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Magazine: Wiener: they are buying it!
Wiener and frankfurter sales are growing but the main driver of this growth are private label products. According to Zoltán Szántó, senior product manager of Pick Szeged Zrt. the volume...
Read moreAmazon enters the Italian FMCG market
Amazon started selling FMCG products in Italy: in the online shop customers can choose from nearly 20,000 products, including brands such as Barilla, Valfrutta, Knorr, Rio Mare, San Benedetto, Mulino...
Read moreFAO: global food prices are low
Agricultural commodities are going through a period of lower and less volatile prices, according to the FAO Food Outlook released today. After several dramatic upward price spikes from 2007 through...
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The retail sales of household chemical goods and cosmetics increased by six percent
The revenues of the stores from household chemicals and cosmetics grew by 6 percent this year to about 230 billion HUF from January to August. In volume, a 1 percent...
Read moreFood prices increased despite declining inflation
The average level of consumer prices was 0.4 percent lower in September 2015, than a year before, while compared with August, prices decreased by 0.6 percent – the Central Statistics...
Read moreMLSZKSZ: the migratory crisis made the transportation of goods more expensive
The intense migratory wave and the related actions of the EU member states have posed serious challenges to the logistics and supply chain companies: due to the unplanned, temporary closures...
Read moreThe first calls for proposals of the Rural Development Programme were published
The first calls for proposals of the Rural Development Programme were published on Wednesday – the Prime Minister's Office told MTI on Thursday. According to the information of the Prime...
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The trading house launched an SME Export Expressz program
The Hungarian National Trading House (MNKH) launched a new professional complex program called Export Expressz based on three pillars to help the export activities of the domestic small and medium-sized...
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The Nébih suspended the operations of two vegetable cleaning plants in Budapest
Due to food safety and food hygiene deficiencies, the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) suspended the operations of two vegetable cleaning plants in Budapest with immediate effect. During the...
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New opportunities in supporting small-scale farmers
New support scheme options have appeared in the CAP calculator on the NAK website. The calculator helps small-scale farmers join the funding programme. Farmers who have a 5-hectare or smaller...
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Pannonpower buys more biomass this year
In the 12-month period ending at the end of June the Pécs-seated power plant purchased 180,000 tons of biomass from farmers in the region. In the next year Pannonpower plans...
Read moreVP-book published for the agriculture sector
The Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) published its new manual, with lots of useful information about the new Rural Development Programme (VP) for those who wish to tender for funding....
Read more2015 may be an excellent year for winemakers
Wines made in 2015 have great potential – reported seed grain and pesticide specialist Snygenta Hungary. In the regions where there have been no diseases or hail damage winemakers are...
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Magazine: The traps of online dating
The internet has already helped many people to find a partner, but it has also discouraged several others from dating online. One of my agency’s customers, a 37-year-old man told...
Read moreNGM: the market followed the changes came with the Sunday rest day
The market followed the changes came with the Sunday rest day: there is a labor shortage in the Hungarian retail, on which the companies operating in the sector may react...
Read moreFM: the volume of wine exported from Hungary increased in the first half of 2015-10-07
Hungary this year exported 349 thousand hectoliters of wine in the first half of the year, 5.2 percent more than in the year before. The primary trading partners remained the...
Read moreThe GMO-free foods will be labeled
Those food manufacturers that produce their products from the products of animals that are eating GMO-free feed can indicate this exemption on the foods they produce. The Ministry of Agriculture...
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The Cooperatives loses thousands of euros
The European Court of Justice rejected the Hungarian action in a six-year lawsuit, which intended to force Brussels to pay more support refunds to the Hungarian fruit and vegetable sector’s...
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Euro-zone’s retail sales stagnated
Retail sales remained unchanged in August, compared to the previous month in the euro zone and in the European Union – the European Union's statistical office, the Eurostat announced. In...
Read moreAdditional support is expected to be paid from the second half of October
Payments took place yet in 657 cases among the 2,617 grant applications submitted in the 2014/2015 wine marketing year. The support needs greatly exceed the framework of the 2015 financial...
Read moreBeer to be Wild
The real hunting season has begun, therefore, it is time to try your favorite beers with the finest wild food. The guide of the beer gastronomer provides assistance to the...
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Roadside stands are safe
The National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) declared fruit and vegetable sold from roadside stands to be safe for consumption. Laboratory tests showed that they contain no or very little...
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Association for a GMO-free Hungary
After four years of hard work by the government an association for a GMO-free Hungary has been established. It is one of the first such organisations in Europe and it...
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Magazine: Can you get the burnout syndrome at an early age?
Does someone have to live 30, 40 or 50 years to get the burnout syndrome? When a baby is born all they want is to be loved and this feeling...
Read moreMeat Market Changes
The domestic pig breeding is supported with high amounts for the fifth year and now the government is eager to favor the consumers. As a part of the domestic pig...
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The Poultry Product Board reviewed the situation of the egg sector
The Poultry Product Board reviewed the situation of the egg sector at the press conference organized by the Poultry and Egg Producers’ Association. Two main factors determined the results of...
Read moreRetail sales growth slowed, but still strong
Compared to the previous months, the growth of retail sales slowed, but remained strong in August, according to experts who also added that the cheaper fuel continue to pull the...
Read more150 billion HUF for the development of animal husbandry
150 billion HUF will be spent on the the development of the livestock sector in the Hungarian agriculture between 2014 and 2020. Nagy István, Parliamentary Minister of State of the...
Read moreDangerous pathogens are attacking the vines
The National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) told MTI on Monday that the gold vine jaundice disease appeared again in the Hungarian wineyards. The Plant Protector Inspector General ordered a...
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