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Increased market share for the biggest and the smallest stores
Date: 2012-04-01 23:46:47
Fruit juice sells in the value of HUF 40 billion a year in Hungary. Last year value sales were up 1 percent but Nielsen registered minus 4 percent in volume...
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Price reigns among patés and spreads
Date: 2012-04-01 23:35:21
Economic hardships started a restructuring process on the meat product market – to the detriment of patés and spreads. One of the reasons for this was a 6.1-percent increase in...
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A fleet in good hands
Date: 2012-04-01 23:18:14
There are a couple of factors in the domain of fleet financing and management that give way to optimism: tenders are going to be reannounced and changes in legislation may...
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The GPS sees everything
Date: 2012-04-01 23:14:10
iData Kft. is an acknowledged Hungarian satellite tracking company. Company head Lajos Szabó has realised the importance of this kind of service and created iTrack GPS, which is now used...
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Food-chain safety tests in the ham-product sphere
Date: 2012-03-30 16:09:03
Prior to the Easter-season, the National Foodchain-safety Authority has ordered a detailed check-up to examine all ham-products. The county-authorities have checked producers as well as shops. Throughout the controlling process,...
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European egg production decreases by a weekly 200 million pieces
Date: 2012-03-30 14:48:39
As Easter is approaching, eggs are getting more expensive Europe and it seems that shortage will occur from eggs, as the primarily result of the new European Union regulation. According...
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Fazekas Sándor: the government aims to increase the proportion of food distributed by the producers
Date: 2012-03-30 14:20:37
The government in its National Rural Strategy points out that they are willing to increase the proportion of food sold directly by producers from 7 percent to 20 percent until...
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German retail declines for five months
Date: 2012-03-30 12:08:53
The sluggish domestic consumption – despite the generally good economic climate – continues to slow down the upturn of the German retail trade: German retail sales declined for the fifth...
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The Cuvée of the Eszterbauer winery became the year's top wine in Szekszárd
Date: 2012-03-30 11:00:21
Eszterbauer winery’s cuvee made of Cabernet Franc and Merlot became the best red wine of the Szekszárd wine region’s wine competition this year. For the twelfth edition of the historic...
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Smokers: comply with the ban, if you can!
Date: 2012-03-30 10:10:12
The violators of the new smoking law will be penalized from the 1st of April. The Society of Smokers does not consider the law realistic at several points, but requests...
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Gastrobloggers for kids with birth injuries
Date: 2012-03-30 09:40:12
Twenty-seven gastrobloggers – including ízbolygó, mirelle konyhája, narancskonyha, nemisbéka, maxkonyhája as well as the Gézengúz Foundation are willing to help to the birth injured. In the scope of the Segítsüti...
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Product of the year Hungary 2012 – the winners
Date: 2012-03-29 20:00:25
Product of the Year creates an opportunity for manufacturers to introduce their innovative products to consumers as soon as possible. Using the logo differentiates the given product from similar goods,...
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Exciting, moving, quick POP is Paris
Date: 2012-03-29 18:00:17
Since it is such a strong vehicle for the image of a brand, point of sale design is the focus of constant strategic thinking. Professionals compare innovations to translate the...
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PwC: Hungary is still an attractive investment location
Date: 2012-03-29 13:30:21
According to the PwC advisory group, Hungary is still an attractive destination for those who are wishing to invest. Supports and subsidies are important to the investors, because these are...
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KSH: 51 thousand more people are working than a year ago
Date: 2012-03-29 13:20:35
The number of employees in December 2011 – February 2012 was 3 million 794 thousand, 51 thousand more than a year ago – the Central Statistical Office told MTI on...
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Magazine: Only real-chocolate Easter figure sales grew
Date: 2012-03-29 13:15:15
Despite the economic environment and consumers cutting down on their spending, Easter sweets did surprisingly well last year. Andrea Szabó, Nestlé Hungária Kft.’s junior brand manager (seasonal confectionery) told Trade...
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Consumer-friendly enterprise application was announced
Date: 2012-03-29 12:50:04
The National Consumer Protection Authority (NFH), in order to promote attitude in compliance with the law, announced a consumer-friendly enterprise application for small and medium enterprises of trade and catering....
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Open Cellar Days to be organized again in May
Date: 2012-03-29 11:25:45
The Association of Open Cellars, the Bacchus Arts Studio and the Hungarian National Tourist Office, announce the Open Cellar Days between May 26 to 28, for the seventh time.ű In...
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Kiwi instead of high blood pressure tablets
Date: 2012-03-29 09:22:22
Norwegian researchers have demonstrated that the kiwi has an impressive antihypertensive effect. Its regular consumption decreases blood pressure to its normal values – can be read in the study of...
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Some Chinese tea species are more expensive than gold
Date: 2012-03-29 09:20:17
As the spring season approaches, the price of some Chinese tea species increased into heights never seen before. The highest quality, rare tea spiecialties are considered as luxury presents today,...
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Detailed forecast of GKI Economic Research Co. for 2012
Date: 2012-03-28 15:57:31
The Hungarian economy has been the weakest for years in the region, and it fell short of its own capabilities. Now this is accompanied by a credibility crisis (perceived in...
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AnugaFoodTec the world's largest food industrial fair opened its gates
Date: 2012-03-28 12:36:47
Consumers want high quality and safe food products that are produced economically, while resources are used reasonably during production – stated Katharina C. Hamma, director of the Cologne trade fair...
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Report from the Alimentaria Barcelona 2012
Date: 2012-03-28 12:35:02
One of the world's three largest food and hospitality trade fair, the Alimentaria Barcelona opened on 26 March. It seems that the economic crisis does not influence the visitors –...
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GDP will decline by 1.5 percent this year, next year it will increase with the same percentage
Date: 2012-03-28 12:30:22
According to the GKI Economic Research Zrt., this year, the gross domestic product (GDP) will decline by 1.5 percent. GKI believes that in 2013 it will increase by the same...
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Magazine: Most Hungarians are convinced that organic food products are healthier
Date: 2012-03-28 12:15:49
84 out of 100 Hungarian consumers think that organic products are healthier, 70 reckon that by eating organic food they do not consume pesticide residue and other poisons – revealed...
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Serbian-Hungarian agricultural trade is expanding vigorously
Date: 2012-03-28 12:00:35
Hungarian agricultural exports to Serbia increased by 38 percent in 2011, compared to the previous year and exceeded 50 million euros. Imports from Hungary’s southern neighbour increased by 50 percent...
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VinCE Budapest 2012: Huge success for Hungary
Date: 2012-03-28 11:11:59
VinCE Budapest 2012 promised to be a great wine event for professionals and amateur wine lovers alike. The primary focus of VinCE is wine (vin) in Central Europe (CE). Over...
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New evidence on effects of green coffee beans in weight loss
Date: 2012-03-28 08:57:51
According to U.S. researchers, extract from green, unroasted coffee beans may help in weight reduction. Joe Vinson and his colleagues will describe their results at the San Diego conference of...
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China imports more and more wine
Date: 2012-03-28 08:57:37
Paralell to the growth of wages and incomes, the consumption of wine and the consumption of imported wines are also growing in China. Most of the wines (117.9 million liters)...
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GfK: Customers are looking for cheaper products
Date: 2012-03-27 12:50:13
Last year, retail sales rose by 1.9 percent to 2,789 billion HUF as the result of a 5.4 percent price increase, a 0.4 percent decrease in volume and a 3.1...
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