Events
Southern expansion
Date: 2017-12-01 17:17:57
In 2017 SPAR invested approximately EUR 50 million in Croatia. The CEO of Spar Hrvatska stressed that the investments would continue in 2018. At the moment the retail chain has...
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Programmes at Sirha Budapest
Date: 2017-12-01 17:09:03
Bocuse d’Or Hungarian final The international chef competition’s Hungarian final will take place on 8 February. In the prestigious competition the following chefs will compete to decide who will represent Hungary...
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They got used to success
Date: 2017-12-01 16:59:08
Tibor Bial director Czech Trade Tibor Bial, director of CzechTrade’s Budapest office informed our magazine that they are present at 3-4 of Hungexpo’s trade exhibitions every year. These presences are always very...
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Tesco to sell nearly 8,500 tons of apples this year
Date: 2017-12-01 16:54:43
This year Tesco is expected to sell 8,500 tons from 14 types of apple. Almost 90 percent of the apples sold in Tesco stores are supplied by growers from Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg and...
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Coupons on mobile
Date: 2017-12-01 16:50:39
Mastercard launched the Priceless Specials programme in June 2015. It is now also available in the form of a mobile app. The app makes it possible to check it in...
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Southern Italy in focus
Date: 2017-12-01 16:50:26
Marco Bulf director of the ITA office in Budapest ITA (Italian Trade Agency) is a network of trade offices ran by the Italian state. Its task is to promote products ‘Made...
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Tobacco retailers ask for delaying the introduction of standardised packaging
Date: 2017-12-01 16:44:03
On 7 November a conference was organised for National Tobacco Shop operators and their partners. It turned out that about 40-50 percent of tobacco shops are in a difficult situation, while...
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New version of NAK’s smartphone app launched
Date: 2017-12-01 16:41:44
As a result of the first phase of the NAK APP 2.0 project, the services which were formerly only available on the NAK website can now also be used on...
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Magosz wins chamber elections
Date: 2017-12-01 16:32:39
At the end of November the members of the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) were voting: from the approximately 360,000 NAK members 47,696 turned up. No less than 88.3 percent...
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The year of breaking records
Date: 2017-12-01 14:52:26
From many points of view, this year was about breaking records in Hungary: the consumer confidence index reached the level where it had been before the recession – 76 points...
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Winners of the 2017 HUNGAROPACK Hungarian Packaging Competition
Date: 2017-12-01 12:08:34
The Hungarian Association of Packaging and Materials Handling (CSAOSZ) organised the first HUNGAROPACK Hungarian Packaging Competition in 1967. They celebrated the competition’s 50th birthday with the patronage of Minister of Agriculture...
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Nielsen: chocolate Santa Clauses brought the two-thirds of the turnover
Date: 2017-12-01 11:59:26
Chocolates are the biggest favorites of the Christmas holiday season: over 400 million tonnes ie over eight million was sold in October-December 2016, according to the 90 food category of...
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KSH: foreign trade surplus was 937 million euros in September
Date: 2017-12-01 11:40:47
In September, the value of exports increased by 5.6, while imports increased by 6.7 percent compared to a year before. Foreign trade sales amounted to 937 million euros, 28 million...
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Retail giants sign strategic agreement in China
Date: 2017-12-01 11:33:23
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Auchan Retail S.A. and Ruentex Group have signed a strategic agreement: they decided to share the experience they have in traditional (offline) and digital (online) retail, in...
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Celebrating cheese
Date: 2017-12-01 11:29:32
The 1st SZEGA Cheese Festival of Nations was a great success. It was a milestone event as the International Guild of Cheese Masters, which has 6,000 members from 40 countries, has...
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This year’s Lidl cookbook published
Date: 2017-12-01 11:25:55
‘A Flavour Trip around Hungary’ is the title of Lidl Hungary’s third cookbook. Zsófi Mautner and Tamás Széll wrote the book, which introduces the traditional and modern sides of Hungarian gastronomy. Lidl...
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The Széchenyi Enterprise Award of the Year was awarded to Globserver and Crown Foods Kft. while the Széchenyi Bridge Award was given to Bitrise
Date: 2017-12-01 11:15:05
Globserver, specializing in security technology and arms sales won the Széchenyi Enterprise Award of the Year in 2017 in the category of companies exceeding 500 million HUF annual turnover, while...
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FM: winemakers no need to issue a stock report in December in the future
Date: 2017-12-01 11:14:36
According to the new excise law that entered into force this year, winemakers do not have to prepare the December stock report – Gál Péter, deputy minister of state of...
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Exim expects to lend to half of Hungarian exporting companies by 2021
Date: 2017-12-01 11:13:40
In its medium-term strategy, Eximbank has set itself the goal of achieving half of the Hungarian export companies with its products by 2021, Urbán Zoltán, Chief Financial Officer said on...
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A growth in the November Purchasing Manager Index
Date: 2017-12-01 11:12:49
The seasonally adjusted Purchasing Manager Index (BMI) for November was 58.6 points, slightly more than the 58.3 points of September. Compared with previous Novembers, this year’s value exceeds the long-term...
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VOSZ organized the Day of Entrepreneurs for the 19th time
Date: 2017-12-01 11:10:09
Never a worse year – Varga Mihály evaluated year 2017 at the 19th Entrepreneurs Day this year. The Minister of National Economy recalled that next year the burdens on wages...
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This year, Nébih imposed more than 8 million HUF fish protection fines
Date: 2017-12-01 11:03:37
This year, as compared to last year, the amount of fishery fines imposed by the State Fishery Service (ÁHSZ) on illegal fishing increased by 8 percent. The number of fines...
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FM: The ornamental plant sector’s turnover exceeds 120 billion HUF annually
Date: 2017-12-01 11:00:44
The ornamental plant sector’s revenue exceeds 120 billion forints annually and provides the livelihood of almost 25 thousand families – Nagy István, the Parliamentary Minister of State of the Ministry...
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VAT cut – reloaded
Date: 2017-12-01 10:57:27
In the last 2 years the VAT on basic food products such as eggs, pork and poultry was reduced, but internet service’s VAT also became lower than the earlier flat rate of 27 percent....
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FM: Hungarian milk exports can start to China
Date: 2017-12-01 09:45:06
Thanks to several years of discussions of the Ministry of Agriculture (FM), 13 Hungarian establishments have been allowed to deliver milk and dairy products to the People’s Republic of China...
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More from less in the packaging industry
Date: 2017-12-01 09:16:15
Márta Enyedi, Sealed Air’s food care business development leader told our magazine that they manufacture and sell flexible plastic packaging materials (films, vacuum and vacuum shrink bags) in every part...
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Paving the way for online FMCG sales growth
Date: 2017-12-01 09:15:43
According to Nielsen’ ‘What’s Next in E-commerce’ study, which analyses the latest online consumption trends in the FMCG sector, while total FMCG sales are increasing by 4 percent a year,...
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World-class packaging solutions
Date: 2017-12-01 09:11:50
Miklós Nagy, general secretary of the Hungarian Association of Packaging and Materials Handling (CSAOSZ) told our magazine: the packaging industry realised HUF 588-billion sales in 2016 – the sector’s output...
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Global brands in good position
Date: 2017-12-01 09:04:41
Nielsen’s annual brand origin report analyses consumer preferences and emotions in 34 product categories when it comes to buying local or global brands. In former years there was some kind...
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Changes in transfer pricing rules from next year
Date: 2017-12-01 09:00:58
In the case of associated companies, the Ministry for National Economy plans to introduce a more complex and complicated registry form instead of the present one. This change will affect not...
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