News and articles
Johnny Walker leaves Kilmarnock
Date: 2012-03-23 12:00:01
Kilmarnock was in shock on Wednesday morning with the bombshell news that the Johnnie Walker plant is to shut with the loss of 700 jobs. The devastating news was broken...
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If you love the bacon, marry the bacon – Video of the day
Date: 2012-03-23 11:35:09
Jack in the Box takes America's (literally) unhealthy bacon obsession to the next level with its “Marry Bacon” TV commercial from Secret Weapon Marketing, which turns out to be only...
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The number of the Széchenyi Rest Card customers exceeded 355 thousand in the first quarter
Date: 2012-03-23 11:10:38
The number of Széchenyi Rest Card owners exceeded 355 thousand until March 20, and the issuers contracted with nearly 15 thousand acceptance points. The required amount was more than 10...
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Scottish tea export to China
Date: 2012-03-23 11:09:44
A businesswoman exports tea from Scotland to China tea, which seems carrying water into sea. Tea is a Chinese invention and has five thousand years of history in the Asian...
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Luxury hotels to save the planet
Date: 2012-03-23 11:06:39
Sofitel Budapest Chain Bridge has joined UN's Plant-for-the-Planet campaign by adding 400 trees to their area and living an environment-friendly lifestyle in general. Plant-for-the-Planet is a children’s initiative that aims...
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The number of international conferences and events have increased
Date: 2012-03-23 10:33:29
Last year, 602 international conferences were held in Hungary, which is a 12.1 percent increase compared to 2010 and the number of participants increased as well – the Hungarian National...
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The Friendliest Competition of the Year
Date: 2012-03-23 10:15:15
More than 94 thousand votes have arrived to choose the friendliest hotel of 2011: in the category of hotels under less than 50 rooms, the absolute winner is Kék Duna...
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ESEF 2012 was a success
Date: 2012-03-23 09:05:22
ESEF 2012 is the largest and most important exhibition in the Benelux area in the field of supply, subcontracting and engineering. Organized by VNU Exhibitions Europe, ESEF 2012 lasted from...
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Third of the Easter meat comes from SMEs
Date: 2012-03-22 14:03:17
About a third of the meat products marketed during the Easter holidays are from Hungarian small and medium sized enterprises – said Babati Zoltán, board member of the the Livestock...
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Consumer and business confidence improved in Hungary
Date: 2012-03-22 13:22:27
In March the GKI-Erste economic sentiment index adjusted for seasonal effects rose to its 2011 late summer level following a continuous decline of almost one year (except the last two...
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150 billion HUF spent on domestic advertising last year
Date: 2012-03-22 13:20:42
One hundred and fifty billion HUF was the domestic advertising cake in 2011 – was said at the Media Market and Research 2012 conference in Tapolca. On the forum of...
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Food controls from farm to fork
Date: 2012-03-22 13:10:05
A new authority, the National Food Chain Safety Office controls the Hungarian food from farm to fork from the middle of this month – Fazekas Sándor, rural development minister announced...
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The construction works of the Hegyvidék Center are completed
Date: 2012-03-22 13:06:57
The implementation of the Hegyvidék Center in the 12th district soon to be finished. This year’s only new and modern retail development is scheduled to open its doors in mid-October....
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Beer production increased again after three years in the Czech Republic
Date: 2012-03-22 13:05:15
Last year, beer production increased again in the Czech Republic after three years of decline. The annual increase was 2.7 percent, compared to 2010 – the Czech Brewers Association announced...
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142 Hungarian awards at Destillata
Date: 2012-03-22 12:46:48
Austria's pálinka competition Destillata has closed with outstanding Hungarian results this time: 187 manufacturers (26 of them from Hungary) has closed with 1662 samples. The nationl winner with 20 awards...
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Only 13 percent of the domestic SMEs are operating a webshop
Date: 2012-03-22 12:25:23
Only 42 percent of the domestic small and medium-sized enterprises have internet sites. Only 13 percent of them are running a webshop. Since more than half of the domestic consumers...
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McDonald's: Don Thompson will replace Jim Skinner
Date: 2012-03-22 12:10:25
A leader change will occur at the world's largest fast food chain. Jim Skinner, leader of the chain retires in July – announced McDonald's. Chief Executive Jim Skinner will retire...
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Magazine: Step by step towards a healthier life
Date: 2012-03-22 12:09:19
Large fast food chains are rapidly adapting to consumer trends and pressure from society, for instance in fighting obesity and excessive salt usage. Last December Burger King changed the recipe...
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Pasta factory opening in Verpelét
Date: 2012-03-22 12:00:46
A specialized, frozen, stuffed pasta factory is being manufactured in Verpelét, with a base area of 5400 square meters. The factory by Asiafood Ltd. is going to start operating on...
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Water is one of the safest type of food
Date: 2012-03-22 11:35:36
There are 7 billion people to feed on the planet today and another 2 billion are expected to join by 2050. Statistics say that each of us drinks from 2...
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New City SPAR in the city centre
Date: 2012-03-22 11:26:51
The eight City SPAR store has opened its gates the city centre of Budapest on 22nd March 2010, at Vértanúk tere 1. The first City SPAR store has opened in...
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That's the way one of the most beautiful women of the world eats hamburger
Date: 2012-03-22 11:24:56
Padma Lakshmi, a modell of iNdian origin is not only fond of eating, but also leads a rather succesful cooking show in the States, and has also recently published a...
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Hungarian success at Bocuse D'Oron
Date: 2012-03-21 20:12:03
A rather impressive Hungarian success story was born within the compass of the European finals of this week's Bocude d'Or: Tamás Széll, the chef of restaurant Onix ended up at...
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We pulled it off! – an interview with Anna Zoltai
Date: 2012-03-21 12:59:18
Anna Zoltai, head of the HoReCa supervision department at the Central Agricultural Office (MgSzH) and her colleagues have a lot to do with the fact that Hungary finally has a...
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Application for consumer protection logos
Date: 2012-03-21 12:35:50
The consumer protection authority announces the consumer-friendly logo, in order to promote quality conscious purchasing: the trademark can be won under strict conditions, in the scope of a competition –...
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The meat plant in Debrecen remains closed
Date: 2012-03-21 12:33:14
After several months of agony, now both sides see that all efforts to restart the meat plant in Debrecen may be unsuccesful – Hajdú-bihari Napló wrote on Wednesday. Szűcs Viktor,...
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Program for the revitalisation of the onion production in Makó
Date: 2012-03-21 12:30:32
The Ministry of Rural Development with the involvement of the producers develops a Makói Onion Program in order to revitalise the worldwide known and high value onion production in Makó....
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Deutsche Bank does not invest in food
Date: 2012-03-21 11:33:10
Deutsche Bank stops the issuing of investment products, backed by important agricultural or food products. The bank wrote in its report on responsible corporate behavior, that this year they will...
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Metro has increased the number of its stores
Date: 2012-03-21 11:31:07
Last year, the Düsseldorf based Metro Group’s sales decreased by 0.8 percent to 66.7 billion euros, its after-tax profit decreased by 2.1 percent to 741 million euros. To the results,...
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Card reader connected to Smart phones from PayPal
Date: 2012-03-21 11:30:10
PayPal’s new service, the PayPal Here application allows almost any kind of payment management services for small businesses. The smartphone can be the formed into a full-featured credit card terminal....
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