News and articles
By now Germans dont want to eat Polish meat
Date: 2007-05-31 00:00:00
The local sanitary services of the Berlin district of Moabit have qualified Polish meat as health-threatening. Initially, they did not even have to conduct sophisticated tests. The meat looked so...
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Nestle to buy Gerber for $5.5 billion from Novartis
Date: 2007-05-31 00:00:00
The deal is expected to be completed during the second half of 2007. Gerber dominates the baby-food market in the United States, with a 79 percent share, according to Morgan...
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CEO of Altia to stand down
Date: 2007-05-31 00:00:00
The Finnish state-owned beverage alcohol group confirmed that Leena Saarinen will leave the company tomorrow. The reason for Saarinen's resignation was given as "the discontinuation of the fuel ethanol plant...
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Alcohol and tobacco tax to rise in Estonia next year
Date: 2007-05-31 00:00:00
A previous decision, alcohol is to rise in price by ten per cent from the beginning of 2008. Now the government decided to raise the tax on alcohol by a...
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Healtier image for 7-Up Free
Date: 2007-05-31 00:00:00
Britvic plans to launch new packaging and advertising for its 7-Up brand in the UK. The company said, that it has invested GBP1.8m (US$3.55m) in its campaign, which is...
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Father's Day Sales Expected to Reach $9.9 Billion in the US
Date: 2007-05-31 00:00:00
The NRF 2007 Father's Day Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, conducted by BIGresearch, found that 76 percent of Americans plan to celebrate Father's Day. Those who plan to celebrate will...
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Univer Product over 10 billion
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Revenues of Univer Product Zrt. expanded by 10 per cent to HUF 10,5 billion, last year. This accounted for nearly half of the total consolidated revenues of the group. Pre-tax...
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Success of Hungarian food and wines in Spain
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
A promotion with sampling called “European Weeks” was held in the stores of the retail chain El Corte Inglés, between 10-15 March. The products of 19 Hungarian companies were among...
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One out of two deodorants are still sprays
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
The size of the deodorant market has exceeded HUF 12 billion. Retail sales grew by 9 per cent in terms o value in the March 2006–February 2007 period. 40 per...
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Vegetables and fruits are the most popular bio foods
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Vegetables and fruits are the most popular bio-foods, according to consumer research by Gfk. 42 per cent of the customers of bio-foods choose from the above two categories. Bio-bread is...
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Big trader or wholesaler?
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
The drastic reduction in the number of retail outlets we had expected a few years ago did not take place. Many retailers are gone, but many new ones have appeared....
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FINO Familia
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
The smaller brother of the market leader, Piroska fruit syrup. The new products represent excellent quality and attractive appearance without preservatives in a returnable bottle....
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Austrian exports soaring after some hard years
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Austrian food producers do not complain about being in a small market. Instead, they successfully look for possibilities to export their goods. Josef Domschitz (45), the officer responsible for competitiveness...
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Bols selling Calvados
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Bols Hungary has a truly international brand in a relatively unknown category. The Boulard spirit is made from apple, in a process similar to that used for making cognac....
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Change of address
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
The address of Agrármarketing Centrum will change on 1 June 2007! New address: 1042 Budapest, Árpád út 51-53. New mail address: 1325 Budapest, Pf. 340. New telephone number: +36/1 450-8800...
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Fragrance is not all that matters to women
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
While sales of deodorants for women show steady growth from year to year, the same cannot be said about deodorants for men and this is not the only difference. Regarding...
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The aim: a logistic centre for bio-products
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Over 1800 bio-farms exist in Hungary at the moment and 6,000 domestically produced bio-products are available. Imre Karácsony, managing director of Natur Life Kft. has worked out a 20 year...
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BOULARD CALVADOS
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Owing to its exceptionally high and constant quality, Boulard calvados is the market leader in its category world-wide and in Hungary as well. It won two gold medals in the...
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The way to Hungarian shelves
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Austrian have learned from the flood of imports to their market at the time of their accession to the EU and prepared for a similar flood of exports in 2004....
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Scooter promotion
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Tchibo has a spectacular promotion in Cora stores this spring. The main prize, a red scooter is displayed on top of „islands of coffee” in the stores for one month...
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Anuga: reservations finishing
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
FVM Agrármarketing Centrum is planning a collective appearance at one of the major exhibitions, Anuga to be held in Köln, between 13-17 October. 470 square meters have been reserved in...
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Weight Control and Update competing
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
We have taken a close look at the two best known lifestyle programs and the assortment of products sold under the two labels. According to a survey by GfK Hungária...
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Trademarks – and what is behind them
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Quality assurance systems already exist, but after the recent food safety scandals, consumers will require further guarantees of quality. Trade mark certificates which attest to constant, monitored, high quality, or...
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Muscat D’or champagne
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Owing to the unique technology used, the new Muscat D’or champagne retains the honey sweet flavour and wonderful fragrance of muscatel grapes. The flavour of the brand Muscat D’or is...
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Fütyülõs Raspberry with honey
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
A new flavour, Raspberry with honey will be added to the Fütyülős product line which enjoys growing popularity among young people in Hungary. The fruitiness of raspberry and the silkiness...
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P&G, Spar: effects of IT on business processes
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
134 IT experts from 23 countries discussed the effects of technological development on FMCG trade at the “CIES – The Food Business Forum” conference in Monte Carlo, in March. After...
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Child-friendly Pöttyös
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
The web site of Pöttyös Túró Rudi intended specifically for children www.pottyoskapitany.hu, has officially been classified as „child-friendly”. This title was awarded under the program „2007 – the year of...
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Being different is a matter of life or death
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
„Either you are different from your competitors, or you are dead”. This was the topic to be discussed at the ECR Europe conference held in Milan, in April. The above...
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Univer: not merely new packaging
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
Univer Product Zrt. begun selling Norbi products under the Update 1 code in May 2005. They have 10 Update products, like mayonnaise, ketchup and mustard. Joining the program did not...
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