News and articles
The chocolate pralines withdrawn from circulation can cause severe allergic reactions
Date: 2015-09-04 11:02:17
The National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) told MTI on Friday that an alert arrived on September 3 on Thursday night through the European Union’s the Rapid Alert System for...
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Jam factory in Környe
Date: 2015-09-04 10:35:29
Környe will be the home of a new jam factory, where only flavouring- and preservative-free jam will be produced. A 300m² plant and a 500m² cold storage facility will be...
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Biomass-processing plant inaugurated in Kaba
Date: 2015-09-04 10:23:26
At the Kaba premises of Evonik Agroferm Zrt. a new HUF 1.5-billion biomass-processing plant started working. 51.3 percent of the budget was the company’s own financial resources and the rest...
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Start of the 2015 school year
Date: 2015-09-04 10:14:58
According to the National Retail Federation (NRF) of the USA, families are expected to spend USD 68 billion in the back-to-school season, from which USD 98 million will go to...
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Magazine: Promotion of the year 2014 – Gold medalists and special award winners
Date: 2015-09-04 06:18:21
With help from Nielsen, Trade Marketing Club and POPAI Hungary, Trade magazine organised the ‘Promotion of the year’ competition for the 7th time. The award ceremony was a special day...
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KSH: retail sales were mainly stimulated by food consumption
Date: 2015-09-03 11:51:03
The volume of retail sales rose by 7.0 percent in July – according to both the raw data and the calendar effect adjusted data, compared to the same period of...
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Fruits have become more expensive in Europe despite the Russian embargo
Date: 2015-09-03 11:42:35
Much less, but better quality peaches have grown this year. The FruitVeB estimates that the volume of production can reach 42 to 45 thousand tonnes. The Hungarian apricot prices are...
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Downward trend: we consume less and less milk
Date: 2015-09-03 11:40:50
We know that milk is our basic food product. The consumption of milk and dairy products is important in terms of the development of the organization, the calcium is the...
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CEMW’s net sales increased by 8.3 percent, the Kékkúti returns to profitability
Date: 2015-09-03 11:31:27
In the first six months of the year, the net sales of the Central European Mineral Water Holding (CEMW Holding) grew by 8.3 percent, compared to the same period of...
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Sága Foods has strengthened its position
Date: 2015-09-03 11:30:28
The Sága Foods Zrt. is a steady market player, it is beyond the structural change, and it will not be sold. The target is to the strengthen the brand on...
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This year's recognitions of the Hungarian Quality Product Award Grand Prix were handed over
Date: 2015-09-03 11:25:49
This year, 57 tenders of 54 companies won the Hungarian Quality Product Award Grand Prix in 21 categories. The recognition and the special prizes were handed over in the Parliament...
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The Auchan Savoya Park in Albertfalva will be open on September 6, Sunday
Date: 2015-09-03 11:20:55
The Auchan Savoya Park in Albertfalva awaits its customers on Sunday, September 6, with unique and exciting programs and promotions. On the occasion of Auchan Savoya Park’s eleventh birthday the...
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Grey Cattle Feast in the Vajdahunyadvár
Date: 2015-09-03 11:03:25
Meals are made from gray – from stew through freshly fried meat to “grayburger”. The Grey Cattle Feast focuses on gray cattle on 11 to 13 September in the Vajdahunyadvár,...
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This year’s Palace Quarter Festival closes with a beer festival this weekend
Date: 2015-09-03 11:01:52
The Beer and Jam Music Festival awaits its guests with domestic and international beer specialties and with the concerts of popular world music, blues and jazz performers. The Beer and...
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The Dunaharaszti-based Fördős Sconery won the main prize of the Vénusz Scone Vote
Date: 2015-09-03 11:00:41
The summer has ended as well as the Vénusz Scone Vote. This year's competition was particularly exciting, because the sconeries on the first and second place were really close in...
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Romanian retail sales increased by nearly 8 percent
Date: 2015-09-03 10:58:53
The volume of the Romanian retail sales increased by 7.9 percent in July compared to the previous month – the Romanian national statistical institute announced on Thursday. Compared to July...
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E-money in the cash register
Date: 2015-09-03 09:51:09
More than a thousand, NAV-approved cash registers can now be used to accept payment in e-money. Barion’s e-payment solution is featured in 1,200 large and 100 small cash registers manufactured...
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7.2-percent increase in retail turnover
Date: 2015-09-03 09:44:35
In June 2015 retail turnover is estimated to have increased by 7.2 percent (in volume) from the same period of 2014. Adjusted for calendar effects, sales were up 6.2 percent....
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Magazine: Personalised shopping
Date: 2015-09-03 07:58:13
Retailers are trying to increase sales efficiency by personalising the shopping experience. Consumers are more and more open to being contacted online, but for the time being this translates into...
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Large pepper test
Date: 2015-09-02 11:45:26
We think it is good, but it is not – in fact the majority of the ground red pepper available in stores sold as hungaricums – a warns the Hungarian...
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The Spar Group expects rising revenues and profits this year in Hungary
Date: 2015-09-02 11:40:42
This year the Spar Group expects rising revenues and profits after last year's loss in Hungary, but the results depend largely on the food chain supervision fee’s outcome, which is...
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Pankucsi: Hungary protects the tobacco surtax
Date: 2015-09-02 11:34:18
Hungary would like to defend the health care contribution on the tobacco industry and the food chain supervision fee, therefore, the European Commission in Brussels will be given this the...
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KSH: the trade balance surplus continued to increase
Date: 2015-09-02 11:32:50
The euro-denominated value of exports increased by 13.9 percent, while imports exceeded by 9.5 percent in June, compared to a year before. The trade balance surplus amounted to 801 million...
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Tesco would sell its South Korean business branch
Date: 2015-09-02 11:30:14
Tesco may sell its South Korean activities for six to seven million USD – portfolio.hu wrote after MarketWatch. Retailer Tesco PLC has picked Asian private-equity firm MBK Partners LP as...
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NFH: three out of the examined dietary supplements did not meet the requirements
Date: 2015-09-02 11:17:58
The National Consumer Protection Authority (NFH) analyzed about 54 dietary supplements. The National Consumer Protection Authority (NFH) analyzed the mineral content the vitamins, and “beneficial” bacterias. Three of the tested...
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The 10th Főzdefeszt will be held a week later
Date: 2015-09-02 11:14:58
The 10th Főzdefeszt and Street Food Market will be held a week later than it was previously scheduled, between 11 and 13 September and at a new site at the...
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The series of conferences presenting the potential of the Rural Development Programme will start in Siófok
Date: 2015-09-02 11:10:28
The first stop of the series of conferences which focuses on the EU tenders, projects, grants and financing options will be held in Siófok on 22 September 2015. The European...
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Lego's revenues increased by 18 percent
Date: 2015-09-02 11:04:15
The Lego Goup's revenues increased by 18 percent in the first half of the year. The toymaker company achieved increase in each regions. The company's profit was 3,553 billion danish...
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NAV: The VAT cheaters were unable to scam the ekáer system
Date: 2015-09-02 11:03:23
The organized criminal group was unable to scam the electronic road freight traffic control system (ekáer) system. The criminals imported a variety of foods to Hungary without the payment of...
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