News and articles
Energy drinks slowly leave the tutti-frutti flavour behind
Date: 2013-03-05 21:09:05
After the two-digit growth of previous years last year shocked the energy drink market with a one-digit sales drop. However, this decline could easily be forecasted after the details of...
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Reasonable changes in the fruit-vegetable sector
Date: 2013-03-05 21:03:40
The fruit and vegetable sector is becoming increasingly polarized: on the one hand the role of retail is more and more important in selling fruits and vegetables, and this requires...
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Even better price/value ratio squeezed out of those plastic bottles
Date: 2013-03-05 20:58:45
Due to the elevated packaging material and ingredient prices, to a certain extent wet condiment prices rose in the spring of 2012, which obviously led to a bit lower volume...
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Ministerial visit to the SPAR TANN meat plant
Date: 2013-03-05 20:55:35
On 5 February 2013 Minister of Rural Development Dr Sándor Fazekas paid a visit to the TANN meat plant. The minister and representatives of the press had a chance to...
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SPAR’s own meat processing plant is a guarantee for high quality
Date: 2013-03-05 20:52:45
SPAR Hungary was the first among retail chains – and is still the only one – to open its own meat processing plant in Bicske at the end of 2004....
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METRO prepares for Easter with new products and services
Date: 2013-03-05 20:48:30
For METRO the meat/meat product category has always been of great importance and in 2012 regional, homely flavours were in the limelight: in many stores local flavours have been added...
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Easter may also be a time of fasting on the ham market
Date: 2013-03-05 20:41:00
Elevated animal feed prices and the drop in the pig stock may put manufacturers in a difficult position and increase the consumer prices of meat products. This season yet another...
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Ethical advertising
Date: 2013-03-05 20:37:23
Act 48 of 2008 on the Basic Requirements and Certain Restrictions applying to Commercial Advertising Activities regulates and in theory prohibits advertisements targeting children that would be harmful to their...
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Recommended to young people too
Date: 2013-03-05 20:29:10
The Think Healthy Programme is a non-governmental initiative with the objective of creating a safe family and institutional environment for all children in Hungary, giving them the chance to develop...
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Milks in the stores are safe
Date: 2013-03-05 12:20:38
It is safe to consume milk products marketed in Hungary. The authorities have actually found products contaminated with aflatoxin, after the Hír TV revealed that aflatoxins were found at a...
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The good potato crop and low import price may bring price decrease for the autumn
Date: 2013-03-05 12:11:41
Due to last year's drought the domestic potato crop will not last much longer, but because of the structure of imports rise is not likely to continue in the retail...
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The Hungarian sugar industry should be revitalized, at least for self-support
Date: 2013-03-05 12:08:33
According to the Minister of Rural Development’s written response to questions from MPs, the establishment of new sugar factories can be considered in the next seven years. Due to the...
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Lidl wants to increase its Hungarian supplier rate to 60 percent
Date: 2013-03-05 11:40:55
Lidl wants to increase the Hungarian supplier rate to 60 percent from the current 54 percent until the end of 2014, in the scope of its; for the Hungarian suppliers...
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Hungarian-Brazilian fishery agreement
Date: 2013-03-05 11:01:41
razil's Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Marcelo Crivella is on an official visit to Hungary at the invitation of Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas. At their meeting today, the...
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One can sign in to the MaReSz Day on discounted price until 8 March
Date: 2013-03-05 11:00:37
The Hungarian Association of Event Organizers and Sevice Providers are organizing the MaReSz Day for the third time now in the “Innovation in event organization” topic. Date:19 March 2013 (Tuesday)...
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The local market in Gyula to be renewed
Date: 2013-03-05 11:00:05
The local market will be renewed in Gyula. The construction works have been started on Monday and will be finished at the end of April – Görgényi Ernő (Fidesz) mayor...
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Religious-themed Easter eggs in the British stores this year
Date: 2013-03-05 10:59:11
Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and the Co-Op bowed to pressure after a three-year “pestering” campaign by figures including the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu. Dr Sentamu used his Easter...
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Varied results for Technical Consumer Goods market in 2012
Date: 2013-03-05 10:34:43
The overall Technical Consumer Goods (TCG) market in Western Europe achieved a sales volume of EUR 55.9 billion in Q4 2011. This corresponds to a decrease of 4.1% compared to...
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New energy saving program at METRO
Date: 2013-03-05 09:14:38
METRO AG's Management Board decided to propose a dividend payment for the financial year 2012 of €1.00 per ordinary share (2011: €1.35) and €1.06 per preference share (2011: €1.485). Despite...
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VAT reduction: Product Advice Marketing Boards ask for the resolution of the government
Date: 2013-03-04 13:20:29
The Product Advice Marketing Boards are urging the government to decide in case of VAT reduction and called them for the disclosure of the decision. In their joint communication, the...
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KSH: trade surplus was nearly 7 billion euros in 2012
Date: 2013-03-04 12:20:08
Last year, export in euros was 0.1 percent higher than in 2011, while imports rose by 0.5 percent. The trade balance surplus was 6.8 billion euros, 237 million euros less...
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Nielsen: Costumers purchased easter sweets for about 3.3 billion HUF last year
Date: 2013-03-04 12:18:03
Hungarian food retail increased its turnover on the field of Easter sweets: almost 900 tons of chocolate bunnies, eggs and other holiday sweets were sold in teh shops in the...
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Analysts: Hungarian foreign trade performance was poor in 2012
Date: 2013-03-04 12:10:10
Analysts polled by MTI considered the performance of Hungarian foreign trade in 2012 as poor, referring to the Central Statistics Office’s flash report published on Monday. The Ministry of National...
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The Avantgarde has received an another digital errand to promote the cornflakes of Nestlé
Date: 2013-03-04 11:55:23
The Avantgarde has received an another digital errand to promote the cornflakes of Nestlé as the next step of the promotion of Nestlé cornflakes. From January 2013, the Nestlé Hungary...
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The state support of the meat industry in Gyula was EU compliant
Date: 2013-03-04 11:51:22
According to the resolution of the European Union's agriculture industrial directorate sent to the Parliamentary Secretary of the Hungarian Ministry of Rural Development, the meat industry in Gyula was not...
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So far, 60 thousand people visited the Fairs of Handicraft Hungarian Flavours
Date: 2013-03-04 11:50:38
The Fair of Handicraft Hungarian Flavours and Gastro Fair will be organized for the fifth time at the B building of the Budapest Millenáris, between 8 –10 March. The visitors...
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International Conference dealing with food analytical methods in Budapest
Date: 2013-03-04 11:05:28
The Codex Alimentarius, international organization’s (Sampling and Analytical Methods Technical Committee) important task is to provide safe, high-quality and healthy foods all over the world – Fazekas Sándor, Minister of...
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The Austrian 3e DIY retailer would expand in Hungary further
Date: 2013-03-04 11:00:33
The Austrian 3e DIY and tool retailer would expand further in Hungary. The company has 25 member companies in the Hungarian market currently – the company informed MTI. Günther Pacher,...
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Media Markt closes its stores in China
Date: 2013-03-04 10:59:05
The owners Media Markt China decided to close their Chinese stores, due to the fierce competition and the weaknesses of their market situation. The company owned by the German Media...
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GKI: Falling behind more and more
Date: 2013-03-04 10:23:03
The 2012 forecast of GKI Economic Research Co. proved to be almost completely accurate: GDP fell by 1.7 per cent in Hungary. Only stagnation can be expected this year, and...
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