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Showered with fragrances (Part 2)
Brand manufacturers are of the opinion that in the shower gel category the three most important buying decision making factors are price, brand loyalty and product fragrance. According to Réka...
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Good bye, calories!
2017 was an exceptionally good year in the Hungarian iced tea market. Nikoletta Buzder-Lantos, marketing manager of Fővárosi Ásványvíz- és Üdítőipari Zrt. told our magazine that sales were up nearly 6 percent...
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Beef exports increased
While the dairy herd stagnates, beef cattle has a renaissance in Hungary – agrarszektor.hu wrote. The wide range of subsidies, a market free of greater crisis and relatively low investment...
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Chamber of Agriculture: the competitiveness of the poultry sector can be ensured through developments
The competitiveness of the poultry sector can be ensured through developments and investments – Zászlós Tibor, vice-president of the National Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) told at a professional conference on...
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The government and MKIK are preparing for another agreement
Like the previous two cycles, the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MKIK) wants to conclude a cooperation agreement with the new government – the president of the chamber said...
Read moreErste Bank regards the agricultural sector as a strategic area
Erste Bank considers the agricultural sector as a strategic area and helps small and medium-sized enterprises operating in the sector with a fast, easy-to-apply loan facility – Fórián Zoltán, Head...
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Landliebe expands with mixed fruit yogurts
The premium quality Landliebe expands its product range with small, mixed yogurts. The selected fruit and fresh milk products will be available in four flavors. The 150 grams of glassy...
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Dunapack Hungary’s retired leader, the former president of CSAOSZ won Lifetime Achievement in Packaging Award
Galli Miklós, former President and CEO of Dunapack Magyarország won Lifetime Achievement in Packaging Award at the 100th Annual General Meeting of the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) on 2 May...
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New partner at Boyden’s office in Hungary
Szalókyné Tóth Judit is the new Partner, who joins to the Boyden Executive Search office in Hungary and to the Boyden Global Consumer and Retail Practice Group. Judit is working...
Read moreSupplier program for SMEs
As part of a mentoring program, the government will spend 3.3 billion HUF on strengthening small and medium-sized enterprises in the next three years, primarily for their manufacturing, management, financial...
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Fish grid was built on one of the channels of the Lake Balaton from one hundred million forints
The 100 million HUF subsidy was won within an application for habitat development on one of the channels of the Lake Balaton, the Western channel – was said at the...
Read moreThe mood of American consumers has not change in May
The mood of American consumers has not change in May – the regular monthly survey of the Michigan University reveals, whose preliminary results were published on Friday. The consumer mood...
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Cultures and yogurts
In 2017 the otherwise colourful Hungarian yogurt market got smaller. Data from manufacturers indicate that yogurt drinks and flavoured yogurts were less affected by this negative trend. Fabrizio Sforza, market leader...
Read moreMTÜ promotes Budapest abroad
The Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ) launches its first comprehensive, Budapest-based international campaign. The international campaign to be launched on 15 May and lasts until July. Online, print and television spots...
Read moreBudapest Airport: passenger traffic increased by 16.9 percent in the first quarter
The passenger traffic of the Budapest Airport grew by 16.9 percent in the first quarter compared with the same period of the year before. About three million people used the...
Read moreThe legislations can be issued on the basis of a honey report in one and a half years
The legislations can be issued on the basis of a honey report adopted on 1 March in the European Parliament (EP) within one and a half years – Erdős Norbert,...
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Inflation has accelerated in Europe
Growth in consumer prices has risen in the euro area and in the European Union in March. According to the final data published on Wednesday by the European Union’s statistical...
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Magazine: Food price increase above the average
In March 2018 consumer prices were 2 percent higher on average than a year before. In comparison with March 2017, food prices increased by 4.1 percent. Egg’s price soared by...
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Agricultural producer prices rose by 2.5 percent in March
Agricultural producer prices increased by 2.5 percent in March, compared to a year before. The increase of agricultural producer prices is due to the 2.6 percent increase in the price...
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This year’s beer season started with a tapping and a call
The Association of Hungarian Beer Manufacturers and the Kraft Beer Association opened this year’s beer season with a joint tapping. The overwhelming majority of domestic consumption – about 120 million...
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The Nébih started an investigation due to polluted dairy products
An investigation has been initiated by the National Food Chain Safety Agency (Nébih) for contaminated dairy products, because certain UHT products on certain chains could deliberately be contaminated by someone;...
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Conference on misleading advertising
Heads of the authorities of four countries, the director of the board of EU’s Consumer Protection Directorate, as well as internationally renowned professors and experts discussed the expected regulation on...
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K&H: ATM cash payment is popular
K&H Bank’s cash payment ATMs quickly became popular. During the first quarter of this year, the clients paid a total of 75.6 billion HUF 252,000 times – the financial institution...
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Excellent students of the profession at SPAR
Three of the students taking part in the trainings of SPAR Magyarország reached podium finishes at the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Szakma Sztár (Professional Star) Competition. A SPAR...
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The per tonne price of rape will be under one hundred thousand forints
The yield prospects of rape are expected to be moderate in Hungary – agrarszektor.hu wrote. In the European Union as a whole more rape may be harvested this year than...
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The new documentary series of Netflix is exposing food industry – Video of the day
The new Netflix documentary series Rotten exposes the fraud, corruption, and the consequences on our health of today’s global food industry. Nobody’s hands are clean. Now Streaming on Netflix....
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Blockchaineum 2.0 – Blockchain summit
One of the biggest blockchain events in Central Europe gives a full international outlook on the present and future of block chain technology – there will be about 50 lectures...
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The first potato production in Sweden was sold for a two hundred times higher price than the average price
The first potato production in Sweden was auctioned for 2000 Swedish crowns (61 thousand forints) per kilo. The Lidl discount store chain bought 40 kilogrammes of primeval potatoes of a...
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Budapest stepped forward in the ranking of the most popular conference cities
In the latest International ranking of the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), Budapest has moved to 12th place in 2017, improving four places compared to 2016 and seven places,...
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