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Hoventa – everything that is catering

This year’s Hoventa attracted over 15,000 visitors. The main attraction was the WACS Global Chefs Challenge”, but the 4th Hungarian Barista Championship was also a very successful event. Over 150...

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Record breaking CMS in Berlin

14 thousand people visited the largest trade exhibition of the cleaning industry held in Berlin in mid-September. 343 exhibitors from 25 countries attended the four day event. Prospects in Poland,...

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Future consumers more conscious and older

Ákos Kozák, managing director of GfK Hungária spoke about global consumer trends appearing in Hungary. Future consumers are expected to be far more conscious and their opinions will have infinitely...

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Bread dominant

According to data from the Hungarian Association of Bakeries for 2006, per capita consumption of bread was 80 kilos with another 14 kilos of other bakery products. This proportion has...

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Revival in the poultry market

Agricultural Business Research Institute (AKI) continuously monitors developments in the world market of meat and poultry. Data from the Price Information System of KSH and AKI can be useful for...

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Vending machines heading east

We have found at the Eu’Vend exhibition of the vending machine business held in Cologne, in September that Hungarians, Poles and Czechs had become important for the industry, which generates...

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Using shrinking budgets smartly

Mrs. Szalókyné Judit Tóth, director of Nielsen turned the attention of the audience to the present. Though 58 per cent of consumers find it harder to make ends meet, only...

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Extreme wine labels spreading

Labels make a big difference when customers do not have a definite idea of what kind of wine they are looking for. Today, the trend is to make labels simple...

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Economic growth at its lowest

According to a forecast prepared by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. with Erste Bank, economic growth will be slower this year than expected previously, while the rise of gross wages and the...

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Hungarian food losing ground

Zoltán Fórián, head of division, Agrár-Európa Kft., pointed out that there is confusion in the press regarding the expected increase in demand and the extent of price rises. According to...

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Internet banking not very popular among Hungarians

According to an international, online survey conducted by Nielsen, Hungarian Internet users rarely use the net for banking transactions and use ATM machines less frequently than the international average. Only...

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Corn prices: + 45 per cent

According to a KSH report, the prices of agricultural produce were 10.4 per cent up in July 2007 compared to July 2006. Plant produce showed a price rise of 20.8...

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Increasing cost effectiveness a key to survival

Péter Nagy, head of division from PriceWaterhouseCoopers Kft., spoke about the increasing importance of cost effective operation, which is not only the result of market pressures, but also that of...

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How is the banking sector?

The number of banks per HUF one million is between 3-4 in Hungary, which is around the international average. The leading seven banks (OTP, K&H, MKB, Erste Bank, CIB, Raiffeisen,...

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Food boosting inflation

According to a KSH report, consumer prices remained unchanged in August 2007, compared to July, but the rate of inflation was 8.3 per cent. Prices were on average 8.5 per...

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2008 could be the year of Aldi

In her opening presentation on the second day, Mrs. Szalókyné Judit Tóth, director of Nielsen emphasised that it will be the cheaper sales channels and products will show growth in...

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Growing inventories, more financing in foreign exchange

As István Tari, regional director of Erste Bank has told us, in spite of signs of recession in the FMCG sector, retail chains are expanding in the hope of future...

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Retail turnover of food continues to shrink

The shrinking of retail turnover continued in July. According to a KSH report, sales were 4.2 per cent down in July 2007 compared to July of 2006 and also showed...

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Solving liquidity problems by factoring

Dr. István Tari , director of Erste Bank Kereskedelmi Centrum and László Stickl, general director of Erste Faktor spoke about the solutions bank can offer to the liquidity problems of...

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Factoring: option not a refuge

According to Ferenc Csáki, chairman of the Hungarian Factoring Association and CEO of Magyar Factor zRt, the expansion of factoring is always a sign of economic growth. – What is...

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Hungarian origin becoming more important

According to a 2007 survey by GfK Hungária about eating habits, the primary consumer requirement regarding food is good quality. Cheapness is no longer an important consideration for many consumers...

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Diversity, service, speed

László Hovánszky, managing director of METSPA outlined the development of retail trade seen over the past 15 years. He thinks that the response by domestic producers and manufacturers to the...

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Delayed changes

It was good news for players in the FMCH market that the recession resulting from the restrictive economic measures introduced last autumn had been delayed. However, it is bad news...

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Consumers spending more wisely

According to Mrs. Szalóky Judir Tóth, director of Nielsen, the majority of consumers have maintained their level of consumption. In fact, sales have expanded in half of the 20 largest...

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Barcode for agricultural products in China

During the campaign the government said more than 300,000 technical staff went to rural areas in the last month, nearly 200 illegal food companies have been shut. The system of...

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Diabetic grain producing in Szeged

This week started the producing again in Gabonatermesztesi Kutato Kht- famous of guar gum cases.  A row material and the plant, producing diabetic grain is strongly supervised, the feed made...

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Szechenyi Card on the short list of European Enterprise Awards

To be on the short list is a big honor for Szechenyi Card and the organisations behind. A 13strong shortlist has been selected for the European Enterprise Awards 2007, which...

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Functional food market grown dynamic in the UK

Some 97% of British consumers have bought some sort of food with an added health benefit, according to a survey from Nielsen. According to the research company, the UK functional...

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Store chain privatisation in Serbia

The country's biggest department store chain, Robne Kuce Beograd, was sold to a local businessman for 360 million euros. The bankrupt state-owned chain owns some 240,000 square metres of retail...

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Metro wholesale center in Far-East

The assortment, service and architecture of the Metro Cash & Carry wholesale center in Lahore have been tailored to the specific needs of commercial customers in Pakistan.  More than 20,000...

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