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New market opportunities at GIDA 2009

Organized by ITF – Istanbul Trade Fairs Co., the 17th International Food Products and Processing Technologies Exhibition – GIDA 2009 will be held between 28 – 31 October 2009 in...

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Profitable year for Hungarian Agriculture

This year the profitability grow by 5-6%, the value is HUF 150-152 billion. The value of agricultural export till September was 4.2 billion euros. Last year it was 4.6 billion...

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Holiday cheques are popular between users and service providers

This year almost 2 million Hungarians got holiday cheques in value of HUF 40 billion. It were used at more than 11,000 providers. According to a research by University Pécs,...

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Modell and Hoppy toys at Pető Institute

120 children in need of developing and 30 conductors participited at Pető Institute's Christmas party on 12th December. Event organiser Inspirations made gingerbread baking for them. From Minimax chanel well...

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Hungarians drik champagne first of all at the year's end

According to GfK ConsumerScan research consumers buy 50% of the yearly champagne in 12th month. Eight time more households buy this category in December as in an average month. Hungarians...

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More Shoppers Continue To Go on-line

According to the latest figures from IMRG (Interactive Media in Retail Group) and Capgemini show that online sales in UK were up 16% in November on last year as consumers...

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Lidl UK buy British pork

Schwarz Group-owned Lidl in the UK plans to switch all of its fresh pork supplies to British by the end of next month, and 40% of its bacon by February....

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ALDI offers compostable bags in Germany

The bag features Aldi's Bio organic logo and the claim 'Give a smile to nature!'  Discount retailerhas started offering 100% compostable plastic bags made from renewable raw materials in Germany....

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Rewe to open Selgros cash & carry in Russia

The first store operates in Kotelniki, around 20 km southeast of Moscow.  Further the launch of first Selgros cash & carry store was scheduled for the second quarter of 2008,...

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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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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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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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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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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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