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„Black is beautiful!”

Black toilet paper, tissues and napkins made by Renova are intended for the most luxurious restaurants and hotels. They also have other colours in their assortment, but what makes these...

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Latvia in the top

Consumer prices were up by 4.2 percent on average in the EU-27 countries in September 2008, compared to 2007. Inflation was lowest in the Netherlands, at 2.8 percent and highest...

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Chio Chips grilles ízű

A new flavour is to be introduced by Chio, the most popular chips brand in Hungary. Grilled food and grill flavours are increasingly popular among Hungarian consumers as well. Agency:...

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Davidoff speciality for Christmas

Javanese Blue is a limited edition speciality by Davidoff for Christmas. This super premium product is a „Grande Cuvée” composed of selected coffee beans, providing a combination of over 800...

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Silver EFFIE for Invitel

Invitel has received a silver EFFIE award for its autumn ADSL campaign designed and implemented by Neo Interactive. A total of 30 awards were handed over at the EFFIE ceremony...

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Everything in one place at Grüne Woche

The Grüne Woche exhibition is to be held between 16-25. January in Berlin. The exhibition space reserved for the Agricultural Marketing Centre is nearly twice the size it was last...

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Glasses to be clinked this year as well

The market of champagne is a stable and predictable one. Demand for cheap imported products is up as a result of the recession. The minimal decline seen in recent years...

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Chef news

Zsolt Both, former chef of Novotel Congress has become the catering manager of Kehida Termál Hotel, who will be in charge of every catering unit operated by the complex. Gábor...

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Fondu for one person

Chocolate fondue is becoming more popular than classic fondue. Slices of fruit are dipped in liquid chocolate. A mini fondue set made by a German manufacturer allows liquid chocolate to...

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Low prices and cleanness self-evident in the UK

According to Jonathan Banks, research director of Nielsen UK, low prices have become a precondition of competitiveness in the UK. Tesco ranks third globally among food retail enterprises and is...

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Clorox fehérítő

Clorox has chosen a really funny ad this time. The animation solution used in the spot brings new colour into the category. Agency: DDB Customer: DunaPro Zrt. Product: Clorox fehérítő...

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Lucky Destinies

The kinder prize game Úticélozz! is to continue in December with a trip to an eastern destination using a STA TRAVEL voucher worth HUF 650,000. You can still register on...

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Straws for health

An agreement on co-operation has been signed by Tetra Pak and Unistraw, an Australian manufacturer of special straws which allow pro-biotic to be infused into UHT milk, dairy products and...

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Seriously about toys in Nürnberg

A press conference has been held by Nürnberg Messe about the 60th Spielwarenmesse International Toy Fair to be held in Nürnberg between 5-10. February. This event is attended by 2,700...

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Medals from France

Champagnes of the Törley group (BB Zrt. Chapel Hill Chardonnay Brut, Törley Chardonnay Brut and Francois President Rosé) have won three medals at the Effervescents du Monde competition held in...

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Why the olympics? – A matter of principle

The Olympics organised for chefs enjoys more prestige in most European countries than in Hungary. As the premium coffee brand Lavazza was one the chief sponsors of this year’s event,...

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Restaurant systems

We can already see waiters registering orders using a PDA. Within a few years, this will become the standard procedure everywhere. In the opinion of Zoltán Papp, managing director of...

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Incredible nights by the river Moscow

Moscow ranks number one on the top list of cities regarding luxury. A two room apartment in a pre-fabricated concrete apartment block costs HUF 50 million and we pay HUF...

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Over 10,000 visitors at leading event of the food industry

The number of visitors at the IFE FOODAPEST and FOODATECH exhibitions held between 18-20. November was more than 10,000. This was the second IFE FOODAPEST organised jointly by HUNGEXPO Zrt....

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Strategies for recession

A roundtable discussion has been held under the title „Marketing- and communication strategies in times of recession” by the Hungarian Consumer Platform, Kirowski and GfK Hungária. The importance of a...

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Sweet billions as seen at ISM

Sales of sweets are growing world-wide. The ISM sweets and biscuits exhibition will be held between 1-4. February in Cologne. According to Márta Kakuk, Budapest representative of the exhibition, everybody...

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Belgian winner in beer tapping competition

Tommy Goukens has won the 12th Stella Artois Beer Tapping Championship held in Leuven. Competitors from 30 countries attended the event, where Hungary was represented by Tamás Dömötör (32) from...

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Household consumption of champagne still dropping last year

According to data from the ConsumerScan of GfK Hungária, the number of households buying champagne and sparkling wine continued to shrink last year, dropping to 45 percent of all households....

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Why the olympics? – It’s worth the money!

According to Lajos Kovács, owner of Csintex Kft, he has been supplying the clothing for Hungarian chefs competing in prestigious international championships as a sponsor for 15 years. This year’s...

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Who does what? Products and services

Com-Passz: Visual Restaunt® software for special applications. 24 hour assistance service, which is free of charge for clients in the first two months. s1-3 year warranty for hardware • DreamCreator:...

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The financial crisis

We will probably soon begin to feel the effects of the financial crisis. A brief overview of what we can expect has been prepared by my colleague, Balázs Lapis. „It...

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Locals taking over Pápai Hús

New owners are expected to take over management of Pápai Hús Zrt. in January. A partnership has been established by the management of Pápai Hús, local government of Pápa, livestock...

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Slovenian winner at Art Award

This year’s winner of the EUR 7,000 Henkel Central Eastern Europe Art Award is Miha Štrukelj from Slovenia. A total of 500 works have been entered for the competition....

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Fondants for six billion

Fondants are to be sold in the value of HUF 6 billion in the 4-5 weeks before Christmas. 821 tonnes of Christmas figures worth HUF 2.2 billion and accounting for...

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EuroCIS in Düsseldorf

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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