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Superbrands 2007 in Hungary

Several brands of food industry got the award, the winner are showed in a magazin. The Superbrands prgram work in 82 country and, in Hungary it is the 9th event...

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Power from the supermarkets

From today two German supermarket, Lidl and Kaufland sell electricity. The two discounts chain offer E.ON low costs company's power. E-wie einfach, name of the company could give power cheaper,...

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EU Draft Report about Indian Guar Gum Production

An EU inspection team spent 10 days visiting various guar gum factories in India in the autumn.  The EU team that scrutinised Indian plants in October is believed to have...

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New brands, brand new hotels in Hungarian Capital

According to specialist in the next two years 8-10 four-five stars hotel will be opened in Budapest and in Hungary. Mariott's Courtyard opens its first hotel in 2009 at Blaha...

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The global credit crunch hold in the European Household Demand

Euro zone retail sales turned out much weaker than expected in October. The European Union's statistics office said retail sales in the 13 countries using the euro fell 0.7 percent...

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Retail chains help suppliers to be more competative

According to Research Institute of Economics and Enterprises project the multinational retail companies have paradox effect on suppliers. Global trends indicate that there is increased concentration underway in the retail...

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Campona to buy for €110 mln

The shopping center was opened 8 years ago, its occupancy level is over 97%. Basic tenats are C&A, H&M, Electro World, Hervis.  ING Real Estate has today announced the €110...

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Food prices continue to rise

Experts agree that the prize increase of maize and rice will be on a higher rate than this year. The latest report by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization...

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Tax stamps with bar code for drink in Hungary

In the future only 3 kinds of tax stamps will use in contrast the 42 from today. From next June-July supervisors of Hungarian Customs and Finance Guard use bar code...

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The big companies are more optimistic

Economic research firm Ecostat's business confidence index was 87,6% at SMEs and 100,5% at TOP 100 in November. At Hungary's one hundred largest companies, almost 25% of the managers reported...

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16,000 kilos poisoned pear from Italy

Specialist measured twice more fungicide as much the authorized maximum. Until the problem was disclosed more than 13,000 kilos were sold. Authority said pears are not danger for people, for...

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EU Tenders for Developing Hungarian Logistic Centers and Services

From the HUF 11,3 billion 25-35 project could be financed.   In a frame of tenders 30% of building cost of a regional and 50% of building cost of an...

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British traders are on call

Shoplifters will steal more than £431 million worth of goods during the build-up to Christmas in England. On the busiest shopping day of the year, on Saturday, December 22, retailers...

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Slow growth, stubbornly high inflation

Hungary's internal and external balances are expected to improve on expectations this year. According to the latest report by think-tank GKI and Erste bank published the government deficit to shrink...

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Consumers like own-brand goods

Almost three quarters of consumers have a positive perception of supermarket own-brand goods, a new study has found in England.  Supermarket supplier Catalus questioned over 500 consumers on how they...

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Test lab in the future's restaurant

Cameras monitor every reaction of the customers.  In the new research center, devoted to exploring a both simple and complicated question: What makes people eat and drink the way they...

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10 tons food was found in the re-labeling plant

In the Sparkle-action the supervisors pounced in a food depot in Budapest. In the illegal food depot relabeled and new dated foods: meat, sweets, eggs and softdrinks were found. The...

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Conctactles payment starts in Europe

French hypermarket chain to trial contactless payment of MasterCard Europe. Normal the PayPass technology is used by shopping under 25 euro, but this card could make the payment 40% faster...

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Hungarian Tax and Financial Control Administration increase the default penalty

Next year guilty must pay HUF 1 million because of invoice problem.   The default fines increase from HUF 100,000  to 200,000, form 200,000 to 500,000. One million HUF is...

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Fake milkdisributor found

The Budapester enterpreuter operated without permissions.  In Sparkler-action, collective control of several authorities, 5 tons milk product were found. The milk, cheese, cottage-cheese in value of  HUF 7-8 million must...

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HUF 680 billion excise in government pocket

Due to the continuously control increase the legal petrol, cigarettes and alcohol sales. According to industrial dates there was 7.1% higher sales in the first 10 months as a year...

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Next year's carriage must cover the lost from this year too

According to plans of Budapest local government trucks should pay ten times higher fees for coming into the city as now. Association of Transport Companies said this year carriage can't...

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Auchan to invest 0.5bn-euro in Romania

French retailer targets 22 cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants by 2010.  "We will continue to expand with large-scale hypermarkets, because this what we specialise in. The Discount Market store...

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Chocolate still leading

Total sales of sweets exceed HUF 150 billion in Hungary. According to Mrs. Kanyó, general secretary, members of the Hungarian Sweets Manufacturers’ Association account for 83-85 per cent of this...

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Milan, part 2. – Iper and Esselunga: „Merchants should be modest”

The Italian retail network is not a very concentrated one by European standards. Modern stores make spectacular efforts to attract customers. Our correspondent has visited hyper markets of Finiper and...

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Let’s apply, but how?

Since our accession to the EU, all we have been listening to was how much financing is/will be available through tenders. This is also an issue of high priority for...

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Less sugar than expected is still enough

Sugar reform in the EU signals the beginning of a new era for the Hungarian sugar industry. Though domestic sugar production is only a fraction of what it used to...

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Iper Portello

Finiper is one of the largest operators of hyper markets in Italy. It ranks 8th among retail companies, with 25 hyper markets, 115 supermarkets and annual revenues of EUR 2,8...

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Change in trend

In the near future it will be especially difficult for multinational companies to define prices for global products in the Hungarian market. In order to maintain their market share, they...

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