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Hungarians purchase safe Hungarian eggs
Eggs from abroad can carry health risks, so the Hungarian Chicken Hybrids-Breeders and Egg Producers Association recommends to buy Hungarian eggs from controlled production sources. According to the Association’s announcement...
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Labor shortage affects Hungarian vegetable production
The lack of labor force is a growing problem in the fruit and vegetable sector, which can now have a negative impact on the quality of crops as well –...
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Nébih’s latest product test identified markup errors
The Gluten-Free Spaghetti Test of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) found the 9 controlled products adequate, but initiated regulatory proceedings against the responsible entrepreneurs of 3 products for...
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Coca-Cola: sugar-free drinks becoming more and more popular
Due to the favorable economic environment and the new trade policy, Coca-Cola HBC achieved higher turnover and results last year, compared to the past few years. The Coca-Cola HBC Magyarország...
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Hungarian brand is the first in the ice market
The Hungarian XIXO brand – celebrating its 5th birthday – is the leader of the Hungarian ice cream market. The multiple Hungarian Brands and Superbrands winner brand is celebrating with...
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Coca-Cola: sugar-free drinks becoming more and more popular
Due to the favorable economic environment and the new trade policy, Coca-Cola HBC achieved higher turnover and results last year, compared to the past few years – Világgazdaság Online wrote....
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The regulation of units without automatic monitoring unit can be changed
On the basis of the rules currently in force, units that can not be connected to the AFE system can not be operated after 30 June 2018. The National Chamber...
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Consumer sentiment in the euro area and in the EU also fell in June
Consumer confidence in the euro area and in the European Union has also deteriorated in June, according to a preliminary estimate published by the European Commission on Thursday. The consumer...
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(HU) Édes és sós újdonságok az ALDI pékségeiben
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Rubens Menin of MRV Engenharia from Brazil named EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ 2018
Rubens Menin, Chairman of Brazil-based MRV Engenharia e Participações S.A., was this evening named EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ 2018 at an awards ceremony held in Monaco’s Salle des...
Read moreIrrigation would cost hundreds of billions, but it would generate serious extra income
A 180-page study was conducted by the Agricultural Research Institute on the development of irrigation. Researchers took into account the water needs of plants, soil conditions and water resources, and...
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Paying attention to details, precision and innovative ideas – Family-Friss
Family-Friss Kft. started out as a soda water company 28 years ago. Now they are waiting for retailer and wholesaler buyers with 2,500 different products in a 300m² C+C store and a...
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Stable partners and fast service from Depó-Trade
Depó-Trade’94 Bt. has been in the wholesale business for more than 20 years. Presently they sell 1,500 different products. Three sales managers visit partners on a weekly basis and four lorries deliver the...
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Csoki Max plans to start its own chain
Csoki Max Magyarország Kft. opened its first wholesale store in 1998. They moved to the presently used 2,500m² premises in 2001. At the moment partners can choose from 8,000 SKUs. In 2015 they acquired...
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Chef Market has strengthened its positions in the countryside
For Chef Market the year 2017 was mainly about logistics development. They started cooperating with Waberer’s, thanks to which the company doubled both the number of non-Budapest deliveries and of partners...
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More wholesalers and fewer farmers at the Budapest Wholesale Market
The Budapest Wholesale Market had opened in 1991 and last year 460,566 tons of produce was sold there by farmers and wholesalers. In the last 27 years the number of seller...
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Quality work done at BA-HA-MA’S
BA-HA-MA’S Kft. was established in 1994. In 2017 the most important market change for the company was the poultry VAT cut in the retail trade sector and the hospitality VAT reduction in...
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ANGRO launches online store with more young partners in mind
ANGRO Nagykereskedelmi Kft. launched its online shop in 2017 – by using this retailer partners can save time and energy. Managing director György Rokszin’s experience is that there are more and more...
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Last year was a good one for wholesalers too
In 2017 not only retailers had a good year, but also the wholesalers that serve both the retail and the Horeca segments. Wholesalers sold products for HUF 1,000-1,200 billion to Horeca...
Read moreKSH: the growth of retail sales continues
Retail sales, calculated on unchanged price increased by 4.3 percent in April, compared to the data of a year before. Seasonally adjusted retail sales – mainly due to the Easter...
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The Ministry of Finance proposes decreasing milk VAT and increasing public health product tax
The Ministry of Finance has submitted its bill on tax changes for next year – Varga Mihály Finance Minister informs. In line with the government’s goal of charging the most...
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Mastercard: mobile payment is becoming more and more popular in Hungary
Mobile payment in Hungary is becoming more and more popular: Hungarian cardholders have been using mobile phones for one-touch payments much more times than in the first five months of...
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Here are the most successful marketers
The Marketing & Media magazine has compiled the top list of most successful home marketers for the third time this year. This year, nearly a quarter of the rankings changed,...
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SPAR is the sponsor of the U18 European Athletics Championships
There is barely a month left until the U18 European Athletics Championship, which starts in Győr on 5 July. The SPAR International has been a major sponsor of European Athletics...
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Leadership change at PwC Magyarország and in the company’s regional management as well
Nick Kós becomes the leader of PwC’s Central and Eastern European (CEE) region of 29 countries from 1 July 2018, who leaves PwC Magyarország’s CEO post after six years. His...
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Hungary continues to expand its agricultural relations with Africa
Research and business cooperation, as well as the existing forms of knowledge transfer can provide a solid foundation for the further development of Hungarian-African agricultural relations – Farkas Sándor, Minister...
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Luxembourg is the richest, Bulgaria is the poorest country in the EU
Although somewhat reduced, there is still a huge difference between the richest and poorest countries in the European Union, between Luxembourg and Bulgaria. In terms of purchasing power parity, the...
Read moreThe Agrokémia Sellye Zrt. will expand its capacity from more than half a billion HUF
The Agrokémia Sellye Zrt. – manufacturer of – plant protection products is expanding its capacity with more than half a billion forints investment – the company informed MTI. According to...
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World’s first plastic-free grocery aisle opens in Amsterdam
Dutch grocery chain Ekoplaza has installed an entirely plastic-free supermarket aisle in its Amsterdam store, to help shoppers cut down on plastic packaging. They realised the project in partnership with British...
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Aldi and Lidl accept the challenge
Aldi and Lidl have reacted to the merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda that caused quite an excitement in British retail. After Sainsbury’s had announced that basic goods would become 10...
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