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A new four-star hotel was opened in Siófok
The new four-star hotel named Hotel Yacht, and was opened in the sailboat-harbor of Siófok with 70 rooms. The hotel was built under 10 months, and providing wellness and business...
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Mondelēz helps farmers through its Cocoa Life programme
Mondelēz International started its Cocoa Life programme with a USD 400 million budget in 2012 to make cocoa production – the heat and soul of chocolate making – sustainable. Until...
Read moreTesco offers many products to customers on a special diet
Tesco added more than 300 new products to its special food selection, so customers can now choose from more than 1,000 organic, reduced lactose, gluten-free, no added sugar and healthy...
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NÉBIH inspections in the dairy market
The National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) examined unfair market practices by retailers against suppliers in selling 1.5-percent fat UHT milk. NÉBIH performed 41 inspections and in more than 30...
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Campari products from Coca-Cola
From 1 June 2016 Coca-Cola Hungary will be the exclusive distributor of the Campari group’s key products – Campari, Cinzano, Carolans and Aperol – in Hungary. This year the parent...
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Magazine: Skin care and freshness when standing in the shower
After the stagnation of recent years 2015 brought a sales explosion in the shower gel market. This very positive trend was the result of the hot weather and the increased...
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The best from the best
The 10th CBA National Wine Competition – one of the main elements in the retail chain’s Vinotéka programme – was held early March. Chief winemaker Árpád Vincze and his team...
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Wine import halved
Data from the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) and KSH’s market price information system (PÁIR) revealed that domestic sales of wines without geographical indication and wines with protected geographical indication...
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(HU) Üzletnyitás – A jövő technológiái megkerülhetetlenek
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Agricultural trade surplus was over three thousand million euros
Horticulture is a strong, stable branch of the Hungarian agriculture. Horticulture gave about one-sixth of the annual agricultural output last year – Fazekas Sándor, Minister of Agriculture said at the...
Read moreFM: the national economy can also produce a reduction in VAT for other food industries
The Ministry of Agriculture (FM) hopes that the national economy will produce a reduction in VAT for the products of other food industries. Feldman Zsolt Minister of State of the...
Read moreFurther support for the grape growers
The Agriculture and Rural Development Office awaits the support claims for vineyard restructuring and transformation from April. According to the 142/2012. (27 Dec) Ministry of Rural Development (VM) decree, support...
Read moreThe National Pálinka Council was transformed into a public body
The National Pálinka Council (PNT) was transformed into a public body – the Minister of Agriculture announced at the inaugural meeting in Budapest on Wednesday. Fazekas Sándor reminded that the...
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New CEO at Heineken Hungária
The Dutch-born José Matthijssen is leading the Heineken's Hungarian subsidiary from 15 March. The new leader is willing to continue the initiatives that help domestic suppliers, and she is also...
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Declining economic sentiment in Europe
Economic sentiment declined in the euro zone and in the European Union in March for the third consecutive month. According to the report issued by the European Union’s Economic and...
Read moreRomania is also struggling with the Chinese honey
Honey falsification occurs in Romania at an industrial pace, so the local beekeepesr suffer serious loses, however, the health of consumers is at risk as well – the Magyar Nemzet...
Read moreThe success of Tokaji and Szekszárdi wines at the wine muster of the MTA
This year's best wines of the competition of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) were selected from 116 wines of 13 Hungarian and a cross-border wine regions. The majority of...
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Our everyday bread – Video of the day
A specially designed bread cutter for ‘egg in the basket’ meals. It cuts bread into shapes that can be used to create wonderful images. Playing with your food has never...
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Metro to be split
The European retail and wholesale group Metro AG says it aims to split in two, separating its food and wholesale activities from its consumer electronics business. Metro, based in Duesseldorf,...
Read moreStrategic agreement was reached on raising up the countryside
The Ministry of Human Resources (Emmi), the Agricultural and Rural Development Agency (MVH), and the National Association of Agricultural Economics (NAK) signed a strategic cooperation agreement to strengthen agriculture and...
Read moreMLSZKSZ: strong logistics industry is the basis of the economic development
The competitive and strong logistics industry is the basis of Hungarian economy’s development, without it there is no industrial development – the Association of the Hungarian Logistics Service Centers (MLSZKSZ)...
Read moreThe Czech Republic expects about 350 thousand Chinese tourists this year
The Czech Republic expects about 350 thousand Chinese tourists this year, after last year's 285 thousand visitors – the Czech Tourism agency said on Monday in Prague, in relation to...
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Shops are closed on Sundays for a year now
It was in March 2015 that the regulation, according to which stores must stay closed on Sundays, entered into force. Today the majority of shoppers would still like to go...
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Prologis to Deliver Two New Facilities at Prologis Park Prague D1
Prologis, Inc., the global leader in industrial real estate, today announced that it will expand Prologis Park Prague D1 East by developing two additional buildings, DC8 and DC9, totalling 10,360...
Read moreNew CEO at Borsodi Brewery
Petr Kovarik will be named the new CEO of Borsodi Brewery from 1st April 2016. Mr Kovarik joined Borsodi Brewery in November 2011 as a key account executive. Mr Kovarik...
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Magazine: Demand keeps growing for dark chocolate
The chocolate bar market is characterised by increased demand for branded products with a good price-value ratio, while the market share of private label products keeps shrinking. Korinna Kozma, marketing...
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Coffee prices are increasing on the Hungarian market
The world market coffee prices are on the lowest levels of the past two years, due to favorable harvest prospects in Brazil, but due to the supply that is lagging...
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The pork campaign continues
The promotion of the high-quality branded pork products continues after the Easter store tasting – Feldman Zsolt, Deputy Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture (FM) said on Tuesday...
Read moreThe production financing of the seal will be unified
The government is considering amendments in the excise tax rules, in order to unify them, to reduce administration and to increase the efficiency of tax collection. The production cost of...
Read moreThe GKI sentiment index continued to decline in March
The seasonally adjusted value of the GKI sentiment index continued to decline in March, after the fall in February. The business expectations have not changed, while the consumers’ expectations noticeably...
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