Events
Grüne Woche, Berlin, part 1 – In addition to consumers, Hungarians also met purchasers in Berlin
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
In January, Hungarian food products were given media surface in the value of HUF 30-50 million in Germany – Hungary was the partner country at the Grüne Woche food and...
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Tastemakers – quality at Packforum
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
On 21-22 October, Packoforum hosted the Tastemakers event where 70 participants represented 45 food service companies from Europe, the United States and New Zealand. Presentations at the seminar shed light...
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Turkey sales plummeting
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
It seems that demand for cheaper poultry also started to shrink: last year poultry processing companies bought only 1 percent less chicken meet from breeders, but at a 6-percent lower...
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More wine, but less beer sold in the first nine months of 2009
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
According to GfK Hungária’s ConsumerScan, in the alcoholic beverages category households bought 6 percent less beer than in the same period of 2008, but as average prices were slightly up...
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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the…- PLMA 2010, Istanbul
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
2009 was the year of private labels: due to the economic crisis spending habits changed all over Europe and these changes were favourable for Private Label. The PLMA 2010 conference...
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‘It is a pleasure to give’ campaign was a success
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
On 15-20 December 2009, it was for the 14th time that SPAR stores hosted the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service’s annual durable food-collecting campaign. 118 tons of food were collected in...
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Half a kilo of poultry products bought per purchase
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
Poultry products is the second biggest segment on the market of processed meat. GfK Hungária’s Consumer Scan reveals that in October 2008-September 2009 the segment shrank by a mere 2...
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Canned beer keeps conquering
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
Beer retail sales topped HUF 116 billion in December 2008-November 2009. Volume sales fell by 3 percent to 386 million litres – according to the Nielsen Retail Index. The average...
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FUN – Former Unilever Network
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
On 20 November, the meeting with the above name was held for the 2nd time on Margaret Island. This time it was a bit different, because several colleagues who are...
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The own branded products market is a 300 billion market
Date: 2010-02-12 00:02:03
Almost every fourth forints that the costumers spent, went on the purchasing of own branded products last year. This is approx. 300 billion HUF – sets Nielsen market research company,...
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Slowly the spring will come in the Hungarian economy
Date: 2010-02-12 00:01:45
The tempo of the decline in retail turnover can slow down, decrease will stop in industrial production and sales – indicates the publication of Ecostat Economic Research, called Mikroszkóp. According...
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Hungarian paprika in Japan
Date: 2010-02-12 00:01:11
Hungarian peppers are grown in Szolnok’s Japanese twin town: in Yuza. The vicinity of the town became an important pepper-growing area within the country, so there is a chance that...
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Third of the adult population in Hungary celebrates Valentine's Day
Date: 2010-02-12 00:00:02
Some people think that Valentine's Day was invented by the lingerie, chocolate, balloons, and plush teddy bear manufacturers. Valentine's Day is a big business and the supermarket chains are eager...
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The crisis and the bad weather worsened the performance of agriculture last year
Date: 2010-02-11 00:04:58
The agricultural performance declined in 2009 to its one-third – said Gőgös Zoltán, the Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, on the event of the Pest County...
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Less credit applications for greater amounts
Date: 2010-02-11 00:04:25
According to the datas of the Hungarian Development Bank; the borrowing mood of the companies decreased, but the value of credit applications increased. The average of the previous loan applications...
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Sustainable growth can cost tens of thousand billions
Date: 2010-02-11 00:04:02
According to the report of the Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), consist of 29 large companies; The shift to sustainable development generates huge market demand and business opportunities worldwide....
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Swiss chocolate manufacturers closed a bitter year
Date: 2010-02-11 00:03:02
The crisis affected badly the turnover of Swiss chocolate manufacturers: according to the trade association of manufacturers; for the first time in six years, the sales volume and revenue also...
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Men have better salary than women at all age of groups
Date: 2010-02-11 00:01:28
In Hungary, men and those people have the highest salaries, who are facing with retirement. The average income for men in all age of groups is higher, than the salary...
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Improving sentiment in the euro area
Date: 2010-02-11 00:00:38
The business sentiment in the euro area improvemed further in January this year. According to the datas of the German IFO Institute for Economic Research; the comprehensive business sentiment indicator...
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Agrármarketing Centrum: Three new exhibitions
Date: 2010-02-10 00:04:12
After the successfully completed Grüne Woche exhibition, further domestic products will be introduced in Germany and the Hungarian exhibitors will also show their products to the Russian professional audience. The...
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Last year – with a significant surplus – foreign trade turnover declined
Date: 2010-02-10 00:04:01
According to the preliminary datas of the Central Statistical Office; the value of export was 16 729 billion HUF, while the value of import was 15 439 billion HUF last...
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Concentrated beer market
Date: 2010-02-10 00:03:02
According to the analysis of Plato Logic market research company; Due to the company acquisitions, now the four largest brewing group give more than half of the world’s beer producing....
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Now, it is certain: China is the world's largest exporter
Date: 2010-02-10 00:01:25
Due to the 18.4 percent decline in exports of last year, Germany has lost the world's leading exporter title. Currently China is the world's largest exporter – reported the German...
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Beer consumption is good against osteoporosis
Date: 2010-02-10 00:00:02
The Department of Food Science of the University of California has good news for beer lovers. The silicon is key to the increasing of the bone’s density and thus plays...
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The Automatic Cashier debuts at Foodapest (x)
Date: 2010-02-09 00:03:13
We spend a lot of time with shopping, standing in unpleasant long queues at the cashier. Among other things, IBM developed its Self-Checkout System to solve this problem. The sytem...
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Wine Marketing Renewal
Date: 2010-02-09 00:02:28
According to Tornai Tamás, the President of the Hungarian Grape and Wine Association (MSZBSZ); to maintain the annual 3 million hectoliters traffic of the Hungarian wine, a concerted Wine Marketing...
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Sausage festival in Békéscsaba
Date: 2010-02-09 00:02:08
The residents of Békéscsaba can be proud of their sausage festival, because it is the only festival that won the high-grade culinary festival title in Hungary. Thanks to the sausage...
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Hungarian National resources are not enough for EU supports
Date: 2010-02-09 00:01:40
Hungary currently has no country-wide development policy, in addition to EU funds it can not be used as it should – said Parragh László, the President of the Hungarian Trade...
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China: 270 million new credit card in a year
Date: 2010-02-09 00:00:32
According to the Chinese central bank; The Chinese consumers last year, purchased with credit card in a value of more than 24 trillion USD, one-third more than in 2008. The...
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