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Hungarian households switch from ”A” to ”B”?

According to data by Gfk Hungária, in the first quarter of 2009 we bought 7 percent less daily consumer goods than a year before. Brands with a higher price level...

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Kubu 100% juice – egészséges gyerekital

Kubu products of 100% fruit content are produced without the addition of sugar, sweetness of the drinks come from the fruits’ natural sugar content....

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The price of shopping

The communications war between Hungary’s two FMCG giants, Tesco and Spar keeps raging. A few weeks ago, Spar filed a complaint against Tesco at the Hungarian Trade Association’s Ethics Committee...

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Tesco donated clothes to charity

Tesco-Global Áruházak Zrt. donated HUF 35 million worth of clothes in July to social welfare institutions and families in need. From its 95 hypermarkets, the chain regularly collects the products...

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Top 10 trends in petrol station shops

Petrol station shops excel in cigarette sales: sales in terms of value increased by 15 percent in June 2008-July 2009 and exceeded HUF 34 billion. Beer and carbonated soft drinks...

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100 ml tubes strengthen on an expanding market

Retails sales of toothpaste augmented by 6 percent in July 2008-June 2009, compared to the previous period, surpassing HUF 10 billion. In terms of quantity, the market did not change....

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Hungarians not taken to shopping malls yet

According to a survey conducted by Gfk in June 2009, Hungarian shoppers prefer separate shops to shopping malls. 83 percent shop in the store type they like the most. More...

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Oral-B Expert Antibacterial

The new Oral-B toothbrush prevents bacteria from settling and growing on the bristles for as long as 3 months....

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Stores opening

City Spar, Szeged Open: 25 June Chain: City Spar Store space: 264 m2 SKU: – Spar, Ercsi Open: 2 July Chain: Spar Store space: 938 m2 SKU: – Tesco, Sárvár...

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Hungarian wine and pálinka in Düsseldorf

This year the famous ”Die Düsseldorfer Jonges” association’s annual reception put Hungary in the limelight. On 12 May, more than 450 politicians and businessperson participated in the event in the...

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News

The world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. achieved a 3.44 billion USD, 88-cent per share profit in the second quarter of 2009. The result is almost the same as the...

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September? Education!

Several manufacturers and retailers are involved in the mouth care weeks. They try to raise awareness of the importance of dental hygiene. With support from the Hungarian Association of Dentists,...

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Price increase slowing down

In June consumer prices augmented by 0.1 percent, totalling at 3.7 percent higher than in the same period of 2008. According to a report by KSH (Central Statistical Office), there...

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Óbester új ízek: Mézes Kajszi és Mézes Szilva

New, easy-to-drink flavours in line with consumer trends....

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Gold medal winner vending machine

An interactive Coca-Cola vending machine won the Golden Lion in the ”Point of Sale” category at the 2009 Lions festival in Cannes. Its display is combined with Flash and Bluetooth...

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Apenta competition finishes

Maspex Olympos Kft.’s 9-week competition has finished. More than 100,000 envelopes were sent in and a 4-person family holiday at Siófok’s Hotel Azúr was drawn each week. The main prize...

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Diversification among wine consumers

Our own sales data and Nielsen surveys both indicate the increasing dominance of sweet red wines and rosé in the past five years. It is a favourable development that the...

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Three exhibitions: In-Out-Everybody!

In – as in packaging, out – as in printing and everybody – as a possible target group: on 22-25 September printing, packaging/logistics and marketing-communication companies introduce themselves at HUNGEXPO’s...

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Half of the unemployed have been looking for work for more than a year

In the second quarter of 2009, the unemployment rate was 9.6 percent, with 3,797,000 people being employed and 402,000 unemployed in the 15-64 age group. Compared to the second quarter...

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Fanta Bodza/Fanta

This time the new limited edition was inspired by Hungary....

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Visit at the ice cream factory

On 16 July, Unilever Magyarország Kft. organised a factory visit for journalists in its 52,000 m² production unit in Veszprém. Guests had a chance to follow the production process of...

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Vianni ABC stores are opening

Besides the already opened stores, there are more than 10 inquirers concerning the new Vianni ABC chain. A growing demand from the retailers’ and consumers’ side resulted in opening the...

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Everything for the friends of wine

After a glass of grand wine one realises that he would like to relive the same experience, but does not have pen and paper with him to jot down the...

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European packaging novelties – from Hungary

While companies try to cut packaging costs, most actors on the market decided to go forward: they invent cheaper, greener and more consumer-friendly solutions. – Annual average packaging material use...

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Average wage increase at 1 percent

In the first five months of 2009, the gross average wage 1.4 percent higher than a year earlier; in the case of net wages the increase was 1 percent. KSH’s...

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Dr. Oetker Duo Pudingok

Thanks to the special recipe and a unique way of preparation, we can enchant young and old in our family by two popular flavour combinations, in three flavour versions....

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Progressive cooperation between domestic manufacturers

With a HUF 3 billion investment the cooperation of experts from SIÓ-ECKES and Gramex 2000 bore fruit: a new, aseptic bottling line for Gramex 2000 Kft. Katalin Zarándy of SIÓ-ECKES...

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New managing director at ProgAdat

From July 2009 33-year old Tamás Till is the new head of ProgAdat Kft. His task is to set up a new company structure and strategy that would offer innovative...

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Open to the world

In the past few years domestic wine consumption slightly decreased, but quality wine sales augmented, together with a growing market share of bottled import wines (which is still below the...

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Trends in Germany

FachPack, a packaging trade fair is organised in Nuremberg every three years. The organisers reported the trends in Germany, which are the following: they produce 18.5 million tons of packaging,...

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