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Magazine: What are vocational school students like?

Deputy director of the Dobos C. József Catering Vocational School, Zoltán Varga’s answer to the above question revealed that it is not easy to motivate students these days. Some of...

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KSH: trade surplus amounted to 581 million euros in June

In June 2013 the value of exports was 6.7 billion euros (1978 billion HUF) and the value of imports was 6.1 billion euros (1805 billion HUF). The foreign trade balance...

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Foie Gras Festival again

The 5th Foie Gras Festival will raise the awareness of its visitors on the differences between geese and ducks liver – the organizers informed MTI. The National Food Chain Safety...

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Laurel focuses on PC based cash registers

The Laurel Group received permission for another two types of its cash registers during the weekend. Thus the Laurel Smart Cash Register Family became completed, so the company in the...

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A new application was announced on pálinka trademarks

From the beginning of September, one can apply for pálinka trademarks again. The samples can be submitted between the 20 and 30 September at the Wessling Hungary Kft. that will...

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Pezsgő Világ: Festival of Classic Champagnes in Budapest

The guest lecturers of the III. Pezsgő Világ Fesztivál (3rd Champagne World Festival) will present the heritage of the Blanquette de Limoux, which was the first bottle-fermented French Champagne, while...

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The MOL has launched a mobile service under its own name

The Mol Nyrt. has launched a private label mobile service on Monday by relying on the network of Magyar Telekom – the Mol told MTI. As the first among the...

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Sandwich and iced chocolate

A lecturer at the University of Leicester, believes that she found the first English recipe of chocolate ice desserts. Dr Kate Loveman of the University’s School of English has published...

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Bitter meals are healthier – Advice of an expert

As someone who develops new food products, I've been a professional taster for 16 years. I love my job, but I'm constantly frustrated by the unwillingness of most Americans to...

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Europe's largest hotel chain increased its revenues

Europe's largest hotel chain the Accor group has issued and published its flash report on the first half year. The chain introduced its new, three-year strategic business plan this semester....

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It's easy to cook – Video of the day

Showing off his skills for NOO COOKING, Troisgros creates a suckling pig with chocolate crumbs, and raw salmon and watermelon with ginger and orange Norl wasabi. Filmed by Gabriel Mendes,...

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Hungarian economy has still been frozen even after a hot summer

GKI Economic Research Co. forecasts that GDP is expected to grow by around 0.5 per cent in the second half of 2013, following its decline last year and in the...

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Man swallowed sour toe and paid the fine

A Yukon hotel is short one severed human toe after a man swallowed it in a glass of whisky Saturday night. “I’d never, ever expected something like that to happen,”...

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Dynamic expansion in the electric toothbrush market

Toothbrush retail sales are above HUF 3 billion a year and in the first four months of 2013 both value and volume sales grew by 4 percent. Electric toothbrush sales...

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Above-average sales growth in both value and volume

Mouthwash sales go beyond HUF 3 billion per annum and growth in the category is bigger than the average. In the first four months of the year both value and...

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Strong manufacturer brands among toothpastes

The annual toothpaste market’s value is HUF 12 billion. This January-April retail sales augmented by 3 percent but volume sales dropped 1 percent. Hypermarkets were responsible for 33 percent of...

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Growing number of consumers want their toothpaste to have therapeutic effects

Modern oral care involves more and more products in addition to the traditional toothbrush and toothpaste. Anita Boros, Procter & Gamble’s PR manager told our magazine that they put a...

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Recession did preserve

f we analyse the structural trends of the recent past, we can see that the lower price category increased its weight, sales shifted in the direction of private label products,...

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Manufacturer brands increased their market share

Fruit juice is the seventh biggest (in value) from the 90 grocery categories audited by Nielsen. Annual sales are worth between HUF 38 and 40 billion. In the December 2012-May...

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Salami’s market share rose

Salami retail sales rose by 8 percent this January-March from the base period twelve months before and surpassed HUF 8 billion. On the contrary, the Nielsen Retail Index registered minus...

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Forward to the past

The salami and sausage market has been contracting for years: data courtesy of Pick Szeged Zrt. show that between 2008 and 2012 volume sales declined by 15.5 percent, while value...

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No change in grocery value sales in the last six months

Retail’s revenue from grocery sales didn’t change in the 90 categories audited by Nielsen in the last six months if compared with the base period twelve months earlier. In December...

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The summer stopped the rise of the GKI-ERSTE economic sentiment index

After the growth in May and June, in July the GKI-Erste economic sentiment index stopped climbing. Industrial expectations worsened a bit, but the confidence index improved a little in retail...

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Sanitary pad sales developed most favourably

Annual sanitary pad sales approach HUF 6 billion per year. Retail sales increased by 4 percent in value and by 2 percent in volume in the first four months of...

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After improvement came decline in the consumer confidence index

After the considerable improvement in the first quarter Nielsen’s consumer confidence index for Hungary declined a little, from 43 to 41 points in the second quarter. About the three components...

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Regional flavour map on the packaging of Corvinus products

METRO’s experience is that when it comes to buying meat products, Hungarian and regional flavours are becoming more and more important. At the same time shoppers are consciously looking for...

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The most patriotic brands

Research consultancy firm Brand Keys (New York, USA) conducted a survey with 4,500 participants to find out which brands are considered the most patriotic by US consumers. The top ten...

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KSH: increasing investments in the second quarter

The volume of investments in the second quarter of 2013 increased by 4.6 percent, compared to the same period of the last year – the Central Statistics Office (KSH) announced...

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Magazine: Who is responsible for what?

Our magazine interviewed Zoltán Varga, deputy director of the Dobos C. József Catering Vocational School about the dialogue he had initiated with various trade organisations. One of the most frequently...

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NGM: One can choose among thirteen approved cash registers

The Hungarian Trade Licensing Office gave market authorization licence to another two cash registers on Friday. So those who are obliged to buy new cash registers can choose among thirteen...

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