News and articles
New requirements met by the greatest paper factory of Europe
Date: 2011-04-18 07:45:58
Hamburger Hungária Ltd. is one of the greatest paper factory of Europe, and now they are commensurate with ISO 14001:2004 standards – the audit was carried out in March by...
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Russian auditors opening facilities for the entire Hungarian food market
Date: 2011-04-15 17:08:42
Russian auditors – controlling experts – arrive to Hungary on 25th April, in order to examine the Hungarian companies willing to export their products. Their major goal is to decide...
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METRO won in two categories of “the most successful promotion of the year”
Date: 2011-04-15 14:19:22
METRO Commercial Ltd. has won in two categories at Trade Magazin's “The most successful promotion of the year” competition, which took a closer look at the FMCG-sector's promotions between 1st...
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The best spirits were awarded in Gyula
Date: 2011-04-15 14:19:06
The country's greatest spirit festival, the International Kisüsti Spirit Festival, Exhibition and Tradeshow took place between 15th and 17th April in the castle of Gyula. As a whole, 106 gold,...
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Nielsen: last year, the chocolate rabbit overtook eggs in value
Date: 2011-04-15 13:11:22
The retail sales of Easter seasonal confectionery has been slowly declining. Their store sales in the 2010 holiday season, compared to the previous year, decresed by one percent to about...
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300 food stores closed in one years
Date: 2011-04-15 12:42:29
Currently there is 300 less food stores in Hungary, than a year ago. The number of hypermarkets and discount stores increased in the largest extent, and there are also cities,...
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Retail becomes more and more international
Date: 2011-04-15 12:41:04
Despite the challenges, the international players of retail trade continued to expand on the global market – shows the annual report of CB Richard Ellis (CBRE). The survey of CBRE,...
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The tourists of the Balaton region are looking for quality food
Date: 2011-04-15 12:40:35
The foreign and domestic tourists are also looking for quality food in the region of the Lake Balaton, however, many people are surprised there are no fish markets in the...
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The EU consumers trust in locally produced food
Date: 2011-04-15 12:35:20
This opinion was confirmed at the meeting of the agriculture ministers of the European Union member countries in Luxembourg on Thursday. The consumers are much more confident with the local...
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ALDI opened their 75th store in Hungary
Date: 2011-04-15 12:13:26
ALDI Hungary has opened two stores in April: this way, there are 75 ALDI-stores in the country. The 74th outlet opened its gates on 7th April in Budapest in the...
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Nestlé: 20.26 billion Swiss francs revenue in the first quarter
Date: 2011-04-15 12:10:39
The world's largest food company, the Swiss Nestle reported 20.26 billion Swiss francs revenue in the first quarter. This is 9.29 percent less, than the 22.34 billion of the first...
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Coordinated control before Easter
Date: 2011-04-15 12:09:35
The police, the tax office, the food safety and consumer protection authority possess the stores. They are looking for violators before Easter. The action focuses mainly on Budapest and Pest...
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U.S: consumer confidence increased again
Date: 2011-04-15 12:00:22
On the basis of the survey of Thomson Reuters / University of Michigan; consumer confidence in the U.S. began to rise in April after the 16-month nadir of late March....
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Pál Sárközy signed his autobiography in CBA Príma Corvin
Date: 2011-04-15 11:22:50
Pál Sárközy, father of French president Nicolas Sarkozy signed his freshly released autography Tant De Vi in the CBA Príma store located in Corvin Shopping Mall on Frriday 15th April...
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Diabette from Karamell
Date: 2011-04-15 10:36:50
Karamell-Snack Kft. is a Hungarian-owned company that employs 170 people. Their products are probably more well-known than the company itself: it is enough to mention Diabette diabetic sweets, Ame countline...
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Double gold medals for grapefruit vodka
Date: 2011-04-15 10:10:29
In 2011, for the third time since 2007, Finlandia Grapefruit won double gold medals and the title of the World's best tasting flavoured vodka at the San Francisco Worlds Spirits...
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Tesco is looking for new regional suppliers
Date: 2011-04-15 09:17:41
Tesco is about to move on to learn about even more Hungarian suppliers within the compass of their Regional Suppliers' Forum. The next forum will take place in Visegrád, on...
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MFB: weak private consumption holds back economic growth
Date: 2011-04-14 15:35:08
Private consumption is expected to hold back the economic growth in the first part of the year in Hungary, after the consumer confidence index, decreased from February to March in...
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The Ministry of Rural Development would introduce a product fee on meat products
Date: 2011-04-14 14:41:09
The Ministry of Rural Development intends to introduce a product fee on animal products, intending to replace the meat inspection and other official fees. The Ministry of Rural Development (VM)...
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Henkel takes over Purbond joint venture
Date: 2011-04-14 14:36:06
The Swiss-based Purbond AG is now owned 100 percent by Henkel. Initially established as a 50:50 joint venture with Collano AG, also based in Switzerland, Purbond is a leading global...
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Brand value can mean a considerable portion of the purchase price of the company
Date: 2011-04-14 13:20:48
Predictable taxes, measurable efficiency, up to an additional multiple access in case of acquisition, or significantly improved financial and investment opportunities. These are some important advantages, which in any case...
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Media Council develops a recommendation for product placements
Date: 2011-04-14 13:15:38
The new media law legalized product placement as a commercial communication. Since the beginning of the year, advertised products can legally appear in the programmes. The Media Council decided to...
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Debrecen-based Ave exports mineral water to China
Date: 2011-04-14 13:01:58
Debrecen-based Ave fulfills the first major Chinese market order of 300 thousand pieces of mineral water. The company received marketing approval for China in May 2010. A Chinese trader and...
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Danone increased its revenues by twenty percent in the first quarter of the year
Date: 2011-04-14 13:01:20
French Danone, the world's largest yogurt producer reported about better-than-expected first-quarter results on Thursday. The manufacturer of Activia, Actimel and a wide range of other products reached a turnover of...
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Luxury department store to be built on Andrássy Avenue
Date: 2011-04-14 13:00:35
The construction of the new luxury department store begins in April, under 19 Andrássy Avenue. According to the plans; the three-storey complex will houses, stores of 30 high-category brands plus...
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Tibi chocolate celebrates its 70th anniversary
Date: 2011-04-14 12:36:14
The most well-known brand of Bonbonetti Group, namely Tibi chocolate is celebrating its 70th birthday now. The celebration was linked to a factory-visit and a press-conference on 14th April, Tibor-day....
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MasterCard supports contactless payment
Date: 2011-04-14 12:20:10
MasterCard would make the PayPass (contactless payment technology) as the part of “everyday life” in Australia and in New Zealand in the next few years – notified the card company....
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New products at Szentkirályi
Date: 2011-04-14 12:08:54
Szentkirályi Mineral Water Ltd. launches a new product family this spring: they introduce the strawberry lemonade and the normal (lemon-based) lemonade and a new ice tea to the customers. This...
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Red Bull Music Academy 2011 moves to Madrid
Date: 2011-04-14 12:07:10
This year’s Red Bull Music Academy will be held in Madrid, following the news that recent events in Japan had caused in to pull out of its original Tokyo destination....
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Anuga 2011: Large number of registrations – from Germany and abroad
Date: 2011-04-14 10:20:11
All the signals are pointing to success for the coming Anuga, which will take place from 8th to 12th October 2011 in Cologne. All ten of the event's trade shows...
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