HATC SAMPLE EDITION:    Politics & Foreign Relations    Economic News    Business News    Other News of Interest    All stories	20th March, 2025 Traubisoda returning to shelves Traubisoda, the iconic Hungarian soft drink of the 1970s and 1980s, is making a comeback, Agriculture Ministry state secretary András Tállai announced on Wednesday at the ceremonial restart of production in Felsőlajos, a village in Bács-Kiskun county. Traubisoda largely disappeared from shop shelves in the mid-1990s, as it fell victim to a trademark, resulting in low production if any. Márka Üdítőgyártó, a Hungarian-owned beverage company, acquired the rights to produce and distribute the grape-flavoured beverage in early 2025. Márka received more than Ft 3 billion in state subsidies to build a 14,000m2 production and storage facility on six hectares. The relaunch features three flavours: the classic grape, sugar-free Zero, and a new blue grape variant. Sources regularly consulted, with abbreviations used in text: Népszabadság (N); Magyar Hírlap (MH); Világgazdaság (VG); Napi Gazdaság (NG); Magyar Nemzet (MN); Népszava (Nsz); Kossuth Rádió news (KR); nightly TV news (TV).
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