News and articles
Joya soy product's
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
A refreshing novelty among Joya soy products. It combines the popular chocolate and vanilla flavours with a soft and creamy, pudding-type texture....
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Ecologic packaging for the milk industry
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
A California company developed a packaging solution called Eco|logic, which makes possible the 100-percent recycling of packaging material. The two-layer packaging – used in the milk industry – combines a...
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The margarine market expanded despite the recession
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
According to GfK’s Consumer Scan, 73 percent of Hungarian households bought some kind of tub margarine and 60 percent purchased baking margarine in the first quarter of 2010 – both...
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Házi Piros Paprika celebrated 20 years
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
On 4 June Házi Piros Paprika Kft. celebrated its 20th birthday in Bakodpuszta. Last year the company’s sales revenue was HUF 2.6 billion and they integrated 2,000 hectares of land....
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Milli Mia Túróvarázs reborn
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Milli Mia Túróvarázs returns in June with higher fruit content, highlighting the strawberry, apricot, sour cherry and blackcurrant flavours even more. There are few fruit flavours available on the milk...
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Update is gaining momentum
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Update International Kft.’s plan is to double the number of its franchise stores by the end of the year, completing the building of the 100-shop network in Hungary. The number...
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Beer specialty with lemon
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Beer specialty with lemon, the first flavoured beer in the medium price category....
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Retail keeps plunging
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
According to KSH’s report, there was a 4-percent decline in domestic retail turnover in March, compared with data from March 2009. In the 1st quarter, retail turnover was 4.6 percent...
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Large packaging units sell better
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Value sales of carbonated soft drinks grew in stores larger than 400 m² in the April 2009-March 2010 period; value sales fell in stores smaller than 400 m² – informs...
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With excellent training programmes for the future!
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
SPAR Hungary received its Accredited Adult Education Institute certification in 2006 and this year it was extended until 2014. SPAR pays great emphasis to training its employees, as the company...
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Successful Guinness record attempt with Irsai Olivér
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Királyi Wine House and Cellar Museum organised ‘The world’s largest spritzer’ Guinness record attempt in Buda Castle’s Szent György Square. The 550-litre spritzer giant was made from Szent István Korona’s...
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Chain reaction
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
If I say franchise in Hungary, nine out of ten people think of catering. Truth is that in catering most are not aware of the advantages offered by franchising. Franchising...
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Real Nature curds
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Real Nature curds are made of milk from cows kept on the best alpine meadows, in a natural environment....
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The meat industry is waiting for the grill season
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) continuously monitors and publishes world trends in poultry and fruit/vegetable products. Their last report reveals that the abattoir entry price of slaughter pig in...
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Sugar-free soft drinks – now in the lower categories too
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Carbonated soft drink retail sales fell last year, in terms of value and volume alike, but the decrease did not affect the different retail channels to the same extent. –...
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SPAR gives quality for loyalty!
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
SPAR’s latest point collecting loyalty programme started on 10 June and will finish on 18 August. After each HUF 1,000 spent, customers will receive 1 point and with 12 or...
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Health road show in INTERSPAR
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
SPAR Hungary organises its health road show for the 8th time between May and September 2010. The events will raise awareness of a healthy lifestyle in the INTERSPAR stores of...
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POPAI Master Course
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
POPAI Association closed the first six months of 2010 with a meeting on 3 July. The topic was ‘Crisis Solutions’ and Eszter Melisek, Nielsen’s client service director gave the keynote...
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MIZO Butter
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
A real novelty: butter that is easy to spread even when it is cold....
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Growth in external demand surpasses domestic demand growth
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. and Erste Bank, technically the recession ended in the 1st quarter of 2010 in Hungary as well and a 1-percent economic growth...
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Pantyliner sales are the most concentrated
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Sanitary napkins make up the biggest category among feminine hygiene products. According to the Nielsen Retail Index, its HUF 5 billion turnover remained stable in May 2009-April 2010, but in...
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Spring rejuvenation in ten towns and villages
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
The spring collection campaign of KÖSZI, a joint initiative of CBA and Procter&Gamble finished at the end of June. 10 winner towns and villages won HUF 1 million, which they...
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Borsodi is still the market leading beer in Hungary
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Borsodi Brewery’s sales revenue was HUF 40.6 billion in 2006, with a pretax profit of HUF 4.3 billion – the result of cost efficiency measures after a loss-making 2008 business...
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Retail Marketing Conference, London
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
On 30 June, a Retail Marketing Conference was held as part of ‘Marketing Week Live’ in London’s Olympia. Presenters from companies like Saatchi&Saatchi or Procter&Gamble spoke about the difference between...
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Wilkinson razor for women
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Wilkinson’s novelty is a premium, battery operated razor and bikini line trimmer in one, developed especially for women....
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In April Hungary was on top of the EU’s inflation list again
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
In April 2010, in the EU-27 consumer prices were 2 percent higher on average, compared to prices in April 2009. While prices decreased in Latvia (by 2.8 percent), the biggest...
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Good opportunities in the intimate sphere
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
An increasing number of segments and actors appear on the intimate hygiene market. Besides traditional products such as sanitary napkins, pantyliners, incontinence pads, tampons and cotton wool the significance of...
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Food exports falling
Date: 2010-07-06 00:02:59
The trade balance is still improving, but already there are signs in the improvement of the internal demand. The export-import gap is narrower than last year: exports improved by 16.8,...
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Beverage producing techniques at the Brau Beviale
Date: 2010-07-06 00:02:41
The Brau Beviale 2010, that will be held between 10 and 12 November prepares in the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre with a new look and with full force to the start....
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French Fair and street party in the downtown of Budapest
Date: 2010-07-06 00:02:21
The 31 stands of the French fair is waiting the guests with real French fairground atmosphere, children and sports programs, and with live music on the 10th of July between...
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