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Growth broken

The consumption of mineral water in Hungary has increased substantially in recent years. However, this trend was broken a few months ago, and demand began to drop. Brands are the...

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Packaging industry developing in spite of increasingly strict regulation

2008 has brought major changes in regulations concerning the packaging industry and further changes are expected in 2009. The industry is developing steadily with paper and plastic accounting for three...

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Stocks or protest?

The owner of a pub called Maltermeister Turm in a German town called Goslar has found a creative and unique way of expressing his criticism of the legislation banning smoking...

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Budapest region on top

Purchasing power in Hungary has been mapped by GfK Hungária for the sixth time this year. Hévíz, the wealthiest settlement outside Budapest two years ago is now only third with...

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Zewa Fresh nedves toalettpapír

Wet toilet paper is the next step in development of the toilet paper segment, which provides a feeling of perfect freshness....

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Premium quality and convenience from Kaiser Food

Kaiser Food attending InterMeat for the first time, presented its products at its own stand. As Szilvia Fésű, export director has told us, they intend to increase their sales in...

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Stores opening

Spar, Szigetvár Open: 16 september Chain: Spar Store space: 702 m2 SKU: Több ezer Spar, Tiszakécske Open: 18 september Chain: Spar Store space: 902 m2 SKU: Több ezer Spar, Mezőkövesd...

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TESCO working with new agencies

A consortium formed by B&P CSR management and NetAktív Kommunikációs Ügynökség has been contracted by TESCO-GLOBAL Áruházak Zrt. to develop and execute Corporate Responsibility (CR) and Public Relations (PR) strategies...

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Consumers persisting or changing

How do consumers react to rising food prices? In order to find out, a survey has been conducted by Nielsen in five leading Western European markets: France, Germany, UK, Spain,...

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Market of baking additives and dessert powders expanding

Sales of powder products are rising in general. Sales were up by 16 percent in terms of value in October 2007 – September 2008, compared to the preceding period, with...

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Dairy products focusing on health have potential for growth

Though the market of dairy products had expanded in 2007, it has started to shrink in the first 8 months of 2008, mainly as a result of higher prices. There...

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Market shrinking as a result of rise in the price of materials

The FMCG market has shrunk by 3 percent in terms of value and 7 percent in terms of quantity in the past 12 months. Demand has shifted from premium products,...

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Bears are dangerous predators…

… which makes their spectacular career even more surprising. The largest specimens weigh nearly 800 kilos, are very aggressive and smell very bad, but their PR is still better than...

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Easier to understand recipe

Learning, especially from foreign sources is increasingly important for chefs today. However, converting English measures to European units is not very easy for many people surfing on the internet in...

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50 percent occupancy for hotels

The total number of nights spent by foreign and domestic guests in commercial places of accommodation remained unchanged in the January-August 2008 period, compered to 2007. Revenues were up by...

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Pickwick tea

The Pickwick product line is to be gradually renwed from November 2008. The products will be available in new packaging with refreshed design....

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Lucullus tört chili paprika, morzsolt rozmaring, morzsolt tárkony, őrölt gyömbér, szárított metélőhagyma

New products are to be added to the renewed Lucullus spice product line during this season....

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Germans attached to the PICK brand

According to Gábor Ámann, sales and marketing director of PICK-Szeged, they are forced to boost export, in order to be able to produce premium products on an economic scale. At...

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Wine from Lekkerlandnál

As supplier of the gas station Lekkerland has to refresh its sortiment continously. In this retail chanel the specilities, the unique products are better to shop as on other markets....

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Tesco-IBUSZ Common Chirstmas Game

The costumers, who buy something in value minium HUF 500 in the Tesco small shops, can take part at the competition, where the main prize is a travel from the...

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Jamie Oliver's products in Hungarian Spar units

From today the famous chef's food and non food products are buyable in Interspar and Kaiser’s shops.  Spar always combinates in its wide sortiment the high quality and the fastidiousness....

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Wal-Mart cut forecast

No. 1 retailer reported third-quarter profit grow by 9.8%, but said a stronger dollar would squeeze its full-year profit.  Wal-Mart logged operating income of $3.03 billion, or 77 cents a...

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GlaxoSmithKline Kft. is the best workplace in Hungary

According to the common research of business daily Vilaggazdasag and Hewit „Best Workplace in Hungary” the employees of GSK (in the BEs category) and of Qunitiles Magyarorszag (in the SMEs...

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Hungary is the 10th on the CBI rank list

Australia win the title of world's top country brand for the third consecutive year.  An annual country branding index (CBI) designed to track travel trends and pinpoint opportunities for tourism...

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Special outdoor campagne for Twinnings

According to mediainfo.hu a hughe coffee-cup drives trough Budapest. On the Podium car of Celcsoport Media stands a 2×2 m big Twinings tea-cup, rounded by real grass.  Maresi Foodbroker Kft....

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Kraft Foods to close Brasso chocolate plant

International giant Kraft Foods will shut down its chocolate factory in Romania and lay off its 440 employees next year, saying it can no longer expand at its current location....

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Quality Food from Hungary gala in Budapest

On 18th in frame of the IFE Foodapest exhibition the Hungarian Agromarketing Center showes the awarded firms for the press.  Part of the gala is a public press conversation with...

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Two Spar supermarket in one week

Last week in Pomaz opened a new Spar supermarket, this week the number of Spar units in Debrecen grow with a brand new supermarket in the mall, called Debrecen Fórum....

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