News and articles
Agrármarketing Centrum: food safety is a top priority
Date: 2011-01-24 12:07:38
In the past few weeks, plenty of press conferences appeared linked to poisoning, inappropriate, low quality food appearing on the shelves of various EU-members. Food-safety in Hungary is rather strict,...
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Foreign wines are mixed and marketed as Hungarian wines
Date: 2011-01-24 12:00:22
Thirty percent less grapes were grown in the Balatonboglár wine region last The market it still flooded with cheap, poor-quality foreign wines. Moreover some of these wines are mixed and...
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Profit increase at McDonald's
Date: 2011-01-24 11:59:48
In the last three months of 2010, McDonald's profit was 1.24 billion dollars, 1.16 dollars per share, compared to the previous year's 1.22 billion dollars and 1.1 dollars per share...
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Products from PET bottles
Date: 2011-01-24 11:59:29
The Budafilter 94 Kft. is building a plant producing strapping tape and granules from PET bottles in Mezőfa, Fejér County. The cornerstone of the approximately 300 million HUF development was...
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The price of cocoa reached its annual peak
Date: 2011-01-24 11:53:08
The price of cocoa has increased to its annual peak in the New York commodity exchange, to 3.34 USD per tonne, which is a 4 percent increase. Alassane Ouattara, the...
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The German minister urges the food chains to open petrol stations
Date: 2011-01-24 11:10:55
Rainer Brüderle, the German Minister of Economic Affairs encourages the discount food chains, such as Aldi and Lidl to open petrol stations. The Minister expects greater competition and lower prices,...
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Furmint for February – a wine event coming up
Date: 2011-01-24 10:07:50
It's the second time the wine-event Furmint Február takes place, initiated by civils to introduce and promote as many furmint-made wines as possible throughout February. Several restaurants take part in...
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Hungarian Flavours' Fair in February – an event
Date: 2011-01-24 10:03:31
Culinary products of almost one hundred Hungarian master craftsmen will be introduced between the 11th and the 13th of February 2011 in the B Pavilion of the Millenáris, where the...
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METRO conference and customer academy 2011
Date: 2011-01-24 09:39:12
Nearly 130 FMCG-companies meet with the employees of METRO within the three days of the METRO Customer Academy, in order to discuss possibilities of co-operation in the long run. The...
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Meat controls do not mean a ban on imports
Date: 2011-01-21 20:34:41
According to a study of a German institute; the dioxin contamination was due to the improper storage of used frying fats for biodiesel production. The Hungarian Meat Association protested against...
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ECB flags risks of inflation, food prices rise
Date: 2011-01-21 12:47:58
The European Central Bank warned that commodity and food prices could push euro-zone inflation higher, the latest sign of concern from officials about the buildup of price pressures in the...
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The mangalica sector defies against the crisis
Date: 2011-01-21 12:06:37
The Hungarian mangalica breeders were managed to maintain the Hungarian mangalica breding on the same level, compared to the previous year, despite the difficult economic conditions. Last year, the Hungarian...
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Ipsos – the emerging countries trust more in economic upturn than the more advanced countries
Date: 2011-01-21 12:02:30
The inhabitants of the emerging countries are much more optimistic, over the economic upturn than the citizens of the more advanced countries – shows the survey of Ipsos. According to...
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The Hangya Cooperation calls for stronger import controls
Date: 2011-01-21 12:01:41
According to the views of the Hangya Cooperation; increasing controls are justifiable in the field of food imports, to protect consumer safety and the domestic producers. The organization points out,...
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New packaging invented to prevent food spoilage
Date: 2011-01-21 12:00:22
Scientists are reporting development and successful lab tests of “killer paper,” a material intended for use as a new food packaging material that helps preserve foods by fighting the bacteria...
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Company executives preparing for sales expansion
Date: 2011-01-21 11:58:16
Top-level executives expect intensifying competition, volatile and unpredictable markets, shrinking margins and the increasing of the importance of innovation – shows the study of the Ernst & Young, entitled “Competition...
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Gastronomic Fair on the Millenáris
Date: 2011-01-21 11:52:50
Culinary products of almost one hundred Hungarian master craftsmen will be introduced between the 11th and the 13th of February 2011 in the B Pavilion of the Millenáris, where the...
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Uniform rights for all European customers!
Date: 2011-01-21 11:51:55
Paolo Martinelli, the President of the civil Consumer Protection Organisation (BEUC) of the European Union and Morvay György, President of the National Consumer Protection Organisation (OFE), gave BEUC’s Union consumers...
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Electro World may be forced to close stores
Date: 2011-01-21 11:20:14
Electro World may close even three stores from the existing thirteen – reports Világgazdaság. The network has tens of millions debts. According to Polgár Csaba, the CEO of the company;...
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Tesco moving on to beauty industry instead of groceries
Date: 2011-01-21 10:16:59
Not content with having the lion’s share of the groceries market, Tesco now want a piece of the beauty pie with plans to open 70 new beauty salons across the...
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New Széchenyi Plan: nearly two billion HUF to apply this year
Date: 2011-01-20 12:43:44
Until March, the Ministry of National Development (NFM) tenders 1,100 billion HUF European Union tenders in the scope of the New Széchenyi Plan, and then in the rest of the...
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Demján expects the growth of employment from the SMEs
Date: 2011-01-20 12:42:21
The Hungarian small and medium-sized enterprises need credit and capital – said Demján Sándor, Executive Chairman of the National Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers (VOSZ). The employment growth can be...
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Output decrease on the commercial property market
Date: 2011-01-20 12:32:02
In Europe, the output change of the first class commercial properties slowed down in the fourth quarter of 2010, unlike the previous years, when property values have increased significantly –...
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The world's second largest economy increased by 10 percent last year
Date: 2011-01-20 12:10:39
China's economy expanded by 10.3 percent in 2010, while inflation was 3.3 percent – reports the China Central Bureau of Statistics on Thursday. The world's second-largest economy grew by 9.2...
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German cheese with Hungarian logo
Date: 2011-01-20 12:01:08
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) is about the make decision in a rather racy case: Spar Hungary has launched a set of cheeseland-cheeses of German origin, with a “Hungrian logo”...
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Confidence decreased in the euro area
Date: 2011-01-20 12:00:19
Consumer confidence deteriorated in the euro area in January, which is mainly in connection with the concerns over the debts of some countries in the region. According to the preliminary...
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X-Factor on the skating rink of Corvin
Date: 2011-01-20 11:59:48
The free skating rink on the top of the Corvin shopping center officially opened today with the participation of Takács Nikolas, Király L. Norbi and Vastag Tamás, X-Factor stars. The...
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eBay expects revenues of over ten billion dollars
Date: 2011-01-20 11:58:53
For this year eBay expects sales of 10.3 to 10.6 billion USD in sales on eBay. The expected profit will be more than the former expected 15 percent. In the...
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Here are the most artistic pálinka-bottles
Date: 2011-01-20 11:49:18
Rézangyal has asked contemporary artists to design pálinka-glasses, that's how Rézangyal Aert Collection was launched. According to the major pálinka-producer company, pálinka is a contemporary Hungarian brand, so it is...
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Hungarians drank 109 liters of mineral water per capita
Date: 2011-01-20 11:41:25
Hungarian citizens drank 109 liters of mineral water per capita ilast year, down slightly from 110 liters per capita in 2009, the Hungarian Mineral Water Association and Product Council announced....
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