News and articles
Decline in fruit and vegetables yield, due to rainfall
Date: 2010-05-25 00:01:25
Due to the rainfall and the floods the fruit and vegetables yield, will be 10-15 percent less, but price increases are not necessarily expected. The experts questioned by the InfoRádió...
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Western Europe eats ducks rather than geese
Date: 2010-05-25 00:01:10
The consumption of geese products decreased, partly due to the discrediting campaign of the Four Paws, partly because of the crisis in Western Europe. More and more customers are buying...
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PEDIGREE ® again the most reliable pet food brand in Hungary
Date: 2010-05-25 00:01:00
The Hungarian readers of Reader's Digest voted for the Pedigree ® brand as the best in the pet food category of the “European Trusted Brands”. The brand has received the...
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Nestlé recals three of its coffees
Date: 2010-05-25 00:00:50
Nestlé Hungária Ltd. recalls the Alta Rica, Cap Colombie and Espresso instant coffee product lines – published the Hungarian Food Safety Office, on its website. The reason of the recall...
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SIÓ: Twenty pallets of Fruit juice for the volunteers
Date: 2010-05-25 00:00:42
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
Date: 2010-05-25 00:00:30
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
Date: 2010-05-25 00:00:20
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
Date: 2010-05-25 00:00:10
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
Date: 2010-05-21 00:03:41
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
Date: 2010-05-21 00:02:32
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
Date: 2010-05-21 00:01:20
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
Date: 2010-05-21 00:01:15
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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The Sausage Festival of Békéscsaba to improve
Date: 2010-05-21 00:01:00
The Sausage Festival of Békéscsaba to be developed to one of the most dominant gastronomic and cultural festival of Central and Eastern Europe, within five years – notified Ambrus Zoltán...
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We can trust only in certified organic products
Date: 2010-05-21 00:00:50
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
Date: 2010-05-21 00:00:40
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
Date: 2010-05-21 00:00:30
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
Date: 2010-05-21 00:00:20
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
Date: 2010-05-21 00:00:10
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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Wage increase at Kométa
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Kométa ’99 Zrt. was the first meat-industry company to start negotiations with trade unions and to increase the wages of employees by 3.5-4.5 percent as of 1 March. The average...
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Coffee in a hundred different ways
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
On 23-25 April, Magyar Kávétársaság Kft. organised the Marvellous Coffee trade fair. Bravos, Pellini, Mauro, Musetti, SaraLee, Semiramis, Pasco and Nestle were all present. The event’s objective was to facilitate...
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Eden Caramel
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Gluten-free product without added sugar, the caramel taste of which offers great pleasure for people of all ages....
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Strengthening Forint, expanding food export
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
According to a preliminary estimate by KSH, our foreign trade surplus was EUR 374 million (HUF 103 billion) in February, up EUR 78 million (HUF 14 billion) from February 2009....
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Surprising changes in online content consumption
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Data from the gemius/Ipsos Audience online audience measurement system shows that the Internet using habits of certain target groups and the character of consumed content has changed considerably. While the...
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Gloomy Sunday?
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
The battle in the past 10 years between retail chains and trade unions about Sunday shopping seems to settle for a draw in Hungary. However, the debate continues on a...
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Bestillo is the favourite of Gyula dwellers
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Bestillo Pálinkaház’s raspberry pálinka was the spectators’ favourite at the 11th Kisüsti Pálinka festival in Gyula, where the jury tested 851 pálinkas and distillates. Boldogkő Fruit Kft., the manufacturer of...
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Industrial Oscar for Tetra Pak
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
The Budaörs plant of Tetra Pak is the first Hungarian packaging material manufacturer that has won the Manufacturing Excellence Award of the Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance. The industrial ‘Oscar’...
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They are writing a blog and selling pizza
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Domino Pizza restaurants’ customers can now place the chain’s widget, a ‘Social Affiliate’ tool on their website, blog, Facebook or Twitter profile. Those who read the page can click on...
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Agricultural prices augmented at the beginning of the year
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
KSH’s report informs that the production price index of agricultural products went up by 0.2 percent in February 2010, compared with the same period a year before. This February vegetable...
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