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Sliced and whole salami, flavouring – in-store sales are stable

In terms of value, sausage and salami retail sales grew in parallel with all meat products in thee July 2008-June 2009 period, compared to the same period a year before....

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Waiting for the nadir

According to economic projections by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. and Erste Bank, the worse is yet to come for the Hungarian economy, with GDP expected to decrease to 6.5 percent. Agriculture...

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Deli counter meat product sales are revitalising

Despite lobbying by the Hungarian Meat Industry Federation, meat products were not included on the list of products with a reduced VAT. Although the 5 percent increase is not catastrophic...

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Hungarian households switch from ”A” to ”B”?

According to data by Gfk Hungária, in the first quarter of 2009 we bought 7 percent less daily consumer goods than a year before. Brands with a higher price level...

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Less sausage and salami sold in the first four months

Gfk Hungária’s data indicate that Hungarian households purchased less sausage and salami than a year ago. In the first four months of 2009 sausage sales went down by 7 percent,...

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Hungarians not taken to shopping malls yet

According to a survey conducted by Gfk in June 2009, Hungarian shoppers prefer separate shops to shopping malls. 83 percent shop in the store type they like the most. More...

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High quality sells better

Nielsen Retail Index reveals that lemon juice retail sales grew by 13 percent in terms of value in June 2008-May 2009, compared to the previous period a year before. The...

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Price increase slowing down

In June consumer prices augmented by 0.1 percent, totalling at 3.7 percent higher than in the same period of 2008. According to a report by KSH (Central Statistical Office), there...

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Retro 3

I finished my last piece by stating that I did not intend to write about this again. I was wrong, the situation deteriorated further. I still think that some kind...

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Lemon juices are in top condition

Trying to eat healthier opened the way for a more creative usage of lemon juices. Another significant step forward has been taken in packaging. New designer bottles gradually replace the...

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Half of the unemployed have been looking for work for more than a year

In the second quarter of 2009, the unemployment rate was 9.6 percent, with 3,797,000 people being employed and 402,000 unemployed in the 15-64 age group. Compared to the second quarter...

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The price of shopping

The communications war between Hungary’s two FMCG giants, Tesco and Spar keeps raging. A few weeks ago, Spar filed a complaint against Tesco at the Hungarian Trade Association’s Ethics Committee...

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Mouth care brands expand with specialties

Sales expectations in the mouth care product category focus on keeping up the present level. Toothbrush is the leading segment of innovation, but toothpaste and mouth wash novelties are also...

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Average wage increase at 1 percent

In the first five months of 2009, the gross average wage 1.4 percent higher than a year earlier; in the case of net wages the increase was 1 percent. KSH’s...

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The price of milk does not reduced

Despite the fact, that from 1st July the milk and milk products’ reduced VAT will be 18 percent, the prices did not reduced, rather further increased by 1 percent, compared...

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Bio mangalica do not purchased ,while traditional pork is popular

According to experts, the “triumph” of biomangalica is a myth. Eco- mangalica is expensive and noone pays for it domestically and abroad as well. In big volumes it is almost...

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Compared to May retail increased in June

The volume of retail sales were below in the same period of last year, by 3.2 percent in the first half of 2009 and 2.2 percent in In June. The...

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Exuberant optimism in the United States

According to the August survey of Confernce Board; The views on economy has improved at consumer assessment in the United States. The consumer confidence index rose from 46.6 points to...

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The consumption of cheaper wines increases

In the first six months, the quantity of wine purchased for home consumption increased by 5 percent, compared to the same period of the previous year. But the growth has...

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The end of the recession in Germany

In the second quarter of 2009, Germany came out of the recession with a 0.3 percent GDP growth compared to the first quarter – confirmed by the Federal Statistical Office...

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Bitter sugar confectionery: price increases are to come

In times of the crisis chocolate improves mood, but the producers are threatening with world price increase, because the sugar and cocoa prices rose into the heavens on the world...

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The purchase of apples will start from 11 HUF per kilogram

Agrana Juice Hungary Ltd. owning the majority of the market, started the purchasing of apple in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. The Austrian company pays 11 HUF (4 eurocents) for the fruit to...

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Almost one hour work for a Big Mac in Budapest

In the world's boomtowns one has to work for a Big Mac for an average of 38 minutes. In Tokyo only 12 minutes, nearly an hour in Budapest and 158...

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Households saves because of the crisis

Nearly three-quarters of households restrained spendings because of the recession. Most of the households save on holiday, clothing, entertainment and culture – reported Népszabadság the assessment of BellResearch research company....

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The Global economic climate indicator improves significantly

According to the Munich based Ifo market research company, in the third quarter the global economic climate will continue to improve, especially the six-month expectations appear to be promising. IFO’s ...

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Euro-zone’s industrial orders improved on monthly level

Far beyond the preliminary expectations; Euro-zone’s industrial new orders stock level increased by 3.1 percent in June on monthly level, after the 0.5 percent decline of May. Only 1.7 percent...

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Small beer breweries suffered huge market loss

The turnover of small beer breweries decreased by four-fifth, this year compared to the datas of the previous year. In the mid 90s 340 small breweries were in Hungary, now...

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Market in the U.S. garages

Because of the economic crisis and the rising unemployment rate, garage markets are in bloom in the United States. More people are forced to sell their beloved belongingsin order to...

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One purchases cheap food because of the crisis

The total turnover of the own branded products of the supermarket chains reached more than 165 billion HUF in the first six months of 2009 – states Nielsen market research...

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Ninety percent use Internet before shopping

According to the survey of Google; almost 90 percent of the Hungarian consumers are using the internet before buying a product. About half of the users are browsing on price...

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