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Women have more trust in the stability of their jobs
According to a joint survey conducted by BNP Paribas Cardif Insurance and Medián this August, it is still young people, Budapest dwellers and those with a college or university degree...
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No drastic changes in tax rules
There are more than 230 sections in an Omnibus law that was adopted in the summer and which amends nearly two dozen tax-related acts. The experts of Mazars have analysed the...
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Changes in the food book, new trademarks are about to be introduced
Conscious consumer behaviour can play a vital role in battling food products of lower quality; therefore the government has decided to launch an education campaign and to introduce new trademarks. Róbert...
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GfK: more shoppers have started buying multilayer household paper products
Toilet paper: the buyer base of 1-ply products has contracted, in 2016 less than 9 percent of households purchased them. Fewer families bought the 2-ply category as well, but it is still...
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More and more new OTC products
According to Boglárka Dezse, marketing leader of Béres Gyógyszergyár Zrt., the market of OTC drugs (products that can be bought without a prescription) and dietary supplements transformed considerably in recent...
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Slaughter pig prices at a peak
In June 2017 agricultural production prices increased by 2.5 percent from the level of June 2016 – reported the Central Statistical Office (KSH). This rise was the result of the...
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Retail was flying high in June
In June 2017 like-for-like retail volume sales augmented by 5.5 percent; adjusted for calendar effects, the sales growth was 6 percent – reported the Central Statistical Office (KSH). Food and...
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Advances from EU funding are now paid sooner
According to GKI Economic Research Zrt., Hungary’s economy grew faster than expected in the 1st quarter of 2017. This growth slowed down a little in April but speeded up again...
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Beef’s price is rising slowly
Data from the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) and KSH’s market price information system (PÁIR) revealed that on the 27th week of 2017 eggs cost EUR 1.16 at the place...
Read moreFM: The Hungarian vine and wine sector is in a moment of impetus
The Hungarian vine and wine sector is under development, which is also supported by the fact that the Hungarian exports of wine was 26 percent more in volume and 18...
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Fazekas: the effect of eastern opening can be detected in agricultural exports
The impact of eastern opening can be detected in agricultural exports. For example the exports of pork to China have expanded to one and a half and the Far Eastern...
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Primavera: already at the airport and on the runway
Since the beginning of summer, domestic and foreign audiences traveling through the Budapest airport can also purchase Primavera mineral water from the Heinemann Duty Free stores. This brand will be...
Read moreWine festival on the terrace of the Buda Castle
Europe’s most beautiful wine festival, the Budapest Wine Festival will open for the twenty-sixth time in September. The visitors can taste thousands of wines from nearly 200 domestic and foreign...
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The client does not sleep, does not queue!
Budapest’s favorite 0-24 retail chain is introducing the world’s fastest barcode reader in its stores. In the 0-24 grocery stores, queues and the transduction of the cashier zone are particularly...
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The bar in 2017
Euromonitor forecasts that the number of people drinking luxury spirits will increase by 400 million until 2020. Alcohol consumption in Asia, Africa and the Middle East will grow by 15-25 percent. According...
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BrandFestival again in October
The summit meeting of the Time Magazine, Emirates Group, METRO, Viber, Coca-Cola, KPMG, Nestlé, Microsoft and many other brands will take place in October. Central Europe’s largest brand and corporate...
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Huge novelty at Auchan
The Auchan retail chain has undertook home delivery from now to all parts of Budapest, so there are four chains offering this service in the capital. Now it is possible...
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KSH: the number of employees has increased further
During the three-month period from early May to the end of July, the average number of employees was 4 million 434 thousand, 62 thousand more than a year before. Compared...
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The perfect cup of coffee
An 18-dollar cup of coffee is ridiculously expensive even in New York – still, Brooklyn coffee bar Extraction Lab serves a cup at this price. This coffee doesn’t only cost much...
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Nébih: every second passenger attempted to pass with forbidden meat product through the Ukrainian border
The officers of the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) and the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) found forbidden meat product at every second passenger who attempted to pass...
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Efficient restaurant marketing
Phil’s Fish Market, a restaurant in Moss Landing, California has a world map on the wall, in which guests can place pins to mark the city they come from. It is...
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The economic sentiment of the euro area is on a ten-year peak
The economic climate in the euro area in August strengthened to a more than ten-year peak. According to a report issued Wednesday by the European Economic and Financial Affairs (EcFin),...
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What becomes trendy and what doesn’t?
Our magazine has already written about avocado latte – avolatte – the invention of a Melbourne barista that is being copied all around the world. Bummz Beach Café at Myrtle Beach...
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Pure hygiene
Since 320,000 food poisoning cases are registered in the European Union a year, it is great news that Tork cleaning cloths comply with HAACP regulations and have an ISEGA food...
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Street food for all food sensitivities
Everybody deserves a good burger, gofri, or taco, so more and more street food producers are thinking about those people who have some food intolerance or follow different diets. From...
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The community home delivery is spreading
Just a couple of days ago, Uber’s courier version – which would revolutionize home delivery – had been revealed to the public, and the service has a challenger already –...
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Let me see, what would you like to eat?
Chinese search engine giant Baidu has teamed up with KFC to develop facial-recognition technology that can be used to predict customers’ orders. The artificial intelligence-enabled system can recommend menu items based...
Read moreFoodrain- Video of the day
We realized how much of a close personal and cultural issue that world hunger truly is and how many of us it affects. Because of this, we decided to use...
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Pöttyös Panni and Walnut Whipped Cream
A cake called Pöttyös Panni and made by Margit Varga (Zazzi Confectionery, Budapest) has won the Sugar-free Cake of Hungary 2017 competition. The One Drop of Attention Foundation and the Guild...
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Another chapter in the book of vending
From a total budget of HUF 3.24 billion, food and drink vending machine operators will receive a HUF 120,000 financial support per machine. A decree issued by the Ministry for National...
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