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Focus on customer awareness

In 2009, the daily consumer goods purchased by households remained stable in nominal terms, compared to 2008, but the volume narrowed. Among the commercial channels, the supermarket channel has reached...

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The meat guild listed the industry’s difficulties in a communication

The unfavorable economic environment and the black trade hardens the situation of the meat industry the most. The sector would like to reach lower VAT, tighter market and unity. Every...

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More and more food consumed in China and Brazil

While the Americans, the British and the French are spending less on food, in China and Brazil more and more food and drinks consumed – shows a British research. According...

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After pálinka, the wine and soda and the home made beer to come

After the government announced the free fruit preparation, the wine and soda and home made beer makers feel, that they suffer unjustified discrimination. They would like to achive a reduction...

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New online application is easy to calculate the ecological footprint

BASF developed an internet-based eco-efficiency barometer, which allows the user to examine the environmental impact of a particular product through combinations of several key parameters. So far, if anyone wanted...

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Russia seeks self-sufficiency in chicken breeding

A serious fall may occur in European chicken exports in a couple of years, if Russia succeeds in the development of its own chicken breeding. Consumption slightly increases in the...

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Mádi László became the President of the Hungarian Brewers Association

Mádi László former MP of Fidesz fills the presidency of the Hungarian Brewers Association – reports the association. From July 2010 Mádi László will be the president of the association,...

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Greenpeace charge against global companies

Greenpeace in its latest report condemns many global companies, because they used to buy paper products from a company, that destroys Indonesian forests. Walmart, Tesco, Carrefour, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Hewlett...

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Completa’s prize game comes to an end

Completa’s promotion campaign started on 1 March 2010. Participants had to collect 4 barcodes from products and send them to Completa before 30 April. The first 5,000 senders received Completa...

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Water polo players on a date with Theodora

From May six Olympic gold medallist water polo players and coach Dénes Kemény will appear on the bottles of Theodora mineral waters. Kékkúti Ásványvíz Zrt. has been sponsoring the national...

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Discount holidays

According to a survey by SymphonyIRI, in the US more people will economise on holidays this year than last year. The population of cheaper destinations is growing, and camp sites...

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Fighting those extra kilos

Being overweight and the related illness are one of the biggest problems in welfare societies. Update offers clinically tested, lasting solutions to these problems. The system, nomen est omen, is...

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Increasing proportion of garden products in Praktiker

We discussed the latest consumer trends with Szilvia Nagy, Praktiker Kft’s garden product purchaser. – Did the economic recession result in reduced demand for garden products? – The recession influenced...

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The government is against the abuse of dominance

There is a chapter in the new government’s programme called ‘Measures against the abuse of dominance and monopolies’, which states that in a market competition the better wins if there...

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Sodexo reacts to changing market expectations with a new name

2010 was the year of changes for Sodexo: changes that affected the whole sector made the company change its appearance and services portfolio. Sodexo Pass will be called Sodexo Motivation...

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Young Hungarian executive is the new head of McDonald’s Hungary

Ágnes Horváth was appointed the managing director of McDonald’s Hungary in May 2010. The 36-year-old executive joined the company in1999. In 2008 she won the President’s Award of the company....

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The World’s Hottest Brands

AdAge Insights published its report about the world’s 30 hottest brands and their stories. The global expansion of Nando’s, a chicken restaurant from South Africa, or H&M illustrate how local...

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Innovation – the driving force behind growth

The need to raise consumers’ attention and keep it compels brand manufacturers to come out with new products regularly. Launching new products is usually accompanied with strong marketing campaigns. On...

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Declining sales by discount stores in the Czech Republic

In the first qarter of 2010, value sales in food retail decreased by 3.2 percent in the Czech Republic (in Hungary by 3.5 percent), while volume sales diminished by 2.8...

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Henkel becomes a superbrand

Four of Henkel Hungary’s brands earned the Superbrands qualification. A jury of independent experts chose the four brands from nearly 95,000 brands. Henkel Hungary also won a Business Superbrands award....

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Penta buys Kaiser Food

Slovakian investors Penta are going to buy 97.3 percent of Kaiser Food Élelmiszeripari Kft. Penta already owns Debreceni Csoport Húsipari Kft., so the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has yet to...

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Temporary brand ambassadors

Hostess activity is the art of communicating in person. We asked the leaders of two companies, In-store Team and Rafinanz about the opportunities and drawbacks. Both experts agreed that hostess...

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Desire materialised

Market leader Pöttyös keeps pushing the boundaries of the Túró Rudi segment, appearing in shops with a successful new product every year. This year’s sensation is GURU, which rapidly conquered...

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Prices of seasonal food products boosted inflation

Compared with the previous month, the average consumer price increase was 0.9 percent in May 2010, but compared with May 2009 prices were up by 5.1 percent. KSH’s quick report...

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New in-store opportunities in three CO-OP chains

POS Media Hungary signed an in-store media agreement with the CO-OP Star, CO-OP Szolnok and Mecsek Füszért chains. The company will also use a new in-store communication tool in these...

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From the forest to the kitchen

Tetra Pak tries to call attention to the importance of environmentally conscious lifestyle. The company, which distributed 400 million carton boxes in Hungary last year, requires from its suppliers to...

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Trade Marketing Club special award: Maspex Olympos, Apenta Drink for a million Forints or for a holiday every week!

The main goal of Apenta’s 2009 campaign was to make more people try the renewed product range, with its modern bottle shape and a more expressive label design. A prize...

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Marketing communication switches from Off to On mode

In the following you can learn what Tímea Mege, the marketing director of Rewart Kft. and Gábor Szigeti, the editor of budapestujsag.hu think about current trends in marketing communication.Tímea Mege:...

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Food product export reduced

According to KSH, in January-March 2010 the volume of export improved by 16 percent and that of export grew by 13 percent in comparison with the same period a year...

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Tesco launches nationwide waste collecting campaign

Tesco Hungary is a champion of selective waste collection, therefore from 11 June until 29 August 2010 they run a campaign for collecting PET bottles and aluminium boxes, in cooperation...

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