News and articles
Stable Fruit Consumption
Date: 2009-07-01 00:05:00
According to the Central Statistical Office; in 2007, food consumption per person was 194 kg, which is one of the lowest value of the decade. Fourteen percent was spent on...
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Tesco – Irish suppliers to worry
Date: 2009-07-01 00:04:00
Tesco lost a small bit of its market share in the last 12 weeks ending on June 14 compared to its 30.9 percent market share of last year. According to...
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Tortellini Ltd. blocked due to contamination
Date: 2009-07-01 00:03:00
Tortellini Ltd. blocked its tortellini, ravioli and lasagne products, which are eatable until September 2009, in order to protect the health of the consumers, due to the toxin contamination of...
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Firms do not save on training
Date: 2009-07-01 00:02:00
Four-fifths part of the companies did not reducted the expenditure on education in the past half year, despite the financial difficulties – reveals the survey of British Institute of Directors....
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Tesco and Fortis UK to form new partnership
Date: 2009-07-01 00:01:00
Tesco Personal Finance (TPF) and Fortis UK have announced that they are in exclusive discussions to form a new partnership to provide motor and household insurance. Jointly the companies will...
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Lapsing vegetables and fruits standards in the European Union
Date: 2009-06-30 00:28:33
From the 1st of July, despite protests of the big producers, the community level marketing standards for 26 different vegetables and fruits will be terminated. The EU regulated since the...
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Stagnant economy and rising unemployment
Date: 2009-06-30 00:25:57
According to Ecostat and Világgazdaság the economy stagnated in June. According to the datas of Central Statistical Office, the unemployment rate increased to 9.9 percent. The economy is still in...
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The McCafé chain remains the market leader in Hungary
Date: 2009-06-30 00:21:40
The McCafé chain increased its turnover by 24.5 per cent in 2008, and maintained its market-leading position on the a domestic café market. 2.6 million guests were served in the...
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Seven-hour technical break at Tesco stores
Date: 2009-06-30 00:17:59
Because of the VAT change a technical transition will be required in the 24 hours open hypermarkets of Tesco. The stores will be closed between 23 pm on the 30th...
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Chemical residue was found in peppers and strawberries
Date: 2009-06-30 00:15:00
The Levegő Munkacsoport (Clean Air Action Group) found chemical residue above the permissible limit quantities in peppers from Morocco and strawberries from Hungary. The civil organization investigated 17 strawberry and...
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USA – savings rather than consumption
Date: 2009-06-30 00:12:00
The deposits of commercial banks increased 1.7 percent and reached 7,500 billion USD in May. If the savings rate rises with the same intensity, a new recession could hit the...
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Since nine years there was not so many empty shops downtown, like in the 2008
Date: 2009-06-30 00:09:00
According to the mid-year survey of Ecorys Hungary international consultant company; the downtown business market faces the highest vacancy of the past 9 years. This year, 16.8 percent of the...
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Carrefour eliminates plastic bags in Spain
Date: 2009-06-30 00:05:00
French owned hypermarket chain Carrefour has decided to eliminate all plastic bags from their Spanish stores, and becomes the first large company to do so in this country. The use...
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Szentkirályi helps the storm victims of Szabolcs County
Date: 2009-06-30 00:02:00
Szentkirályi Mineral Water Ltd. joined the International Children's Safe Drinking Water program of Procter & Gamble and the to part of the donation, which aims to ensure the supply of...
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Woolworths' rebirth
Date: 2009-06-30 00:01:00
Woolworths was the largest retailer victim of the crisis in Great Britain, but now it will reborn as an online store. The company closed 807 retail stores in January and...
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Alimentaria 2010 is set to be an exceptional international business centre and platform for brands
Date: 2009-06-29 00:31:18
Alimentaria, the International Food and Beverages Exhibition, is once again preparing to make Barcelona the world’s food and beverage capital. The event will be held 22-26 March 2010 in a...
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Agricultural strategy, addressed to the government
Date: 2009-06-29 00:26:10
The Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture adopted an agricultural strategy consist of 10 points on 25 June 2009. The recommendation is looking for a way out of the crisis situation of...
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The display resolution of STI won POPA prize in Poland
Date: 2009-06-29 00:22:00
The STI Group's Island-shaped solution for placement and suitcase of Lübbe won the POPA award which is the Oscar of the sales promotion sector. The STI – which has a...
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STI Petőfi Printing House Ltd. won two awards in this year's Pro Typographia competition
Date: 2009-06-29 00:18:00
STI Petőfi Printing House Ltd. enriched by two prizes on the tournament of high-quality printing products, the Pro Typographia professional competition. The packaging Szamos marzipan and Philips' static adhesive were...
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Hungarian corn will be utilized by the European Union
Date: 2009-06-29 00:05:00
The European Union will utilize16 thousand tonnes of corn, from the 2004 and 2005 harvest probably cheaper than the intervention price. Offers should be submitted by mid-December 2009. The stock...
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Budvar brewery – Increasing sales, decreasing profits
Date: 2009-06-29 00:03:00
Last year was the second best year ever, in the history for Czech Budvar brewery in terms of sales. Its profit however decreased due to the increasing production prices. Revenue...
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Record turnover of the Tesco clothing brands
Date: 2009-06-29 00:01:00
According to the datas of GfK Hungária,Tesco had the largest turnover on the clothing market in the first quarter of 2009. While the overall market showed a 13 percent decline,...
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Theodora Cosmetic Tour in the Káli Basin
Date: 2009-06-29 00:00:30
Enthusiastic tourists arrived to Salföld on 26 June to enter the Theodora Cosmetic Tour. The volunteers painted tourist signs from Salföld to Kékkút to switch back the tourist route into...
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Fair trade might be a subject to vote on Monday already
Date: 2009-06-26 00:25:41
The entire parliament has supported the bill about fair trade stating that it should depend on the agrarian minister's decision whether or not the competition authority should proceed in certain...
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National Commercial Association did not expect bill to be tabled
Date: 2009-06-26 00:20:00
National Commercial Association (OKSZ) disapproves the fact that members of the parliament have tabled a bill in connection with Food Codex prior to the agreement on 24th June. They are...
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A 3.4% year-on-year decrease in the volume of retail sales in the first four months of 2009
Date: 2009-06-26 00:17:00
In April, retail sales continued to decrease at an increasing rate, showing a decrease in volume of 4.1% compared with last April. Compared to the previous month, the volume of...
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Meat-products under the brandname Globus are still available
Date: 2009-06-26 00:15:00
The greatest Czech food group, Hamé is entitled to produce and distribute Globus-branded, meat-based tinned food – Globus announced. After Globus has decided to stop the production of meat-based tinned...
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Retail sales remain weak in Great Britain
Date: 2009-06-26 00:11:00
Retail sales in Great Britain fell for the second month running in the year to June, following April’s brief respite, the CBI announced this week. The decline, broadly in line...
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City SPAR – new comfortable outlet in Szeged
Date: 2009-06-26 00:09:00
A new, previously unknown outlet-form has been introduced to the Hungarian customers in 2006 by SPAR Hungary Ltd: City SPAR supermarkets. The company has now opened a new City SPAR...
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Stockmen in Vas may get nearly six billion HUF
Date: 2009-06-26 00:06:00
Farmers in Vas County have won 5.8 billion HUF from the European Agricultural and Rural Developmental Found in order to make settlements more up-to-date – an arictle by Origo states....
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