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French wine producers expect average yield and very good quality
Because of the drought, the yield is slightly lower than last year, but the French wine producers expect very good quality wines this year. “Good vintage is expected this year...
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Euro Zone’s composite BMI indicates the continuation of the economic growth
The preliminary value of the Euro Zone’s composite BMI increased in August – the Markit Economics Economic Research Institute announced on Friday in London. The preliminary value of the Euro...
Read moreThe vote on the VAT rate cut was postponed in Romania
The Romanian government coalition postponed the parliament vote on the new tax laws on Monday, so therefore the convened extraordinary session was unnecessary. The parliament had to vote again on...
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The Small-Scale Association wants no online cash register at rural accomodiations
The Kisléptékű Termékelőállítók és Szolgáltatók Országos Érdekképviseletének Egyesülete (Small-Scale Association) does not support the village hosts’ obligations for online cash registers and asks for the withdrawal of the related standards....
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Canned food: the opening goes well
Canned food sales have been at a standstill for quite a while, but in certain segments several changes took place. Sándor Szórádi, the managing director of Szatmári Konzervgyár Kft. told...
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Increased significance for traditional shops
Retail sales of canned vegetables exceeded HUF 5 billion in the December 2014-May 2015 period. Value sales bettered by 4 percent but volume sales fell 2 percent. The market share...
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POP experience with the latest results
Bert M Ohnemüller founded the Neuromerchandising Group in 2010 in Frankfurt. They combine 30 years of POP experience with the latest results in neuromarketing, physiology and biology. In its work...
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Fresh product tracking in practice
GS1 Hungary and Metro Kereskedelmi Kft. have already introduced the GS1 DataBar system for fresh products. This barcode types contains much more information than ordinary barcodes and can also be...
Read moreMixer-robot – Video of the day
Here's the MakrShakr, a new robot bartender that's shaking up cocktails at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco. According to the BBC, the MakrShakr “consists of three robotic arms...
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Magazine: We can do things like this, too!
Dó-Ri Café-Büfé in Gödöllő displayed the following message in the shop window: ‘If you are Hungry but don’t have money for food, don’t feel ashamed…you are our guest for a...
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Not our cocktail-culture – Video of the day
For most people growing up in North America, going to popular fast food chains like McDonald's is a very familiar experience, but this particular location of the Golden Arches in...
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CatMan reloaded?
Many people think that category management (often abbreviated as CatMan) is a long and boring analysing process. Judit Hauber, senior client lead of dunnhumby told us that the general main...
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Hajdú Happy – new products available
In the Hungarian market, for the packaging design of the new Hajdú Happy cheese products Kőröstej Kft. uses the cow motif that has been popular for many years abroad. The...
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Szarvasi Mascarpone
The new-design Szarvasi Mascarpone is already available in shops. In the new, sleeve-technology packaging consumers find the same, top-quality product. It is available in 250g and 500g versions....
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Shopper-centred merchandising
A large part of shopper decisions is made in-store, so how shelves are arranged and whether goods are in stock are very important: it is merchandising that decides what ends...
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Magazine: Going ahead on the fragrant road
According to Miklós Gáspár, commercial director of Garamvári Wineyard, in the last couple of years consumption at best stagnated in the domestic wine market, only the lowest price category and...
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Health isn’t tax-free
Fidesz MP Roland Mengyi has suggested that next year’s tax package should include new health screenings offered as benefits by employers tax-free. The MP thinks it is much cheaper to...
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Small segments are showing the big ones how to perform well
Last year coffee’s retail sales had finally grown once again, but by the beginning of this year this momentum was lost. NESCAFÉ’s brand manager Róbert Szuhai explained to our magazine...
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Slight change in the weight of bigger stores
Retail sales of coffee neared HUF 27 billion in the December 2014-May 2015 period. Value sales grew by 3 percent but volume sales fell 1 percent. Stores with a floor...
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The state assistance saved jobs in the meat industry
When the concerned local governments have invested into the meat plants of Gyula, Kaposvár and Pápa contributed to the retention of about 2000 jobs – the Trade Union of Meat...
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KSH: average earnings increased by 3.6 percent in June
Average earnings grew by 3.6 percent in June compared with a year before. Without counting the wages of the public workers the increase was 4.7 percent – the Central Statistics...
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The agriculture ministers of the EU will held an emergency meeting on milk prices
The agriculture ministers of the EU wild held an emergency meeting, due to the dairy market crisis leading to very depressed milk price levels – the European Commission announced in...
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The Street of Flavours was opened with the cutting of the festive cakes
This year's the Street of Flavours was opened with the Cake of Hungary, the Pannonhalma Apricot Pálinka Caramel Cake, Hungary’s Sugar Free Cake, the Peach Bubble Cake and the Cake...
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Gluten-free food in public catering
The mass caterers will be obliged to provide medically necessary dietary meals from 1 September – was said at the Farmer Expo in Debrecen, at a forum, held by the...
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The Farmer Expo was opened in Debrecen
The Farmer Expo, Hungary's largest rural agricultural exhibition and fair was opened in Debrecen on Wednesday at the Agricultural Sciences Faculty of the University of Debrecen. MTI Photo: Czeglédi Zsolt This...
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The consumer protection authority found only minor deficiencies at the Sziget Festival
The vast majority of the businesses conducted their activities in accordance with the laws at the Sziget Festival. The Metropolitan Government Office found only minor deficiencies, which have been replaced...
Read moreThe Romanian parties have agreed in a four percentage points VAT reduction
Following debates, the representatives of the main political parties of the Romanian Parliament have reached an agreement over lowering the general VAT level to 20 percent starting January 2016 and...
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Four cups of coffee a day can reduce the risk of colon cancer recurrence
Drinking more coffee may keep colon cancer from coming back, find researchers from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston – the Daily MIrror wrote. “Observational studies of patients with established...
Read moreGerman consumer confidence declines
Market research group GfK released its consumer confidence index for Germany on Friday. German Gfk consumer confidence index fell to 9.9 in September from 10.1 in August. Analysts had expected...
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