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Nébih: more than 39 tons of pickles were withdrawn from circulation
The specialists of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) withdrew more than 39 tons of pickles from circulation, after revealed several food safety deficiencies at a pickle production plant...
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Atmedia expects 200-300 percent growth
At the first press conference of Atmedia, Lukács Csaba, managing director of the company described the company's steadily successful development from 2010 to the present, and also said that this...
Read moreChinese are buying up Italian agricultural firms
It seems that China is serious about its economic conquest. The Chinese are buying up Italian agricultural companies – agrarszektor.hu wrote. Recently it appeared on the news that the Italian...
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A bigger monster
Monster Corporation, the manufacturer of Monster soft drinks increased sales by 8.5 percent to USD 680.2 million in the 1st quarter of 2016. In the summer Coca-Cola acquired a 17-percent...
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The Promenade Festival in Pécs begins on Sunday
The Promenade Festival in Pécs awaits its guests with two music performers every day, with a wide wine and gastronomic offer between 19 and 26 June in Pécs. The Promenade...
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Danone is hopeful about the future
Despite a drop in volume sales, thanks to higher prices Danone closed the 1st quarter in 2016 with a 3.5-percent value sales growth in 2016. The dairy company has decided...
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The fastest-growing market
Functional food products and goods that can improve people’s health are among the fastest-growing segments in the FMCG sector. According to a study by Leatherhead Food Research, in 2016 the...
Read moreThe beach season at Lake Balaton starts with colorful programs
The Day of the Lake Balaton will be held on Saturday. This day is the beach season opener as well. Kardos Gábor the idea owner told MTI on Monday that...
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Training butchers at the highest level
In 2015 the SPAR group invested more than HUF 1.7 billion in expanding their 7,500m² meat processing plant with a slicing unit and a training centre to 10,900m². Ferenc Horváth,...
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Italy: a more stable FMCG market since last year
Italy is Hungary’s third biggest export market for food products, 9 percent of our food export ends up there. Last year we sold groceries in the value of EUR 718...
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Magazine: Private labels have the advantage
About 30 percent of European grocery retail is realised by private label products – reported EuroCommerce and the European Retail Round Table. EuroCommerce director Christian Verschueren told: decision-makers shouldn’t look...
Read more100 plus 20 billion HUF to the agricultural medium-sized enterprises
The Prime Minister’s Office allocated twenty billion HUF to support the agricultural medium-sized enterprises in the Rural Development Programme (VP) – agrarszektor.hu wrote. The supports can be used on food...
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Italian restaurant chosen to be the best in the world
Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy, has been picked as the best restaurant in the world at the World’s 50 Best Restaurants ceremony in New York. The first ever Italian restaurant...
Read moreDouble differences in food prices in EU countries
Last year, more than twice differences were measured in average food prices in the European Union. Foods and drinks were the cheapest in Poland, while the most expensive in Denmark...
Read moreThe slaughterhouse in Mohács can be launched during the autumn
The Bonafarm Group, owned by Csányi Sándor Chairman-CEO of OTP plans to slaughter 1 million pigs a year, from next year. It is a very ambitious vision in a country...
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Nébih: 22 foreign UHT milks were withdrawn from the market
22 foreign UHT milks out of the examined 48 UHT milks including Slovak, Czech, Polish products should be withdrawn from the market, because of their fat content was lower than...
Read moreHungarian wineries won 44 medals at the Decanter World Wine Awards in London
The Hungarian competitors won 2 platinum 8 gold, 18 silver and 16 bronze certifications. A further 21 Hungarian wines were awarded with a certificate of merit. One of the world's...
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The Hungarian Association of Chocolate and Confectionery has been established
The Hungarian Association of Chocolate and Confectionery (Csésze) has been established – Rebrus Csaba, the president of the new organization told MTI. According to the information, the most important objectives...
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The Mondi Kft. creates 220 new jobs with a 13 billion HUF investment
The British-owned Mondi Kft. creates 220 new jobs with a 13 billion HUF investment in Békéscsaba. Szijjártó Péter, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations, Szarvas Péter, Mayor of...
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The Polish government adopted a draft law on special tax on retail
On Tuesday, the Polish government adopted a bill on the special retail tax. The special retail tax was previously presented by the Polish Finance Minister in the parliament. It will...
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Neatly: the online laundry mediator startup received a nearly 50 million HUF investment
The Hungarian startup called Neatly launched a service last fall. The company carries out professional dry cleaning and ironing for online customers in Budapest. The rising popularity of Neatly has...
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Refugee Chefs’ Festival in restaurants in Paris
Ten restaurants in Paris will open their kitchens to refugee chefs from Syria and Sri Lanka as part of the new festival Food Sweet Food. The festival will take place...
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Icecube party during garden party – Video of the day
Make infused ice cubes with lemon, mint, raspberry and cucumber. ① For shandies: Make simple syrup by boiling 1¾ cups of water with ½ cup of sugar until the sugar...
Read moreThe majority of Hungarians would spend their vacation in Hungary
This year two-thirds of Hungarians are planning a holiday, which is a significant increase, compared to last year’s 48 per cent. The majority are vacationing in Hungary – according to...
Read moreHead to the South Balaton!
The most important gastronomic players including more than forty wineries and restaurants of the South Balaton region, joined forces to prepare the South-Balaton compass (Dél-Balatoni Iránytű) from own resources. The...
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Women executives increase company value
Skema Business School have published the results of a 10-year-long study. They had examined the stock exchange data of 40 companies in France. It turned out that the 15 firms...
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Bigger glass for Heineken
In 2015 Heineken brewed 7 percent more beer than in 2014, thanks to the ever-growing Asian market. CEO Jean-Francois van Boxmeer told: the 1st quarter of 2016 was also very...
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Tesco’s smartphone app for suppliers
Tesco has developed a smartphone app that can make communication more effective between business partners. Suppliers are instantly informed of the latest news about and from Tesco, and the app...
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Magazine: Good opportunities in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan’s economy has been developing dynamically in the last few years and it offers excellent opportunities for Hungarian products. Azerbaijan has already shown great interest in buying Hungarian industrial and...
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