News and articles
Bread prices may jump from September
Date: 2014-08-07 11:55:07
Due to the more expensive flour and due to the weak forint bread prices are expected to grow by 25-30 percent. Septe József, president of the Hungarian Baker’s Association told...
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A cooperation agreement between the FHB Bank and the NAK
Date: 2014-08-07 11:52:07
The main objective of the strategic agreement that was signed on 7 August 2014 in Budapest, to create a cooperation based on mutual benefits, which allows the agricultural and food...
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The number of food products with Excellent Hungarian Food trademark has expanded with Tesco’s 29 own-branded products
Date: 2014-08-07 11:51:52
Thanks to the renewal of the Excellent Hungarian Food trademark system, from now, the own branded food will products of the commercial chains can be awarded with the Excellent Hungarian...
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The import ban will have no significant impact on the Hungarian economy
Date: 2014-08-07 11:50:51
According to macroeconomic analysts, interviewed by MTI, the Russian import ban will have no significant impact on the economic growth of Hungary. According to Németh Dávid, senior analyst of the...
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Foreign trade surplus in June has become higher-than-expected
Date: 2014-08-07 11:40:14
The foreign trade surplus in June 2014 became higher-than-expected – macroeconomic analysts told MTI. According to the Thursday released datas of the Central Statistical Office (KSH), the value of exports...
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The Wine Weeks of Balatonfüred will last for three weeks from Saturday
Date: 2014-08-07 11:32:53
In addition to two hundred and fifty types of wines, the Wine Weeks of Balatonfüred awaits its visitors for three weeks with folk art and craft fair and with spectacular...
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UPS: the e-commerce will drive the mail order market
Date: 2014-08-07 11:30:03
The UPS expects further significant expansion on the logistics market, primarily due to the boom in online shopping. Iulia Nartea, Head of UPS’s small package and freight business told MTI...
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Hungarian wines play the main role at the Wine Carnival in Debrecen
Date: 2014-08-07 11:20:58
At the 15th Wine Carnival in Debrecen, the wines of more than fifty wineries of thirteen wine regions can be tasted from Thursday to Sunday. Visitors can taste the wines,...
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Coca-Cola will not advertise in several Russian TV channels
Date: 2014-08-07 11:17:36
The Coca-Cola ceases to advertise its products in several television channels that are close to the Kremlin – the N24 German news TV, reported citing the Russian Vedomosztyi newspaper. Three...
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Your bottle opener is ringing – Video of the day
Date: 2014-08-07 10:06:11
Not simply a bottle opener welded onto an iPhone 4/4S case, the Intoxicase is the product of hundreds of design and experiment hours that resulted in the patent pending 'tight-clamping'...
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The gourmet shop of Daniel Boulud – Video of the day
Date: 2014-08-07 09:53:10
Daniel Boulud takes us on a tour of Epicerie Boulud, one of his new restaurants on the corner of Broadway and 64th in New York City....
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Two-digit growth in value sales
Date: 2014-08-07 09:42:19
In December 2013-March 2014 cheese sales rose 10 percent and exceeded HUF 28 billion, but volume sales reduced by 3 percent from then level of twelve months earlier – reports...
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This year's grape harvest will be bigger than last year’s
Date: 2014-08-06 11:50:14
This year's yields are expected to be higher than last year’s – Kiss Eliza, the Deputy Minister of State of the Ministry of Agriculture (FM) told MTI on Tuesday. Kiss...
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Magazine: Hungarian roadshow in China
Date: 2014-08-06 11:44:59
On 8 June the city of Ningbo hosted a meeting for economy/trade ministers from Central and Eastern Europe. The event was accompanied with several programmes organised by HITA and the...
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The Russian meat ban to be removed soon
Date: 2014-08-06 11:40:45
The Russian authorities can soon remove the ban against Hungarian companies that are exporting some kind of poultry meat and preserved meat products. The ban has been already removed against...
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The AMC has launched a champagne consumption promotional campaign
Date: 2014-08-06 11:37:42
The Agricultural Marketing Centre (AMC) of the Hungarian National Tourist Office has launched a campagn to promote Hungarian wine, sparkling wine and champagne. in order to leverage an annual consumption....
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Increasing revenue, decreasing profit at Zwack Unicum
Date: 2014-08-06 11:36:56
The net revenue of the Zwack Unicum Nyrt. increased by 2.1 percent, its after-tax profits fell by 2.5 percent to 335 million HUF in the first quarter of its fiscal...
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Magro.hu: the purchase price of cereals reduced significantly
Date: 2014-08-06 11:36:18
In July, as a result of the marketing of the new wheat, the average price of cereals reduced significantly in Hungary – according to the Magro.hu. online agricultural marketplace. The...
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The proper packaging can protect the foods during the warm months
Date: 2014-08-06 11:35:37
The two-thirds of the Hungarian consumers experienced that the quality of food products become worse during the summer months. 58 percent of the Hungarian customers have bought spoiled food in...
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Interactive map and market fair at the Holnemvolt Park
Date: 2014-08-06 11:21:37
The Közösségi Termelői Nonprofit Kft. (Community Producer Nonprofit Ltd.) with the co-operation of the National Agricultural Chamber are organizing a local market combined with craft fair at the Holnemvolt Park...
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More than 300 exhibitors at this year's Farmer Expo in Debrecen
Date: 2014-08-06 11:20:59
More than 300 exhibitors presented their products and services this year in Debrecen at the Agriculture, Horticulture and Food Industry Exhibition, at the 23rd Expo Farmer Expo on 17 thousand...
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The growth of retail sales has accelerated in the Czech Republic
Date: 2014-08-06 11:10:10
In June, retail sales growth accelerated to 6.4 percent in the Czech Republic on an annual basis, while the growth was 1.1 percent in May – the Czech Statistical Office...
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How to recognize it? – Absurd of the day
Date: 2014-08-06 10:55:03
Rat hairs in your peanut butter sandwich and insect fragments in your pasta sauce? Yuck. Yet according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) these defects in certain foods are...
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Blumenthal for the masses!
Date: 2014-08-06 10:41:42
Heston Blumenthal’s new restaurant, called The Perfectionist’s Café, opened at Terminal 2 of Heathrow airport. In the kitchen there is a wood-fired oven and the restaurant serves the Brits’ favourites:...
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Blumenthal for the masses!
Date: 2014-08-06 10:41:42
Heston Blumenthal’s new restaurant, called The Perfectionist’s Café, opened at Terminal 2 of Heathrow airport. In the kitchen there is a wood-fired oven and the restaurant serves the Brits’ favourites:...
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PayPass cards are more and more popular in the domestic festivals
Date: 2014-08-06 10:25:09
The turnover of PayPass cards have doubled at the VOLT Festival in 2013 and the number of payments as well. At the Balaton Sound festival the average number of PayPass...
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Sausage volume sales up, too
Date: 2014-08-06 08:49:38
In January-April 2014 processed meat retail sales exceeded HUF 77 billion, growing by 6 percent from months 1-4 in 2013. Salami and sausage were responsible for 11 percent of sales,...
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KSH: retail sales in June increased by 3.8 percent
Date: 2014-08-05 12:10:50
The volume of retail sales increased by 3.8 percent in June, compared with a year earlier, according both the raw data and the working day adjusted datas – the Central...
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Kőröstej has launched a country image-building campaign
Date: 2014-08-05 12:00:39
The Kőröstej Dairy Group one of Hungary’s greatest cheese exporter has launched a promotional campaign that is promoting Hungary. The company annual produces about 25,000 tonnes of cheese per year,...
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