News and articles
Magazine: What are vocational school students like?
Date: 2013-09-02 11:51:32
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
Date: 2013-09-02 11:32:59
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
Date: 2013-09-02 11:30:13
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
Date: 2013-09-02 11:28:22
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
Date: 2013-09-02 11:27:21
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
Date: 2013-09-02 11:20:19
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
Date: 2013-09-02 11:15:35
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
Date: 2013-09-02 10:58:21
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
Date: 2013-09-02 10:36:27
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
Date: 2013-09-02 10:32:20
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
Date: 2013-09-02 10:18:22
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
Date: 2013-09-02 10:17:18
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
Date: 2013-09-02 10:00:05
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
Date: 2013-09-01 22:15:34
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
Date: 2013-09-01 22:11:01
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
Date: 2013-09-01 22:06:42
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
Date: 2013-09-01 21:59:30
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
Date: 2013-09-01 21:54:41
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
Date: 2013-09-01 21:51:03
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
Date: 2013-09-01 21:35:32
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
Date: 2013-09-01 21:29:08
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
Date: 2013-09-01 21:24:39
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
Date: 2013-09-01 21:14:05
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
Date: 2013-09-01 12:22:52
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
Date: 2013-09-01 11:27:20
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
Date: 2013-09-01 10:41:02
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
Date: 2013-09-01 10:39:18
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
Date: 2013-08-30 12:50:38
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?
Date: 2013-08-30 12:40:07
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
Date: 2013-08-30 12:25:00
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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