News and articles
Makó-style market opened in SPAR stores
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
From August shoppers can buy original Makó products from traditional Makó-style wooden stands in SPAR stores. The idea came after Makó onion was granted protection from the European Union. A...
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Hungarian company Scarab is heading to New York
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Scarab Research of Budapest announced that FreshDirect, the biggest online retailer in New York State would launch a personalised product offering service that uses the Scarab Enterprise system. FreshDirect’s turnover...
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János Pataki president of National Guild of Hungarian Confectioners
“They are concentrating on competitions”
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
– What do you expect from the ‘new’ Hoventa? – Hungexpo promised to redefine Hoventa. The new direction, for instance sponsoring culinary competitions open to the public, is noteworthy. The...
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Cold coffee
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
While in the United States the average McDonald’s unit sold 53 coffees par day last June, this June this number plummeted to 24. However, the average number of frappes sold...
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Shopping trolleys on a short leash
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
In 2009 at least 17 US cities passed decrees to regulate the problem of abandoned shopping trolleys. Retailers and shoppers who break the rules will have to pay serious fines....
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An overview of Hungary’s agricultural foreign trade balance
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
According to data from the latest report by KSH (Central Statistical Office), published on 30 July, Hungary’s agricultural export was EUR 2,143.6 million in the first five months of 2010....
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Greece on top of the inflation list
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
EUROSTAT reported that consumer prices diminished in the eurozone in July, in comparison with June. In the EU-27 consumer prices were 1.9 percent higher in the same period. Prices decreased...
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Coffee is still a popular and specific drink
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
In the first half of 2010, 84 percent of Hungarian households bought coffee. Most of them, 65 percent bought ground roasted coffee; the second most popular was 3in1 and cappuccino...
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Camping cheese was awarded the Superbrands prize
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
The independent jury of 16 expert members awarded quality for the sixth time. They decided that the Camping brand, with its decades-long traditions, can bear the Superbrands 2010 marking for...
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The 5 winners of ‘The Heart of the Community’ programme were drawn
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
One institution in Tahitótfalu, Szombathely, Komló, Békés and Szerencs will receive the donations collected as part of ‘The Heart of the Community’ (KÖSZI) programme this spring. CBA and Procter&Gamble set...
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Erzsébet Ács, president of National Association of Interior Designers
“Sight and words”
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
– How did the idea come to organise your ‘Star Island’ at Hoventa? – We have been cooperating successfully with Hungexpo at BNV and Construma for years, this is why...
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Drop Shop wine bar
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Drop Shop is a real 21st-century place that would stand the test in any metropolis. The doormat says ‘Tasting Zone’ and we enter Scandinavian-style interior that is crammed with bottles...
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Defied stereotypes
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
The latest research by Ipsos Mendelsohn revealed that rich American moms buy the same things at the same places as less well-off mothers. It also turned out that rich mothers’...
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Péter Feiner ask Ákos Kozák
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Question: Retail turnover fell in the first half of 2010. What do you think the perspectives are for the second half of the year? What can retailers and manufacturers expect...
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Disappointing second quarter results in European food retail
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
In the second quarter less food was sold in retail in ten developed European countries (Hungary included), compared to April-June 2009. In terms of value, Nielsen Growthreporter registered negative performance...
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Non-alcoholic and single-flavour pralines strengthened their position
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
In December 2009-May 2010 praline retail sales diminished by 19 percent in volume and by 13 percent in value, in comparison with the same period in 2009. The size of...
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Sandwiches from Kométa salami for first-graders in Kaposvár
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
In the first days of the 2010/2011 school year Kométa ’99 Zrt. handed out delicious salami sandwiches to 700 first-graders in 17 primary schools. The company’s managing director Giacomo Pedranzini...
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International PRICER recognition for Szintézis Group
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
On 2 September 2010 the PRICER conference was organised in Paris, with the participation of partners from all over the world. Strategic development director Dávid Szabó represented Szintézis Group –...
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Cash register system licensing on the highest level
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
APEH ‘s (Hungarian Tax and Financial Control Administration) requirements and regulations on the licensing o cash register system are one of the strictest in the world. Therefore it is very...
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L.A. Bodegita restaurant and bar
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
On the street level we find a world-class cocktail and tapas bar. In the basement there is a 50-person room and a small stage. Upstairs: a fine-dining restaurant that seats...
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The freedom of decision making
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Shoppers in the 21st century are different: consumers habits have changed, so it is worth rethinking the tools of brand and product communication. How to reach the new type of...
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Household chemical and cosmetics products seem to stabilise their position
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Turnover of the 60 household chemical and cosmetics products measured by Nielsen went above HUF 145 billion in the first six months. Toilet paper, soap, face and anti-wrinkle cream, insecticide...
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Food import is shrinking
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
In January-May 2010 the volume of export augmented by 17 percent and import growth was at 15 percent. KSH’s quick report reveals that our export balance surplus was HUF 605...
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It is now that brand building among pralines bears fruit
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Economic recession hit praline sales rather late, in last October-November. Data by Nielsen indicate that average prices grew significantly and small packaging units strengthened their position, while private labels also...
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Nestlé radically reduced its offices’ energy usage
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
Nestlé Hungária Kft. uses 1,000 litres less water per day in its Budapest headquarters. 300 employees work in the 3,700 m² complex and the company reduced the building’s energy usage...
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Zoltán Poór appointed head of PannonMill
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
From 1 September 2010 Zoltán Poór is the president-CEO of Komárom-based Pannonmill Malomipari Zrt. Hungary’s leading mill industry enterprise is owned by Austrian company LLI Euromills and presently produces flour...
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Béla Bozsó, managing director of Association of Building Engineers
“With the focus on energy efficiency”
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
– Is this the first time that you take part in Hoventa? – Yes. Hungexpo came up with the idea to make the themes of building engineering and energetics part...
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Chili lounge
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
The interior is of minimalist design with a Mediterranean touch and Chili seats 40 people. Recipes of the dishes came from all over the world, brought by the owner himself...
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Tibi Kid Chocolate
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
New, raspberry-yoghurt tibi Kid is made from real fruit and creates a pleasant harmony of flavours with the special milk chocolate....
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Shoppers prefer general detergents and special-use cleaning products
Date: 2010-09-22 08:00:00
From the results of Gfk Hungária’s Eating Habits study we learn that the average Hungarian flat owner cleans the flat 2.3 times per week. 27 percent of them do it...
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