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Lifesaving food, drinks and lifestyle recommendations

All over Europe we can see the expansion of health conscious behaviour, sports centres are more and more popular, exercise and healthy food are trendy, which is great news from...

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Some like it strong

HELL’s market share (measured by the number of products sold) was a record-breaking 23.8 percent in December 2011, exactly twice as big as a year earlier. The Hungarian manufacturer celebrated...

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What finally ends up on the table: what do Hungarian children eat?

Mona Hungary Kft., the distributor of the Montice brand, conducted a representative survey in the summer of 2011 about the dairy product consumption of primary school pupils. From the answers...

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MVI – January session

MVI’s Body of Representatives convened on 25 January and decided about the following: 1. letting the office in Párkány street because last year showed that members, the presidency and the...

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Increased demand for wet wipes and baby oil

From the baby care products measured by Nielsen wet wipes sell for more than HUF 4 billion a year. Last year value sales climbed 5 percent and volume sales soared...

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What is a good Easter ham like?

When you cut good quality smoked Easter ham, it is claret-coloured inside and it tastes pleasantly salty and smoky. When touching a good ham, it must be neither soft nor...

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Heaps of baby products

Those who set off on the wonderful journey of having a baby try to give the best to the little ones, which includes buying special products. These days many women...

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Magazine: Organic food – it is still farming and not processing that dominates

Approximately 140,000 hectares of land is used for organic farming in Hungary, cultivated by 1,500 farmers and organisations. Hungary’s Rural Strategy sets the target of tripling the proportion of land...

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A survey on feminine values: protecting the family comes first

GfK Roper Reports Worldwide 2011 examined which are the most important values for Hungarians and for the citizens of another 25 countries. Protecting the family was number one in the...

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Last year's food industry success can not be repeated this year

The affect of the dry autumn and the cold of February can not be assessed yet. According to Vancsura József, president of the National Association of Cereal Growers, the next...

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Most successful EuroCIS ever

“No matter whether we are talking about big or smaller trade companies, in developed countries as well as in developing ones, the major focus of the activity is to be...

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The operating conditions of the pig industy should be improved

The strategic pig program developed by the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) should be aligned with the Hungarian growth plan – said Zsolt Feldman, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of...

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The new NIVEA Q10 Plus product family is launched

The new NIVEA VISAGE Q10 Plus Anti-Wrinkle product family was introduced on 28th February 2012 at the Széchenyi room of Gresham Palace. The product family offers everything you need to...

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Reál is planning on serious expansion

Reál is planning on a serious expansion by opening two new center warehouses. The two new warehouses were opened by Reál Hungária Élelmiszer Co. in Budapest and in Pécs. In...

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Food Bank: give food a chance!

Household food waste is estimated for an annual 400 tons in Hungary. The wasting of food is a waste of money and causes serious damage to our environment, whilst increasing...

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ECE continues to develop in Hungary – asking for exemption from the mall stop

The German family-owned ECE and its partners have invested over 500 million euros in Hungary in five shopping malls so far – said Christoph Augustin, managing director of ECE Projektmanagement...

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Bónusz Brigád opened a shop

The market leading social shopping site, the Bónusz Brigád opens the gates of its Brigád Bolt (Brigade Store) on the first day of March, which can serve as a community...

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Raben Trans European Hungary turned into one of the biggest companies in logistics in Hungary

The 1st of March saw the union of all Hungarian Raben-companies. This integration process means that Raben Trans European Hungary has joined the team of the greatest companies in logicts,...

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Vénusz: favorite of the Hungarian housewives for 60 years

The cheerful sunflowers of Vénusz can be found on the store shelves for 60 years now. The quality Hungarian sunflower oil is the essential kitchen tool for Hungarian housewives, since...

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Fans can support their favorite football teams again with the initative of Borsodi

The Borsodi brewery has announced that after the great success last year's campign, the company re-launches its domestic football supporting action this year. In the scope of the action running...

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Inivitation to the the Trade and FMCG Breakfast of 9th March

PwC would like to invite you to the next Trade and FMCG Breakfast on 9th March 2012, titled Practical Questions Linked To Wage-compensation and various tax-related issues. Thev event will...

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Lake Tisza region’s tourism offer expands with new attractions and services this year

As a tourist attracting novelty, the Lake Tisza region awaits the tourists with Europe's largest freshwater aquarium and a new boat service in this year's tourist season – told Molnár...

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New president-board chairman at SPAR

Managing director and chairman of the board Peter Feiner of retailer Spar Magyarorszag Kereskedelmi is resigning on 1st 2012. Erwin Schmuck, managing director of the unit’s Austrian parent company, will...

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P.O.P. Hungary and Rafinanz Promotions now have an international Procter and Gamble mandate

P.O.P. Hungary Zrt. and Rafinanz Promotions are working together in strong co-operation to lead the dentist-visitor teams of Procter & Gamble in Hungary as well as on the Czech market....

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Above the 300-billion threshold

Managing director Norbert Hovanyecz told our magazine that in 2011 SuperShop and its Partners focused on consumers’ reactions to economic difficulties, instead of the difficulties themselves! SuperShop was emphasising price...

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SIÓ refreshed itself and appeared in new segments

Marketing director Dávid Aniot told our magazine that SIÓ was satisfied with its last year’s performance as the company managed to preserve its market share. Currently SIÓ’s share from the...

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Changes in transfer pricing: simpler but more rigorous rules

At the end of January PricewaterhouseCoopers Hungary organised a business breakfast where Dr Gábor Laki, head of department at the Ministry for National Economy and Anita Mekler, the director of...

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Magazine: Brands – no pain, no gain

The Hungarian Brand Association has mixed feelings about 2011: the organisation itself had a rather successful year but the business and regulatory environment turned much more rigid, creating much worse...

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Export may be the break out point for the food manufacturers

Export can be a break out point for several Hungarian food production companies in the stagnant domestic market environment. Stepping out to a foreign market, however, also carries risks. In...

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Food development in practice

The Hungarian food industry will be competitive, the only way that it can increase its domestic and export market role, if it will strengthen innovation activities, research and development –...

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