Market News
CASH maintains pressure on UK soup formulators
Date: 2007-05-22 00:00:00
Almost 50 per cent of commercial soups in the UK do not meet targets for salt levels, says a new report from the Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH)....
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Snack makers urged to target health nuts
Date: 2007-05-22 00:00:00
Manufacturers of nut snacks could boost lacklustre sales by marketing the products from a health platform and being more vociferous in publicising the nutritional benefits of a diet rich in...
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Red pepper came from Serbia
Date: 2007-05-21 00:00:00
In Hungary there is a weakening of seasonal paprika's crop land to 3-4,000 hectares. Formerly it was 10-14 hectares, but after the „004's pepper scandal, the processed pepper decline from...
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UK waste reduction guide designed to help industry
Date: 2007-05-21 00:00:00
A new UK guide designed to help retailers and processors cut down on packaging waste serves as an example for other EU companies. The guide, published this week by the...
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Asda reformulates to cut out artificial additives, cost €44million
Date: 2007-05-21 00:00:00
UK supermarket Asda said it is removing artificial colours and flavours from all of its private label food and beverage products. The decision about 9,000 own label products by Asda,...
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EU funds nano packaging research
Date: 2007-05-18 00:00:00
The four year research programme has a budget of €36m, about half of which comes from an EU research programme. Over the past five years packaging suppliers have been...
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Daily 500 gr would be ideal
Date: 2007-05-17 00:00:00
The Hungarian Vegetable and Fruit Organisation (FreidVeb) start a marketing program to expansion of the vegi-fruit consuption in Hungary. The goal is the enrise the daily 400 g/person vegi-fruit consuption...
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Green wave in american retail
Date: 2007-05-17 00:00:00
At Home Depot Inc.'s headquarters in Atlanta, associates' empty soda bottles are collected and filled with a worm-excrement mixture and sold as plant food. Wal-Mart is rating its 60,000 suppliers...
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Action to make the poultry sector transparency
Date: 2007-05-17 00:00:00
A new program is laboured by the Hungarian Poultry Association and the Tax Office to detect tax abuser in poultry sector. The method is easy, the supervisor will control the...
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Nanotechnology is unstoppable
Date: 2007-05-16 00:00:00
As worldwide sales of nanotechnology-related products approached the $1bn mark last year, the food packaging industry could be worth as much as $30bn, according to a new study. The study...
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Hungary agricultural PPI tones down
Date: 2007-05-15 00:00:00
Hungary's agricultural producer prices rose by 8.9% year on year in March, falling from a growth of 11.6% in February, the Central Statistics Office (KSH) has reported. The KSH detected...
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The Minister of Agroculture enquirers
Date: 2007-05-15 00:00:00
An independent laboratory showed, that 70% of the honey sold in the supermarket is false. The minister József Gráf bid an audit because of honey sold in shops. The Application...
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Cott launches Spider-Man soft drinks across US
Date: 2007-05-15 00:00:00
Cott Corporation has launched Spider-Man 3 soft drinks in the US with Wal-Mart. The Canada-based soft drinks company has teamed up with Columbia Pictures' Spider-Man 3 to launch the flavours Green...
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Britvic acquires C&C Irish soft drinks operations
Date: 2007-05-15 00:00:00
Britvic has snapped up the soft drinks and distribution business of C&C Group in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The UK-based soft drinks company confirmed that it has...
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Group Meinl will build Russia biggest Mall
Date: 2007-05-14 00:00:00
The mall costs EUR300 millio, the shopping area will be 250,000 m2, as the Shopping City Süd near to Wiena.The shopping center buildes Meinl European Land, daugther of Meinl Bank,...
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World Fair Trade Day – on Saturday
Date: 2007-05-14 00:00:00
This is almost a 60 years old tradition in the USA, is celebrated in Europa until 40 years, but in Hungary only since 2002. Fair Trade organisations (backed by consumers)...
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Swedes keen on buying V&S stock
Date: 2007-05-14 00:00:00
A survey in Sweden has found that the majority of people would be interested in buying shares in V&S Group. The survey, run by the business website E24 in Sweden...
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Whisky made in Japan – no more joke
Date: 2007-05-11 00:00:00
It may not be as well known as Scotch or bourbon but Japanese whisky is winning plaudits for quality and gaining ground internationally. Two out of four category winners on...
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Functional soft drinks on the rise in Europe
Date: 2007-05-09 00:00:00
The main driving forces behind functional soft drinks growth are consumers' increasingly proactive attitudes towards health.The 2007 West Europe Functional Soft Drinks (sports drinks, isotonic drinks, energy drinks) report from...
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Nearly 300 Excellent Hungarian Food on the market
Date: 2007-05-09 00:00:00
The products, which are entered in compation by its manufacturer, consider a professional jury on the grounds of strict criterias. The Ministry of Agricultur and Rural Development started the Excellent...
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Word longest shopping boulevard in Dubai
Date: 2007-05-08 00:00:00
Dubai will build the world's largest retail zone in its tourism project Dubailand. The projected retail zone will be part of Bawadi, a hospitality and leisure zone worth 100 billion...
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The number of debit cards increased trebly
Date: 2007-05-04 00:00:00
Until two years the sum of debit cards in Hungary grew more than trebly. There were more than one and half million debit cards on the local marketplace, now to...
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