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Accessories for wine enthusiasts
Date: 2017-09-25 07:30:48
An ever-wider group of Hungarians are drinking high-quality wines, and at the same time they are also spending on the necessary wine drinking accessories. Vino Domus Kft. sells several types of wine...
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Coca-Cola HBC Magyarország helps 8,000 young people find a job
Date: 2017-09-23 20:48:31
This autumn Coca-Cola HBC Magyarország starts a free course called #énjövőm (#myfuture), where young people are taught self-awareness, how to behave at a job interview and how to manage feedback. Valentin...
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Scitec named European dietary supplement manufacturer of the year
Date: 2017-09-23 20:43:22
Bodybuilding.com, the biggest online fitness retailer in the world, has voted that Scitec Nutrition is the best dietary supplement maker and distributor brand in Europe. The products of Budapest-based Scitec are...
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Heavier fines in e-commerce
Date: 2017-09-23 20:35:45
According to the Consumer Conditions Scoreboard 2017, published by the European Commission on 25 July, the rapid expansion of e-commerce entails not only a higher level of consumer consciousness, but...
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A more unified Europe, at every level
Date: 2017-09-23 20:30:18
In the second half of 2017 the main debate topics of the European Parliament (EP) will include the future of the EU and issues related to environmental protection, labour law...
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Changes in the law on the environmental protection product fee
Date: 2017-09-23 20:20:50
There will be changes in Act 85 of 2011 on the environmental protection fee. With the amendments the goal is adapt to the related changes in European Union directives. The plan is...
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What’s on the label?
Date: 2017-09-23 19:53:17
Four from 5 Hungarian shoppers read the labels on grocery products and three quarters of them are influenced by the information they find there in deciding which product to put...
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Coca-Cola’s autumn campaign with Enikő Mihalik and friends
Date: 2017-09-23 19:47:25
Once again beautiful Hungarian fashion model Enikő Mihalik will be the face of Coca-Cola’s campaign. The celebrity and her model colleagues will be drinking Coca-Cola zero in photos – with Budapest...
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Szent István University cooperates with the UN
Date: 2017-09-23 19:43:41
Gödöllő-seated Szent István University has started cooperating with the Budapest office of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO). The common goal is to harmonise their activities for...
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Trips, accommodation and flight tickets can be booked at ALDI Hungary
Date: 2017-09-23 19:18:19
ALDI Hungary has announced that they will add travel and accommodation services to their portfolio: under the ALDI Travel brand name, they will sell the products of Eurotours International in...
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Live music and special beers
Date: 2017-09-23 19:15:35
This year’s DreherFest was organised on 15,000m² and those who came on 2 September had the chance to taste special beers (6 of them can’t be found in shops) and...
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Spar in support of community life
Date: 2017-09-23 18:48:45
Next to the Interspar shopping centre that had opened in the Parkváros quarter of Érd this spring, a new Community and Event Centre opened on 7 September. Spar Hungary invested HUF...
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SPAR motivates for a lifestyle change
Date: 2017-09-23 18:45:20
The objective of the SPAR Lifestyle Change Programme is to convince as many people as possible about the necessity of doing sports and eating consciously. It was on 18 September that...
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Once again: Szentkirályi Talent Programme
Date: 2017-09-23 18:39:51
Szentkirályi Talent Programme continues this year. Szentkirályi-Kékkúti Mineral Water Kft. started the programme last year to search for talented 14-18 year old athletes. In cooperation with the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB), the HUF...
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First Auchan supermarket opens in Szekszárd
Date: 2017-09-23 18:35:45
On 2 September Auchan Retail Magyarország opened their first Hungarian supermarket in Szekszárd. Mayor Rezső Ács and Auchan Hungary CEO Dominique Ducoux cut the supermarket’s ceremonial ribbon. The CEO told that opening...
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Coca-Cola HB still leads the way in sustainability
Date: 2017-09-23 18:25:49
Coca-Cola HBC Group, one of The Coca-Cola Company’s top bottling companies made it to the top of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index in the fourth consecutive year. The company’s score was 90 points...
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COOP leaders receive the Hungarian Gold Cross of Merit
Date: 2017-09-23 18:22:39
On behalf of the President of Hungary János Áder, on 20 August Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga decorated the following COOP leaders with the Hungarian Gold Cross of Merit:...
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Hungarian chocolate among the world’s top 50 foods
Date: 2017-09-23 18:00:15
The winners of the TOP50 FOODS prize were announced at this year’s Great Taste Award competition in London. Among them we can find chocoMe’s coffee-hazelnut chocolate called Raffinée. Hungarian product has never...
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Extra hot flavours, extra high level of dedication
Date: 2017-09-23 17:59:11
This year Gyulahús Kft. won the Hungarian Product Grand Prize for the 12th time – this time for their Gyulai extra hot sausage – we learned from marketing manager Éva Gila. This...
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Measuring the efficiency of print media in an integrated media plan
Date: 2017-09-23 17:56:07
Brand Science has analysed cases studies by 500 companies from 13 countries. The studies examined the role of print media in reaching PROI targets (Revenue Return on Investment) – the PROI...
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NAK focuses on the food industry
Date: 2017-09-23 17:43:56
The Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) has recently organised a conference on the production of alcoholic drinks, where the role of food processing in the chamber’s life was also discussed....
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Establishing traditions with chocolate
Date: 2017-09-23 17:25:18
Elemér Farkas, the founder of the Chocolate Museum informed that the museum is waiting for visitors with two types of interactive exhibitions in Budapest: The Praline Tour offers tasting and...
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Coca-Cola’s good performance in Europe
Date: 2017-09-23 17:06:17
In the first half of 2017 the sales revenue of Coca-Cola European Partners was USD 5.4 billion. Volume sales were up 3 percent and operating profit jumped 14 percent to...
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Henkel’s improving sales
Date: 2017-09-23 17:03:59
In the 2nd quarter of 2017 profits jumped 11 percent for Henkel. Like-for-like sales were up 9.6 percent at EUR 5.1 billion. CEO Hans Van Bylen told: organic growth was 5.2...
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Rio Mare’s manufacturer keeps growing
Date: 2017-09-23 17:01:31
Italian consumer goods manufacturer Bolton Group increased sales by 11.6 percent to EUR 1.96 billion in 2016. The company’s profit grew by 9.9 percent to EUR 210.8 million. International sales...
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Ten times bigger sales in five years for Lidl in Croatia
Date: 2017-09-23 16:59:19
While back in 2007 Lidl’s sales had been EUR 103.5 million, by 2017 this sum grew to EUR 540 million. A FINA analysis has revealed that Lidl was one of...
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Bad weather hits Italian winemakers
Date: 2017-09-23 16:54:27
According to forecasts, 25 percent less wine will be made in Italy this year than last year. 41.1 million hectolitres of new wine will end up in the barrels. The...
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Amazon’s price war with Walmart
Date: 2017-09-23 16:52:03
In June Amazon acquired premium category food retailer Whole Foods. However, this step didn’t result in outperforming Walmart. An analysis by Bloomberg points it out that more than half of...
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Pernod Ricard getting stronger
Date: 2017-09-23 16:49:56
Jameson’s manufacturer Pernod Ricard is forecasted to increase sales by 3.6 percent to more than EUR 9 million in 2017. The company’s organic growth will be 3.3 percent. CEO Alexander...
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Spar’s success in Central Europe
Date: 2017-09-23 16:47:34
Spar opened 4 stores in Poland, in the autumn another 4 shop will start and in September a Eurospar supermarket opened in Kokoszyce. This year Spar appeared with 21 new...
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