News and articles
Refuel with discounts!
Date: 2013-06-20 14:22:10
With the help of Rewart MOL organised a Guaranteed Discount Coupon activity between 28 April and 15 July 2012. Consumers were given a coupon for each HUF 5,000 spent, which...
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TescoBaba.hu has been refurbished
Date: 2013-06-20 14:03:33
Tesco Hungary’s special website www.tescobaba.hu was renewed in April 2013 and since than the number of visitors and registrations doubled. As the name suggests, www.tescobaba.hu would like to help those...
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Is Showrooming the nightmare of retailers?
Date: 2013-06-20 13:57:12
The problem of Showrooming is estimated to value around USD 217 billion: trying and looking at products in a store and buying them somewhere else online at the best price...
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NFM: toll will not have significant impact on consumer prices
Date: 2013-06-20 12:10:59
The impact of toll on the consumer price index can not be accurately predicted, but on the basis of the available datas from abroad – Slovakia and Poland – it...
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Tobacconist cash registers: Laurel involved foreign manufacturing facilities
Date: 2013-06-20 12:08:07
Tobacconist indicated that despite they were trying to gain informations at companies several times, but those companies have not undertaken to deliver the new cash registers by 1 July. One...
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Budai Gyula: equal conditions should be ensured for the domestic and foreign goods
Date: 2013-06-20 12:06:19
The Hungarian authorities should establish the administrative and legal conditions that allow the domestic farmers and competitors to presnt their goods on the Hungarian market with equal conditions with the...
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BTT: electronic toll will make the poultry products more expensive
Date: 2013-06-20 12:04:46
The price of poultry products may increased by an average of 5 percent after 1 July, because the additional costs cause by the e-toll – the Poultry Product Council (BTT)...
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A green light is proposed for green transportation
Date: 2013-06-20 12:04:04
The domestic logistics industry proposes a toll exemption for the 70 kilometers region of the intermodal logistics service centers. The Logistics Coordination Forum at its meeting on 11 June supported...
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METRO’s own branded ice-cream family won a Packaging Design Award
Date: 2013-06-20 11:15:25
METRO’s Fine Life own branded ice-cream family received a 3rd place at the PAKK Packaging Design Competition in the private label category. The award ceremony was held on Wednesday evening...
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Bonafarm Milk Master: the difference between milk and milk
Date: 2013-06-20 11:12:03
We can state that the Hungarian consume a lot of milk. According to 2010 datas, a Hungarian consumes an average of 67.5 liters of milk annually, above the EU average....
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The Nébih seized nearly 90 tons of pork and a lot of expired spices
Date: 2013-06-20 11:10:49
The National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) seized nearly 90 tons of pork and a lot of expired spices in Hajdú-Bihar County. According to the communication of the organization sent...
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The lifesize LEGO modelcar of Shell arrived to Budapest
Date: 2013-06-20 10:50:54
Shell has launched a new promotion in collaboration with Ferrari and the LEGO Group in Budapest At the event Alonso and Massa also raced young fans with six limited edition...
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Tchibo Plaza Roadshow
Date: 2013-06-20 10:18:14
In April-May and June-July 2012 Tchibo and Wonderduck organised out-of-store activities in 6 Budapest shopping centres (Westend, Mammut, Árkád, MOM, Aréna, and KÖKI Terminál). New Caffisimo coffee machines and Tchibo...
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5 million by ALDI via Red Cross goes to flood-victims
Date: 2013-06-20 10:04:10
ALDI Hungary has offered a product-palette of 5 million HUF to those affected by the floods, including food products as well as toilet paper and cleaning accesoires. The company has...
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TerraCyle: the Hungarian cigfag-collecting goes on
Date: 2013-06-20 09:58:20
TerraCycle is a private U.S. small business headquartered in Trenton, New Jersey. It makes consumer products from pre- and post-consumer waste (“upcycling”) and reusing other waste materials TerraCycle began with...
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The 3rd Budavár Beer Festival was a success
Date: 2013-06-20 09:08:43
The 3rd Beer Festival in the Castle of Buda proved to be a success on the last weekend of the summer: nearly 44 thousand visitors tasted 150 thousand pins of...
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Household chemicals and cosmetics retail increased over 97 billion HUF in the January to April period
Date: 2013-06-19 14:10:29
The retail value of household chemicals and cosmetics were more than 97 billion HUF in the January to April period this year, one percent more than in the same period...
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GfK: a lot of people buy on the web
Date: 2013-06-19 14:00:36
According to the datas of the Digital Connected Consumer study of GfK Hungária, three out of four Hungarian adult internet users have purchased on the web. The Hungarian online purchaser...
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Ipsos: We like online banking
Date: 2013-06-19 12:40:28
According to the international internet survey of Ipsos, 56 percent of the respondents are arranging their banking affairs online. The Hungarian average is slightly lower (47 percent), but Hungary is...
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Unilever helps with Domestos detergents in the disinfection after the flood
Date: 2013-06-19 12:35:26
The Unilever Magyarország donated 10 000 liters of Domestos detergents for the disinfection works to the National Disaster Management Directorate. The organization uses the donation for the disinfection works in...
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EU food safety rules to be rectified
Date: 2013-06-19 12:30:27
The European Union's food safety – animal and plant health – system as well standards for regulations on reproductive materials are world class, but the new challenges require continuous modernization...
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The base price of milk has changed
Date: 2013-06-19 12:25:03
The Milk Marketing Board Interprofessional Organization decided at its meeting on 13 June 2013 to modify its projection from 90 HUF to 94 HUF for the quta year, lasting from...
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Brand new GS1 Service with Brandbank product datas
Date: 2013-06-19 12:10:38
The Internet, the social networking and the mobile technology advancements have transformed the way in which manufacturers, retailers, brand owners can connect with consumers. In addition, the brand owners’ dream...
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The MNV Zrt. and the National Foreign Trade Office have signed a cooperative agreement
Date: 2013-06-19 12:00:19
The Hungarian State Holding Company (MNV) and the National Foreign Trade Agency (HITA) have signed a cooperative agreement in order to join the activities of the two cooperations and in...
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New York’s Mayor is dreaming of a mandatory food waste recycling system
Date: 2013-06-19 11:00:23
Michael R. Bloomberg, New York’s Mayor after his efforts repressing sugary soft drinks, ban smoking in parks and the promotion of cycling announced the plans of voluntary, later mandatory food...
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Summer recipe competition for playful gourmands
Date: 2013-06-19 10:56:54
It's not quite the expected move from the side of a washing soap-manufacturing brand, but the new Jar Platinum is being promoted by a gastronomical competition built around personal recipe-collections....
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SPAR and INTERSPAR receives Superbrands again
Date: 2013-06-19 10:45:47
The brands SPAR és INTERSPAR are receiving the prestigeous Superbrands award for the fifth time. The company is honoured to keep up with the high quality standards the award requires,...
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Technological breakthrough with Ariel
Date: 2013-06-19 10:45:25
With Ariel, clothes became white and bright with much less effort. With further innovations like Ariel's activated bleach, and the introduction of an Ariel liquid detergent that helped protect colours...
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Lidl is putting down its succes to their Hungarian products
Date: 2013-06-19 10:40:23
Lidl is the sixth on Nielsen's top list of retailers, and it keeps aiming for an even higher position to keep a dynamic growth. The company is convinced that the...
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Chipsmap: how do different nations like their chips?
Date: 2013-06-19 10:37:05
Did you know that Hungarians like their chips with sour cream, while Germans are crazy about Hungarian-style chips? Chio has put together a European flavour-map so that you can have...
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