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Interview with Gordon Ramsay in Playboy, part 2
Date: 2012-03-06 11:39:38
[The first part of the interview can be read here] PLAYBOY: You like Ferraris? RAMSAY: I love Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Maseratis. I love the precision and the speed. But you can...
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Seventy-five thousand people to receive holiday opportunities in the scope of the Erzsébet-program
Date: 2012-03-06 10:34:56
Seventy-five thousand people of large families, pensioners, disabled, and social sector workers receive holiday opportunities, thanks to the four applications of the Erzsébet-program – said Soltész Miklós, Social Secretary of...
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Fifty thousand visitors at this year's Utazás exhibition
Date: 2012-03-06 10:16:50
From Thursday to Sunday, about fifty thousand visitors visited this year's 35th Utazás (Travel) exhibition and its accompanying events – told the press department of Hungexpo, referring to preliminary datas....
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György-Villa trophy in Berlin
Date: 2012-03-06 09:48:12
The international competition Berliner Wein Trophy in the metropolis of Berlin, under the patronage of the OIV – International Organisation for Vine and Wine – recognized by the Berlin Senate...
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Revenue of the Hungary Meat Kft. increased significantly
Date: 2012-03-05 12:43:11
The Hungary Meat Kft. reached 74 billion HUF revenue last year, 27 percent more than in 2010 – the company told MTI on Monday. The company expects a further 10-15...
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One million dollars to anyone who serves the artificial grilled chicken first
Date: 2012-03-05 12:41:25
Special dishes will be served June this year at an unusual food competition in Washington, where the chefs this time will be physiologists and biologists, while the grand prize will...
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Sheep and beef cattle breeding support program was launched
Date: 2012-03-05 12:40:30
Ruminant restructuring program was launched. The new scheme is expected to affect 12 thousand farmers – mainly sheep and beef cattle breeders – who can claim for a total of...
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Interview with Gordon Ramsay in Playboy, part 1
Date: 2012-03-05 12:35:46
TV’s omnipresent and foulmouthed chef gets mad at overcooked artichokes, lazy sommeliers, diners who are too shy to complain, overweight colleagues, drug addicts and anyone dumb enough to invite him...
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Food Safety – 13.6 million HUF fines in Veszprém county last year
Date: 2012-03-05 12:35:22
13.6 million HUF food chain surveillance and food inspection fines were imposed by the Food Chain and Animal Health Directorate of the Veszprém County Government in 2011 –Székelyhídi László, the...
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The craziest burger ad of the world – Video of the day
Date: 2012-03-05 12:20:43
Burger King's Russian ad spot has gone viral, and for good reason — it features hip-hop beats, unicorns, burgers hidden under turbans and more. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zojkbkaZwo&feature=share...
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Szentkirályi: unbroken market leadership
Date: 2012-03-05 12:10:49
Last year, the domestic mineral water retail market increased by 0.5 percent in turnover and 4.7 percent in value, compared to the previous year. On the basis of the cumulative...
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Nescafe: fashion design beyond clothes
Date: 2012-03-05 12:09:03
The fashion design beyond clothes competition of NESCAFÉ® Dolce Gusto® has ended. The competition was announced for journalists and bloggers. The extravagant prizes were handed over by Tóth Bori fashion...
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Eleven Hungarian wines at the VinCE 2012 wine event
Date: 2012-03-05 12:08:12
Eleven high-Hungarian and eleven foreign wines participated at this year's VinCE Budapest wine event’s blind tasting on the 23rd of March. The international jury included Steven Spurrier, organizer of the...
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Growing consumer demand fuels Nespresso momentum worldwide in 2011
Date: 2012-03-05 12:06:42
“Last year, consumers continued to choose Nespresso despite the tough economic times. They also chose our brand in the face of a more competitive portioned coffee segment. Market trends suggest...
