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SIÓ Gyümölcs Szörp – Hagyomány mesterfokon!

SIÓ Gyümölcs Szörp offers the fresh flavour and natural character of ripe fruit without preservatives, in aseptic PET bottle....

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From the journalist’s Berlin notebook

“After Hungary’s accession to the EU we needed three years to accommodate. We learned our lesson and are ready to compete.” (József Gráf, minister of agriculture and rural development) •...

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‘Together for kindergartens!’ was a great success

On 27 January, Tchibo Budapest Kft.’s managing director and Zsuzsa Csisztu presented each of the six winner kindergartens with HUF 600,000. Tchibo’s ‘Together for kindergartens!’ campaign lasted from 1 September...

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MIRSA continues with a new name and even higher standards

The company bought the MIRELITE brand and from the end of February carries on under this new name : MIRELITE MIRSA Zrt.. MIRELITE is an acronym for: ELITE product of...

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Wine-tastings for the public

BORésPIAC set up its BOR-island for the first time at FOODAPEST. The constantly crowded wine island gave visitors a chance to familiarise themselves with nearly 60 types of different wine...

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Wet wipe and baby powder sales strengthened

As the Nielsen Retail Index states, baby wipe value sales were up by 2 percent and reached HUF 4 billion last year, while volume sales also gained 1 percent. Baby...

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Business in motion

Americans like to have their lunch in parks and on the street. Consequently, they often buy their lunch from vans or containers. In big cities there are several enterprises that...

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Promotion leaflets’ influence is considerable

Unaddressed promotion leaflets have a great influence on consumers, motivate impulse buying, and inform about new products or promotions – an Ipsos survey points out. In 2006, the turnover in...

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9MM Energiaital 0,25 l

9MM energy drink is out in an explosive, bullet-shaped can and in trendy mixed fruit flavour....

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Univer’s triumphant ‘Kitchen Virtuosos’ prize game

The main prize of the game was drawn on 15 January 2010, in the presence of a notary: Róbert Beke from Besenyőtelek won the HUF 1,000,000 dream kitchen. Participants had...

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400-million donation from Tesco

Tesco donated eleven truckloads of clothes and other products to the Hungarian Food Bank Association at the end of February in Budapest. The association, together with the Hungarian Red Cross,...

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What can we learn from each other?

Trade Marketing Club and POPAI Hungary organised their ‘Trade Marketing, My Love’ conference on 23 February at FOODAPEST. This time participants tried to find out what can Hungarian and foreign...

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It is fun to learn with children’s brands

These days one of the biggest challenges for parents is to guarantee a healthy way of living to their children. Children’s brands are increasingly participating in teaching how to lead...

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The delicacy of the slightly rich

Pressed caviar made from sturgeon roe belongs to the ‘cheap’ category, probably because damaged eggs can also be used. Now American top restaurants start to discover pressed caviar: sturgeon roe...

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More foreign tourists visited our western border region last year

The latest data by KSH informs that in the Western Transdanubia region foreign guests spent 1 percent more nights at commercial places of accommodation in January-December 2009 than a year...

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Gösser Alkoholfreies Naturbier – Alkoholmentes világos sör

The new non-alcoholic beer from Gösser is natural, easy to consume and leaves no aftertaste....

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GKI: returning confidence, increasing business cycle

In March, the GKI Sentiment Index was close, the consumer confidence index was even higher than the last pre-crisis level, which was in September 2008. According to the survey of...

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Region leader tourism exhibition in Debrecen

Between 26-28 March 2010, the Debrecen annual travel trade exhibition will be held for the 20th time, which is the largest such event in the region. The Debrecen Travel &...

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Shortage in the coffee market

Over the next few years, the shortage can increase in the coffee markets of the world, because the production is not keeping pace with the growth of consumption. According to...

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Spa and Wellness bath of Sárvár: A 3 billion HUF development

The implementation of the Spa and Wellness Center takes place in the scope of the New Hungary Development Plan. The dominant element of the development of the spa – which...

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China hardens

According to Chinese opinions; that will result in serious consequences, if the United States would restrict the import of products and services of Asian countries in America, referring to the...

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New Executive Director at Danone

From the 16th of March, a new Executive Director took over the management of the Danone Dairy Production and Distribution Ltd. The Italian expert, Paolo Maria Tafuri (49) arrived with...

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Cooking-oil scandal in China

New food scandal bursted out in China: The authorities highlighted that at least ten per cent of the cooking oils are produced illegally, and the oil contains highly toxic aflatoxins....

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DREHER 24 Everest Expedition: To the summit

Klein Dávid and Várkonyi László aim to reach the summit of the Mount Everest without the help of oxygen supply and sherpas, in the scope of the Dreher 24 Everest...

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McDonald's for sustainable growth

McDonald's has been seeking for years to use less and less natural resources in its restaurants. Thanks to the company's energy conservation program, the water usage significantly decreased, despite the...

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Plant credibility shutdown required from Bajnai

Májer János, Tokaj’s independent mayor sent an open letter to Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, over the shutdown of public credibility of the straw-fired power plant, planned to build in Szerencs,...

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Easter chocolates: Most favourites are the egg and the bunny

The retail turnover growth of Easter confectionery came to a halt last year. According to Nielsen Retail Index; during the holiday period of 2009, a 1 percent decrease occured in...

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The pálinka industry developed much in the past decade

The domestic pálinka industry was successful last year. 600 thousand hektoliters of distillate was produced in the distilleries, but there is no too much money for marketing – said Panyik...

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Recycling saves 17 thousand hectares of forest in one year

In the last year, in the Member States of the European Union, 350 thousand tons, more than 13 billion beverage cartboards were selectively recovered; 33 pieces from 100 milk and...

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