Market News
The margarine market expanded despite the recession
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
According to GfK’s Consumer Scan, 73 percent of Hungarian households bought some kind of tub margarine and 60 percent purchased baking margarine in the first quarter of 2010 – both...
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Completa’s prize game comes to an end
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Completa’s promotion campaign started on 1 March 2010. Participants had to collect 4 barcodes from products and send them to Completa before 30 April. The first 5,000 senders received Completa...
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Fighting those extra kilos
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Being overweight and the related illness are one of the biggest problems in welfare societies. Update offers clinically tested, lasting solutions to these problems. The system, nomen est omen, is...
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Large packaging units sell better
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Value sales of carbonated soft drinks grew in stores larger than 400 m² in the April 2009-March 2010 period; value sales fell in stores smaller than 400 m² – informs...
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Who will be the most talented young Hungarian?
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Beck’s Different By Choice Award talent search contest ended on 10 May. From the 47 nominees 10 qualified to the second round. Until 9 June the public can cast their...
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Customised bath bomb
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
After a long day of hard work everyone loves to plunge into a hot bath. Especially if we can prepare the fragrant bath balls ourselves – it only takes five...
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Sugar-free soft drinks – now in the lower categories too
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Carbonated soft drink retail sales fell last year, in terms of value and volume alike, but the decrease did not affect the different retail channels to the same extent. –...
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Food exports falling
Date: 2010-07-06 00:02:59
The trade balance is still improving, but already there are signs in the improvement of the internal demand. The export-import gap is narrower than last year: exports improved by 16.8,...
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Euro area’s retail sales increased in April, following a decline
Date: 2010-07-06 00:02:01
According to the report of Eurostat; Retail sales rose in May in the euro area, after the significant decline of April. Retail sales rose by 0.2 percent in May compared...
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The Liegl & Dachser remains one of the leading freight forwarding and logistics company
Date: 2010-07-06 00:01:01
The Pilisvörösvár based Liegl & Dachser continues to take part seriously in the successful recovery of the Hungarian economy and its Hungarian headquarter’s development – said Engelbert Liegl, company founder....
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Food prices are expected to increase
Date: 2010-07-05 00:02:49
On average, about two-fold increase occured in the prices of fruits and vegetables, compared to last year, while dairy and bakery products may become expensive. Dairy products may increase by...
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Food cheapest in Poland, alcohol in Romania
Date: 2010-07-05 00:01:31
If it would be possible to travel through the continent from one end to another within a few hours, the citizens of the union would probably purchase in Eastern Europe....
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The Wine Marketing Community launched a wine and soda bus
Date: 2010-07-05 00:00:18
The wine and soda bus has been launched by the Wine Marketing Community, in order to promote local wines. The wine and soda bus, which aims to promote wine and...
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Food labeling requirements to change from 1st July
Date: 2010-07-02 00:02:32
The National Trade Association (Országos Kereskedelmi Szövetség) has informed MTI Hungarian News Agency Corp. that regulations for the indication of preservation and expiry date will change from the beginning of...
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Euro-leaf logo for organic food
Date: 2010-07-02 00:00:59
It will be compulsory to display he EU’s ecological logo on all pre-packaged organic food produced within the European Union from the 1st July, 2010. Besides the logo referred to...
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Recession has afflicted at least half of the workforce has been in the US
Date: 2010-07-02 00:00:19
More than half of the workforce has been hit by the recession in the US. Those concerned have lost their jobs, their salaries and the amount of working hours have...
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German retail finally growing
Date: 2010-07-02 00:00:08
Retail trade has grown for the first time after three months in Germany, strengthening the hopes of the stabilisation of domestic consumption. According to analysts, the reason behind the growth...
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There is a high demand for consumer credit
Date: 2010-07-01 00:01:44
Low-interest, revolving credit, fast and less administration and simple pre-qualification – these aspects are considered to be important for a client applying for customer loans – it is revealed from...
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We are eating healthier according to KSH
Date: 2010-07-01 00:01:20
Less fat, more vegetables and fruits – KSH (Hungarian Central Statistical Office) reports that we have come closer to the rates of healthy nutrition pyramid in the last years. According...
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FIFA World Cup revives sport related markets
Date: 2010-07-01 00:00:28
The World Cup does not only affect the market of flat panel tv sets, but also sportswear supply and sales – it is revealed in the data gathered by the...
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Sága-research on Hungarian women – less housework and more time with the family
Date: 2010-07-01 00:00:12
The study made by Sága Foods Plc. reveals that seven out of ten women wishes to spend less time with cooking and more time with her family. The aim of...
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E-bills can save us a trillion
Date: 2010-06-30 00:04:39
If the Hungarian companies switched to e-billing, our economy would get rid of 400 millions of paper bills and it could evade a cost of four billion euros with savings...
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Shopping addict men
Date: 2010-06-30 00:03:59
A German study claims that men can also become shopping addicts. The logos stimulated the rewarding system brain areas. Scientists have analyzed the brain activities of men susceptible of shopping...
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The EU about to export fruit more easily to Russia
Date: 2010-06-30 00:03:29
The European Union has made a revolutionary agreement with Russia – they have unified the regulations regarding the maximum allowed amount of pesticides in food. The agreement concerns fruits like...
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Destination centers instead of malls
Date: 2010-06-29 00:02:59
For retail real estate development it is no longer enough to have a clean concept. The developers need to examine the shopping habbits, the purchasing power and the location of...
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Cool weather is not favourable for beer consumption
Date: 2010-06-29 00:01:40
After last year’s throw-back of 90%, the cool early summer further worsened the sales statistics. It can not be foreclosed the by the time of annual data comparison, there will...
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No more ’ten-eggs’ or ’four-apples’?
Date: 2010-06-29 00:01:09
The latest proposal of the European Parliament would put an end to food distribution based on number of pieces. Instead, the volume of the product would be indicated on the...
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American consumers are optimistic
Date: 2010-06-29 00:01:05
Consumer sentiment in the US has reached an unexpected peak since January 2008. Besides, the number of layoffs has remarkably decreased since the same period last year. The Michigan consumer...
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VAT rise in Romania
Date: 2010-06-29 00:00:01
The amount of the value-added tax has been increased from 19 to 24 percent in Romania according to a governmental decision. The immediate tax increase was neccessary, because the Romanian...
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The majority, benefitted from globalization
Date: 2010-06-28 00:02:20
The survey of Ipsos, that was made for www.canada.com with the participation of 18,624 adult respondents, living in 24 countries, representing the 75 percent of the world's GDP. In context...
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