News and articles
Aldi defers in Poland
Date: 2007-09-25 00:00:00
German discount retailer Aldi has postponed plans to enter the Polish market until early next year and will open fewer outlets there than planned. Aldi will open about 10 stores...
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Ferrero loses monopoly over Kinder sweets
Date: 2007-09-25 00:00:00
Ferrero has been left with a bitter taste after being banned from keeping its monopoly over the word kinder, the German word for children, on its popular Kinder Surprise eggs....
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Summer raid – HUF 500 million fine
Date: 2007-09-25 00:00:00
In the course of the 10 weeks control the inspectors spied at the Lake-Balaton, on the biggest events – as Sziget Festival and on the famous holiday places. Inspectors found...
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Milk producers make the pace
Date: 2007-09-25 00:00:00
Subsequent upon the price war there are empty shelves at the supermarkets milk sections. The processing industry and the exporters run against each other and jack up the price. There...
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Friesland moving production capacity
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Friesland Hungária zRt. will relocate its production capacity from Nagybánhegyes to Debrecen at the end of September, as the last step of its consolidation process announced in November 2006....
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Maspex investing in The Ukraine
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Maspex is to establish a sugar processing plant in the Ukraine. The EUR 50 million .project of the Polish soft drinks manufacturer will be completed in three years. Revenues of...
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Fighting common taste
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
The block of people who regard cheese as being identical with trappista is still substantial and constitute the majority. The situation is however, changing slowly. – In Hungary, there is...
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Good days for palinka
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Palinka sales in the HoReCa sector grew by 10 per cent in terms of value in the June 2006–May 2007 period. Total palinka sales in the HoReCa sector exceeded HUF...
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Kinley Bitter Rosso
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
This refreshment has been conceived in unquestionably Italian style: with amaretto aroma, carbon dioxide, ruby colour and an excitingly refreshing effect....
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Private label bio product for the British
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
According to a survey by TNS, seven out of the ten most popular bio products in the UK are private labels. In chains like Tesco and Sainsbury over 1,000 bio...
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Dynamic expansion in the market of paper diapers
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
The growth in retail sales of paper diapers has continued to accelerate. An increase of 12 per cent was registered by Nielsen in the July 2006–June 2007 period, with total...
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Palinka popular among young people
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Palinka has become fashionable. It has recently become an extremely successful product compared to the past. However, only premium brands of very high quality are welcome in restaurants. – Restaurants...
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Coca-Cola in party bottle
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
The British group Faithless and the French design studio Paranoid have jointly worked out the shape of the latest innovative aluminium bottle for Coca-Cola. The new, limited edition, 0,25 litre...
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Rising prices from producers to stores
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
This has been a black year for the food business, with at least one third of total revenues falling victim to extreme weather conditions. According to recent statistics, a decline...
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Beyond absorbing capacity
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Requirements for diapers are becoming increasingly diverse, but consumers continue to be sensitive to price. According to market research data, hyper markets are taking an increasing share from the sales...
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Rising prices in the bakery industry
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Consumer prices in July were 8.4 per cent up compared to July 2006. According to a KSH report, food prices fell by 0.8 per cent compared to June. The prices...
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Ultra Aktív
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
All members of the Ultra Aktív Stain Removers product line are ruthless with stains, as a result of their deep cleaning effect but are gentle with textiles and colours. Products...
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Unilever Magic world camp
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Unilever has paid the cost of a one week holiday for students of Burattino Iskolaalapítvány as part of its charity program. The students also received ice cream, tea, tooth paste,...
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We have to get used to prices staying high
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
According to an analysis prepared by Zoltán Fórián, head of division in Agrár Európa Kft. for Éfosz, substantial price rises will dominate the world market of food in 2007 and...
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Intimate hygiene tissue: expansion above average
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
The market of intimate hygiene tissues is small but growing dynamically. According to the Retail Index of Nielsen, retail sales show an increase of 16 per cent in the July...
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European flood of milk, falling lamb prices
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Agricultural Business Research Institute (AKI) continuously monitors trends in the world market of meat and poultry. Data from the Market and Price Information system of KSH and AKI can be...
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Montice Multipack
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
This type of multiple packaging is an innovation in the constantly expanding refrigerated milk dessert category....
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More than a salami
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
PICK is a truly multicultural and Hungarian brand at the same time. Márk Pick was a grain merchant of Czech-Moravian origin who started making salami in 1878, because winter is...
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Jubilee champagne success
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
The champagne made for the 125th anniversary of the foundation of Törley, Jubileumi Cuvée has won a gold medal at the Jubilee National Wine Competition. The 2006 Szent István Korona...
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Price rises in Hungary and Europe
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
According to an Eurostat survey, average food prices in Hungary were 29 per cent below the EU 27 average in 2006. We took 27-29th place among 37 European countries regarding...
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