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One of the world's most famous restaurants will reborn for three nights
One of the world’s most famous restaurant the elBulli will reborn in March, but only for three nights. The special dinner will be prepared by nine world-renowned chefs, who have...
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Consumers want snacks with natural flavours and ingredients
An international survey on sweets and salty snacks found that three quarters of consumers want products with natural flavours and ingredients – these characteristics are more important to them than...
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The song of the whiskey-addict – Video of the day
Nick Offerman is a man's man. He likes working with wood, he likes wearing plaid and he especially likes drinking whisky. Thus, the fine people at Diageo, the makers of...
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Witor’s product selection expands rapidly
Witor’s experts have been working hard for 50 years to offer consumers innovative sweets. The company’s delicious products are marketed in stylish packaging and their prices are affordable. Glatz Hungary...
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Chocolate rabbit is the most popular
Easter confectionery sales amounted to HUF 4 billion and represented 940 tons in the three-month season last year. Like-for-like value sales surged by 12 percent and volume sales bettered by...
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There is value in chocolate figures
Last year’s improved consumer mood manifested in the sales data of Easter chocolate figures too. More and better quality products were purchased in 2014. – Besides a 2-percent growth in...
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A 17-billion-forint annual market
Mayonnaise, ketchup and mustard generated a HUF 17-billion combined turnover in the December 2013 – November 2014 period. Value sales improved 4 percent from the base period. Mayonnaise sales valued...
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eShoppinglist – The application of smart stores
Szintézis Informatikai ZRt. is launching its new mobile phone application called eShoppinglist. The app is serving the purpose of customers as well as stores, and is set for all known...
Read moreKSH: retail sales rose by 5.6 percent in December
According to calendar adjusted data, retail sales rose by 5.6 percent in last December, while in 2014 the volume of sales was 5.2 percent, higher than in the previous year...
Read moreThe Sunday store closure can rearrange the turnover towards smaller shops
The Sunday store closure can affect third of the Hungarians, who buy intensively on the last day of the week. They will have to purchase in more expensive, smaller shops....
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The food processing strategy has been completed
The food processing strategy has been completed, which is expected to be discussed by the government in a few weeks – Zsigó Róbert announced at a professional forum. Zsigó Róbert,...
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Lázár János initiates a meeting in connection with the advertising tax amendment
Lázár János initiates the meeting of the Economic Committee in order to discuss the possibilities of the changes in the advertising tax – the Prime Minister's Office told MTI on...
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Investment increased by 14 percent last year
A total of 5,216 billion HUF was spent on investments in Hungary in 2014, 14 percent more than a year before. The investments increased in the majority of teh sectors...
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Magazine: Spicier flavours from condiment makers
Easter is one of the driving forces behind mustard, ketchup, mayonnaise and horseradish sales. Last year sales expanded, in part because barbecues are becoming trendier, creating a third season for...
Read moreThe Cornexi places its production into Székesfehérvár
The Cornexi Food Kft. moves from Enying to the industrial park of Székesfehérvár until the summer. Due to the planned capacity expansion, the company would like to create at least...
Read moreEKAER: the NiT Hungary ask for a longer fine-free period
The NiT Hungary ask for the extension of the fine-free test period from the government. The Executive Secretary General of the advocacy organization, Dittel Gábor wrote a letter to Varga...
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Avalon Park: Adventure in nature!
Market leader HELL ENERGY, energy drink manufacturer chose the Utazás 2015 (Travel 2015) exhibition to present its latest tourism investment. The company is also famous for its local patriotism. This...
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NIVEA: not only the teens have oily and problematic skin
According to the latest research data more than 80% of the teenagers and almost 40% of adult women suffer from blackheads and acnes that commonly appear in case of oily,...
Read moreThe Civita Food Kft. debuts in London with gluten-free products
The Debrecen-based Civita Food Kft. debuts in London on Wednesday with its GMO and gluten-free products – the company told MTI on Wednesday. According to the communication, the Debrecen-based family...
Read moreChina has dropped some of the world's leading technology brands from its approved state purchase list
China has dropped some of the world's leading technology brands from its approved state purchase lists, while approving thousands more locally made products, in what some say is a response...
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The Hungarian National Tourist Office has unveiled its new marketing strategy
The Hungarian National Tourist Office has presented its three-year (2015-2017) tourism marketing strategy on the first day of the Travel Expo, at the official conference of UNWTO. The primary task...
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Salt and traditions
Salt company Salinen Austria AG is the market leader in Europe, making products used by the food industry, the chemical industry and agriculture. Mag. Stefan Maix has been the CEO...
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Two-digit growth in value and volume sales alike
In the two-month Easter period of 2014 ham and smoked meat were sold in the value of HUF 7 billion. This constitutes a 15-percent increase from the category’s performance in...
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More and more stores sell Quality Hungarian Pork
Pork products marked with the Quality Hungarian Pork (KMS) trademark. Hungarian pork meat and pork products are only allowed to use the KMS trademark if they regularly go through the...
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Kitchen Trend Meeting at the 6th Kitchen Exhibition
At the Kitchen Exhibition everyone can find the perfect kitchen: a wide selection of kitchen and dining room furniture, machinery, large appliances, cooking gear and the experience of cooking await...
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Nielsen: more people were watching food, chemicals and cosmetics commercials
The domestic TV commercials of food, household chemicals and cosmetics reached 1 percent more GRP last year, than a year before – according to a Nielsen Audience Measurement Ltd. The...
Read moreThe MLSZKSZ welcomes the retuning of EKÁER
The Association of Hungarian Logistics Service Centers (MLSZKSZ) welcomes the government's efforts that they retune the EKÁER system, building on the experiences of the two-month test period. The Association considers...
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Szentkirályi extends its portfolio with a Flower Garden product line
The market-leading Szentkirályi Group reached 9.6 billion HUF revenue in 2014, which is a nearly 10 percent increase over the previous year. The company’s market share was more than 20...
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A new SPAR Express at the OMV filling station near Szigetszentmiklós
A SPAR Express was opened at another OMV filling station. This is the sixth SPAR Express store, which is operated by a local retailer at an OMV filling station, within...
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