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Smile Magic Lifestyle Days programmes commenced

On 17 April a series of programmes started, with the goal of raising awareness of a healthy lifestyle. Organised by Mosoly Alapítvány, Tesco and Procter&Gamble, the programme will travel to...

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Hungry Americans

Even bad publicity is publicity – goes the proverb. KFC’s Double Down sandwich is simply called ‘heart attack’ by some – instead of a bun it is made with two...

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Improving toilet room hygiene

The quality level of toilets in hotels and restaurants often falls below the standard guests expect. Erika Sárközi, a junior product and market manager with SCA Hygiene Products Kft. agrees...

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Members of the food chain are more disciplined year by year

In Hungary people’s trust in food products has never been shaken. Not even six years ago, during the paprika scandal. Nevertheless, the bird flue did some harm to chicken farmers....

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Industrial prices decreased

lthough in February 2010 industrial export prices were 0.9 percent higher than in the previous month, they were 5.4 percent lower in comparison with February 2009. Prices in the food...

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Larger packaging units experienced a bigger decline

Data from GfK Hungária’s ConsumerScan indicates that 40 percent of Hungarian households bought some kind of family size ice cream in 2009. The average household purchased this cold delicacy 6...

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The fourth screen

It caused a lot of excitement when in Nielsen’s first quarterly report the company audited the efficiency of programmes and ads in so-called 4th-screen broadcasts – these run on displays...

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Coded price-hunting with iPhone

Árukereső.hu, Hungary’s most popular price comparison site introduced a useful application for iPhone. By using the iPhone camera to read products’ barcodes in-store, the application finds the best on-line price...

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METRO focuses on private labels

From 15 April, METRO Hungary will carry out a 2-week campaign that focuses on their six private label products (Aro, Fine Food, Horeca Select, H-Line, Rioba, Sigma), offering several hundred...

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Be happy if they complain!

The average Hungarian guest is not hard to please, very often they would tolerate anything even if their problem could be solved easily. Who is the loser in cases like...

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NaturAqua

Thanks to NaturAqua Emotion Peer-Lemon Balm’s unique, pleasant taste the daily liquid intake is more pleasurable....

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Consumer trust

Food safety is important for every second Hungarian in deciding where to do their shopping, informs a Nielsen survey. Six out of ten Hungarians think the products they buy in...

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Inflation in Hungary is the highest

In February 2010, in the EU-27 consumer prices were 1.4 percent higher on average, compared to prices in February 2009. The biggest increase was measured in Hungary (5.6 percent) and...

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Growth in terms of both value and volume

The Nielsen Retail Index revealed that mineral water’s market position strengthened in retail: in April 2009-March 2010 value sales improved by 3 percent and neared HUF 47 billion, while Nielsen...

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Design and brand building the P&G way

The significance of in-store marketing keeps growing. According to a report by Nielsen, in-store tools are more influential in shaping awareness than television. So Phil Duncan, the head of P&G...

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Modern packaging system from Cryovac

FLOW-VAC system by Cryovac® is one of the most successful packaging systems available in Europe. Designed in cooperation with ULMA, FLOW-VAC guarantees a perfect packaging for cheese and meat products....

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POS Media helps with advertising surface

In 2010, POS Media Hungary will support PCOS Szívügy Foundation with advertising surface that is worth HUF 8 million. The foundation helps those (about 10 percent of Hungarian women) who...

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Data speak

Three years ago the marketing department of the University of Mississippi surveyed customers’ level of satisfaction with bars and restaurants. Nearly 47 percent of guest said they never complained about...

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Fanta Bongo

This time the new, limited edition was inspired by South Africa....

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Rapid alerts

RASFF (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) operates in the member states of the EU. Through this system member states report to the European Commission if human health hazards...

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Industry in the EU shows signs of recovery

Eurostat’s report indicates that in the last quarter of 2009 the economy of the eurozone was stagnating. However, the annual decline of 2.2 percent was bigger than expected. In January...

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This year’s mineral water season may bring elevated prices

Last year mineral water sales were the only one to increase among high-volume non-alcoholic thirst quenchers: the category improved by nearly 5 percent, in a large part due to a...

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Category identifying placement

Energy drink category is a dynamically expanding one, which has been growing by two-digit numbers for years. Balázs Ruip, Red Bull Hungária Kft.’s trade marketing manager told our magazine that...

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STI Group acquired Line Packaging & Display company

Europe’s leading POS solution provider and top-quality packaging material manufacturer STI purchased UK company Line Packaging & Display Limited, on 31 March 2010. The company has 100 employees and its...

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Tesco and Rosenthal announced a new loyalty point collecting promotion

The promotion is called ’The art of cuisine from point to point’ and it will give shoppers the opportunity to buy products from the exclusive Thomas dinnerware range with a...

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A real commonplaces

A prerequisite of managing complaints is paying attention to customer feedback. The restaurant’s manager should actively participate in managing guests’ complaints and in the follow-up process. Feedback is not Twitter...

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Joya Soy Drinks

Besides Joya soy drinks, Real Nature Kft.’s product selection is now expanded with rice and oatmeal drinks....

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The source of fresh and safe products

József Surányi, the head of METRO’s quality assurance department says: – Our major goal is providing partners with quality, fresh products. Our customers can be sure that fresh food products...

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Variations on eco-bottle

Andrew Kim, an 18-year old designer unveiled a new concept, which uses squared Coca-Cola bottles that can be folded when empty – they become up to two-thirds smaller than when...

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Puskás Öcsi is the face of Szentkirályi in Australia too

At the end of April, Szentkirályi launched its new advertising campaign that uses the image of Puskás Öcsi – not only in Hungary, but in Australia and the US as...

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