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Volume of retail trade up by 0.3% in euro area
Date: 2012-03-05 12:05:58
In January 2012 compared with December 2011, the volume of retail trade1 grew by 0.3% in the euro area2 (EA17) and by 0.4% in the EU272. In December3 retail trade...
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Cattle Exports to Turkey Resume
Date: 2012-03-05 11:59:11
According to information received by the relevant Hungarian authority, Turkey is to revoke its ban on livestock imports from Hungary. The Turkish party has accepted the Hungarian authority's package of...
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Nestlé buys paprika in Hungary
Date: 2012-03-05 11:58:16
Nestle’s European network buys over 100 tons of Hungarian paprika this year in a value of about 400,000 euros. The Hungarian owned Rubin Szegedi Paprikafeldolgozó Kft. will deliver the peppers....
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GKI: Another about-face?
Date: 2012-03-05 10:56:04
Three and a half months after the announcement of the resumption of contacts with the IMF no agreement has been reached, not even about the opening of official negotiations. Hungary’s...
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Hard times for the U.S. shopping centers
Date: 2012-03-05 08:57:57
The shopping centers once were the centers of retail shopping, now they became the memorials of the “ancient” consumer habits. They already had some problems previously, but these days the...
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What on earth are we doing in consumers’ homes?
Date: 2012-03-05 00:12:52
Although different methods are used, quantitative and qualitative researches examine the same thing. This is the reason why it is worth integrating the information uncovered by these two types of...
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Future Store at FOODAPEST (part 1)
Date: 2012-03-05 00:02:37
More than 900 trade visitors ‘liked’ Future Store at FOODAPEST between 5 and 8 February. Trade magazin and Trade Marketing Club’s joint project created a store with 350m² of floor...
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Tesco put a stop to prices and discounted the sum of the VAT
Date: 2012-03-04 23:56:45
Tesco expects price-value ratio to be of crucial importance in consumers’ purchase decisions in 2012. In Hungary the level of VAT increased to 27 percent as of 1 January 2012,...
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Record spending on Valentine’s Day in the USA
Date: 2012-03-04 23:53:20
The average American spent USD 126.03 on Valentine’s Day – reported BIGinsight (USA); this constitutes an 8.5 increase from last year and is the by far the highest in the...
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Independent stores in Walmart units
Date: 2012-03-04 23:49:22
Walmart is the world’s number one retailer. With sales of USD 419 billion last year and 9,700 stores in 28 countries. This is why it is a significant step that...
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Domestic POPAI news
Date: 2012-03-04 23:45:40
Upon the invitation of POPAI Hungary, POPAI Italy’s general manager Massimo Volpe spent three days in Hungary from 15 February. On the fist day he spoke at a POPAI forum...
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Selling cake the creative way
Date: 2012-03-04 23:09:52
János Pataki ceremonially announced at UKBA that they are going to launch a big campaign, starting on 1 March. Its main objective is to bring customers back to confectioneries. The...
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AMC focused on two successful programmes at their stands
Date: 2012-03-04 22:54:30
Agricultural Marketing Centre came to FOODAPEST and UKBA with two stands on 300m², facilitating the presence of Quality Product from Hungary manufacturers and of companies that joined the Traditions-Flavours-Regions initiative....
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After the big day out
Date: 2012-03-04 22:48:38
Hungexpo organised FOODAPEST and UKBA together on 5-8 February. Despite the cold weather more than 11,500 people visited the event, where nearly 200 exhibitors showcased their products and services on...
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Greece: how economic crisis affects consumption
Date: 2012-03-04 22:33:37
According to the results of a Nielsen survey, in the last quarter of 2011 89 percent of Greeks were of the opinion that their country was in economic recession. Somewhat...
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Hungary’s agricultural foreign trade and the German market
Date: 2012-03-04 22:30:16
In 2011 our agricultural export expanded much more rapidly than national economic export in general. One of the they key drivers in this expansion was the German market, which with...
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