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Large pepper test
Date: 2015-09-02 11:45:26
We think it is good, but it is not – in fact the majority of the ground red pepper available in stores sold as hungaricums – a warns the Hungarian...
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The Spar Group expects rising revenues and profits this year in Hungary
Date: 2015-09-02 11:40:42
This year the Spar Group expects rising revenues and profits after last year's loss in Hungary, but the results depend largely on the food chain supervision fee’s outcome, which is...
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Pankucsi: Hungary protects the tobacco surtax
Date: 2015-09-02 11:34:18
Hungary would like to defend the health care contribution on the tobacco industry and the food chain supervision fee, therefore, the European Commission in Brussels will be given this the...
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KSH: the trade balance surplus continued to increase
Date: 2015-09-02 11:32:50
The euro-denominated value of exports increased by 13.9 percent, while imports exceeded by 9.5 percent in June, compared to a year before. The trade balance surplus amounted to 801 million...
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Tesco would sell its South Korean business branch
Date: 2015-09-02 11:30:14
Tesco may sell its South Korean activities for six to seven million USD – portfolio.hu wrote after MarketWatch. Retailer Tesco PLC has picked Asian private-equity firm MBK Partners LP as...
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NFH: three out of the examined dietary supplements did not meet the requirements
Date: 2015-09-02 11:17:58
The National Consumer Protection Authority (NFH) analyzed about 54 dietary supplements. The National Consumer Protection Authority (NFH) analyzed the mineral content the vitamins, and “beneficial” bacterias. Three of the tested...
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The 10th Főzdefeszt will be held a week later
Date: 2015-09-02 11:14:58
The 10th Főzdefeszt and Street Food Market will be held a week later than it was previously scheduled, between 11 and 13 September and at a new site at the...
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The series of conferences presenting the potential of the Rural Development Programme will start in Siófok
Date: 2015-09-02 11:10:28
The first stop of the series of conferences which focuses on the EU tenders, projects, grants and financing options will be held in Siófok on 22 September 2015. The European...
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Lego's revenues increased by 18 percent
Date: 2015-09-02 11:04:15
The Lego Goup's revenues increased by 18 percent in the first half of the year. The toymaker company achieved increase in each regions. The company's profit was 3,553 billion danish...
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NAV: The VAT cheaters were unable to scam the ekáer system
Date: 2015-09-02 11:03:23
The organized criminal group was unable to scam the electronic road freight traffic control system (ekáer) system. The criminals imported a variety of foods to Hungary without the payment of...
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Bisnode: many catering companies continue to go bankrupt
Date: 2015-09-02 10:50:03
The hospitality sector continues to be the sector that has the highest bankruptcy rate. The most risky businesses are the firms dealing with hospitality. The bankruptcy rate of such companies...
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Jam factory in Környe
Date: 2015-09-02 10:49:07
Környe will be the home of a new jam factory, where only flavouring- and preservative-free jam will be produced. A 300m² plant and a 500m² cold storage facility will be...
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Biomass-processing plant inaugurated in Kaba
Date: 2015-09-02 10:45:18
At the Kaba premises of Evonik Agroferm Zrt. a new HUF 1.5-billion biomass-processing plant started working. 51.3 percent of the budget was the company’s own financial resources and the rest...
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As if Onix was trying to make the region of Budapest more popular! – Video of the day
Date: 2015-09-02 10:37:33
Here's an animated video that celebrates yesterday's release of I Love New York by Eleven Madison Park's Daniel Humm and Will Guidara. The cheery video features drawings by the cookbook's...
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Alcohol cloud bar to open in Brisbane
Date: 2015-09-02 10:30:24
A new alcoholic vapour bar will open in Brisbane that allows patrons to consume their 'drinks' as a gas that bypasses the liver. Patrons stand in a cloud of gin...
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Magazine: Competitiveness for dinner
Date: 2015-09-02 07:51:56
At end of May Trade magazine and Chain Bridge Club organised their traditional Business Dinner. The topic was competitiveness and the guests were Ferenc Dávid, general secretary of the National...
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Are made-up sales days in the off-season the new craze?
Date: 2015-09-01 21:13:05
Amazon appointed 15 July a special sales day and named it Prime Day. The e-commerce company offered special deals and huge bargains on this day, when consumers also had the...
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(HU) 320 millió forintos felhő alapú fejlesztés a Szintézis ZRt-nél
Date: 2015-09-01 16:18:03
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The online retail market grew by 16 percent in he first half of 2015
Date: 2015-09-01 11:40:40
According to the third joint Online Retail Index reearch of GKI Digital and Árukereső.hu, the online retail market grew by 16 percent in he first half of 2015. OKI index:...
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Analysts: the increase in investments was a positive surprise
Date: 2015-09-01 11:39:27
The analysts polled by MTI called the 5.7 percent second quarterly growth in investments as a positive surprise. According to the Central Statistical Office, investments increased by 5.7 percent in...
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This year's wine can be good and expensive
Date: 2015-09-01 11:38:27
2015 can be an excellent vintage at wine-growing regions where the hail and the vine diseases did not damaged the well-developing grape harvest – the wine growers told. It is...
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Thanks SIÓ! School Bag Programme: This year 1,000 primary school children start the school year with a new school bag
Date: 2015-09-01 11:35:42
The Thanks SIÓ! School Bag Programme supports the school start of the pupil for the eighth time this year. The enumber of supported children reaches 8,500. The Thank SIÓ! Program...
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Hungary expects half of last year's apple crop, while in Europe the decline will be 5 percent
Date: 2015-09-01 11:32:34
Although the apple harvest has begun in the orchards and the plants started to processing the concentrates, the domestic apple varieties suitable for winter storing have barely appeared in the...
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London analysts: slower, but “respectable” growth is expected in Central Europe
Date: 2015-09-01 11:31:54
According to London financial analysts a bit slower but still a robust rate of “decent pace” increase s expected in the economies of Central and Eastern Europe, including Hungary. Morgan...
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FruitVeB: there can be problems with the transportation due to the Austrian road controls
Date: 2015-09-01 11:30:06
Because of illegal immigration the Austrian police carried out checks near the Hungarian border, so there can be problems with the transportation of Hungarian goods – the president of the...
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The P&G and Lidl supports the starving children with 5 million HUF again
Date: 2015-09-01 11:15:39
The joint charity program of Procter & Gamble and Lidl has been ended. As the result of the program the initiators can support the “Everyone can lunch” program of the...
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The Nébih found food products that were expired seven years ago
Date: 2015-09-01 11:08:25
The experts of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) found foods that were expired in 2008 at a restaurant near the M1 motorway, during the check sessions held near...
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Gerencsér Szilárd will be the new Managing Director of the DHL Supply Chain Magyarország
Date: 2015-09-01 11:05:21
Gerencsér Szilárd was appointed as the Managing Director of DHL Supply Chain Magyarország. The expert started its work at the world's leading shipping company on 25 August 2015. Gerencsér Szilárd...
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British scientists have created slow-melting ice cream
Date: 2015-09-01 10:58:08
British researchers announced on Monday that they discovered an ingredient which would make ice cream melt slower. The protein BslA, which occurs naturally in some food, helps to blend the...
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