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SIÓ: Twenty pallets of Fruit juice for the volunteers

The SIÓ-ECKES Ltd. offered several millions HUF worth of fruit juice to the professionals and the volunteers, who are fighting against the flood in Northern Hungary. Friday afternoon, with the...

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Metro continues its Asian expansion

German trading group Metro is massively expanding in China and at other growing markets in Asia. In long terms Asia, and in particular China always played an important role in...

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Tesco supports the introduction of minimum alcohol prices to combat against abuse

Tesco supports the prohibition of the distribution of alcoholic products below cost prices in Britain. The new British government would impose minimum prices for drinks in order to discourage excessive...

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The PepsiCo also invests in Chinese agriculture

The U.S. PepsiCo. will invest 2.5 billion USD in China in the next three years – announced Indra Nooyi, president and CEO of the company in Friday in Shanghai. The...

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The food industry should be treated as a strategic sector

The food industry may ruin, if we fail to boost innovation – states the Hungarian National Food Technology Platform. According to their calculations; 45-50 billion HUF should be invested in...

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There is no ceasefire between the stores and the suppliers

Next week, the suppliers will make a statement against those food retail chains, that are most violate the unfair trading practices law. The two major problems with the food retail...

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Széchenyi Card: 7.6 billion debt, from 750 billion

The Hungarian companies has reached 750 billion HUF credit line through the Széchenyi card system. Currently 1600 companies are on the black list, but the bankruptcy rate is relatively low.The...

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Hungary's competitiveness has improved

Hungary improved from last year’s 45th place to the 42nd in IMD’s 2010 competitiveness rankings – reports the Swiss IMD, the world's leading business school. According to the latest ranking;...

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We can trust only in certified organic products

The Biokontroll Hungária Nonprofit Ltd. will install mobile laboratories in order to test organic food production and the products. The three vans will carry out at least 500 checks in...

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The Ifo-index shows an improvement the global economic sentiment

The global economic sentiment index of the German IFO Institute for Economic Research improved further. The index of the second quarter rose to 104.1 points, from the former 99.5 points...

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The Hungarian Food Bank Association surprises 28 thousand children

As the result of the fundraising initiative of the Hungarian Food Bank Association a total of 28 thousand needy children will receive gifts on the occasion of children’s Day. The...

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Recognized artists in the national jury of Henkel.Art.Award 2010

Henkel Hungary Ltd. invited four artists to assess the works of Hungarian artists who take part in the Henkel.Art.Award 2010 competition, and to select three of them who can participate...

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The European Parliament does not support meet glueing

The European Parliament vetoed the European Commission's decision, which made it possible to use the thrombin enzyme as food additive. The thrombin was used to glue the meet parts that...

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Becherovka conquers with a new flavour

Jan Becher Karlovarská Becherovka developed a new product after more than 200 years. Becherovka Lemond is based on the original bitter recipe, but the fresh flavours of orange, lemon and...

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Interpack 2011 is very popular among prospective exhibitors

Two years ago the participants of the trade fair filled all 19 exhibition halls and now future participants are booking exhibiting space with the same swiftness. In 2011, Interpack will...

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Dr. Oetker Pudding

Smooth and creamy Dr. Oetker ready-to-cook pudding with real dark chocolate and cocoa powder....

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Hungarian pigs cannot cope with competition

The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) continuously monitors and publishes world trends in poultry and fruit/vegetable products. Their last report reveals that this year we can expect a global growth...

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ChocolateStory

These days one of the strongest consumer trends is transparency. US company Original Beans plants a tree after every bar of chocolate they sell. Documents in the packaging indicate the...

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The teeth situation

Hungarian people’s oral hygiene is still below par. Márton Pál, brand builder with Unilever Magyarország Kft. shared some data with us: toothbrush usage is 1/person/year, toothpaste consumption is 3 tubes...

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The world has been drinking Nescafé to wake up for 70 years

Nestlé Hungária Kft. celebrated NESCAFÉ’s 70th birthday from 14 May until 1 July in 2009, with a series of promotions. In SPAR, Coop, Tesco and Penny stores there were several...

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Forest helps protecting birds

Forest-Papír Kft. and the bird hospital in Hortobágy organise a prize game – with Kiskokas napkins and Selfness Ecoring handkerchiefs – to call attention to the beauties of nature and...

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dm changes the design of its shop windows

dm Kft. will refurbish the shop windows of 32 stores by September and in 5 years time all of their units will look different. The idea for the new façade...

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Airwick Aqua Mist

Air freshener spray with a propellant-free formula that is a real innovation, which stands alone on the market....

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Economic policy dilemmas

According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. and Erste Bank, the Hungarian economy will stagnate in 2010 and a moderate growth is expected only in the second half of...

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Personalised rejuvenation

Cosmetics manufacturer Skin Mood offer perfectly personalised cosmetics products to consumers. They employ dermatologists, chemists and geneticists who create face creams based on consumers’ own genome; it takes 20 days...

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Functionality gets a leg up

The economic recession hit the foot care category hard, buyers were forced to make decisions by looking at the prices only, which resulted in a fallback amongst premium brands. Renáta...

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New CEO for BAT Hungary and BAT Austria

From 1 January 2010, Octavian Dascalescu (39) is replacing Emil Moskofian in the CEO’s seat of British American Tobacco (BAT) Hungary. He started his career at BAT Romania in 1997...

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Another environmentally conscious step from Mars

Mars Incorporated’s pet food manufacturing company was the first to announce that by 2020 they will only be using fish from sustainable sources for pet food production. At the end...

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Smile Magic Lifestyle Days programmes commenced

On 17 April a series of programmes started, with the goal of raising awareness of a healthy lifestyle. Organised by Mosoly Alapítvány, Tesco and Procter&Gamble, the programme will travel to...

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NÖM MIX Yoghurt cream

They are healthy to consume and the experience is enhanced by the fresh, biteable fruits in the yoghurt cream....

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