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Teas are not all black nowadays
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
The tea market seems to have benefited from the myth that black teas are not as healthy as other types, because attention turned to these other kinds of tea, which...
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Food conscious minority
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
According to a survey by GfK Hungária Market research, people who choose food consciously are still the minority. 58 per cent of the 1000 people interviewed believe that they eat...
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Foodapest 2006
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Awards for success All products continuously present in the Hungarian market since 2003 and exhibited at FOODAPEST 2006 could be nominated for the FOODAPEST awards for success by HUNGEXPO Zrt....
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Tablets subject to strict scrutiny
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
A ministerial decree was published at the end of last year about trading of medicine outside pharmacies with the names of medicines which can be sold this way. A decree...
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Men prefer smaller stores
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
According to a recent study by GfK Hungária Market Research about the process of shopping under the title “Shopping Monitor”, the most important considerations for Hungarian customers in food stores...
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Another 26 Excellent Hungarians
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
József Gráf , the Minister of Agriculture handed over the Kiváló Magyar Élelmiszer certificate for 26 products of 16 manufacturers. Foodapest exhibition has traditionally been the scene of the handing...
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Stores still waiting
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Sales of OTC medicines outside pharmacies are not expected to exceed HUF 12-13 billion, which is a tiny fraction of the HUF 500 billion total sales in the retail trade...
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We are the most pessimistic
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Eurochambres has prepared a survey of 78 thousand companies from 27 European countries. While Danish companies proved to be the most optimistic about future prospects, Hungarians were among the most...
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Hungaropack
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
The National Packaging and Conveying Federation organised a conference about environmental regulations for packaging during Foodapest. After the event, awards were handed over to the winners in the 23rd annual...
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EUR 38 million market in Austria
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
A growing quantity of medicinal products which require no prescription are sold in Austrian food stores and – according to ACNielsen – the rate of growth is increasing. Growth is...
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Global players in the lead
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
A report about changes taking place in the consumer-customer trends of developing countries is published every second year by Pricewaterhouse Coopers. The last issue dealt with changes detected up till...
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Europe and wine
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Major changes are coming in EU regulations for the wine market. A surplus of wine has accumulated in the EU and exports are growing more slowly than imports. The reforms...
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OTC: dominated by pharmacies
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
According to figures by GfK Hungária, the number of households in Hungary which purchased OTC products, which require no prescription, fell by 10 per cent in the first half of...
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No more superlatives
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
How can promotions be advertised? Should we emphasises superlatives, or is present Hungarian practice in line with EU guidelines at all? For answers, we turned to dr. Judit Firniksz, of...
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Lánchíd Klub open meeting again
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
The ACNielsen gave a review of the most important product categories on the Lanchid Club open meeting. Growth was recorded for three-quarters of the 86 categories, mainly as a result...
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Is it worth it?
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
I can only hope that the food scandals of recent weeks will serve as a warning to all players in the food market. They should consider carefully, whether short-term profits...
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POS superlative
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Salon POPAI is an exhibition for advertising and information, digital media, store furniture, merchandising and commercial architecture. The most popular and fascinating part of the exhibition was where innovations competing...
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Tougher income tax, more lenient special taxes
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
In 2007, a number of allowances related to income tax will disappear. Income tax rates will not change, but the 18 per cent tax base will be HUF 1.7 million...
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Everything about the agricultural policy of the EU
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
For the first time in the history of the exhibition, the EU was present at a collective stand. Information about the agricultural policy of the EU was provided by the...
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Food reality
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Electronic media has brought the world into our living room. Nowadays, a new type of reality show is the trend: live reports about food scandals, with all the tricks used...
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Damocles’ sword and in-store marketing
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Efficiency of in-store promotional tools had been considered to be immeasurable for a long time. This is changing however, as a result of trade marketing methods becoming more widely used....
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Rising, falling and returning
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Registration tax which was introduced in 2004 to replace consumption tax and compensate for the effects of VAT reductions, turned out to be a Janus-faced tax. Regulations regarding registration tax...
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Small tigers
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
“100 small tigers” is the title of a fascinating publication by Coface Hungary and Üzlettárs magazine. The research data from independent researchers of Coface and Corvinus University is interesting reading...
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Kissing tortoises and the environment
Date: 2007-01-31 08:00:00
Germans are less enthusiastic about spontaneity in food stores than other European nations. Though they watch prices, they are more concerned with “more value for the same price”. This is...
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