News and articles
EuroCIS in Düsseldorf
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
The EuroCIS exhibition of IT and security technology for retailers is to be held between 10-12. February in Düsseldorf. So far, 141 exhibitors from 12 countries have registered for the...
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Concentration stopping in the fruit juice market
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Retail sales of fruit juice were up by 5 percent in terms of value in the September 2007 – August 2008 period, compared to the preceding year, totalling HUF 47...
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Rendezvous for professionals
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
At 37, Hoventa is the second oldest among events organised for the HoReCa sector. Although development of the market has slowed down in recent years, the event has been held...
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Pastas from the heart of Italy
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Golden ear of durum wheat-this is what Spigadoro, name of the pasta launched in 2009 means in Hungarian. The ear of durum wheat has been present in the logo of...
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Merry digital Christmas!
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
As the end of the year is here, we’ll take a look at the future. Today, we see digital solutions wherever we look, because electronic media is highly flexible and...
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Containers with pre-set temperature
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Messer Hungarogáz Kft. presented its latest innovation in refrigerated transport. The Siber System allows a single vehicle to carry containers with different pre-set temperatures. Siber System containers are equipped with...
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Electrolux cut jobs
Date: 2008-12-16 00:00:00
The company will fire 5% of the total employees, till now there is no information about from which region. Electrolux, the world's second-biggest home appliances maker, warned its 2008 results...
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Room prise grow at Balaton and in East-Hungary
Date: 2008-12-16 00:00:00
In the first eleven months of 2008, the room occupancy rate for three-, four- and five-star hotels was 59%. At current prices, gross room revenue declined by 4%, while the...
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Decreasing prices in agriculture
Date: 2008-12-16 00:00:00
In October 2008 the producer price level of agricultural products was 16.5% lower than in the corresponding period of the previous year – said the Hungarian Statistic Office. More specifically,...
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Demand for households papers and desodors grow
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
According to Nielsen research the common sold household chemicals are the fabric softeners, the toilet papers, dushgels and pocket tissues. The value of the TOP 10 households chemicals is over...
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The production of manufacturing fell by 8.6% in October
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
According to Hungarian Central Statistic Office In October 2008, industrial gross output decreased by 7.2% compared to October 2007, the index adjusted for working days was equal to the non-adjusted...
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German firms plan wage hike in Hungary
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
According to a research, commissioned by the German-Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce, German firms operating in Hungary plan an average 6.2% wage hike next year. The headline wages at...
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INTERMARCHÉ accelerates contactless payment
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
Intermarché and Ecomarché stores will use contactless payment technology in France in early 2009. One third of its tills currently use the system. For payments under EUR20 users will only...
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Collective bargaining ended
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
Employers and unions agreed at a Friday meeting of the OET to a general wage increase of 3-5% in 2009 and to establish Hungary’s monthly minimum wage at HUF 71,500...
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Pápai Hús in local hands
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
The government assumed state guarantee on 80% of the loans the buyer would take out from the Hungarian Development Bank (MFB). The buyer was a project company that was brought...
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New CEO at SáGa
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
The Holland-born Henk Slagt leads since November the SáGa Foods company. For the 48 years old specialist Hungary is well known, further he worked 5 years at Sara Lee Hungary...
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Cora would pay for PET bottles
Date: 2008-12-12 00:00:00
From 15th December the retail chain startes a test periode and collect PET drink bottles in its Budakalasz and Torokbalint unit. On press conference the retailer said: first of all...
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This year in the first 11 months price increased by 6.3%
Date: 2008-12-12 00:00:00
According to the Hungarian Statistic Office in November 2008 consumer prices decreased by 0.2% compared to the previous month and rose by 4.2% compared to November 2007. In November 2008...
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Dutch Supermarket Sales Growth forecast only 3% in 2009
Date: 2008-12-12 00:00:00
The supermarket sector reported sales of 28.7 billion euros in 2007, a 4.7 percent rise. The sales in the week leading up to Christmas to go up by 7 percent...
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TESCO cuts prices in half in UK
Date: 2008-12-12 00:00:00
The British retailer, will launch a half price sale on 1,000 products this weekend. The UK’s largest retailer will launch the promotion on 12 December, with Christmas food, drink, toys...
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Origin and brand is important for shopping Hungarians
Date: 2008-12-12 00:00:00
According to the GfK Shopper Insight 2008 reseach half of the shopping Hungarians always or often compare the products with different brands. Almost half of the shoppers hold on to...
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Mobile communication in Tesco
Date: 2008-12-12 00:00:00
In the 25 biggest Hungarian Tesco the customers with bluethooth-able mobile can get extra information about the retailers actions and other public information. The information service was developed by Landmedia....
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OFFICE DEPOT to close 112 retail stores in North America
Date: 2008-12-12 00:00:00
New store openings for 2009 now have been reduced to approximately 20, down from the previous estimate of 40 stores. Office Depot plans to close 112 underperforming retail stores in...
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VION changed to automated packaging
Date: 2008-12-12 00:00:00
With high output volumes reaching 4,200 units per week, Vion Food Germany recently decided to adopt automated pakaging for increased quality consistency and cost control. Vion Germany employs almost 7,400...
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SPAR opened supermarket in Ajka
Date: 2008-12-11 00:00:00
The new store is Ajka's first SPAR, but the 391th unit of the chain. SPAR Hungary operates 165 SPAR supermarkets, 29 INTERSPAR hypermarkets, 20 Kaiser's supermarket and 177 Plus store...
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Grand Marnier packed into sensuality
Date: 2008-12-11 00:00:00
French liqueur brand Grand Marnier started to bring out yearly editions of its iconic bottle in 2003. The limited editions are usually launched at the end of the year, perfectly...
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Magyar Cukor Zrt. is optimistic
Date: 2008-12-11 00:00:00
The company could stabilized its processing, and it will be enriched in 2009. The plant in Kaposvar works with biogas, the next years sugar will be soon ready. Magyar Cukor...
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The authority controls thousands of food entrepreneurs and 80,000 products. The office made survey o
Date: 2008-12-11 00:00:00
According to a press conference of the Hungarian Agricultural Administrative Office, the authority made 6,000 penalty captions from January-October 2008. The authority controls thousands of food entrepreneurs and 80,000 products....
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57 tons dioxin- incriminating liverish in Hungary
Date: 2008-12-11 00:00:00
Kaiser-Food Kft. imported in November 42 tons liver from Ireland, from this 29 tons are frosted, but from the rest liver paste were made and sold in the retail. After...
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Dioxin poisened pork in Romania
Date: 2008-12-11 00:00:00
3 tons of toxic pork from Ireland arrived into a depot in Bucharest, it was transported to 5 South-Romanian companies – said the Romanian Food Safety authority. It's sure that...
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