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The law on the increase of the mandatory distribution of Romanian food in the hypermarkets was announced
President Klaus Iohannis signed the law amendment – the Romanian President’s Office announced on Monday. According to the amendment, the retail chains achieving more than 2 million euros in sales...
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SzamosToday: New Trends and Traditional Elegance at the Parliament
One of the most successful Hungarian family businesses, Szamos Marzipan opened a three-storey retail unit next to the House of Parliament in Budapest. The café, the construction of which DVM...
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Old-new ECR SecGen
BGA established ECR Hungary back in 2000, as a joint supplier-retailer forum dealing with EDI and Logistics. The recent ECR Annual Meeting elected BGA SecGen Zoltan Fekete to become ECR...
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Coca-Cola buys soy drink
Coca-Cola Co. will buy Unilever’s AdeS drink business line for USD 575 million. With this move the company plans to expand in the markets of Latin America. AdeS soy-based fruit...
Read moreThis is how a craft beer is prepared – Video of the Day
The U.S. beer drinkers (proportionally) at least as many times refer to the concept of the beer revolution as the Hungarians. If the film made at the Craig Noble brewery...
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Italian food products in the international market
Coop Italia has created a new company that will try to match Italian food manufacturers with international buyers. Coop Italian Food intends to appear with Italian specialties – all of...
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Renewable energy at Tetra Pak
Tetra Pak plans to gradually rely fully on renewable energy: they intend to reach this goal by 2030 – at the moment 20 percent of the energy they use comes...
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KSH: tourism increased in May again
In May, the number of nights spent by foreign visitors increased by 2.2 percent, while the number of nights spent by domestic tourists decreased by 0.4 percent, compared to a...
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Magazine: Iced coffee, the most popular summer drink
The iced coffee market is characterised by strong seasonality. Boglárka Tóth, Nestlé Professional’s channel brand manager told our magazine that they offer a lemon Nestea and a Nescafé Frappé flavour...
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GFK: the properly used trade mark causes sales growth in the FMCG sector
The number of brands awarded in the Product of the Year Competition grew by more than 60 percent. This year the products competed in 23 categories. The range of categories...
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The Hungarian melons are available in several supermarket chains
The Hungarian melons have appeared in the stores of several supermarket chains. Sales grew from other seasonal products as well: from mineral water, soft drinks and ice cream – the...
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Another quality guarantee at SPAR
This year, SPAR fulfilled the highest expectations of the IFS Logistics Standard. The company obtained the certification in 2014. With the certification obtained each year the chain ensures high services,...
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Maggi transports Hungarian peppers to twenty-two countries
The European network of Nestlé used up 109 tons of paprika powder bought from domestic producers to prepare Maggi culinary products in 2015. This year, the purchase of the Hungarian...
Read moreEuropean pigs are popular
According to the European Commission, the European Union sold 35 percent more pork (1.3 million tons) in the international markets in 2016 in the first four months, compared to a...
Read moreThere is still no inflationary pressure in the economy
There is still no inflationary pressures in the economy, so throughout the year an average of 0.6-0.7 percent price increase can be expected. Analysts told MTI that according to the...
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Two Hungarian golds at the Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championships
A Hungarian champagne was awarded for the first time with gold medal at the Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championships (CSWWC) in England. The prestigious recognition was won by the...
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Red Bull Air Race – it will be 70th race at the weekend in Budapest
The Red Bull Air Race will be the 70th race of the Red Bull Air Race series. In addition to Besenyei Péter’s stunts, a number of additional activities will be...
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The British agriculture after the Brexit
Cheap labor may lost, but regulations will be more permissive. For the time being only guessing is taking place about the future of the British farmer after the Brexit. The...
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No more bird flu in Northern Italy
The Ministry of Health in Italy at the end of June withdrew the stict measures in the Emilia Romagna region. The first suspected case was in La Nuova Ferrara at...
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Flavoured mineral waters from Theodora
Theodora launches a new product line that consists of three flavoured mineral waters. Lemon, orange and raspberry, low-calorie Theodora flavoured waters are made from Theodora Kereki mineral water, which comes...
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Special vadas sauce for the elderly
Within the framework of the NU-AGE project, which is supported by the European Commission, the specific dietary needs of the elderly population are addressed. MIRELITE MIRSA Zrt. developed its new...
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Neta lobby reloaded
Requesting Neta tax decrease options, BGA recently submitted two amendment proposals to the 2017 tax changes act. Before the final voting, both were rejected therefore a new round of BGA...
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A tourist card system was launched at the Velencei Lake
A tourist card system providing significant discounts was introduced at the Velencei Lake. The Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ) in its communication sent to MTI told that entry is completely free...
Read moreThe instrument of the year is the double beer bottle – Video of the day
At the moment Nottle Boys are insanely busy with a lot of concerts (a lot of them abroad), mainly because of our youtube videos, and for that we are truly...
Read moreThe tourism agency said that the funds intended for development of the Lake Balaton remains
The residents of the Lake Balaton was surprised by the decree that was published in Official Gazette (Magyar Közlöny). The Official Gazette wrote that the government revoked its decision on...
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HEINEKEN partnership with Formula-1
HEINEKEN and Formula-1 have reached an agreement for Heineken to become a global partner of Formula-1. Heineken will be the exclusive global beer partner of Formula-1 but its logo won’t...
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SPAR and P&G campaign for gym refurbishment
This year Procter&Gamble works with SPAR Hungary in a campaign offering the chance to primary and secondary schools to refurbish their gym. Until 20 July shoppers who purchase P&G products...
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Magazine: Growing demand for natural products in the fruit syrup market
According to data from Pölöskei Drink Kft., the fruit syrup category has expanded by 5-7 percent recently and the company’s sales have improved even more than this. Product and strategy...
Read moreAbove average grain harvest is expected this year
According to the Minister of Agriculture, this year above than average cereal harvest can be expected in the country. Twenty-five percent of the wheat has been harvested, the average yield...
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Global consumption of fish is over 20 kg per capita per year
Global per capita fish consumption has risen to above 20 kilograms a year for the first time, thanks to stronger aquaculture supply and firm demand, record hauls for some key...
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