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Chain-reaction because of disel prise increase

The fuel prise growing means almost 5% increase at logistic services.  For farmers, using a lot of diesel fuel at working on fields, the cost increase is minimum 20% on...

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The Chamber of Agriculture wants to make the land ownership more transparance

The new bill would strong the right of tenats against landlords and would stabilize the growth. The Hungarian Chamer of Agricultur said the government should make a bigger transparency at...

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25th HUNGAROPACK

Enter for the competition is possible with packing materials used first between 31 Mai 2006 – 31. Mai 2008.   The Hungarian Association of Packaging and Materials Handling (HAPMH) as...

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97% Of UK Web Users Have Made A Purchase

More than 85% of the world's online population, including 97% in the UK, has used the internet to make a purchase, according to the latest Nielsen Global Online Survey. This...

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Food industry companies are seller in Slovakia

Investors are interested in companies producing vegetable and defatted meat products. The private equity group Penta Investment acquired another Slovak meat processing company, PM Zbrojniky, about a year ago is...

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HUF 10 million fine for three „Paprika company

According to Competition Watchdog dealers mystified the consumers. The Competion Watchdog started processes against Házi Piros Paprika Kft., Szegedi Paprika Fûszer- és Konzervgyártó Rt., Kalocsa Fûszerpaprika Rt., Naturalpár Kft. and...

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Natra profits up after Belgian acquisition

Natra's overall sales for the year e2007 rose by 31 per cent to €384.2m, compared to €292.9m one year previously. Gross margins also went up, increasing 41 per cent to...

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Life and casualty insurance is the must public „cafeteria” element

A wide spectrum of Hungarian employee are searched by Workania jobportal.   Since 1 of October there are jobdatas of 56 employee on www.merces.hu. The daily freshed website has every...

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Consumer Rights Weeks – for conscious shopping

International Consumer Rights Day on March 15. is celebrated with more than 50 programs in whole Hungary organised by National Association for Consumer Protection in Hungary. Public forums, counseling in...

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Consumption growing under inflation

According to GfK's trade analyze consumers bought last year more cheaper, privat label products as a year before. The tendence started in 2000, from this time people buy privat label...

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3 tons of meat at an illegal meat-packing in Gyal

The small plant worked without any permession, its products were sold on market and in stores about.At the illegal meat-packing sausasseges, bacon, smoked meats were produced, the authority gives HUF...

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Farm-gate prices rise 35.2% in January

According to the Central Statistics Office (KSH) the farm-gate prices rose 35.2% year-on-year in January, as prices for crops jumped 49.9% and livestock prices increased 17.2% in twelve months.  Farm-gate...

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Morakert to build logistic center in Sepsiszentgyorgy

The company's Romanian doughter plans HUF 1.5 billion income. Morakert Fruits and Vegetable Co-op and the management of City Sepsiszentgyorgy will be partner to a joint transaction. The co-op builds...

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HUF 12 billion development at Electrolux Jaszbereny

This year 2.7 products leave Europe's biggest vacuum cleaner plant.  Electrolux started 10 years ago with three lines and 150 employees. This year company produces 20 kind of vacuum cleaner,...

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UK retailers add beverages

Two of the largest UK retailers, Tesco and Marks & Spencer are expanding their private label offerings in ales, wines and ciders. Tesco has introduced three ales and four ciders...

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Developing the AsiaCenter for 60 million euros

The expandition starts next year, the 70,000 sqm center building will be ready by 2011, until this time 1,000-1,500 new chineese company will starts working in Hungary.  The Branded Chineese...

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Carrier steps at Friesland Hungaria

Judit Sipos is the new sales director, Peter Szautner will be director of marketing and business developing.  The former sales director Mr. Szautner works from now as director of marketing...

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Intermarché to develope it's private label line

At Intermarché, private label currently accounts for around 50% of sales volume and 36% of our turnover. Intermarché has 2,000 stores in France, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Poland, Bosnia and Romania....

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Nestlé Plans Chocolate Research Center in Broc

Nestlé invests 20 million Swiss francs in the project. The new Chocolate Centre of Excellence, located atNestlé's chocolate factory in Broc (Switzerland), will be operationalin the first half of 2009...

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2007 Successful business year at SPAR Hungary

Dynamic growth and HUF 284 billion sales record – balance of SPAR in 2007.  The sales increased with 15.6% from 2006 to 2007, at went over one billion euros. The...

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New position at TV2 – Head of producers

The chanel wants to strong the position of its own prudeced programs, so they joined the media's drave-devil Attila Arpa.  The specialist works under control of program director Bence Gyongyossy,...

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The average increase of prices was 7.0% in the first two months

In February 2008 consumer prices rose by 1.1% compared to the previous month, the food prices rose by 0.8%.   Price increase was measured in case of edible oil (4.2%),...

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Kopint-Tárki lowers 2008 GDP forecast

Economic think-tank Kopint-Tarki has lowered its forecast for Hungary's gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2008 from 2.5 percent to 2.2 percent. It raised its inflation projection for 2008 from...

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Discounters have to develope its offer

Discounters such as Aldi and Lidl are predicted to take one Euro in every two in Germany by 2012, according to a new report from Verdict Research.The study, Retailing in...

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Zwack Palinka success in Austria

Last weekend the company won 6 gold medal at two Austrian spirits competition. “World-Spirits 2008” and the “World-Spirits Award” once more as a separate event during the GAST trade fair...

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Rebranding for USD 15 million in Russia

The Russian division of France's hypermarket chain Auchan has devised a rebranding program for its 14 Ramstore supermarkets acquired from Turkey's Enka for EUR 181m in late 2007, RBC Daily...

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European retail sales rose in February

For the first time in five months gauge of sales growth in the euro region rose to a seasonally adjusted 52.4 from 48.1 in January. That's the fastest growth rate...

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Sales in outside compansated the weak performance of Carrefour in France

Operating profit rose 3.4 percent to 3.29 billion euros from 3.18 billion euros a year ago. Sales rose 6.8 percent to 82.15 billion euros.Rising food prices combined with competitive price...

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600 food stores had to close

According to Nielsen Research there is a slowly at closing the shops, but there are too much small shops in Hungary, another closure is to wait.  Last year 21,430 food...

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Hungarian Superbrands program to start

This year the top B2B brands and the brands with good CSR will be awarded too. The Superbrands Comitee started its work last Friday, a jourey with 14 marketing, media...

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