News and articles
U.S. Retail is in progress
Date: 2009-09-16 00:04:00
The U.S. retail sector sales produced the highest increase of the past three and a half years in August. The total retail sales increased by 2.7 percent instead of the...
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Hungarian honey bottle will be given an award
Date: 2009-09-16 00:03:20
Award will be given to the Hungarian honey bottle on 23rd September on the Awards Ceremony of the 2009 packaging competition. The winner bottle illustrates Hungary, with hexagonal bee cells,...
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Low point of wheat
Date: 2009-09-16 00:03:05
The price of wheat, has not been so low since April 2007, as it is now. The volume of production was increased by favorable weather conditions in the United States,...
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German economic sentiment is under expectations
Date: 2009-09-16 00:02:00
The German ZEW economic sentiment index increased to 57.7 points in September from the 56.1 points of August. Sixty points were expected. According to ZEW Institute of Economic Research, the...
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Dieter Knoll will replace Deák Ferenc in the lead of Henkel
Date: 2009-09-16 00:01:30
Deák Ferenc Managing Director of Henkel Hungary will continue his professional career at the center of Henkel Group in Düsseldorf, from 1st October 2009. Dieter Knoll will replace him,who led...
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More and more people buy online with card
Date: 2009-09-16 00:01:00
Slowly, but the caution of the Hungarian cardholders shopping online, is getting soluble. According to MasterCard's home study, 8 percent of the respondents regularly use card to purchase on the...
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Auchan always wins on Auchan’s price comparison site
Date: 2009-09-16 00:00:50
The Pénzcentrum tried Auchan’s recently launched price comparison website. The Internet portal put together three different types of consumer package. Auchan won at each. From the 1st of September a...
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Supermarkets increased market share
Date: 2009-09-15 00:05:59
According to GfK Hungária Market Research Institute supermarkets have continued to increased their market share, over the past nearly one year. Real winners of the the last one year, were...
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Coffee is more popular than chocolate and mineral water
Date: 2009-09-15 00:04:25
According to Nielsen market research company’s latest research, retail coffee sales increased 5 percent compared to the same period the previous year, between the August 2008 and July 2009 period....
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Food prices decreased significantly in a month
Date: 2009-09-15 00:03:10
According to the Central Statistical Office (KSH); the monthly average retail price decreased 0.3 percent in August. Compared to the August 2008, the prices increased by 5 percent. In the...
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Hungary Meat bought the Mangalica meat partly from Pick
Date: 2009-09-15 00:02:50
The Meat sent to Japan as a model was partly bought from Pick Szeged Zrt, partly bought live animals from Mangal Ilon Ltd. which is the company of Moldován András,...
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Budapest malls handing over ceremonies postponed for next year
Date: 2009-09-15 00:01:20
According to the analysis of GVA Robertson, only one shopping mall will be handed over this year in Budapest. The furter four, will be handed over next year. The decline...
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CORA – Pricer cooperation in electronic shelf labelling
Date: 2009-09-15 00:01:00
After a successful pilot, the Pricer Electronic Shelf labels system (ESL) will appear in further CORA hypermarkets. Cora is one of the largest retail chain in the French food market....
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Renewal of the Csillag Store
Date: 2009-09-15 00:00:50
New developments will revive the downtown. First, the Csillag store will be renewed with, a small Tesco Express on the first floor. This will be the first time that a...
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PICK-communication of false Mangalica meat
Date: 2009-09-14 00:03:55
According to the communication of Pick Szeged Zrt.; the company achived with long term market construction work, that Pick Szeged continuosly deliver pork to the Japanese market, where reached outstanding...
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American consumers became more optimistic
Date: 2009-09-14 00:03:00
The consumer sentiment index of the University of Michigan has improved in September. The middle month index jumped to 70.2 points, after the 65.7 points, measured at the end of...
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Green-school action from Tesco
Date: 2009-09-14 00:02:30
Tesco started a waste returning competition between 11th September 2009 and 11th January 2010 called; “Is your school green?” The campaign is the continuation of the earlier actions, “Who will...
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Frozen vegetables are better
Date: 2009-09-14 00:02:10
According to a new research; one can save more money and even live healthier, during the winter months, if eating frozen vegetables rather than choose from the frozen import goods....
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New Chief Executive Officer at Tesco Hungary
Date: 2009-09-14 00:02:00
Per Bank became the new Chief Executive Officer of Tesco-Global Zrt Department stores. The specialist was the managing director of Coop Denmark previously. Tesco operates more than 160 stores in...
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Grape harvest on Tokaj-Hegyalja
Date: 2009-09-14 00:01:30
The grape harvest on Tokaj-Hegyalja has been started with the harvest of the muscat grape, which is the earliest exposure grape. On the historic wine region, about 35 thousand tonnes...
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Unilever leads Dow Jones’ Sustainability Index this year also
Date: 2009-09-14 00:01:00
Unilever again earned the first place in the food category of the Dow Jones Sustainability index. The company leads Dow Jones’ Sustainability Index for 11th years now, without a break....
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Toxic antibiotic in the products of alba-Méz Ltd. and Klenácz apiary
Date: 2009-09-14 00:00:50
Cattle and pigs are often given the type of antibiotic, that was found by a German laboratory in honey sold in Hungarian shops. Bremen based Applica found trimetoprin and sulfodimetoxin...
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The soul of the chocolate
Date: 2009-09-14 00:00:30
The Belgian chocolate brand the Côte d'Or celebrating its 125th anniversary, saluted with a special exhibition for chocolate, between 11th and 13th September. The interactive exhibition called "The chocolate soul"...
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It will be hard to get support from the Ministry of Agriculture
Date: 2009-09-11 00:05:00
Next year state support for agriculture will decrease with 47 billion HUF and rural development will get 5 billion HUF less. All sources supplemented with EU aid will be less:...
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Alimentaria 2010
Date: 2009-09-11 00:04:15
Alimentaria is gaining importance outside Spain. For this reason the event has increased its budget for international promotion by 30 percent. Over 20 percent of the show’s 158,000 visitors come...
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The premium meat products represents the future
Date: 2009-09-11 00:04:00
Most of the Hungarian meat processing companies are almost in a hopeless position: the crisis has been further aggravated the condition of the already struggling under-resourced sector. The companies receive...
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Only drinks became more expensive
Date: 2009-09-11 00:02:55
According to Privátbankár.hu’s food basket prices have been decreasing for the third month, but drinks are getting more expensive. The September Privátbankár food basket survey shows, that prices were 0.2...
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Wine Festival in the Castle
Date: 2009-09-11 00:02:00
On 9th September at 2 pm, the organisation of the Magyar Szőlő- és Borkultúra Nonprofit Ltd., the Buda Castle Festival opened its doors. From the first day, thousands of visitors...
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Hungarian geese liver will be again on the shelves
Date: 2009-09-11 00:01:30
Although there is no agreement with the Négy Mancs animal rights organization, at the Hungerit Ltd. of Szentes the cut continues, such as last year, before the scandal. The majority...
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U.S. consumers still do not spend
Date: 2009-09-11 00:01:00
Not much more to reassure the U.S. economy is not in an encouraging postion.The most recent consumer credit datas shows a significant decline. After the 10.3 billion USD fall of...
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