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SPAR’s own meat processing plant is a guarantee for high quality

SPAR Hungary was the first among retail chains – and is still the only one – to open its own meat processing plant in Bicske at the end of 2004....

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METRO prepares for Easter with new products and services

For METRO the meat/meat product category has always been of great importance and in 2012 regional, homely flavours were in the limelight: in many stores local flavours have been added...

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Easter may also be a time of fasting on the ham market

Elevated animal feed prices and the drop in the pig stock may put manufacturers in a difficult position and increase the consumer prices of meat products. This season yet another...

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Ethical advertising

Act 48 of 2008 on the Basic Requirements and Certain Restrictions applying to Commercial Advertising Activities regulates and in theory prohibits advertisements targeting children that would be harmful to their...

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Recommended to young people too

The Think Healthy Programme is a non-governmental initiative with the objective of creating a safe family and institutional environment for all children in Hungary, giving them the chance to develop...

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Milks in the stores are safe

It is safe to consume milk products marketed in Hungary. The authorities have actually found products contaminated with aflatoxin, after the Hír TV revealed that aflatoxins were found at a...

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The good potato crop and low import price may bring price decrease for the autumn

Due to last year's drought the domestic potato crop will not last much longer, but because of the structure of imports rise is not likely to continue in the retail...

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The Hungarian sugar industry should be revitalized, at least for self-support

According to the Minister of Rural Development’s written response to questions from MPs, the establishment of new sugar factories can be considered in the next seven years. Due to the...

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Lidl wants to increase its Hungarian supplier rate to 60 percent

Lidl wants to increase the Hungarian supplier rate to 60 percent from the current 54 percent until the end of 2014, in the scope of its; for the Hungarian suppliers...

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Magazine: With small steps

Attila Suller, the customs and excise spokesperson of National Tax and Customs Office (NAV) told Trade magazine that NAV performed 612,283 excise-related inspections in Horeca units between 1 January 2010...

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Hungarian-Brazilian fishery agreement

razil's Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Marcelo Crivella is on an official visit to Hungary at the invitation of Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas. At their meeting today, the...

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One can sign in to the MaReSz Day on discounted price until 8 March

The Hungarian Association of Event Organizers and Sevice Providers are organizing the MaReSz Day for the third time now in the “Innovation in event organization” topic. Date:19 March 2013 (Tuesday)...

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The local market in Gyula to be renewed

The local market will be renewed in Gyula. The construction works have been started on Monday and will be finished at the end of April – Görgényi Ernő (Fidesz) mayor...

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Religious-themed Easter eggs in the British stores this year

Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and the Co-Op bowed to pressure after a three-year “pestering” campaign by figures including the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu. Dr Sentamu used his Easter...

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Varied results for Technical Consumer Goods market in 2012

The overall Technical Consumer Goods (TCG) market in Western Europe achieved a sales volume of EUR 55.9 billion in Q4 2011. This corresponds to a decrease of 4.1% compared to...

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The Marriott and the IKEA establishes a hotel chain

The Inter Hospitality subsidiary of the U.S. Marriott hotel chain and the Swedish IKEA furniture industrial group is building a three star hotel network in Europe under the Moxy Hotels...

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New energy saving program at METRO

METRO AG's Management Board decided to propose a dividend payment for the financial year 2012 of €1.00 per ordinary share (2011: €1.35) and €1.06 per preference share (2011: €1.485). Despite...

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VAT reduction: Product Advice Marketing Boards ask for the resolution of the government

The Product Advice Marketing Boards are urging the government to decide in case of VAT reduction and called them for the disclosure of the decision. In their joint communication, the...

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Magazine: Lessons learned in Lyon

MVI president László Kovács told our magazine that they couldn’t fill a bus for the trip to Lyon to the final of Bocuse d’Or, but many people from MVI decided...

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KSH: trade surplus was nearly 7 billion euros in 2012

Last year, export in euros was 0.1 percent higher than in 2011, while imports rose by 0.5 percent. The trade balance surplus was 6.8 billion euros, 237 million euros less...

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Nielsen: Costumers purchased easter sweets for about 3.3 billion HUF last year

Hungarian food retail increased its turnover on the field of Easter sweets: almost 900 tons of chocolate bunnies, eggs and other holiday sweets were sold in teh shops in the...

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Analysts: Hungarian foreign trade performance was poor in 2012

Analysts polled by MTI considered the performance of Hungarian foreign trade in 2012 as poor, referring to the Central Statistics Office’s flash report published on Monday. The Ministry of National...

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The Avantgarde has received an another digital errand to promote the cornflakes of Nestlé

The Avantgarde has received an another digital errand to promote the cornflakes of Nestlé as the next step of the promotion of Nestlé cornflakes. From January 2013, the Nestlé Hungary...

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The state support of the meat industry in Gyula was EU compliant

According to the resolution  of the European Union's agriculture industrial directorate sent to the Parliamentary Secretary of the Hungarian Ministry of Rural Development, the meat industry in Gyula was not...

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So far, 60 thousand people visited the Fairs of Handicraft Hungarian Flavours

The Fair of Handicraft Hungarian Flavours and Gastro Fair will be organized for the fifth time at the B building of the Budapest Millenáris, between 8 –10 March. The visitors...

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International Conference dealing with food analytical methods in Budapest

The Codex Alimentarius, international organization’s (Sampling and Analytical Methods Technical Committee) important task is to provide safe, high-quality and healthy foods all over the world – Fazekas Sándor, Minister of...

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The Austrian 3e DIY retailer would expand in Hungary further

The Austrian 3e DIY and tool retailer would expand further in Hungary. The company has 25 member companies in the Hungarian market currently – the company informed MTI. Günther Pacher,...

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Media Markt closes its stores in China

The owners Media Markt China decided to close their Chinese stores, due to the fierce competition and the weaknesses of their market situation. The company owned by the German Media...

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GKI: Falling behind more and more

The 2012 forecast of GKI Economic Research Co. proved to be almost completely accurate: GDP fell by 1.7 per cent in Hungary. Only stagnation can be expected this year, and...

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Free dinner if you get it right – Video of the day

Well, here's one way to drum up business in a crappy economy: here's a clip from last night's episode of Nick Swardson's Pretend Time that sees a third-generation restaurant owner...

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