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Hungarians are mainly fighting overweight by changing their diet
Date: 2012-03-01 19:48:59
52 percent of Hungary’s adult population consider themselves overweight to a certain extent. At the same time only 34 percent try to lose weight and the majority of them, 89...
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Lifesaving food, drinks and lifestyle recommendations
Date: 2012-03-01 19:43:51
All over Europe we can see the expansion of health conscious behaviour, sports centres are more and more popular, exercise and healthy food are trendy, which is great news from...
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Some like it strong
Date: 2012-03-01 19:43:49
HELL’s market share (measured by the number of products sold) was a record-breaking 23.8 percent in December 2011, exactly twice as big as a year earlier. The Hungarian manufacturer celebrated...
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What finally ends up on the table: what do Hungarian children eat?
Date: 2012-03-01 19:35:57
Mona Hungary Kft., the distributor of the Montice brand, conducted a representative survey in the summer of 2011 about the dairy product consumption of primary school pupils. From the answers...
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Increased demand for wet wipes and baby oil
Date: 2012-03-01 19:29:52
From the baby care products measured by Nielsen wet wipes sell for more than HUF 4 billion a year. Last year value sales climbed 5 percent and volume sales soared...
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What is a good Easter ham like?
Date: 2012-03-01 19:29:18
When you cut good quality smoked Easter ham, it is claret-coloured inside and it tastes pleasantly salty and smoky. When touching a good ham, it must be neither soft nor...
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Heaps of baby products
Date: 2012-03-01 19:25:36
Those who set off on the wonderful journey of having a baby try to give the best to the little ones, which includes buying special products. These days many women...
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Magazine: Organic food – it is still farming and not processing that dominates
Date: 2012-03-01 19:12:22
Approximately 140,000 hectares of land is used for organic farming in Hungary, cultivated by 1,500 farmers and organisations. Hungary’s Rural Strategy sets the target of tripling the proportion of land...
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A survey on feminine values: protecting the family comes first
Date: 2012-03-01 19:02:25
GfK Roper Reports Worldwide 2011 examined which are the most important values for Hungarians and for the citizens of another 25 countries. Protecting the family was number one in the...
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Last year's food industry success can not be repeated this year
Date: 2012-03-01 13:50:24
The affect of the dry autumn and the cold of February can not be assessed yet. According to Vancsura József, president of the National Association of Cereal Growers, the next...
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The operating conditions of the pig industy should be improved
Date: 2012-03-01 13:16:23
The strategic pig program developed by the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) should be aligned with the Hungarian growth plan – said Zsolt Feldman, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of...
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Food Bank: give food a chance!
Date: 2012-03-01 12:35:35
Household food waste is estimated for an annual 400 tons in Hungary. The wasting of food is a waste of money and causes serious damage to our environment, whilst increasing...
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Raben Trans European Hungary turned into one of the biggest companies in logistics in Hungary
Date: 2012-03-01 12:13:38
The 1st of March saw the union of all Hungarian Raben-companies. This integration process means that Raben Trans European Hungary has joined the team of the greatest companies in logicts,...
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P.O.P. Hungary and Rafinanz Promotions now have an international Procter and Gamble mandate
Date: 2012-03-01 10:50:59
P.O.P. Hungary Zrt. and Rafinanz Promotions are working together in strong co-operation to lead the dentist-visitor teams of Procter & Gamble in Hungary as well as on the Czech market....
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Changes in transfer pricing: simpler but more rigorous rules
Date: 2012-03-01 01:24:08
At the end of January PricewaterhouseCoopers Hungary organised a business breakfast where Dr Gábor Laki, head of department at the Ministry for National Economy and Anita Mekler, the director of...
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Magazine: Brands – no pain, no gain
Date: 2012-02-29 14:09:55
The Hungarian Brand Association has mixed feelings about 2011: the organisation itself had a rather successful year but the business and regulatory environment turned much more rigid, creating much worse...
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Food development in practice
Date: 2012-02-29 13:40:17
The Hungarian food industry will be competitive, the only way that it can increase its domestic and export market role, if it will strengthen innovation activities, research and development –...
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KSH: the downward trend of investments, modested by the agriculture and the manufacturing industry
Date: 2012-02-29 13:20:56
Last year, the national economy investments were 4.5 percent behind the previous year's investment volume. Downward trend characterized the fourth quarter of 2011 and the whole year. In the last...
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The list of Hungarian orchards to be renewed
Date: 2012-02-29 12:57:55
The Central Statistical Office will census the orchards located in Hungary between June 1 and November 30 including areas, planted with fruit trees – told the Ministry of Rural Development...
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The Hungarian seed is a strategic product
Date: 2012-02-29 12:39:45
The Hungarian seed is a strategic product, it can be sold unlimited all over the world – said Szépe Ferenc, head of the agricultural department of the Ministry of Rural...
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Hungarians want sustainable farming
Date: 2012-02-29 12:39:21
HALPIM / Hungarian Association of Logistics, Purchasing and Inventory Management is the leading professional association of companies, institutes and individuals involved or interested in the fields of logistics, purchasing, supply...
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KSH: 40 thousand more people are working than a year before
Date: 2012-02-28 12:50:13
The number of employees between November 2011 and January 2012 January was 3 million 816 thousand, 40 thousand more than a year ago – announced the Central Statistical Office (KSH)...
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Hungarian Product Grand Prix competition announced for 2012
Date: 2012-02-28 12:42:21
The 15th Hungarian Product Grand Prix® competition was announced in 2012. Its main objective is to promote a quality-conscious approach, by which conscious consumer behaviour can be achieved. Applications are...
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GKI: The number of bankruptcies will slightly increase this year
Date: 2012-02-28 12:33:25
According to Hungarian companies, the number of bankrupt businesses will slightly rise this year as well, following an all-time high of last year. They expect a particularly strong wave of...
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No serious errors were found in Zala county during the food safety control
Date: 2012-02-28 12:31:39
During last year’s more than 3,500 food safety controls, inspecting 150 firms a total of 21 million HUF fine was imposed in Zala county by the Food Chain Safety and...
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Magazine: Most of the wiener was sold in discount stores
Date: 2012-02-28 12:20:20
Last year we bought wiener fewer times – reports GfK Hungária’s Consumer Scan – which means that the market contracted a bit despite its stable circle of buyers. In the...
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German consumer confidence grows significantly
Date: 2012-02-28 12:20:09
The March indicator of the German consumer confidence index increased to its highest level of the year to 6.0 points – told the GfK market research institute on Tuesday. Analysts...
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E-commerce opportunities are seeked with model cities in China
Date: 2012-02-28 12:15:24
E-commerce opportunities, risks, and the limits the application are seeked with model cities in China. Twenty-one settlements were selected for modern information technology experimental application of e-commerce model cities. In...
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Magazine: Women apply makeup even during recession time
Date: 2012-02-27 16:54:15
Decorative cosmetics is characterised by a complex portfolio, with lots of products per brand – we learned from Viktória Etter, public relations coordinator with Coty Hungary Kft. Coty’s portfolio is...
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It is not sure that the E-mark gives enough information
Date: 2012-02-27 13:30:49
The food manufacturers often indicate the components’ chemical names on the packaging of their products, so the average consumers can not decide whether a product contains harmful materials or not...
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