News and articles
Chocolate consumption increased significantly in Asia
Date: 2014-07-21 11:38:37
The price of cocoa beans increased to its three-year peak and an even higher about 10 percent of price increase is expected until the end of the year, due to...
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The NAV checked bakeries: 50 million HUF fines
Date: 2014-07-21 11:20:03
The staff of the NAV experienced a series of serious irregularities at a foreign-owned chain, which distributes bakery products nationwide – the tax authorities told. The total amount of concealed...
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The first Hungarian organic beer is prepared from about 300 million HUF
Date: 2014-07-21 11:19:14
As the result of the 300 million HUF purely domestically-financed development, Hungary's first organic wheat beer, the Alakor has been prepared – Körös-Maros Biofarm Kft. told MTI on Monday. According...
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The Intersnack Group has purchased the Estrella Maarud
Date: 2014-07-21 11:18:35
The Lithuanian competition authority approved the lastest acquisition of the Intersnack Group. The Düsseldorf-based Intersnack and the Norwegian II. Herkules Private Investment Fund announced in May that the Herkules sells...
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Hungarian merchant house was opened in Skopje
Date: 2014-07-21 11:15:34
Szijjártó Peter, Parliamentary Minister of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade inaugurated the Hungarian trading house on Monday in Skopje in the capital of Macedonia; This...
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The Rosé Spritzer Festival in Villány was a great success
Date: 2014-07-21 11:15:24
The rosé wines, and the spritzers are getting more and more popular nowadays. Its consumption is healthy and there is an increasing demand for it in gastronomy as well. The...
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Tesco's CEO Philip Clarke resigns after profit warning
Date: 2014-07-21 11:12:38
Britain's biggest supermarket chain appoints Dave Lewis to succeed Philip Clarke as chief executive as sales and trading profit in the first half drop below expectations Tesco chief executive Philip...
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Kozák Danuta became the sports ambassador of the Poli-Farbe
Date: 2014-07-21 11:00:06
The Poli-Farbe paint and plaster factor asked Kozák Danuta, two-time Olympic champion kayaker to be the company’s sports ambassador. The collaboration goes beyond the traditional sports sponsorship. The Bócsa-based Poli-Farbe...
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Look, who's talking! The pizzaman? – Video of the day
Date: 2014-07-21 10:23:33
To improve road safety Domino's Pizza the Netherlands introduces a human engine sound on their silent electrical scooters....
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Western European firms have become wiser
Date: 2014-07-21 09:59:36
According to the 2014 edition of the Atradius Payment Practices Barometer, in Western Europe in the first quarter of 2014 only 42.4 percent of sales realised by companies were on...
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Mobile use doubled
Date: 2014-07-21 09:54:10
Research conducted by POPAI North America found that 15 percent of consumers were using their mobiles when buying FMCG products in 2012, but by 2014 this ratio reached 31 percent....
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Farmers are more pessimistic
Date: 2014-07-21 09:35:16
Usually optimistic enterprises in the agricultural sector have rather reserved expectations about 2014, they are more pessimistic than the SME average – reveal the latest data from K&H’s SME confidence...
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Fazekas Sándor: the first results of the pig strategy are visible
Date: 2014-07-18 12:55:19
The first results of the swine strategy are starting to deliver. The number of pigs exceed 3 million in Hungary again – Fazekas Sándor, Minister of Agriculture told at a...
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Hungarian mushroom production can be doubled until 2020
Date: 2014-07-18 11:35:03
The current annual Hungarian mushroom production of 25 to 30 thousand tonnes can be doubled until 2020. The current annual Hungarian mushroom production – util the end of the current...
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KSH: earnings grew by 4.0 percent in May
Date: 2014-07-18 11:30:02
Earnings grew by 4.0 per cent in May calculated without public workers, compared to a year before. The wage increase in the private sector was 4.1 percent and in the...
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More than 140 million tonnes of wheat yield is expected in the EU
Date: 2014-07-18 11:20:52
The Strategie Grains, the leading French cereal industry analyst company has raised its forecast about this year's soft wheat yields in the EU. The Strategie Grains expects that in the...
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European Commission: healthy school meals are important for the Member States
Date: 2014-07-18 11:14:56
Almost one in three children are overweight or obese in Europe, but the countries are aware of the importance of healthy school meals and to grant the children's healthy growth,...
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The first brewery festival in Hungary
Date: 2014-07-18 11:12:02
The Dreher Sörgyárak Zrt. awaits the public with attractive music programs and real beer specialties at 2 pm on 30 August 2014. The Dreher Sörgyárak Zrt. (Dreher Breweries Ltd.) is...
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The Ferrero Group continues to invest
Date: 2014-07-18 11:09:42
The Ferrero Group, one of the market leaders of the confectionery industry is further strengthening its position in the peanut market in order to guarantee and constantly raise the quality...
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Strudel Festival will be held this weekend in Mesztegnyő
Date: 2014-07-18 11:05:02
The traditional strudel festival will be held this weekend in Mesztegnyő, Somogy county, where in addition to a strudel baking competition, a number of colorful programs, including rope pulling will...
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Chinese cognac sales declined
Date: 2014-07-18 11:00:31
The revenue of the French Rémy Cointreau spirits manufacturer declined in the first fiscal quarter that lasted until the end of June. The company explains the decline with the Chinese...
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The European Travel Commission expects a strong peak season
Date: 2014-07-18 10:31:40
Before the peak season tourism in Europe has developed vigorously. Traffic increased both from countries withinh and outside Europe. The driving force behind the growth is economic development, especially in...
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Friedmann confectionery and bistro
Date: 2014-07-18 10:19:16
In the restaurant section 10 guests can be seated and the chef serves about 80 guests a day (including the 2-course menus). The menu is fashionably short, dominated by grill...
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Friedmann confectionery and bistro
Date: 2014-07-18 10:19:16
In the restaurant section 10 guests can be seated and the chef serves about 80 guests a day (including the 2-course menus). The menu is fashionably short, dominated by grill...
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Positive changes in the meat sector
Date: 2014-07-18 09:29:57
The European Union’s new budget period starts with positive signs from the meat industry’s perspective, so the task is to make use of available funding with the greatest efficiency –...
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The Carpathian Basin becomes a unified agricultural area
Date: 2014-07-18 09:27:44
The Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) amended its statutes to make it possible for farmers’ organisations beyond Hungary’s borders to participate in the chamber’s work. NAK president Balázs Győrffy told...
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Magazine: Gdansk bookshop and buffet
Date: 2014-07-17 11:52:46
This 11th district bookshop is operated by a Polish-Hungarian couple and also houses a small 10-seat café. The menu is rather simple but literature lovers can find everything they need...
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Magazine: Gdansk bookshop and buffet
Date: 2014-07-17 11:52:46
This 11th district bookshop is operated by a Polish-Hungarian couple and also houses a small 10-seat café. The menu is rather simple but literature lovers can find everything they need...
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KSH: an increase in pig and cattle population
Date: 2014-07-17 11:50:21
In the first half of the year, the pig population increased by 82 thousand, while the cattle population increased by 5 thousand – the Central Statistics Office (KSH) reported on...
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