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Our orange is neither sour nor yellow

In the heart of Budapest, we can still come across menus which make us wonder: what might these meals taste like? Not every restaurant is willing to pay for a...

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Chio fries products in healthier oil

From 1 July 2010, Chio Magyarország Kft. started using new frying oil blends in both of its plants. The new oil contains 30 percent less saturated fatty acid, so Chio...

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Gold medal: Coty – Rafinanz • Adidas – Wii promotion

Coty Hungary Kft. commissioned Rafinanz Service with a 10-week promotion campaign to boost sales of adidas women’s cosmetics and to support the range’s new Free Emotion product line. One of...

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Ranking mania

It is a tall order to evaluate blogs objectively, so the different rankings can be considered some kind of game. According to blog.com, the following were the world’s best dessert...

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Theodora: the streets are buzzing with their advertisements

In June 120 citylight posters in Budapest and 130 in the country advertised the mineral water company with the slogan ‘What makes you special is the distance that you have...

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Gold medal: SPAR Hungary • Smurf mania

Between 23 April and 1 June 2009, 15 inhabitants of Smurf village moved to SPAR, KAISER’S, INTERSPAR and PLUS stores. The objectives of the promotion were increasing the number of...

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Road show popularising selective waste collection

Tesco and ÖKO-Pannon organised a road show to raise awareness of selective waste collection. Games, craft workshops and other fun events awaited children and adults in 5 towns. The events...

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Gold medal: Pöttyös • Pöttyös collection

Pöttyös managed to set in motion those consumers who live for the day between 23 March and 31 May 2009. Iconic spotted presents and the latest promotion and communication tools...

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Business and brand building at the same time

Another great initiative in catering: Arany Kaviár restaurant in Budapest serves its own caviar brand to guests and to a few selected partners. The Siberian sturgeon roe is produced by...

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More sugar, please!

– Daily coffee is the most characteristic product in catering and consumption habits only changed moderately. People go to bars and cafés less often, but on the other hand demand...

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With the help of British Telecom, Unilever becomes part of the everyday life of two billion people

BT and Unilever expanded their already existing outsourcing contract by EUR 173 million. In the following four years BT will speed up technological innovation in more than 100 countries, in...

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Gold medal: Tchibo • Together for kindergartens!

In 2009 Tchibo celebrated its 60th birthday by a year-long marketing campaign. ‘Celebrate with us’ was accompanied with packaging retro mugs and metal coffee boxes with products, and a prize...

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Bankruptcy

Opten Informatikai Kft. announced in August that a record number of accommodation service providers and catering ventures went bankrupt in the first six months of 2010. The number of companies...

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Company evolution

Polish-owned MOKATE Group has several foreign companies in its portfolio. One of them is Mokate Kft. that recently introduced two new brands to the retail market: Vienna roasted Caffee Crema...

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Henkel’s turnover grew considerably in the second quarter

In the second quarter of 2010 Henkel’s sales revenue totalled at EUR 3,890 billion, rising by 11.6 percent from the second quarter in 2009. Adhesive Technologies and Cosmetics branches contributed...

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Bestillo Pálinkaház distills 3,000 litres of pálinka

Despite bad weather conditions Gönc apricot, a product of protected geographical indication, yielded well (around 30 tons of good quality fruit) this year. Apricot pálinka will be bottled in November...

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Hoventa – for the 29th time!

Last September Hoventa, ‘privatised’ in 1993, returned to founder Hungexpo. The event is still the biggest domestic HoReCa event, which went through rough times recently. Hungexpo’s goal is to make...

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What comes after the website?

There is no doubt that the future of restaurants’ advertising communication is the Internet. Today every 10th Hungarian has a Facebook profile, but only every 250th bar or restaurant has...

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New CEO for Borsodi Brewery

From 1 August 2010 Zsolt Tőtös takes the CEO seat of Borsodi Brewery. Mr Tőtös has been working in the FMCG sector for 20 years, spending the last 9 years...

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The way a large retail chain does it

SPAR offers 600 types of wine in bigger stores. In their assortment there are three private label ranges: under the S-Budget name they sell four types of table wine, the...

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McCafé’s turnover is increasing

The McCafé closed the 2009 year with 15 percent traffic growth and 2.9 million costumers. In the first six months, 1.5 million people visited the 34 units of the coffee...

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McCafé’s turnover is increasing

The McCafé closed the 2009 year with 15 percent traffic growth and 2.9 million costumers. In the first six months, 1.5 million people visited the 34 units of the coffee...

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Hungary's best sommelier

On the Friday finals of the 17th Hungarian Sommelier Championship, that will be held on 26th and 27th of August Hungary's best sommelier will be decided. The sommelier (cup-bearer) is...

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Huge tourism development in the area of Gyor

The tourist area of Győr in the next period will be developed from more than 400 million HUF. The project grant contract was signed on Tuesday in the county seat,...

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Huge tourism development in the area of Gyor

The tourist area of Győr in the next period will be developed from more than 400 million HUF. The project grant contract was signed on Tuesday in the county seat,...

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The second SPAR supermarket opened in Kazincbarcika

On the 26th of August 2010, a new SPAR supermarket opened in Kazincbarcika. The modern supermarket is the city's second SPAR unit, where 26 new jobs were created. The new...

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The second SPAR supermarket opened in Kazincbarcika

On the 26th of August 2010, a new SPAR supermarket opened in Kazincbarcika. The modern supermarket is the city's second SPAR unit, where 26 new jobs were created. The new...

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L'Oreal’s profits increased

The French L'Oreal, is the world's largest cosmetics company, based on revenues. The company increased its profits by 21 percent, in the first half of this year, compared to a...

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Less saturated fat in the Mars chocolates

Mars will reduce the calorie content of its chocolates – reports Penzcentrum.hu, after Daily Mail. Instead of palm oil, from the next month the Mars chocolate company will use sunflower...

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Less saturated fat in the Mars chocolates

Mars will reduce the calorie content of its chocolates – reports Penzcentrum.hu, after Daily Mail. Instead of palm oil, from the next month the Mars chocolate company will use sunflower...

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