Company and Personal News
The Hungarian meat industry is on the edge
Date: 2012-10-02 13:10:19
The meat companies of Gyula and Kapuvár are on the edge of bankruptcy, Gallicoop wich had a 1.5 billion HUF profit last year, will also produce loss this year. The...
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National Food Chain Safety Strategy under development
Date: 2012-10-02 12:01:24
The Ministry of Rural Development is developing a food chain safety strategy. The objective of the document is to determine the measures and instruments through which the protection of the...
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OKSZ still calls for VAT cut
Date: 2012-10-02 11:59:33
The VAT rate reduction of basic foods would be advantageous both for the customers and for the market participants – provides the communication of the National Trade Association (OKSZ). The...
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Grain exports increased by almost one quarter
Date: 2012-10-02 11:57:31
In the first seven months,1200 billion HUF surplus was accumulated in the foreign trade balance. The exports were driven by vehicle manufacturing, but a sharp increase was measured in imports...
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Meat Factory of Kapuvár – crisis plan is ready, but not public
Date: 2012-10-02 11:56:29
The crisis plan to save the Meat Factory of Kapuvár is ready, but not yet public – the minority shareholder who prepared the document said in Győr on Tuesday. Foltányi...
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KSH: External trade turnover continued to increase in July
Date: 2012-10-02 11:55:38
In July 2012 exports and imports increased by 5.6 percent and 4.8 percent, respectively, compared to the corresponding period of 2011. According to the latest flash report of the Hungarian...
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The NESCAFÉ Dolce Gusto and the Papyrus Hungária Zrt. announced its “Battle of Creatives” application
Date: 2012-10-02 10:57:42
The contest aims to provide an opportunity for talented artists to participate at a creative domestic competition that has international level. The game can be found at the www.facebook.com/papyrushungaria page,...
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French social security deficit will be reduced by the tobacco and beer tax increase
Date: 2012-10-02 10:55:03
The French Government announced a series of measures, including the tax increase of tobacco and beer, in order to reduce next year's deficit in the social security budget – the...
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Szabolcs Szendrei is the product sales leader of MasterCard Europe
Date: 2012-10-02 09:59:17
The MasterCard Lounge, located on the mezzanine level of the new SkyCourt building at Terminal 2, offers Hungarian premium MasterCard holders, and even their partners and children, numerous extra services...
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Nielsen: food retail sales increased in the first half of the year
Date: 2012-10-01 14:30:34
The food retail sales in value increased by 6 percent, in volume by 1 percent, between last December and July 2012, compared to the same period of the previous year...
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SPAR promotes the Hungarian apple with tastings
Date: 2012-10-01 11:11:19
In the scope of the Hungarian national campaign to support the consumption of apples, tastings have started in the SPAR supermarket network as well. At the ceremonial launch ceremony of...
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Sweet Seduction: New stevia sweetened syrups from SodaStream
Date: 2012-10-01 11:00:56
You should eat on the basis of strict rules, because of diabetes, and you can consume only sugar free snacks and refreshments? You are on a diet due to the...
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The British families are facing with huge food price increases in the next ten years
Date: 2012-10-01 11:00:29
The food spendings of the British families will grow a lot over the next ten years – shows the study of a British governmental body. The British population may suffer...
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Cherries may reduce the risk of gout attacks
Date: 2012-10-01 10:59:42
Cherry consumption may reduce the risk of gout attacks – U.S. researchers found in their study. In the study published in the Arthritis & Rheumatism journal, the risk of gout...
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Protect the health of our hearts with vegetable consumption!
Date: 2012-10-01 10:59:18
The eternal question in our fast-paced world how we can preserve our health, our fitness at any age. We should pay attention to our heart, even from young age and...
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New Managing Director at Nestlé Hungária
Date: 2012-10-01 10:55:08
Mike Nixon holds the position of Managing Director at Nestlé Hungária from 1 October 2012. The expert replaces Andrea Zambelli – the company told MTI on Monday. The newly appointed...
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New Generation of Béres Drops: there is something extra
Date: 2012-10-01 10:45:50
The Béres Drops arrived to a key milestone of its40 years of history. The new generation version of the legendary Hungarian invention the Béres Drops Extra was unveiled to the...
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BB Champagne: special appearance in public places
Date: 2012-10-01 10:40:44
The BB Champagne occurs with unique phase-change electroluminescent technology citylight outlook second in Europe, first in Hungary. The Electroluminescent technology is based on the technology that small phosphor particles are...
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Árkád 2 is opening soon
Date: 2012-10-01 10:13:20
The 20 thousand square meters Árkád 2 situates in the Örs vezér square will be completed in March 2013, while the Árkád 1 handed over in 2002 will be renewed...
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Classics from Ooops!
Date: 2012-10-01 10:05:02
Ooops makes more colorful its napkins portfolio with classic patterns! The 33×33-cm, one layered Ooops! Classic Napkin is one of the newest products of Vajda-Papír Kft. The company generally strenghtens...
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Electronic shelf label at a MOL petrol station
Date: 2012-09-30 23:14:09
In Hungary electronic shelf labels are already used in many places, especially in food and DIY stores. Petrol stations have long been targeted by electronic shelf labels because of their...
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Before the customer decides to buy a product and puts it into the basket
Date: 2012-09-30 00:04:16
Nielsen’s Europe-wide experience is that market players need to concentrate on the following if they wish to increase sales in the current economic environment: new products, pricing, promotions, POS activities...
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The price of corn falls: food price explosion may not occur
Date: 2012-09-28 12:50:21
Despite the drought the price of corn is falling, if the trend continues, the price of food and ethanol may reduce. In the last two weeks the price of corn...
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The forecast of GKI Economic Research Co. for 2012-2013
Date: 2012-09-28 12:22:45
In the first half of 2012 the Hungarian economy got into recession. It further deepened in the second half of this year due to the drought. Consumption, investments and lending...
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Harvest panorama – we can expect less grapes, but high quality wine
Date: 2012-09-28 12:00:49
Less grapes but high quality wine is expected in the historical wine growing regions – shows the harvest panorama of MTI. 24 to 25 thousand hectares falls to the Danube...
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Meat Factory of Kapuvár – Crisis Plan is being prepared for next week
Date: 2012-09-28 11:38:38
Foltányi Árpád minority shareholder prepares a crisis plan for next week. Foltányi Árpád informed MTI, after the company’s suspended general meeting on Thursday. He says that at the meeting that...
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Nébih: the botulism in Békés county did not affect the food chain
Date: 2012-09-28 11:35:13
The examination on botulism disease in Békés county has completed. It was found that the botulism did not affect the food chain – said the National Food Chain Safety Office...
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Electric charging station at the mall
Date: 2012-09-28 11:32:32
The first electric charging station at a shopping mall was handed over in Hungary. Dr. Vígh Gábor, CEO of the Mammut shopping mall and Nagy Zoltán Sales Director of ELMŰ-ÉMÁSZ...
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The last Cora was transformed to Auchan
Date: 2012-09-28 11:30:30
Auchan inaugurated its last former Cora store, so the company is present on the Hungarian market with a total of nineteen units. Photo: MTI, Soós Lajos Auchan opened its nineteenth...
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Increased household food expenditure in Slovakia
Date: 2012-09-28 11:25:32
The Slovak household food expenditure rose by 5 percent in the first half of 2012, compared to last year – the Postová banka told MTI on Friday. The analysis is...
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