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Joya Finesse főzőkrém

Joya Finesse soy-based cooking cream can be used the same way as cream....

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‘Sweets resist the crisis’

The line cited above is the main conclusion of the Nielsen research – conducted in five countries – that was commissioned by Sweets Global Network, an international sweets trade association...

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Evil rates

From retail’s point of view, the most important question last year was whether the decline in demand and turnover already hit rock bottom or it could still go lower? Another...

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SPAR – all year round campaign

SPAR Magyarország Kft. launched a year-long campaign called ‘Our Hungary, our SPAR’, with the aim of promoting excellent Hungarian products from domestic producers and suppliers. In 2009, 68 percent of...

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Lidl prepares to conquer Romania. The German supermarket chain will open 20 stores in Hungary’s eastern neighbour; the first department stores will be in Bucharest. German group Tengelmann sold its...

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Cleaning product average prices augmented

The market of household cleaning products contracted by 2 percent last year, with retail sales amounting to HUF 20 billion – states the Nielsen Retail Index. General cleaning product, scrubber...

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Everything by iPhone

iPhone owners are an important target group for bar and restaurant owners. In November, an official statement by Apple revealed that more than 100,000 applications can be downloaded for iPhone...

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New, standard measurement on the radio market

From January 2010, the Hungarian radio market applies a new, standard, hybrid method for measuring its audience: it was developed by the consortium GfK Hungária–Ipsos and soon the first official...

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Még frissítőbb és természetesebb az Apenta!

Apenta mineral water-based soft drinks are produced without using artificial colouring from March 2010....

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ProSweets – a suppliers’ fair

Pro Form Kft. represented Hungary at ProSweets, the trade fair of confectionery suppliers. 325 companies came from 30 countries to meet 19,000 trade visitors. The fair showed that machinery manufacturers...

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GROW Group becomes independent

GROW Group, one of Hungary’s leading human and organisation development groups ended its cooperation with TMI International and became an independent Hungarian brand as of January 2010. The Group won...

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New customer and marketing manager joins METRO Cash & Carry International’s team

Diego Bevilacqua, formerly the vice president of the Unilever group, was appointed METRO’s customer and marketing manager and member of the board. He will be responsible for marketing and brand...

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Future Store

Trade magazin and Trade Marketing Club cooperated to build a 150-m² store where futuristic retail, technology and marketing communication solutions were introduced for the first time in Hungary. Magyar Telekom’s...

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Nappy pant sales grew above the average

Nappy pants’ turnover is the third biggest among the 60 household chemicals and cosmetics categories measured by Nielsen. Compared with 2008, value sales increased by 6 percent last year and...

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The necessary extra, part 2

The biggest mistake a bar or a restaurant can commit is being interchangeable. A place must stand out, otherwise it will be just another grey patch in the mass. As...

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Healthcare: we like to buy vitamins in drugstores too

When it comes to buying vitamins we spend every fifth Forint in drugstores. In 2009, vitamin sales in drugstores surged by 60 percent; at the same time sales in pharmacies...

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SIÓ Gyümölcs Szörp – Hagyomány mesterfokon!

SIÓ Gyümölcs Szörp offers the fresh flavour and natural character of ripe fruit without preservatives, in aseptic PET bottle....

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From the journalist’s Berlin notebook

“After Hungary’s accession to the EU we needed three years to accommodate. We learned our lesson and are ready to compete.” (József Gráf, minister of agriculture and rural development) •...

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‘Together for kindergartens!’ was a great success

On 27 January, Tchibo Budapest Kft.’s managing director and Zsuzsa Csisztu presented each of the six winner kindergartens with HUF 600,000. Tchibo’s ‘Together for kindergartens!’ campaign lasted from 1 September...

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MIRSA continues with a new name and even higher standards

The company bought the MIRELITE brand and from the end of February carries on under this new name : MIRELITE MIRSA Zrt.. MIRELITE is an acronym for: ELITE product of...

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Wine-tastings for the public

BORésPIAC set up its BOR-island for the first time at FOODAPEST. The constantly crowded wine island gave visitors a chance to familiarise themselves with nearly 60 types of different wine...

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Wet wipe and baby powder sales strengthened

As the Nielsen Retail Index states, baby wipe value sales were up by 2 percent and reached HUF 4 billion last year, while volume sales also gained 1 percent. Baby...

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Business in motion

Americans like to have their lunch in parks and on the street. Consequently, they often buy their lunch from vans or containers. In big cities there are several enterprises that...

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Promotion leaflets’ influence is considerable

Unaddressed promotion leaflets have a great influence on consumers, motivate impulse buying, and inform about new products or promotions – an Ipsos survey points out. In 2006, the turnover in...

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9MM Energiaital 0,25 l

9MM energy drink is out in an explosive, bullet-shaped can and in trendy mixed fruit flavour....

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Univer’s triumphant ‘Kitchen Virtuosos’ prize game

The main prize of the game was drawn on 15 January 2010, in the presence of a notary: Róbert Beke from Besenyőtelek won the HUF 1,000,000 dream kitchen. Participants had...

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400-million donation from Tesco

Tesco donated eleven truckloads of clothes and other products to the Hungarian Food Bank Association at the end of February in Budapest. The association, together with the Hungarian Red Cross,...

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What can we learn from each other?

Trade Marketing Club and POPAI Hungary organised their ‘Trade Marketing, My Love’ conference on 23 February at FOODAPEST. This time participants tried to find out what can Hungarian and foreign...

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It is fun to learn with children’s brands

These days one of the biggest challenges for parents is to guarantee a healthy way of living to their children. Children’s brands are increasingly participating in teaching how to lead...

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The delicacy of the slightly rich

Pressed caviar made from sturgeon roe belongs to the ‘cheap’ category, probably because damaged eggs can also be used. Now American top restaurants start to discover pressed caviar: sturgeon roe...

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