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Gastrofestival in Etyek

The gastro-festival of the village of Etyek begins on 24th September 2011, and it offers a special prrogram to everyone involved in gastronomy and the horeca spehere – organizer Tamás...

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Environment -conscious World Week began

An environment-conscious wordweek has begun on 19th September which will last until 23rd September, with more than 26 countries involved, all over the world by Hungary Green Building Council. You...

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The company responsible for the Hungarian red sludge tragedy has received a record penalty

The Directorate of Environmental Protection and Water Management for Central Transdanubia has imposed a fine for infringement of waste management regulations of around HUF 135.14 billion (470 million euros) on...

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Croatia: no transactions in the first eight months of the year

It is more than interesting that in Croatia there was no completed transaction in the retail sector in the first eight months of 2011. Statistics forecast a contraction, followed by...

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Romania: drastic decline, in line with consumption trends

In Romania the number of completed transactions in the retail sector dropped from 15 to 6 in the first eight months of 2011. Consumption growth practically stopped: retail sales will...

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Slovakia: few transactions, enterprise-friendly environment

In Slovakia the number of completed transactions in the retail sector doubled, from 1 to 2 in the first eight months of 2011. Statistical data indicate a slowing down in...

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Poland: fewer transactions but growing retail sales

In Poland the number of completed transactions in the retail sector fell from 5 to 3 in the first eight months of 2011. Rather surprising data, considering that retail statistics...

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Latest merger trends in the retail sector in our region

Experts at PwC Retail & Consumer (R&C) analysed the performance of countries in Central and Eastern Europe in terms of M&A transactions, plus highlighted characteristic M&A trends in the food...

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Staying in the game

Small and medium-sized retail enterprises have to compete with many others every day, in order to keep their customers. Consequently, it is great help for them if orders can be...

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Cross of Merit

On 20 August Eszter Vágóné Balla, together with other two colleagues from Coop was decorated with the Gold Grade of the Cross of Merit of the Hungarian Republic. The CEO...

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Alföld Pro-Coop Zrt. strengthens its fresh product segment

Domestic retail is stricken by economic difficulties, less money in consumers’ pockets and weakening purchasing power. Coop reacted to these trends by not surrendering: they carry on with the modernisation...

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Majority of Hungarians are not against receiving ads in e-mail

Hungarians have a more favourable opinion of receiving online advertisements via e-mail than the European average – revealed a 55-countrey survey conducted by Nielsen. 58 percent of Hungarian participants said...

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Ladybird discount stores, Real, Tesco, Lidl…

In the second quarter of 2010 51 percent of Polish consumers were of the opinion that their country’s economy was in a state of crisis – the European average was...

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Foreign trades shows pre-crisis characteristics

In January-May 2011 the volume of Hungary’s foreign trade developed as follows: the volume of export augmented by 16 percent and import grew 14 percent from the same period in...

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More and more people buy in separate shops

GfK Hungária conducted its annual nationwide survey on shopping malls. One third of the survey’s participants go to a shopping mall at least once a week and 31 percent visit...

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In Hungary FMCG product prices were up 5 percent on average

In the second quarter of 2011 average prices in food retail rose by 5 percent if compared with the same period of 2010. The increase in the price of food,...

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Food prices are in the centre of attention

In June 2011 the production price level of agricultural products was 35.3 percent higher than a year before. KSH’s report indicates that vegetable product prices surged by 46.7 percent and...

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Do we Hungarians also belong to the group of achievers?

Is it true for us Hungarians what is true for one quarter of the world’s population, that our main motivation is financial well-being, position, power, ambition and our own interests?...

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Employment data look a bit better

In the first six months of 2011 39,000 more people were working at enterprises employing a minimum of 5 people than in the first half of 2010. Together with them,...

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European pig prices are slowly increasing

Data from the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) and KSH’s market price information system (PÁIR) reveal that according to the estimation of the European Commission, 2 percent more pigs were...

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Facing the challenge in New York – part 21

Roland Oláh earned himself a good reputation in Hungary and has been working in the United States for nearly two years. He regularly shares his experiences with our readers: ‘I...

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Everything for the flavour!

Four fifths of Hungary’s population drink coffee and 71 percent uses some kind of equipment for brewing up a cup of this hot beverage. For the perfect flavour of the...

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Everything about fish

Fish tradesman/chef Péter Szabó and György Hoitsy, the director of the trout farm in Lillafüred published a book titled ‘Fish and Fish Dishes’, which was presented at Metro’s Customer Academy...

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A loud beer feast

Budapest dwellers seem to be thirsty for beer festivals – the four-day beer feast held in Buda Castle was so crowded that one could hardly move. Domestic artisan breweries and...

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After sobering up

After the turbulence of the last few years when organisations came and went, now the profession is ‘sobering up’ and those organisations that are unable to make compromises will disappear,...

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The traps of a recommendation

On 1 August 2011 Dr Judit Paller, appointed surgeon general published a recommendation on nutrition for health for public catering service providers, which had been developed by the National Institute...

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From a good family

Zoltán Gottwald, the co-owner of Hotel Gottwald in Tata and member of MVI’s (Guild of Hungarian Restaurateurs) presidency is characterised by traditional values and a modern way of thinking. •...

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Room at the top!

From year to year the bartender competition is one of the most exciting and most spectacular events at Hoventa. This year Monin will be the main sponsor of the competition:...

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Star trends of hotel rooms at Hoventa

This is the second year that Trend Island is set up at Hoventa, to present the latest interior design trends to hotel experts. The focus is on hotel rooms, five...

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Live competition for confectioners

Domestic professional competitions are very important for Hungexpo – they support them by providing the venue and by implementing intensive communication campaigns. At this year’s Hoventa, Confectioner of the Year...

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