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Tesco organised a meeting for suppliers

On 19 November, Tesco organised a meeting for regional suppliers for the first time. The event was held in Debrecen with participants from 3 counties and focused on getting to...

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Two-digit decrease among frozen convenience foods and ready-made meals

ConsumerScan by GfK Hungária reveals that narrowing spending possibilities of households had a significant effect on convenience foods and ready-made meals as well. The market was expanding until 2007, when...

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Domestic products’ share shrinking among dairy products

Last year milk processing generated a gross production value of HUF 218 billion. Production cost was HUF 75-80/kg – rather competitive, if we consider that in the EU the average...

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With modern packaging against deterioration

According to the latest survey by USDA, 40 percent of food sold worldwide lands in the garbage can. 100 million tons of food decomposes every year in European waste disposal...

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POS-001

In our new series we selected a few European BTL campaigns and every month we would like to introduce one from the food, drink and non-food categories each. December is...

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Fonte Verde enyhén lúgos szénsavmentes ásványvíz, pH 7,4

Thanks to its natural mineral composition, FONTE VERDE is a still, slightly alkaline mineral water with a pH value of 7.4....

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Back to the future – Future store solutions at Praktiker

The masters course of POPAI Magyarország Association involved learning about the future store solutions at the Praktiker store in Vecsés, last autumn. Marketing director Péter Dömötör analyses the elements of...

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Caffé Perté entered the vending market

Caffé Perté, one of the biggest café suppliers on the domestic market entered the market with professional hot drink vending machines. Commercial director Andrea Boda said that the term ‘premium’...

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International cosmetics trade fair in Düsseldorf

‘Beauty International’, held on 26-28 March 2010 will concentrate on beauty and especially skin care. 1,200 companies and brands are going to be present and 50,000 visitors are awaited. You...

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We economise on pizza too

The frozen pizza category has always been price-sensitive and the market has been shrinking since 2007. Despite consumers’ spending more time with cooking at home, frozen pizza sales are not...

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Cheese, fruityoghurt, sour cream

Among the 90 food categories measured by Nielsen, cheese ranks 3rd, fruit yoghurt is 7th and sour cream is 9th in terms of value. All three achieved growth in terms...

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BIZERBA in the service of retail sales

When developing the KH-type scales, Bizerba focused on the results of a survey, according to which international retail chains would like to create a more interactive and more interesting shopping...

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FUN – Former Unilever Network

On 20 November, the meeting with the above name was held for the 2nd time on Margaret Island. This time it was a bit different, because several colleagues who are...

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Kubu gyümölcsnektár

The popular banana-strawberry flavour is made with 100% fruit content and contains no added sugar....

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Foreign markets – Croatia – Where traditional shops are still able to grow

According to a study by Nielsen, titled ShopperTrends, supermarkets dominate the food retail of Croatia (a market of 4.5 million consumers), as 69 percent (up from 49 a year ago)...

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Magyar Cukor Zrt. got a top mark

The only Hungarian sugar company finished a successful year at the end of 2009. In the Kaposvár refinery they completed a campaign at the end of last year: 730,000 tons...

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New management for the Czech fair organiser

On 17 December 2009, the board of directors of Veletrhy Brno public limited company (BVV) appointed Jiří Kuliš to the post of director general. Norbert Schmidt was created general commercial...

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More expensive milk chocolate egg and rabbit figures are the most popular

Easter sweets sales are expected to be around HUF 2.3 billion-2.5 billion. According to the Nielsen Retail Index, seasonal turnover growth stopped in 2008 – in volume there was an...

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Few fruits and vegetables were profitable

Last summer brought hailstorms and drought, the damages amounted to billions of Forints. Due to the economic crisis the sector lost markets. Only watermelon and white paprika did considerably well....

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Identification, control, product suggestion: the future has arrived

One of the key drivers of consumer behaviour is distrust that is rooted in fear from the unknown. Providing consumers with precise and credible information could alleviate this distrust –...

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Hungarian exhibitors, old and new

Tranzit-Ker Zrt. of Debrecen was one of the debutants at the fair; their annual turnover is HUF 8-10 billion. Head of Tranzit-Dió Kft. (a member of the group), Péter Szabó...

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Bonbonita Mogyorós 4 szemes és Bonbonita Baileys likőrös 4 szemes Bonbonkülönlegességek a hagyományok nyomán!

Characteristic ball-shaped Bonbonita is based on 100-year old recipes and made using top quality base materials....

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Frozen products are waiting for the market to thaw

2009 was the year when consumers started spending more time in the kitchen and spending less eating out. Dr József Losó, the CEO of MIRSA Zrt. completely agrees. He saw...

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New sales director at Wrigley

From 1 Januray 2010, György Walter is the new sales director of Wrigley Hungária Kft., the domestic market leader in chewing gum distribution. György Walter started his career at Unilever...

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‘It is a pleasure to give’ campaign was a success

On 15-20 December 2009, it was for the 14th time that SPAR stores hosted the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service’s annual durable food-collecting campaign. 118 tons of food were collected in...

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You can look and you can touch – Easter chocolate figures

After last year’s renewal, this year it is the turn of presenting the assortment in a spectacular fashion at Bonbonetti, the market leader in Easter chocolate figures production. According to...

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Preserving industry produces less

Two thirds of the preserving industry is dominated by Hamé, Univer and Bonduelle. Last year they held back production by 15-20 percent. The canning segment’s annual sales revenue is HUF...

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Metro, TESCO and Co-op have already realised…

Mistakes occurring in the supply chain are often the result of partners not communicating correct data to each other about the products. The retail chains mentioned above have already realised...

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Pasta and wine on the top of the import list

The head of the Budapest office of the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade (ICE), Alessio Ponz de Leon Pisani informed us that pasta, wine and olive oil were the most...

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NÖM ProX 500 ml probiotikus joghurtital cereáliákkal

The new refreshing 500 ml members of the succesful ProX probiotic yoghurt drink family contain cereals, and are now available in strawberry and mixed berry flavours as well. Start your...

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