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Huge price drops may come in Swiss shops
Date: 2011-08-25 12:10:23
The retail chains of Switzerland foreseen a significant food price reduction: due to the very strong franc, many customers spend money in Germany and France. According to the informations of...
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National Chocolate Festival in Szerencs for the fourth time
Date: 2011-08-25 12:10:14
The National Chocolate Festival awaits the guests from inland and abroad on the last weekend of August in Szerencs for the fourth time. After the success of the past three...
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Magazine: An increase in prices and more promotions characterised the wet condiment market
Date: 2011-08-25 11:50:02
What is new on the wet condiment market? Well, premium brands managed to evade a significant decline in sales and private labels were getting stronger – only the medium category...
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Retail sales fall again
Date: 2011-08-24 13:15:07
The volume of retail sales – on the basis of the calendar-adjusted datas – in June 2011 declined by 0.5% and essentially stagnant in the first half of the year,...
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The heat wave brought massive mineral water and beer sales
Date: 2011-08-24 13:00:53
The beer and mineral water are consumed more often in the heat. In the stores surveyed by MTI 20-30 percent more was consumed of these drinks in recent days, and...
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Domestic melon consumption accelerated
Date: 2011-08-24 12:50:11
50 percent of the about 180 thousand tons of the produced watermelons were consumed by the Hungarians this year. Thanks to the successwful watermelon promotion, the domestic consumption increased significantly....
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Milk consumption can increase in long-term, in short term the sector's survival is at stake
Date: 2011-08-24 12:48:29
Although according to the projections; domestic milk consumption can increase in long-term, it is unlikely to reassure the farmers of Somogy county – writes sonline.hu. Expensive feed, surging purchase prices...
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GFK: Schoolbags and notebooks sell well
Date: 2011-08-24 12:29:09
In the current economic situation, a successful season is particularly appreciated, and the start of school is one of these times. The beginning of the school year opens up new...
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More than half of the population would not spend more than 10 000 HUF on school supplies
Date: 2011-08-24 12:26:47
53 percent of the population is not willing to spend more on school supplies than 10 000 HUF, and 50 percent of those asked are waiting for a state support...
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The Agricultural Days near the Rába will debut next weekend
Date: 2011-08-24 11:55:49
The Agricultural Days near the Rába will be held for the first time next weekend – that was announced at the event's press conference in Győr. About sixty exhibitors will...
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Sales are distributed evenly
Date: 2011-08-24 11:47:38
Spice retail sales grew by 1 percent in April 2010-March 2011, from the previous comparable period. Volume sales were down 1 percent on the HUF 13-billion market. In 2009 manufacturer...
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VAT on food will not reduce next year
Date: 2011-08-23 13:20:45
In medium terms VAT on food, will not be reduced, the case was removed from the agenda of the government – reports Népszabadság. In the spring, the rural development ministry...
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Looking for the cheap, canned beers
Date: 2011-08-23 13:10:07
The big losers of last year were the glass packed, and alcohol-free beers were, but overall, the total domestic beer market was shrinking in 2010, as in previous years. Within...
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Ministry of Rural Development: goose liver at the Anuga is a success for the Hungarian agricultural diplomacy
Date: 2011-08-23 12:50:16
Diplomats in charge for the Hungarian agricultural information gathering and lobbying achieved to remove the ban on goose liver at the Cologne Fair trade – told the Ministry of Rural...
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ZEW-index: German economic sentiment fell
Date: 2011-08-23 12:49:39
In August, a significant deterioration occurred in the economic sentiment in Germany – shows the survey of ZEW. The main index decreased from -15.1 points to -37.6 points (a level...
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More and more fast-food restaurants in Russia
Date: 2011-08-23 12:49:36
The American fast-food restaurants have become a global phenomenon several years ago. China and India continue to be a rapidly developing market, but the industry finds a growing demand also...
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11 percent of the British retail spaces are empty
Date: 2011-08-23 12:45:58
More than 10 percent of the retail spaces were empty at the end of May – told the British Retailers Consortium (BRC) on Monday. The organization's research found that an...
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Cheap Ukrainian wheat can break down the prices
Date: 2011-08-23 12:41:41
The cheap Ukrainian wheat also occured in Hungary, after the traders of the EU applied for permits for the imports of more than 1.6 million tons of grain in July...
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Vegetarian Festival in the Weekend
Date: 2011-08-23 12:30:53
Macrobiotic and vegetarian tasting sessions, organic and organic-based product presentations, nutrition specialist lectures, relax and dance lessons and many interesting programs are awaiting the participants of this year's Vegetarian Festival...
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Magazine: margarine plays an important role in shopping frequency
Date: 2011-08-23 10:58:51
Margarine retail sales declined by 3 percent in both value and volume in the April 2010-March 2011 period, compared with the same period a year before. The annual market was...
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Europe-wide srowth slowdown
Date: 2011-08-22 13:40:17
As noted in our Eurozone Outlook update, forward-looking PMI indicators clearly signal a sharp slowdown ahead, including in core economies, as shown by the new-orders-to-inventory ratios in the manufacturing sector,...
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Private pension fund real-returns are in banks
Date: 2011-08-22 13:30:44
A survey carried out on behalf of Budapest Bank and Budapest Alapkezelő found that Hungarian do spend their the real return of their private pension funds, but prefer to place...
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Compensation to Pécs-companies
Date: 2011-08-22 13:15:23
The municipiality of Pécs is willing to pay compensation fee of 45 million HUF to 38 Pécs-based companies which needed to be closed temporarily due to investments of European Capital...
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(HU) A német versenyképesség fenntartásához évi 400 ezer bevándorló szükséges
Date: 2011-08-22 12:35:09
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Farmer Expo attracted 30 thousand visitors
Date: 2011-08-22 12:30:32
Over 30000 visitors and 300 exhibitors were present at this year's Farmer Expo at UD's Centre for Agriculture. The 20th Farmer Expo was organized this August on the campus of...
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Magazine: Consumers spread less margarine on their slice of bread
Date: 2011-08-22 11:26:40
– Base material prices have grown like never before and as a result product prices augmented, so a difficult year awaits distributors – says Ágota Puskás, category operations assistant manager...
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Russia at the Budavári Pálinka and Sausage Festival
Date: 2011-08-22 10:27:07
In the romantic Buda Castle, on the Savoya Terrace, twenty palinka brewers and ten professional sausage makers present their mastery at the 2011 Buda Castle Palinka and Sausage Festival, offering...
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HP cutting off PC department may affect upstream supply chain
Date: 2011-08-22 08:22:52
As Hewlett-Packard (HP) decided to perhaps spin off its PC business, which contributes revenues of about US$40 billion, it is becoming more obvious that HP intends to turn its focus...
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Breweries against drunk driving
Date: 2011-08-22 07:46:39
Breweries have decided to create a speciasl event in order to call attention to the importance of responsible drinking, which was launched on 25th July, the Day of Sober Responsible...
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Bakers do not plan price increases until the end of September
Date: 2011-08-19 14:15:18
Bakers are waiting for the stabilizing of flour prices, but then the bread may become more expensive if production costs rise. Kurdi András, the President of the Hungarian Bakers' Associatuin...
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