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Szentkirályi wants a quarter of the market

Szentkirályi Ásványvíz Kft. achieved revenues of HUF 4,3 billion last year. The company intends to achieve 20 per cent growth and a 25 per cent share in the Hungarian market...

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Fortunate taking off

Modern and healthy products distributed by Fortunate fit well into the Weight Control program, which made it quite natural for them to join the program. They will start with nine...

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Feeling like travelling again

The number of nights spent at commercial places of accommodation by foreign and domestic guests in the first quarter of the year grew by 6 per cent compared to the...

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Not very useful for trade

According to György Vámos, purely trading organisations cannot expect to benefit much from programs of the National Development Plan, as significant growth in revenues is a criteria of participation, while...

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Zwack partners sampling new products

Izabella and Sándor Zwack invited owners of wine and delicacy stores to Zwack Visitors Centre, to a dinner complemented by a visit to a museum and sampling of new wines...

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Market of meat for the grill far from being saturated yet

The most seasonal meat product category, that of meat for grilling shows constant growth. Within this category, sausages are still the biggest segment, but marinade meat, Vienna sausages and other...

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Bio-basis for Vitamor

Vitamor Kft. has had a bio-plantation for several years. They have contacted Alexandra Béres to help compile product lines which would fit into her lifestyle program. At the moment, three...

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The Ahold fraud

The Dutch company Ahold has become famous for one of the biggest series of accounting frauds in food retail trade. Though no charges have been filed in connection with the...

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New tracks for market research

Market research is a link between seller and buyer. Sellers who have a better knowledge of their target group than their competitors enjoy an enormous advantage. It is no wonder...

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A hail of medals for Törley wines

Wines and champagnes from Törley Pezsgőpincészet won seven gold and ten silver medals at the Savings Co-operatives’ National Wine Competition held for the ninth time this year....

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Hyper markets strong in hair

Retail sales of shampoos exceeded HUF 10 billion in the March 2006 – February 2007 period. According to the Retail Index of Nielsen, sales expanded by 4 per cent compared...

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Algida – “the patron”

The target group with an active lifestyle has been a priority for Algida since 2004. They made contact with the Alexandra Béres program in 2006. Though they have not joined...

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How to measure success?

As Péter Biczó director of Price Waterhouse Coopers Kft. has pointed it out to us, different figures may be used to describe market success, according to different systems of accounting....

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Austrian exports soaring after some hard years

Austrian food producers do not complain about being in a small market. Instead, they successfully look for possibilities to export their goods. Josef Domschitz (45), the officer responsible for competitiveness...

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Courage

Fight for success is getting tougher. Retailers and manufactures are carpet bombing consumers with promotions. As a result, austerity measures have not quite had the effect in the FMCG market...

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Medals for all Bestillo pálinkas

All pálinkas entered by Boldogkő-Fruit Kft. under the label Bestillo for the international competition Destillata, have won medals. Their plum pálinka has won a gold medal....

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Manufacturers’ brands a hair ahead

Among cosmetics in general, manufacturers’ brands have been quite successful against private labels so far, but among shampoos, they seem to be staging a true counter-attack. The market share of...

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Bio in movement

Bio products are becoming more popular. Their number is growing not only in market places but stores as well. The proportion of bio products within total Hungarian food consumption is...

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Croatian retailers resisting

As lake Balaton cannot be compared to the Adriatic sea, retail business in Croatia is also hard to compare with the Hungarian retail sector. Hardly any Hungarian products can be...

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The way to Hungarian shelves

Austrian have learned from the flood of imports to their market at the time of their accession to the EU and prepared for a similar flood of exports in 2004....

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Food direct for woman

Slight lady smiles onto the consumer on the cereal's bag, yoghurt is filled in a bottle which forms the woman body, also the chocolate shows the cheesy woman body. Although...

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Bird flu infects two people in UK

Two people have been infected with the bird flu virus that has caused an outbreak on a farm in North Wales. A further nine people are currently experiencing flu-like symptoms...

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Coke in Talks to Buy Highland Spring

Coca-Cola Co. is in talks to buy Britain's No. 2 bottled water brand Highland Spring in a potential 500 million pound ($992.7 million) deal, British Sunday newspapers reported.   The...

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Further problems for Danone in China

More than 118 tons of imported Evian-branded mineral water failed to meet China's food safety standards, according to national quality supervisors. Evian bottled water imported on February 18 contained 100...

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Vanillia again

Coca-Cola North America has reintroduced Vanilla Coke to its 'sparkling beverage' line-up.   The soft drinks company said that the brand relaunch will include new logos and packaging. The company...

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No deal in international coffee talks

Coffee processors and producers will have to wait another year for a new International Coffee Agreement after talks over the last week failed to make a breakthrough.   It means...

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Winter Invasion 2008 – focus on Budapest culture life

This year the event brought 25 500 extra guest nights to the Budapest hotels with the participation of 70 suppliers. Following the success of the first edition of the Budapest...

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Carlsberg interested in Champions League

Carlsberg has shown interest in becoming the main sponsor for the Champions League, which is currently sponsored by Heineken.   The Danish brewer was cited in Esmerk this week, saying...

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Coca-Cola buys vitamin water maker Glaceau

Glaceau, formally Energy Brands Inc, was bought for US$4.2bn cash, and deal has been approved by the boards of both companies. Glaceau will operate as a separate business unit within...

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