Market News
Bird flu infects two people in UK
Date: 2007-05-30 00:00:00
Two people have been infected with the bird flu virus that has caused an outbreak on a farm in North Wales. A further nine people are currently experiencing flu-like symptoms...
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No deal in international coffee talks
Date: 2007-05-30 00:00:00
Coffee processors and producers will have to wait another year for a new International Coffee Agreement after talks over the last week failed to make a breakthrough. It means...
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Winter Invasion 2008 – focus on Budapest culture life
Date: 2007-05-30 00:00:00
This year the event brought 25 500 extra guest nights to the Budapest hotels with the participation of 70 suppliers. Following the success of the first edition of the Budapest...
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Non-GMO driving Russian food price increase
Date: 2007-05-29 00:00:00
New voluntary screening and voluntary 'No GMO!' labelling is driving up food prices in Moscow, according to reports. At present only foods sold in Russia that do contain genetically-modified organisms...
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Successful diet competition between companies
Date: 2007-05-29 00:00:00
The target was not to hunger, but eating scienter and sporting regularly, and helping in it to each other at the workplace. 121 groups with 821 peoples enter for the...
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Ethnic foods gain ground
Date: 2007-05-29 00:00:00
Growth in the retail ethnic foods in Europe is outpacing overall growth in the foods and drink sector, according to the report of Leatherhead Food International. The new report, called...
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In contemp of descending real wages, the hungarian buy
Date: 2007-05-25 00:00:00
While real wages dropped by 6.5% year on year in March, the volume of Hungary's retail sales fell by only 0.5% in the same month, according to preliminary calendar effect-adjusted...
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No higher excise tax
Date: 2007-05-25 00:00:00
Members of the Parliament voted to send the plans back to its Economic Affairs Committee for further discussion. The move is another setback for the Commission in its attempt to...
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(HU) Fogyasztóvédelmi bizottság előtt az áruházláncok képviselői
Date: 2007-05-24 00:00:00
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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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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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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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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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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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