
Tesco organizes its sixth Regional Suppliers' Forum on 18 April in Szolnok. For the event the local producers of Nógrád, Heves, and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county are expected. In addition to local...
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Special award goes to MIRELITE MIRSA
Date: 2012-04-02 10:42:07
MIRELITE MIRSA has received the Special Award of Hungarian Agrareconomy. The award was handed to Dr. József Losó on 13th March 2012 in the ceremonial room of the Ministry of...
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Bonduelle: Ten tips for housewives
Date: 2012-04-02 10:40:50
How to cook and eat healthy, simple and diversified with the use canned and frozen vegetables? 1. With the products of Bonduelle, you can save time and effort, as the...
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Avon will not sell itself for even ten billion USD
Date: 2012-04-02 10:15:27
A ten billion USD acquisition is under way in the cosmetic industry, after Coty today made an offer for Avon Products. The offer is 23.25 USD per share, which represents...
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What ends up in the washing machine?
Date: 2012-04-02 00:02:24
Instead of detergent powders, a growing number of consumers buy liquid or gel detergents or those in pre-portioned doses. Consequently, we find these products in the portfolio of every big...
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Hypermarkets prevail on the detergent market
Date: 2012-04-01 23:58:57
Every year HUF 33 billion worth of detergent is sold in Hungary. Last year retail sales were down 3 percent in value and 5 percent in volume, if compared with...
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PET bottle is still at the top of its game among fruit juices
Date: 2012-04-01 23:51:08
– When the economic recession commenced, juices and premium category products were capable of strengthening their positions. By today this trend turned around and it is the low fruit content...
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Increased market share for the biggest and the smallest stores
Date: 2012-04-01 23:46:47
Fruit juice sells in the value of HUF 40 billion a year in Hungary. Last year value sales were up 1 percent but Nielsen registered minus 4 percent in volume...
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New ice cream products for gourmets
Date: 2012-04-01 23:42:11
Consumers have become more price sensitive in ice cream buying as well, and this led to more sales in promotion and a strikingly high market share for PL products. Dr...
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Price reigns among patés and spreads
Date: 2012-04-01 23:35:21
Economic hardships started a restructuring process on the meat product market – to the detriment of patés and spreads. One of the reasons for this was a 6.1-percent increase in...
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Image carriers on the go
Date: 2012-04-01 23:25:14
András Gerencsér from Béflex Solution Kft. and Balázs Koncz from Nordenskjöd Design Kft. told Trade magazin that efficient fleet decoration is image-focused and does not feature too much text or...
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A fleet in good hands
Date: 2012-04-01 23:18:14
There are a couple of factors in the domain of fleet financing and management that give way to optimism: tenders are going to be reannounced and changes in legislation may...
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The GPS sees everything
Date: 2012-04-01 23:14:10
iData Kft. is an acknowledged Hungarian satellite tracking company. Company head Lajos Szabó has realised the importance of this kind of service and created iTrack GPS, which is now used...
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METRO cast their vote on a reliable type
Date: 2012-04-01 20:22:04
A new vehicle fleet aids the work of METRO’s 140 regional sales reps, giving team members a uniform technological background and look. Yvette Krubl, communications manager of METRO Hungary told...
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Food-chain safety tests in the ham-product sphere
Date: 2012-03-30 16:09:03
Prior to the Easter-season, the National Foodchain-safety Authority has ordered a detailed check-up to examine all ham-products. The county-authorities have checked producers as well as shops. Throughout the controlling process,...
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European egg production decreases by a weekly 200 million pieces
Date: 2012-03-30 14:48:39
As Easter is approaching, eggs are getting more expensive Europe and it seems that shortage will occur from eggs, as the primarily result of the new European Union regulation. According...
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Fazekas Sándor: the government aims to increase the proportion of food distributed by the producers
Date: 2012-03-30 14:20:37
The government in its National Rural Strategy points out that they are willing to increase the proportion of food sold directly by producers from 7 percent to 20 percent until...
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