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Consumer confidence grew again
Date: 2016-04-20 10:57:50
The consumer confidence index was up once again in Hungary: the 63 points in the 4th quarter was 2 points higher than the index of the 3rd quarter. As a...
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FMCG retail sales decreased early this year
Date: 2016-04-20 10:44:05
Retail volume sales increased by 1.6 percent from the base period level in January 2016; adjusted for calendar effects, the sales growth was 2.1 percent. Food and food-type retail sales...
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A Swede won the sommelier world championship
Date: 2016-04-20 10:32:50
Jon Arvid Rosengren Swedish sommelier has been crowned the world's best wine waiter at the Le Concours du Meilleur Sommelier du Monde competition. The 31-year-old took home the award in...
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Tork dispensers
Date: 2016-04-20 10:27:35
SCA introduces new Tork dispensers, targeting premium toilet rooms in hotels and restaurants. Stainless steel Tork Image Design™ dispensers combine practical use with style. The product line consists of several...
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Hey-ho fruit drinks return
Date: 2016-04-20 09:05:21
Hey-ho fruit drinks return in an updated version! A wide range of flavours, high quality and an original fruit drink recipe are guaranteed to put a smile on the face...
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Pécsi Sör Prémium Lager
Date: 2016-04-20 09:01:38
Up until now this premium product has only been available as draught beer, but now it debuts on store shelves in 0.5-litre can and 0.5-litre bottle version. Pécsi Sör is...
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Magazine: Here – and there too’ – International employment structures
Date: 2016-04-20 07:38:00
In general we can talk about an international employment structure when the place of work changes, and the employee – based on an agreement with their employer – temporary do...
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FM: agricultural economy has strengthened in Hungary
Date: 2016-04-19 11:20:01
The agricultural economy strengthened and developed significantly in Hungary. Employment and exports increased greatly – the Deputy Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture (FM) announced at the four...
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Raiffeisen: 2.2 percent economic growth and 0.5 percent inflation is expected this year
Date: 2016-04-19 11:18:56
This year Hungary's GDP may expand by 2.2 percent, as the economy is in a growing pit, however, annual inflation will be only 0.5 percent – Török Zoltán senior analyst...
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Tesco sells hundreds of forklifts
Date: 2016-04-19 11:17:59
The Tesco Hungary supermarket chain sells more than 100 forklifts. The sale will take place via an online auction. This may be the year's most popular technical online auction in...
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The Tokaj Trading House continues under the Grand Tokaj name
Date: 2016-04-19 11:15:01
The state-owned Tokaj Trading House (Tokaj Kereskedőház Zrt.) continues to operate under the Grand Tokaj name – the wine company told MTI on Tuesday. The consumers can meet with the...
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The consumer protection authority tested baby cosmetics
Date: 2016-04-19 11:12:06
The experts of the consumer protection authority found problems in 6 cases among the 40 kinds of baby cosmetics. In a microbiological point of view, all product have passed the...
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Whirlpool presents the interactive kitchen of the future
Date: 2016-04-19 11:10:28
Whirlpool presents the interactive kitchen of the future, the SmartCook hot plate, the SupremeClean dishwasher and the SupremeClean built-in cooling device family. The Whirlpool presents the next generation of home...
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The Praktiker stores will be open on Sundays from 8 May
Date: 2016-04-19 11:05:28
Taking into account the safe and quality supply of the citizens and the interests of the employees, the Praktiker stores will open on Sundays; for the first time on 8...
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Half of the Hungarian population does not collect drink cans separately
Date: 2016-04-19 11:04:14
About half of the Hungarian population does not collect the milk and juice boxes separately – the Beverage Carton Environmental Protection Association’s (IKSZ) new nationwide representative survey reveals. The survey...
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Instead of Sunday store closure the Romanian shops would be obliged to sell more domestic food products
Date: 2016-04-19 11:03:21
The commission of the Romanian house of representatives rejected the Sunday store closure initiative on major stores, however would oblige the commercial chains to sell more domestic food products –...
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Jesus' age beer was brewed from two thousand year old grains in Jerusalem
Date: 2016-04-19 11:00:42
A Jerusalem brewery has produced a craft beer with a taste it says dates back to the time of Jesus. A sip of the concoction may help explain why wine...
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Faith in loans
Date: 2016-04-19 10:52:17
According to the Deloitte-Scale BankIndex survey, Hungarian consumers’ attitude towards the banking system and banking services kept improving last year. Deloitte Zrt. partner Ákos Demeter told that the level of...
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The Hunguest Hotels Zrt. to be sold
Date: 2016-04-19 10:45:47
The Hunguest Hotels Zrt. hotel chain will be sold. The assessment of its market value has started – turizmus.com professional portal wrote. Work is in progress to assess the market...
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Value sales up, volumes sales down
Date: 2016-04-19 10:44:40
Last year 1 percent less insecticide and insect repellent products were sold in FMCG retail than in 2014, but value sales grew by 5 percent. The size of the annual...
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Prologis Announces First Quarter Activity in Europe
Date: 2016-04-19 10:43:15
Prologis, Inc., the global leader in logistics real estate, today announced first quarter activity in Europe. Operating Performance Prologis Europe ended the first quarter with 95 percent occupancy. The company...
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Tchibo Black’n White
Date: 2016-04-19 10:40:26
Coffee made blending selected Arabica and Robusta beans from the best growing areas. Compared with the average roasting time of Tchibo coffees, 3x longer gentle roasting give this coffee a...
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FEVITA Quick-frozen Rice and Vegetables mix
Date: 2016-04-19 10:36:36
FEVITA Quick-frozen Rice and Vegetables Mix contains carrot, peas, sweet corn and tomato pepper, plus two healthy ingredients that mutually strengthen each other’s effects: white rice and turmeric....
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A Croatian town would expand its tourism offer by buying camels
Date: 2016-04-19 10:25:39
The city of Szentgyöngyvár (Durdevac) would buy four camels, because the mayor believes that the animals could be the main attractions of the so called “Croatian Sahara” desert, that van...
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Magazine: The washroom is your company’s secret business card
Date: 2016-04-19 07:31:46
Hagleitner can equip a whole toilet room with their products: from touch-free or manual soap dispensers to hand towel and toilet paper dispensers to toilet seat cleaners and disinfectants. Our...
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Analyst: the VAT reduction will pull down inflation
Date: 2016-04-18 11:25:41
Until the submission of the budget, the impact of measures can not be seen accurately, but it is certain that the VAT reduction on several product groups will pull down...
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That is how food prices increased in the past 10 years
Date: 2016-04-18 11:22:46
On the basis of the data of the Central Statistical Office, penzcentrum.hu collected how food became more expensive in the past 10 years. Here's the list: Pork: 1000 HUF ->...
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The baking company established its own dairy plant
Date: 2016-04-18 11:21:35
The Lipóti Pékség Kft. – that has 200 bakeries across the country – has established its own dairy plant with a more than 100 million HUF investment. The company expects...
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The Soproni is focusing on the nature of the Hungarians
Date: 2016-04-18 11:20:29
What we have in common? – the Soproni explores the question in its starting image campaign. The aim of the integrated campaign based on the new concept to show how...
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The British Tesco has automated the orders
Date: 2016-04-18 11:20:18
The British can set Tesco’s online webshop to order certain products automatically on certain days – origo.hu wrote. It can be also set automatically to order from the good when...
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