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4.6 percent turnover decline in retail sales

The retail sales volume – adjusted from calendary day effect – decreased by 4.6 percent, in the first quarter of 2010 and in March by 4.0 percent, compared to the...

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SME week to come

The European small and medium-sized enterprises can receive informations on supports and can exchange their experiences at the events of the European SME Week starting on Tuesday. More than 50...

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Törley: Rain of medals in England

Törley Group's products gained success this year, in three very prestigious international wine competitions. On the Decanter World Wine Awards, International Wine Challenge, the products of Törley Group won 8...

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Energy-saving salami ripening cells at Kométa

Six new salami ripening cells were installed beside the existing 24, at the Kaposvár plant of the Kométa ’99 Zrt.. The total base area therefore increased by 30 percent, each...

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Moroccan producer who exported contaminated pepper excluded from export

According to Muláj Abbesz el-Kadiri Moroccan Ambassador, the exporter, who exported pepper contaminated with chemicals to Hungary will be excluded from export. The contaminated product was produced by a small...

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Industrial orders: 20 percent annual growth in the euro area

The euro zone’s new industrial orders increased in an extent, have not seen for 10 years in March, which may be another indication that the second quarter, will occur well...

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The Poznan International Fair for sale

The Polish government plans the privatisation of the organising company of the Poznan International Fair. The Treasury Ministry will start the negotiations with the potential investors, later this year or...

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Many shops can not give back from the twenty-thousand banknote

According to the joint survey of the MasterCard and Bankkártya.hu joint in most of the shops in Budapest the change of the largest Hungarian bank not is still an impossible...

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Government program: focus on local food production

According to the rural chapters of the government program; The new government would terminate the multi tax nature of the food retail shelf money and would reduce the sales of...

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GKI index is on its pre-crisis level

In May, the value of GKI’s seasonally adjusted business climate index continued to rise. According to the survey, made by GKI Economic Research Co. (www.gki.hu), with the support of the...

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Decline in fruit and vegetables yield, due to rainfall

Due to the rainfall and the floods the fruit and vegetables yield, will be 10-15 percent less, but price increases are not necessarily expected. The experts questioned by the InfoRádió...

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Western Europe eats ducks rather than geese

The consumption of geese products decreased, partly due to the discrediting campaign of the Four Paws, partly because of the crisis in Western Europe. More and more customers are buying...

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PEDIGREE ® again the most reliable pet food brand in Hungary

The Hungarian readers of Reader's Digest voted for the Pedigree ® brand as the best in the pet food category of the “European Trusted Brands”. The brand has received the...

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Nestlé recals three of its coffees

Nestlé Hungária Ltd. recalls the Alta Rica, Cap Colombie and Espresso instant coffee product lines – published the Hungarian Food Safety Office, on its website. The reason of the recall...

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SIÓ: Twenty pallets of Fruit juice for the volunteers

The SIÓ-ECKES Ltd. offered several millions HUF worth of fruit juice to the professionals and the volunteers, who are fighting against the flood in Northern Hungary. Friday afternoon, with the...

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Metro continues its Asian expansion

German trading group Metro is massively expanding in China and at other growing markets in Asia. In long terms Asia, and in particular China always played an important role in...

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Tesco supports the introduction of minimum alcohol prices to combat against abuse

Tesco supports the prohibition of the distribution of alcoholic products below cost prices in Britain. The new British government would impose minimum prices for drinks in order to discourage excessive...

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The PepsiCo also invests in Chinese agriculture

The U.S. PepsiCo. will invest 2.5 billion USD in China in the next three years – announced Indra Nooyi, president and CEO of the company in Friday in Shanghai. The...

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The food industry should be treated as a strategic sector

The food industry may ruin, if we fail to boost innovation – states the Hungarian National Food Technology Platform. According to their calculations; 45-50 billion HUF should be invested in...

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There is no ceasefire between the stores and the suppliers

Next week, the suppliers will make a statement against those food retail chains, that are most violate the unfair trading practices law. The two major problems with the food retail...

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Széchenyi Card: 7.6 billion debt, from 750 billion

The Hungarian companies has reached 750 billion HUF credit line through the Széchenyi card system. Currently 1600 companies are on the black list, but the bankruptcy rate is relatively low.The...

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Hungary's competitiveness has improved

Hungary improved from last year’s 45th place to the 42nd in IMD’s 2010 competitiveness rankings – reports the Swiss IMD, the world's leading business school. According to the latest ranking;...

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We can trust only in certified organic products

The Biokontroll Hungária Nonprofit Ltd. will install mobile laboratories in order to test organic food production and the products. The three vans will carry out at least 500 checks in...

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The Ifo-index shows an improvement the global economic sentiment

The global economic sentiment index of the German IFO Institute for Economic Research improved further. The index of the second quarter rose to 104.1 points, from the former 99.5 points...

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The Hungarian Food Bank Association surprises 28 thousand children

As the result of the fundraising initiative of the Hungarian Food Bank Association a total of 28 thousand needy children will receive gifts on the occasion of children’s Day. The...

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Recognized artists in the national jury of Henkel.Art.Award 2010

Henkel Hungary Ltd. invited four artists to assess the works of Hungarian artists who take part in the Henkel.Art.Award 2010 competition, and to select three of them who can participate...

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The European Parliament does not support meet glueing

The European Parliament vetoed the European Commission's decision, which made it possible to use the thrombin enzyme as food additive. The thrombin was used to glue the meet parts that...

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Equipment for firefighters in Sopron and screenings for Martfű dwellers

The two winner foundations spent the HUF 3 million they won in the ‘Heineken Hungária for Sopron / Martfű’ charity programme on the projects mentioned above. Heineken announced its charity...

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New finance director at METRO

From 19 April, Csaba Mándoki is the new finance director of METRO Hungary. He started his career at METRO Hungary in 1995 as head of the controlling department. From March...

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Knorr Raspberry Cream Soup

Refreshing Raspberry cream soup contains fruit bits and is easy to prepare any time, without cooking....

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