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New business-friendly regulations within the catering industry

The Government is committed to reducing the burden of Hungarian hospitality industry, the goal is to achieve the simplest operation – Endre Kardeván state secretary in charge of food chain-inspection...

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The dairy farmers of Petőfiszállás would set up their own milk processor

The Petőfiszállás-based Gazda-Tej Szövetkezet plans to set up their own milk processor. Dairy Farmers Cooperative Petőfiszállás. This was the recently discussed by about one hundred small producer, that include the...

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MSZÉSZ: the VAT on hotel rooms causes a competitive disadvantage for domestic tourism

According to the the view of the Hungarian Association of Hotels and Restaurants (MSZÉSZ); the 18 percent VAT on hotel rooms in Hungary is particularly detrimental to domestic tourism, compared...

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The E. coli bacteria infected sausage did not cause disease

The Austrians detected diarrhea-causing bacteria coli in a Hungarian sausage. The bacteria did not belong to the bacteria-strain that caused the disease in Germany. According to the datas, it can...

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The dm became Superbrands for the third time

The dm drogerie markt received the Superbrands award for the third time this year. The Superbrands is the world's leading brand building system, which rewards the leading brands on the...

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EU retail trade declined in May

In May, the volume of retail sales in the eurozone and in the EU declined by 1.1 percent on a monthly base excessing the expectations. In April, a 0.7 percent...

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Food safety: summer controls are coming

Vegetables, fruits and ice cream are all carefully examined this year for food safety by inspectors, within the compass of this summer's regula food safety inspections – Lajos Bognár, eputy...

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Mars establishes a chocolate factory in Kansas

After more than three decades the Mars U.S. chocolate company is planning to build  a domestic chocolate factory. The first 250 million USD phase of the project is expected to...

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New products at Starbucks

Two new versions of Frappuccino®, the most popular refreshment of the summer is going to be available in Hungarian Starbucks outltts from 5th July. Extra Coffee Caramel Frappuccino®, Soy Strawberries...

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The revenue of the poultry sector increased

With different sub-sectoral results, but overall the poultry industry closed a better year this year than last year. Roughly a 20 billion HUF increase may occur in revenues – this...

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Last year, wages have increased by 3-5 percent

Last year, a 3 to 5 percent wage increase occurred at 10 percent more companies, compared to the previous year and the number of employers giving fringe benefits have also...

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The meat plant in Debrecen has been saved, production soon to be resumed

The company managed to find a new investor to further operate the closed plant of the Debreceni Csoport Húsipari Kft., owned by the Slovakian Penta group – told the the...

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This year, the European network of McDonald's buys Hungarian ingredients for 15 billion HUF

This year, the European network of McDonald's will purchase Hungarian ingredients for about 15 billion HUF – told the company's Hungarian subsidiary. The value and volume of the products from...

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Ipsos: TV viewers prefer product placement rather than advertising

The intensive TV viewers and the 18-29 age group recalled product placement in a greater extent than the average – reports MTI, after the statement of Ipsos. 70 percent of...

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Visitor Record was born in Sopron's VOLT Festival

102 thousand people participated on the nineteenth edition of the VOLT Festival, lasted from Tuesday to Sunday, On the final day thirty thousand people attended, so in the evening hours...

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The Sajt-Kalmár Kft. targets the Russian market

The privately owned Hungarian Sajt-Kalmár Kft. wants to promote and sell the Hungarian cheese on the Russian markets. Spisák Tamás, the company's managing director, said that the proposed Russian exports...

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Fuel from McDonald's oil

The Dubai-based Neutral Fuels announced on Monday that it reached an agreement with McDonald's, that the company will transform the used cooking oil to 100 percent bio-diesel in the Middle...

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Melon-test is about to start

Melon-season is just about to start, so Sándor Fazekas rural development minister has ordered a total, thorough control of water-melons in order to protect the right of customers. Experts are...

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New type of plastic shopping cards to be tested (X)

Art Match Hungária Ltd., in co-operation with Gödöllő Coop is about to introduce the internationally well-known fully plastic shopping carts, by testing the environment-friendly plastic carts in many of their...

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Magazin: Tesco keeps looking for the ‘little stars’ of regions

Tesco organised their fourth forum for suppliers in Visegrád on 2 June, this time for farmers and SMEs from Fejér, Komárom-Esztergom and Pest counties. Béla Józsa is one of the...

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Heineken Triumphs in Cannes

Heineken® has scooped seven prestigious awards at the 2011 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, with Gold, Silver and Bronze Lions for the first two films of its new global...

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New hall allocation, new brand product villages, tried and tested quality

The trade fair trio InterMopro, InterCool and InterMeat for the three fresh product segments dairy, frozen foods and ice cream, as well as meat and sausages, respectively, will be held...

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National Festival of Breadmakers proved to be a success

The ninth Baker Festival of Komárom proved to be a success this Saturday, 2nd July 2011. The family-oriented event was organized by the Royal Order of Bakers, and besides breadmakers,...

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Sugar Commission: how only one sugar factory exists in Hungary, compared to the former twelve?

16 people are expected to examine, what happened, during the privatization of the Hungarian sugar factories 20 years ago. They also interested in why the Hungarian sugar industry in performance...

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Stagnating business and deteriorating consumer expectations

In June GKI-Erste economic confidence index adjusted for seasonal effects continued to deteriorate. According to the empirical survey conducted by GKI with the support of the EU business expectations remained...

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The beer market can get through the nadir

On the basis of the experiences of the first six months, the ten years lasting decline of the domestic beer market seems to slow down, the domestic brewers are hoping...

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Are Egypt, fenugreek seeds responsible for the diarrheal epidemic?

According to the latest report of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; the diarrheal epidemic that infected in Germany and France, are due to seeds imported from Egypt...

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New Tesco in Kőszeg

The newest member of the Tesco supermarket chain opened on Friday morning in Kőszeg. The new store awaits the customers on about 3000 square meters, offering a rich supply with...

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The Four Paws attacks again

The Four Paws Animal protection organization has launched an attack on, among other things, against the Hungarian goose liver and against thedomestic goose breeders. Their action was successful in Cologne,...

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Joint marketing campaign attracts visitors to Debrecen and Hortobágy

Debrecen and Hortobágy offers tourism packages from July including travel, accommodation, meals, hospitality and a number of programs, like the flower carnival. The marketing campaign aims to increase the number...

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