Events

Magazine: Praline buying is characterised by both brand loyalty and economising

Among sweets pralines represent the highest price category, consequently sales have been declining ever since the economic crisis commenced in 2008. However, this contraction slowed down recently and the last...

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Wine producers are forced to raise prices

Wine producers were forced to carry out double-digit price increases this year, due to the wine’s purchase price increase and due to the growth of production costs – told Varga...

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Orchards to be listed

Orchards will be listed in Hungary this year, if the Parliament adopts the amendment of the 2006 law. The bill was uploaded to the website of the Parliament on Monday....

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Hungarian beekeepers to apply for 1.2 billion HUF EU funds

Until 2013 beekeepers can apply for1.2 billion HUF EU funding in the scope of the Hungarian National Apiculture Programme. According to the Rural Development Ministry; the high, 90-95 percent utilization...

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Tokaj prepares for the conquer of Düsseldorf

Compared to the 16 of last year, this year 25 Hungarian companies will exhibit at the world's leading wine fair, at the ProWein in Düsseldorf. Tokaj will represent the most...

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Martonyi: Hungary has interest in the preserving of the strong EU cohesion and agricultural policy

Martonyi János stressed the importance of preserving the strong EU cohesion policy and Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on Friday in Brussels, at the meeting of the EU member states' foreign...

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Hungarians are saving for holiday

We tend to believe that saving money is a necessary part of life, and most of us are consciously looking for possibilities to save money – a new survey by...

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New agricultural books are needed

The brand new Darányi Ignácz Plan, within the compass of the National Rural Strategy, believes that an important basis of modern agriculture is tradebook – minister in charge of rural...

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Vodka and gin: higher sales in terms of both value and volume

Total annual retail sales in the nine spirits categories measured by Nielsen reached the value of HUF 66 billion in the August 2010-September 2011 period. Only vodka and gin sales...

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Less but higher quality alcoholic drinks are sold

Alcoholic beverages constitute a special market in Hungary as spirits, wines and beers have a one-third share of the market each. Wine consumption has declined recently and the annual average...

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Good market position for chocolate

According to the Nielsen Retail Index, total value sales of the three chocolate segments increased by 3 percent in the December 2010-September 2011 period, compared with the same period a...

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Market expansion and strengthening manufacturer brands

2 percent higher value sales and 1 percent more sold in terms of volume in December 2010-September 2011 – this is how the meat product market developed according to the...

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Food Club Workshop was launched

Food Club Foundation was established this year and its undertaking is to analyse the state of play in the Hungarian food sector and the chances for increasing its competitiveness. The...

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New taxes on food products reduce competitive chances

It is too early to predict the consequences of the public health product fee (NETA) – we heard at the food processing conference recently held in the German and Hungarian...

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ETresearch eye tracking measuring at Foodapest as Hungexpo’s partner

Hungexpo and ETresearch will cooperate in implementing eye tracking measuring at Foodapest (5-8 February 2012). The goal of the measuring is to watch exhibitors’ stand through the eyes of visitors,...

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FOODAPEST and UKBA make a good pair – for the second time next February

HUNGEXPO will organise the FOODAPEST and UKBA trade fairs together for the second time on 5-8 February 2012. We asked commercial director Csaba Siklósi about the upcoming event. • T.M.:...

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Stress management guide

We are living turbulent times: companies are leaving the country, employees are laid off and there are restructuring processes under way everywhere. This lack of stability puts great pressure on...

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The GKI improved this year's GDP expectations

Despite the previously projected 1.5 percent decrease the GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt.expects a one percent decrease in 2012. The economic research points out in its evaluation sent to MTI that the...

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Grant increased to 10 million from the former 4 million HUF on the most popular competition of the New Széchenyi Plan

On the New Széchenyi Plan’s (ÚSZT) “Micro-enterprise development” competition the amount of support increased more than twofold, from 4 to 10 million HUF. The discount credit beside the support can...

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Credit card payment is more and more popular

According to the most recent survey of MasterCard; the improving trend of the popularity of credit card payment in Hungary continued in 2011: an 8 percent increase occurred among those...

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The partner of McDonald's became the year’s franchise recipient

The Awards Gala Night of the Hungarian Franchise Association was held on the 26th of January in the Ramada Plaza Budapest Hotel. The gala dinner isthe local franchise industry's most...

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U.S. consumer optimism spins the world's largest economy

In January, consumer sentiment continued to improve higher than the expectations of the  analysts in the United States. The joint monthly sentiment index of Reuters news agency and the University...

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HITA, intellectual property office partner supportS SMEs

The Hungarian Investment and Trade Agency (HITA) and the National Office of Intellectual Property (SZTNH) have signed a cooperation agreement in the interest of improving the competitiveness and innovative activities...

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The Italian mafia involved in the counterfeit of food

According to an Italian parliamentary report; organized crime plays a significant role in the distribution of counterfeit food products labeled as Italian goods – informs the National Board Against Counterfeiting....

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Sugar-quota will not be cancelled

The state of secretary in charge of agriculture believes that there is a good chance that the sugar quota will not cease to exist within the European Union – György...

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The government has approved Hungary's medium-term plan of consumer protection

The government has approved Hungary’s 4th medium term, consumer protection policy lasting until 2014 and also the task plan of measures – told the National Economy Ministry (NGM). According to...

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The GYIA has improved

The index measuring the performance of the real economy, was in minus 0.1 to 0.2 percent, during the last four months. If we want talk of positive change the index...

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Higher than average number of consumer complaints for e-commerce

Last year, higher than average number of consumer complaints arrived to e-commerce, therefore the consumer protection authority will monitor more closely these areas in 2012 – said Pintér István, Director...

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Brussels urges ban on the traditional hen cages

The European Commission called on the 13 EU member countries, including Hungary, to take actions in its Thursday letter to connection with the deficiencies of the implementation of EU animal...

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Healthy Eating Trends Around the World

With feedback from more than 25,000 online respondents from 56 countries around the world, this repot reveals how consumers are battling the bulge and how food producers and marketers can...

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