News and articles
Changing supply and demand
Date: 2009-07-01 08:00:00
Michael Gerling representing the German Food Retail Union, a founder of Anuga, pointed out a number of important trends. In his opinion, intensive concentration in the European retail sector is...
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Free presentations about marketing
Date: 2009-07-01 08:00:00
A series of six presentations held by MMSZ about marketing in the spring was attended free of charge by the directors of nearly 100 SME-s. The presentations can be downloaded...
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Invitel opening high tech data centre
Date: 2009-07-01 08:00:00
A state of the art new 1,500 square meter server centre has been opened by Invitel. The biggest advantage of Datacenter is that it allows companies to reduce their costs...
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Code against multinationals?
Date: 2009-07-01 08:00:00
Hungarian farmers have been waiting for the government to help them in improving their one-sided position in bargaining with multinationals since our accession to the EU. The drastic drop in...
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A touch of the future
Date: 2009-07-01 08:00:00
The futuristic GINNT Expo was held on 10-11.June. The “Eat the code!” campaign conducted by the main sponsor GS1 and Kitchen Budapest had been highly successful in promoting the event....
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A VarioCooking Center® és Rational Self Cooking Center®
Date: 2009-07-01 08:00:00
All conventional thermal apparatus can be replaced by two multifunctional units....
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Eu’Vend Cologne: 300 exhibitors and 5,000 visitors expected
Date: 2009-07-01 08:00:00
HUF 30 billion is spent by Hungarian consumers annually on food from vending machines and there are 35-40 000 machines in the country. The Eu’Vend exhibition is to be held...
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A Henkel innovation from 2050
Date: 2009-07-01 08:00:00
Working out the concept for a Henkel product to be launched in 2050 was the task teams were faced with in the final of the Henkel Innovation Challenge. The team...
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New momentum for Házi Piros Paprika
Date: 2009-07-01 08:00:00
An integrated promotional campaign is to be conducted by Házi Piros Paprika Kft. in the summer of 2009 to support the Házi Arany brand. The conventional “buy and win” concept...
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Looking for a way out in New York
Date: 2009-07-01 08:00:00
Excessive production when 50 000 people die of starvation every day? Food safety when GM food is the most practical means of feeding the poor? Protectionism when globalisation should be...
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Decreasing volume, improving balance
Date: 2009-07-01 08:00:00
Exports totalled HUF 1,381 billion in April 2009, while imports totalled HUF 1,256 billion. Export was down by 29 percent calculated in EUR, while import was down by 35 percent...
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HARIBO Saure Pommes, HARIBO Grapefruit
Date: 2009-07-01 08:00:00
Gums in fruity flavours, in a sour candy jacket....
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IX. Univer Business Golf Championship
Date: 2009-07-01 08:00:00
The Univer Business Golf Championship celebrated its 9th birthday this year on 6. June. The event was held in the Bük Radisson Hotel and Birdland Golf Club. The majority of...
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Parliament accepted food product line laws
Date: 2009-07-01 00:15:00
On 29 June by extra procedure, the parliament accepted food product line laws without any votes against. The National Trade Association (OKSZ) protested in a communication. The law listing itemized...
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Hungarians spends 80 billion HUF on cheese
Date: 2009-07-01 00:12:00
According to Nielsen market research company; cheese is the food which has one of the biggest turnover. The retail sales of cheese are stable and, exceeds 80 billion HUF per...
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Drought and storm – the prospects of Hungarian wheat
Date: 2009-07-01 00:10:00
Because of the drought, harvest began before the traditional date this year, especially in the southern counties. Rainy weather has no crop increasing impact, in some places it can cause...
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Just a small increase in traffic before VAT increase
Date: 2009-07-01 00:09:00
Compared with the usual, small or no increase had been measured in traffic in the stores before the VAT increase of 1 July. According to Hackl Mónika Tesco's head of...
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Stable Fruit Consumption
Date: 2009-07-01 00:05:00
According to the Central Statistical Office; in 2007, food consumption per person was 194 kg, which is one of the lowest value of the decade. Fourteen percent was spent on...
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Tesco – Irish suppliers to worry
Date: 2009-07-01 00:04:00
Tesco lost a small bit of its market share in the last 12 weeks ending on June 14 compared to its 30.9 percent market share of last year. According to...
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Tortellini Ltd. blocked due to contamination
Date: 2009-07-01 00:03:00
Tortellini Ltd. blocked its tortellini, ravioli and lasagne products, which are eatable until September 2009, in order to protect the health of the consumers, due to the toxin contamination of...
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Firms do not save on training
Date: 2009-07-01 00:02:00
Four-fifths part of the companies did not reducted the expenditure on education in the past half year, despite the financial difficulties – reveals the survey of British Institute of Directors....
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Tesco and Fortis UK to form new partnership
Date: 2009-07-01 00:01:00
Tesco Personal Finance (TPF) and Fortis UK have announced that they are in exclusive discussions to form a new partnership to provide motor and household insurance. Jointly the companies will...
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Lapsing vegetables and fruits standards in the European Union
Date: 2009-06-30 00:28:33
From the 1st of July, despite protests of the big producers, the community level marketing standards for 26 different vegetables and fruits will be terminated. The EU regulated since the...
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Stagnant economy and rising unemployment
Date: 2009-06-30 00:25:57
According to Ecostat and Világgazdaság the economy stagnated in June. According to the datas of Central Statistical Office, the unemployment rate increased to 9.9 percent. The economy is still in...
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The McCafé chain remains the market leader in Hungary
Date: 2009-06-30 00:21:40
The McCafé chain increased its turnover by 24.5 per cent in 2008, and maintained its market-leading position on the a domestic café market. 2.6 million guests were served in the...
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Seven-hour technical break at Tesco stores
Date: 2009-06-30 00:17:59
Because of the VAT change a technical transition will be required in the 24 hours open hypermarkets of Tesco. The stores will be closed between 23 pm on the 30th...
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Chemical residue was found in peppers and strawberries
Date: 2009-06-30 00:15:00
The Levegő Munkacsoport (Clean Air Action Group) found chemical residue above the permissible limit quantities in peppers from Morocco and strawberries from Hungary. The civil organization investigated 17 strawberry and...
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USA – savings rather than consumption
Date: 2009-06-30 00:12:00
The deposits of commercial banks increased 1.7 percent and reached 7,500 billion USD in May. If the savings rate rises with the same intensity, a new recession could hit the...
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Since nine years there was not so many empty shops downtown, like in the 2008
Date: 2009-06-30 00:09:00
According to the mid-year survey of Ecorys Hungary international consultant company; the downtown business market faces the highest vacancy of the past 9 years. This year, 16.8 percent of the...
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Carrefour eliminates plastic bags in Spain
Date: 2009-06-30 00:05:00
French owned hypermarket chain Carrefour has decided to eliminate all plastic bags from their Spanish stores, and becomes the first large company to do so in this country. The use...
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