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This was 2015!
Date: 2016-07-04 10:15:01
After the Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs (MVI)’s general assembly approved of president László Kovács’ annual report, last year’s most important events in the life of MVI were listed – here...
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Magazine: From the ‘hobby’ of a privileged few to a matter of life and death: employer branding
Date: 2016-07-04 07:40:23
In just one year the No.1 concern of Hungarian company directors became finding, keeping and motivating workers, this category finishing first in the ranking ahead of market problems and the...
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The export of the Áldomás premium category food products starts this year
Date: 2016-07-01 11:46:00
In the first round, a total of 30 products of 17 producers received the right to use the Áldomás brand name. In the second half of this year, the exports...
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FM: The role of producer organizations in the agricultural sector should be increased
Date: 2016-07-01 11:42:21
The role of producer organizations in the agricultural sector should be increased with at least 40 percent. It can be achieved mainly due to the entry of new members and...
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The e-toll system could be improved further
Date: 2016-07-01 11:40:00
Idata’s E-toll Working Group developed a package of proposals. The e-toll system entered into force in July 2013, exactly three years ago. The e-toll system brought radical changes in the...
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Difference increased in consumption
Date: 2016-07-01 11:33:24
According to the Central Statistical Office’s data on consumption, the difference between the citizens of Budapest and the rural people has increased enormously in the beginning of the year –...
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The wheat harvest begins next week
Date: 2016-07-01 11:31:16
Farmers expect a good wheat harvest both in quantity and quality. The wheat harvest begins next week. However, the optimistic expectations is overshadowed by the low price levels: purchasers only...
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The 2016 Wine Selection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade was presented
Date: 2016-07-01 11:30:08
The 2016 Wine Selection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (KKM) was presented: 23 types of high-quality Hungarian wines of three selected categories will represent the Hungarian...
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Jakab István: the conditions are given for the production of quality food
Date: 2016-07-01 11:27:27
The country has all the conditions for the production of quality food – the Vice President of the National Assembly said on Friday. Jakab István, Vice President of the Hungarian...
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MLBKT: the purchasing managers’ index in June indicates a slowdown in growth
Date: 2016-07-01 11:25:59
The purchasing managers’ index (PMI) in June was 1.3 percentage points lower than in May and became 50.9 percent. The purchasing managers’ index (PMI) is indicating an expansion for the...
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The Médiaunió launched a campaign for the selective collection of plastic bottles
Date: 2016-07-01 11:15:35
The Médiaunió Alapítvány (Media Union Foundation) launched its It Is Not Hard campaign for the selective collection of plastic (PET) bottles – the organization told MTI on Friday. In Hungary...
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The 5th Szamos Fest started in Cégénydányád
Date: 2016-07-01 11:04:51
The 5th Szamos Fest, folk music, folk dance and culinary festival began on Saturday in Cégénydányád, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county. The program series lasts until Sunday. The event includes colorful programs such...
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Retail sales decreased in Switzerland
Date: 2016-07-01 11:03:52
In May, a further decline occured in retail sales in Switzerland – the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) announced on Friday. Retail sales in Switzerland declined by 2.3 percent in...
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Most attractive workplace’ – 3rd place, Szerencsejáték Zrt.
Date: 2016-07-01 10:47:28
Mr Braun told that 2015 was a successful year for the company in every respect, and this success wouldn’t have been possible without the excellent work of the company’s 1,500...
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More beaches at Lake Balaton received Blue Wave Flags than last year
Date: 2016-07-01 10:20:50
The Balaton beaches are developing every year. Overall we can say that they have a European quality – Balassa Balázs the President of the Balaton Association (BSZ) told MTI on...
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Revolutionary new Shop&Roll Loop shopping trolleys
Date: 2016-07-01 10:11:21
Miami-seated company Araven came out with their latest innovations at the GlobalShop trade show. The revolutionary new 55-litre Shop&Roll Loop shopping trolleys are manoeuvrable from all 4 sides, thanks to...
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New city guilds
Date: 2016-07-01 10:07:28
On shopping streets and in shopping quarters stores are trying to fight against the conquest of comfortable online retail. Small artisan shops are offering experiences to customers that can’t be...
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Intimate hygiene: something that is taught
Date: 2016-07-01 10:05:14
Intimate hygiene used to be a taboo topic among women for a long time even in the modern age, therefore brands need to educate consumers if they wish to break...
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Three from four consumers say a brand’s origin matters the most
Date: 2016-07-01 10:02:02
65 percent of Hungarian consumers say their shopping decisions are more influenced by where brands come from (global/multinational or local) than nine other factors such as price, taste, function or...
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Koronás Sugar helps to make jam
Date: 2016-07-01 09:46:18
Koronás Sugar’s portfolio contains two types of preserving sugar, the 2:1 and 3:1 versions – the difference between them is that using the first means adding 1,000g of fruit to...
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Czech brewery wins Central European Green Frog Award
Date: 2016-07-01 09:22:37
Deloitte Hungary started their Central European Sustainability Report programme in 2000 and it was in 2015 that they first handed out this Green Frog Award at national level. There were...
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Magazine: World Tour on the programme of the SIAL 2016 trade show in Paris!
Date: 2016-07-01 07:31:53
Consumption and retail trends, and successful innovations from 28 countries that reflect these – this is World Tour by SIAL, to which Trade magazin is the Hungarian partner. Between 16...
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KSH: exports increased again in April
Date: 2016-06-30 11:40:46
The euro-denominated value of exports rose by 5.2 percent in April after the decline of March, however the value of imports was 2.2 percent lower than a year before, after...
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Three SPAR supermarkets were renewed in Budapest
Date: 2016-06-30 11:30:45
SPAR handed over three renewed SPAR supermarkets in Budapest in June. The company spent more than HUF 5.4 billion HUF to increase customer satisfaction, to widening the product range and...
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The M-FlexiLog Kft. builds a packaging factory and logistics center in Békéscsaba from 3.3 billion HUF
Date: 2016-06-30 11:22:55
The printing and packaging industrial M-FlexiLog Kft. that has an Austrian background builds a packaging factory and logistics center in Békéscsaba from 3.3 billion HUF – Szijjártó Péter, Minister of...
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Farmers are irrigating barely
Date: 2016-06-30 11:22:37
Barely half of the farmers who have water rights permit irrigated their lands last year – Magyar Idők wrote, referring to the Hungarian Agricultural Economics Research Institute’s report. Only 2200...
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Bread of the Hungarians: ingredients are coming from Hungarians living beyond the borders
Date: 2016-06-30 11:10:54
This year, the sourdough comes from Gúta to Baranya for the Bread of the Hungarians. The salt again is coming from Parajd, for the preparations, water from the headwaters of...
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Kóstolom: the Balatonfüred-Csopak wine region is the favorite wine region of the tourists
Date: 2016-06-30 11:06:12
Overwhelming majority of the mobile app online survey respondents chose the Balatonfüred-Csopak wine region as the number one favorite. Among wine types, the white wine in particular Riesling received the...
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Wine battle in Rioja again
Date: 2016-06-30 11:03:45
A wine battle was fought in the northern Spanish La Rioja wine region in three municipalities. The wine battle is held for more than seventy years ago at the end...
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Russian alcohol imports may stop
Date: 2016-06-30 11:01:51
Due to the shortage of tax seals, Russia may stop the import of spirits soon – the Kommersant newspaper wrote on Thursday. According to the newspaper the old-style tax seals...
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