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Youngsters buy Easter-candy, women over 40 buy Easter-ham

Households kept by women over 40 prefer to buy smoked-ham, whereas the younger generation opts for seasonal Easter-candies in the first place – a survey by GfK Hungária ConsumerScan says....

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National Starch integrated by Henkel successfully

Henkel’s acquisition of the National Starch businesses in April 2008 has brought about a substantial increase of sales. After adjusting for foreign exchange, sales rose by 11.6 percent. Organic sales...

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Customers decide about the brand in-store

Customers continue to make brand purchase decisions in the store, so capturing shoppers inside is of major major importance – a new report from Miller Zell says.More shoppers are making...

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Fall in milk consumption

Milk consumption has fallen over the past 20-25 years in many countries, although Feed For Health says milk is healthy.  In UK the fall overall has been about one third...

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Mobile bar for HoReCa events by Poplart

JUSTINCASE mobile bar, rwarded by the „red dot: best of the best” design prize is available in Hungary from now on, delivered by Poplart.  The portable bar-case by Poplart weighs...

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Borsod Brewery Plc. chose Publicis Consultants │ Budapest

Borsod Brewery Plc. has chosen the PR agency Publicis Consultants │ Budapest within the compass of an invitational tender to perform external communication tasks. Borsod Brewery Plc. wishes to continue...

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Agriculural trade-show with top Hungarian food-products

Agrarexpo of Szent György-day located in Pápa is one of the most significant, specifically agricultural trade-shows of the region, with a wide spectrum of high quality food-products.  The event organized...

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Hungarian food-products available via online order

Starting from late March, stores and dealers may order Hungarian food-products online, thanks to a new website started by Premium Gastro Ltd. and Premium Hungaricum Association.  „Of course we still...

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External balance improvement under external pressure

According to the forecast of GKI Economic Research Co. prepared in co-operation with Erste Bank, the global economic crisis pushed the Hungarian economy onto a new development path   External...

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Opten: 1184 liquidation proceedings announced in March

Though the number of liquidation orders in Hungary's property industry fell last month, March saw an even greater number of liquidation processes, Opten company information service has reported. Liquidation proceedings were...

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Egg-prices going through a moderate raise during the Easter-season

Egg-prices in Hungary are facing a moderate, less than 10 percent increase during the Easter-season, due to the decrease of effective demand.  This Easter, egg-prices are going through a rather...

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Customers are fed up with low quality Easter-bunnies

Last spring, over 967 tons of seasonal Easter-candies were sold, and most of these chocolate-bunnies had been made of high-quality, at least 35% percent cocoa-content.  „In the past few years,...

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Experts want soft-drink producers to use less sugar

What you drink may be more important than what you eat, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.  Researchers believe that soft drink producers should...

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Nestle benefiting from recession

While the world's top food groups battle a slowdown this year, Nestle SA has the credentials to exploit the recession. In spite of the crisis, Nestle seem to have closed...

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Fastest growing foods

Table. Products achieving the biggest growth in the February 2008-February 2009 period. (percentage)...

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Tesco, CBA and Coop leading, with Spar and Lidl catching up

Tesco, CBA and Coop lead the top list of retail companies generating the highest revenues in 2008. Tesco generated revenues of HUF 602 billion, while revenues of Héliker, the last...

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A shiny and healthy smile from children with Gabi

The Gabi brand includes two toothpaste products, Tejfogkrém and Málnás tejfogkrém for children. Communication this year focuses on the 40 anniversary of the brand. Sales of toothpaste are highly concentrated,...

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Retail sales down almost everywhere in Europe

According to an Eurostat estimate, retail sales continued to drop in the EU in December 2008. Sales were down by 0.8 percent in the EU-27 countries on average and by...

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Continuous innovation and finding new markets: a way out of the crisis

We have asked the president-CEO of PICK SZEGED Zrt., László Kovács about prospects for his company and the meat sector in general. The Hungarian meat industry suffered losses amounting to...

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Synergon Retail Systems Kft. becoming “Hungarian company off to the most dynamic start”

Romulus Steinbinder, managing director of Synergon Retail Systems Kft. received the “Hungarian company off to the most dynamic start” certificate from Up Club Hungary on behalf of the company on...

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Héliker acquired by Coop Szolnok

The offer made by Coop Szolnok Zrt. for Héliker Zrt. has beaten that of Tesco. As a result of the acquisition, annual revenues of the company will rise by HUF...

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Dynamic growth in sales of 100 ml tubes

Retail sales of toothpaste were up by 4 percent in 2008, exceeding HUF 10 billion. Regarding unit size, the 51-75 ml segment remained the largest, although the 100 ml size...

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Increasing gap between active and retired households

According to KSH data, per capita consumption of food in households was nearly HUF 153, 000 in 2007, while peer capita consumption of alcohol-free beverages was over HUF 14,000. These...

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Recognition for excellence

PICK received the Quality in Agricultural Business Award (MAMD) on 13. March. PICK SZEGED Zrt is now entitled to use the MAMD quality trademark as proof of its commitment to...

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Top Multipack packaging for Heineken Hungária Zrt. products

Following Kaiser and Zlaty Bazant, Top Multipack packaging has been introduced for Soproni, Soproni 1895 and Gösser beers as well and it will also be applied to the Heineken and...

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SPAR ending excellent year

Consolidated revenues of the group totalled HUF 374,17 billion in fiscal year 2008, which was 31.53 percent more than in 2007. Overall floor space of SPAR, Kaiser’s, City SPAR super...

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Examples for measuring the effectiveness of promotions

In times of recession, it is a good idea to support strong brands with budgets concentrated on the most effective promotional tools. Measuring the effectiveness of promotional activities has become...

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Detectable drop in retail sales

Retail sales were down by 3.9 percent in December 2008, compared to December 2007. The year on year drop was 2.1 percent in the above period. Retail sales totalled HUF...

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Guarantee of quality

Activities in the five production facilities of PICK SZEGED Zrt. adhere to the Good Production and Hygiene Practices, to HACCP and to the ISO 9001 quality standards. PICK SZEGED Zrt....

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Annual food donations worth HUF 600 million

The Hungarian Food Bank was founded in 2005. It is a non-profit food wholesale organisation for the distribution of food donations to charities, social institutions and local governments. At present,...

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