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Facing the challenge in New York – part 10

From July Roland Oláh, formerly the chef of Café Erté, tries his luck in the USA. He regularly reports to our magazine: ‘I have started working in Greenwich L’escale –...

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Joya soy product's

A refreshing novelty among Joya soy products. It combines the popular chocolate and vanilla flavours with a soft and creamy, pudding-type texture....

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Ecologic packaging for the milk industry

A California company developed a packaging solution called Eco|logic, which makes possible the 100-percent recycling of packaging material. The two-layer packaging – used in the milk industry – combines a...

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The margarine market expanded despite the recession

According to GfK’s Consumer Scan, 73 percent of Hungarian households bought some kind of tub margarine and 60 percent purchased baking margarine in the first quarter of 2010 – both...

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Tesco launches nationwide waste collecting campaign

Tesco Hungary is a champion of selective waste collection, therefore from 11 June until 29 August 2010 they run a campaign for collecting PET bottles and aluminium boxes, in cooperation...

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Captain Pöttyös returns to the Children’s Island

Captain Pöttyös will return to the T-Home Children’s Island on the Óbudai Island every weekend, for four weeks starting on 5 June. This series of exciting free programmes lines up...

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I miss Roland!

Andrea Sarrang, the owner of Café Erté says about Roland Oláh: – We got on really well from the first moment. I really liked his passion, ambition and conscious quest...

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Beer specialty with lemon

Beer specialty with lemon, the first flavoured beer in the medium price category....

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Retail keeps plunging

According to KSH’s report, there was a 4-percent decline in domestic retail turnover in March, compared with data from March 2009. In the 1st quarter, retail turnover was 4.6 percent...

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Large packaging units sell better

Value sales of carbonated soft drinks grew in stores larger than 400 m² in the April 2009-March 2010 period; value sales fell in stores smaller than 400 m² – informs...

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Tchibo’s new commercial director

Attila Sófalvi is the new commercial director of Tchibo Budapest Kft. from 1 May 2010. The new executive is 37 years old and started his career at Nestlé Hungary. Later...

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Play with Detki!

Detki’s first promotion game ended on 1 May 2010 when 10 weekends for 2 in Vienna were drawn. The biscuit company launched its new game straight away: its slogan is...

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Feeling of comfort

Wind often disturbs guests on terraces, but shades that can be rolled out sideways solve this problem. British pub and bar owners had the chance this summer to order aluminium...

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Real Nature curds

Real Nature curds are made of milk from cows kept on the best alpine meadows, in a natural environment....

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The meat industry is waiting for the grill season

The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) continuously monitors and publishes world trends in poultry and fruit/vegetable products. Their last report reveals that the abattoir entry price of slaughter pig in...

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Sugar-free soft drinks – now in the lower categories too

Carbonated soft drink retail sales fell last year, in terms of value and volume alike, but the decrease did not affect the different retail channels to the same extent. –...

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Colgate-Palmolive’s new managing director

From 1 April 2010, a new managing director supervises Colgate-Pa lmolive’s business activity in Hungary: Péter Juhász returned from London where he worked as sales director of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare....

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Free research tool for advertisers and agencies

IAB Europe and Google will launch a service called Consumer Commerce Barometer (CCB), which provides agencies and advertisers with consumer data. CCB is a free on-line research tool that relies...

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POPAI Master Course

POPAI Association closed the first six months of 2010 with a meeting on 3 July. The topic was ‘Crisis Solutions’ and Eszter Melisek, Nielsen’s client service director gave the keynote...

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MIZO Butter

A real novelty: butter that is easy to spread even when it is cold....

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Growth in external demand surpasses domestic demand growth

According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. and Erste Bank, technically the recession ended in the 1st quarter of 2010 in Hungary as well and a 1-percent economic growth...

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Pantyliner sales are the most concentrated

Sanitary napkins make up the biggest category among feminine hygiene products. According to the Nielsen Retail Index, its HUF 5 billion turnover remained stable in May 2009-April 2010, but in...

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Food exports falling

The trade balance is still improving, but already there are signs in the improvement of the internal demand. The export-import gap is narrower than last year: exports improved by 16.8,...

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Beverage producing techniques at the Brau Beviale

The Brau Beviale 2010, that will be held between 10 and 12 November prepares in the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre with a new look and with full force to the start....

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French Fair and street party in the downtown of Budapest

The 31 stands of the French fair is waiting the guests with real French fairground atmosphere, children and sports programs, and with live music on the 10th of July between...

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Euro area’s retail sales increased in April, following a decline

According to the report of Eurostat; Retail sales rose in May in the euro area, after the significant decline of April. Retail sales rose by 0.2 percent in May compared...

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The distribution of Rézangyal will be strenghtened by a strategic partnership

Under the agreement of Rézangyal Ltd. and Coca-Cola HBC Hungary Ltd., from the 5th of July, beside the 11 tastes of Rézangyal Classic Selection, Coca-Cola HBC became the exclusive distributor...

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The Liegl & Dachser remains one of the leading freight forwarding and logistics company

The Pilisvörösvár based Liegl & Dachser continues to take part seriously in the successful recovery of the Hungarian economy and its Hungarian headquarter’s development – said Engelbert Liegl, company founder....

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Penam can obtain Multi bakery and Ceres Bakery Inc.

Penam can obtain all shares of Multi bakery and 100 percent control over the Ceres Bakery Inc. – decided the Competition Authority (GVH). The dominant Czech firm, the Penam produces...

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New commercial manager at Friesland

Commercial manager change will take place at Friesland Campina Hungária Zrt. The current commercial manager, Sípos Judit leaves the company from the 1st of August. She will be replaced by...

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