Market News
The food retail decreased in December
Date: 2008-02-25 00:00:00
In the year's last month the retail sales enriched HUF 690 billion, it was 11.2% of year's volume.The volume of retail sales adjusted for calendar effects decreased by 3.0% in...
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Interest In Fairtrade Doubles in Britain
Date: 2008-02-22 00:00:00
Ethical shopping is moving into the mainstream as shoppers become increasingly informed about how food is produced. British shoppers bought Fairtrade products, people are taking a renewed interest in where...
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The new consumer protection action started on the market at Feny street
Date: 2008-02-22 00:00:00
On the first station of „Springtime” operational the authorities didn't find big anomalies. 30 kilo meat was suppressed and some vegetable were must to be controled, but nothing was...
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Hungarian Trade Association believes in strong supervising but…
Date: 2008-02-22 00:00:00
The association agrees with the goal of the control chain, but ask the authorities to harmonize the default and the fine. The association advises to its members not to allow...
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Real wages decreased in 2007
Date: 2008-02-21 00:00:00
2 million 760 thousand persons were employed by enterprises employing at least 5 persons and by budgetary and social institutions, as well as assigned non-profit organizations in January–December 2007. ...
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Tea price on historical top
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
The cost of a cup of tea is set to soar to an all-time high following production problems in Kenya, the UN warned. Violence in the world’s largest exporter...
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Marketers want to get inside consumers' heads
Date: 2008-02-20 00:00:00
The biometric research are cheaper and easier as the normal way. Coca-Cola Co. and Virgin Mobile USA are among the top marketers to use neuroscience and biometric research to understand...
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French Consumers Eat Less Dairy Products
Date: 2008-02-19 00:00:00
According to governmental data, French consumption of dairy products has declined by 7% between 1997 and 2006. The government explains the drop by two factors. Firstly, consumers are more and...
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Employment in Hungary well below EU average
Date: 2008-02-19 00:00:00
Only 57 percent of Hungary's 15-64-year-olds are working, well below the European Union average of 64 percent. It noted that in 1989 5.4 million Hungarians were on the workforce compared...
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EU ministers at odds over approval of GMO foods
Date: 2008-02-19 00:00:00
European Union farm ministers fell short of a consensus agreement on Monday to allow imports of five genetically modified (GMO) products, paving the way for default approval by legal rubberstamp,...
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Rigid competition control at Edeka-Plus merger
Date: 2008-02-19 00:00:00
Not only the two companies, but the whole supplier chains is analyzed, firms not to answer must to pay fine. The fusion plant for Mai, is under rigid control,...
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Hungarian Consumer Trust Index fall 8%
Date: 2008-02-18 00:00:00
The decrease is to thank to willingness of buyig consumer durables, but there is an increase at pessimistic. Last quater the index hit the negative record of 2006 December. The...
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Agrar Marketing Center will be self-sufficient
Date: 2008-02-18 00:00:00
The change affects only law sections, the way of business don't. The new institute works under flights of the ministry of Agriculture, under biggest financial and accountancy control. The government...
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Last year's balance – 600 stores less
Date: 2008-02-18 00:00:00
The shrinking of retail stores chains slowed – according to Nielsen Research Company. Only small stores were closed, the number of middle size stores stagnated but hyper and supermarket increased...
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Hungarian Product Award starts end of February
Date: 2008-02-18 00:00:00
Last ten years 142 products won the award and other 437 tender got other prizes. Since 1997 the most tenders came from food industry, but the producer in constructions industry...
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Europe's economic expansion slowed
Date: 2008-02-15 00:00:00
Euro-zone GDP increased just 0.4% in Q4 2007, down from 0.8% in Q3 2007, according to the European Union announced. European economic expansion cooled in the fourth quarter as the...
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2009 tax facilitation
Date: 2008-02-15 00:00:00
Monday the prime minister annuounces a 10 points tax reform. According to the index internet portal, the new tax rules come from 2009. The biggest step will the destroy of...
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The industrial output was slowly in 2007
Date: 2008-02-15 00:00:00
Hungary's industrial output edged up by 0.9% month on month in December, according to final figures adjusted seasonally and by working days, the Central Statistics Office (KSH) has reported. ...
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Hungary's consumer prices rose by 1.0% month on month and
Date: 2008-02-15 00:00:00
On year on year basis the growth was 7.1% . For the end of the year the analysts project CPI to be down at 4.5%. Seasonally adjusted core inflation was...
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Ethic graved into the counter
Date: 2008-02-14 00:00:00
The Hungarian competition authority extended the scope of the Code of Ethics in Retail until 2010. The Code of Ethics in Retail was signed in 2006 by representations of interest...
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Fruits and oil seeds were most expensive
Date: 2008-02-14 00:00:00
In December 2007 the producer price level of agricultural products rose by 38.1 percent, compared to the corresponding month of the previous year. The price level of crops and horticultural...
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Auchan is the cheapest store
Date: 2008-02-13 00:00:00
According to penzcentrum on-line portal, the shopping basket of February was most expensive at Kaiser's, but Tesco tokk there the second place. After a bigger price increase in January the...
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(HU) A jódozott só a magyarok legkedveltebb funkcionális élelmiszere
Date: 2008-02-13 00:00:00
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The industrial confidence index was deteriorating
Date: 2008-02-12 00:00:00
In January the seasonally adjusted GKI Economic Sentiment Index declined a bit shows the survey of GKI Economic Research Co. supported by the European Union . The reason for this...
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Bigger price incriese at poultry
Date: 2008-02-12 00:00:00
Because of the high feed and energy costs a more than 10 % price increase is to wait at the market by summer. Nowadays there'snt any possibility for cheap...
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The German regulator searched for price cartell
Date: 2008-02-12 00:00:00
Seven chocolate makers full under suspicion that the companies fixed the prices of their products. Chocolate makers have explained price increases by saying they were necessary to cover surging costs...
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(HU) Indirekt módszerekkel segítene a kormány az élelmiszeripari cégeknek
Date: 2008-02-12 00:00:00
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The WTO has ruled against the European Union's import tariffs for bananas
Date: 2008-02-12 00:00:00
Millions of USDs commercial sanctions could be come. The WTO has consistently ruled against how Brussels sets tariffs for bananas, forcing it to overhaul a system that grants preferential...
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