News and articles
YO to be distributed by SIÓ-ECKES
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
The YO syrup owned by the Eckes-granini group is to be distributed by SIÓ-ECKES Kft. from January 2009. This syrup product line originally distributed by Maresi Kft., has been present...
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Bonbonetti silver grade sponsor
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Bonbonetti group, the oldest representative of the Hungarian sweets industry supported this year’s Hungarian Convoy of Donations as a silver grade sponsor. High quality chocolate products worth over HUF 1...
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Experience as a gift
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Feldobox gift vouchers can become a practical gift idea for Christmas. These are available from HUF 4,950 Ft, the tax free limit. People receiving Fantázia, Harmónia, or Energia gifts can...
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Drinks rich in vitamins, at decreasing prices
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Demand for fruit juices is higher in colder months than in the summer. However, growth of the segment stopped last season, as a result of a substantial rise in the...
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Franchise news
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Entrepreneur list for 2008 Entrepreneur magazine has published its 2008 top lists. Subway ranks second, with seven restaurant chains in the top ten (Dunkin Donuts is third, Pizza Hut is...
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Sales stagnating
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Retail sales were down by 1.4 percent in August 2008, compared to August 2007. Sales showed stagnation compared to July. Food retail units generated 0.7 percent lower revenues in August...
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Norbi baking something new for us!
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Following the Update system, Norbert Schobert has come up with another project: bakery products which don’t make us fat. His objective for 2009 is to open at least 300 Norbi...
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CSB seminar about newest technologies
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
A seminar was held by CSB-SYSTEM Hungary Kft about new IT solutions intended for optimising decision making processes in the food industry during the IFE Foodapest exhibition. Tracing integrated into...
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Marché turning 25
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
The first Marché unit was opened in Stuttgart in 1983, which means that the chain presently composed of 79 units, is 25 years old this year. The strategy of freshness...
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McCafé expanding
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Revenues of the McCafé chain were up by 20 percent in 2008, compared to 2007. The total number of guests served in the chain operated by McDonald’s during the past...
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Drugstores showing dynamism in face, body and hand care
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Retail sales of face lotions were up by 4 percent in the September 2007-August 2008 period, compared to the preceding year. The size of the market has exceeded HUF 9...
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Who could replace Gundel?
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Which kitchen would be chosen as the “kitchen of the nation” if a vote was to be held about this question? A traditional “csárda” with traditional dishes, Gundel, or a...
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Meat prices to drop by end of the year
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
Trends in the world market of meat and poultry are monitored by Agricultural Business Research Institute (AKI). Data from the Market and Price Information system operated by AKI and KSH...
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Thorough preparations – half way to success
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
We have asked a number of display manufacturers what in their opinion ideal trade marketing or marketing professionals are like. The answer was: those who know their job, know what...
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Successful joint exhibition
Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00
A large number of innovations were presented at the Signexpo and Digitalexpo exhibitions held simultaneously on 27-29. November, in Budapest. There were over 100 exhibitors, while the number of visitors...
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Room prise grow at Balaton and in East-Hungary
Date: 2008-12-16 00:00:00
In the first eleven months of 2008, the room occupancy rate for three-, four- and five-star hotels was 59%. At current prices, gross room revenue declined by 4%, while the...
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Decreasing prices in agriculture
Date: 2008-12-16 00:00:00
In October 2008 the producer price level of agricultural products was 16.5% lower than in the corresponding period of the previous year – said the Hungarian Statistic Office. More specifically,...
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Electrolux cut jobs
Date: 2008-12-16 00:00:00
The company will fire 5% of the total employees, till now there is no information about from which region. Electrolux, the world's second-biggest home appliances maker, warned its 2008 results...
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Demand for households papers and desodors grow
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
According to Nielsen research the common sold household chemicals are the fabric softeners, the toilet papers, dushgels and pocket tissues. The value of the TOP 10 households chemicals is over...
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The production of manufacturing fell by 8.6% in October
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
According to Hungarian Central Statistic Office In October 2008, industrial gross output decreased by 7.2% compared to October 2007, the index adjusted for working days was equal to the non-adjusted...
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German firms plan wage hike in Hungary
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
According to a research, commissioned by the German-Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce, German firms operating in Hungary plan an average 6.2% wage hike next year. The headline wages at...
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INTERMARCHÉ accelerates contactless payment
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
Intermarché and Ecomarché stores will use contactless payment technology in France in early 2009. One third of its tills currently use the system. For payments under EUR20 users will only...
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Collective bargaining ended
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
Employers and unions agreed at a Friday meeting of the OET to a general wage increase of 3-5% in 2009 and to establish Hungary’s monthly minimum wage at HUF 71,500...
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Pápai Hús in local hands
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
The government assumed state guarantee on 80% of the loans the buyer would take out from the Hungarian Development Bank (MFB). The buyer was a project company that was brought...
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New CEO at SáGa
Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
The Holland-born Henk Slagt leads since November the SáGa Foods company. For the 48 years old specialist Hungary is well known, further he worked 5 years at Sara Lee Hungary...
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Dutch Supermarket Sales Growth forecast only 3% in 2009
Date: 2008-12-12 00:00:00
The supermarket sector reported sales of 28.7 billion euros in 2007, a 4.7 percent rise. The sales in the week leading up to Christmas to go up by 7 percent...
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TESCO cuts prices in half in UK
Date: 2008-12-12 00:00:00
The British retailer, will launch a half price sale on 1,000 products this weekend. The UK’s largest retailer will launch the promotion on 12 December, with Christmas food, drink, toys...
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Origin and brand is important for shopping Hungarians
Date: 2008-12-12 00:00:00
According to the GfK Shopper Insight 2008 reseach half of the shopping Hungarians always or often compare the products with different brands. Almost half of the shoppers hold on to...
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