News and articles
Deloitte warns the tax risks of marketing campaigns
Date: 2011-10-11 12:19:31
Many consumer goods, manufacturing and marketing enterprises apply marketing campaigns and various promotions in order to encourage purchases, but these actions contain significant tax risks, because there is still no...
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Georgian wine and mineral water may return to the Russian store shelves
Date: 2011-10-11 12:00:26
Georgian wine and mineral water may soon return to the Russian store shelves, that were banned in Russia, after the relations deteriorated in 2006, saying that these products contain heavy...
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Magazine: Frequent promotions and developing brands characterise the olive oil market
Date: 2011-10-11 11:06:25
Olive oils’ main season is the summer; still they also managed to produce a 5-pecent sales growth in a 12-month perspective. Petra Kovács, trade marketing manager with Bunge Zrt. (Floriol’s...
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National Wine Tasting in Markaz
Date: 2011-10-11 10:20:06
From the 1st of October, 17 billion HUF is available for vineyard planting and for Hungarian wine marketing an annual 900 million HUF will be given by the state –...
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ANUGA: prices going up, food safety is a key term
Date: 2011-10-10 14:06:56
As part of Anuga's supporting programme, the Federal Association of the German Retail Grocery Trade (BVL) will conduct a seminar called “Sustainable Saltwater Fish and Environmentally Compatible Aquaculture”. The seminar...
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Open debate about frozen meat by the Ministry of Rural Development
Date: 2011-10-10 13:40:36
The Ministry of Rural Development (VM) is opening a debate on the facilities of the usage of frozen meat. Professional circles discuss over and over again the legislative requirements that...
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Four million forint fine for Tesco
Date: 2011-10-10 13:33:54
Tesco Global Zrt was fined by the Pest County Consumer Protection Board: a sum of 4 million HUF must be paid for failing to appropriately indicate the prices of tobacco...
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KSH: Foreign trade turnover improved in August
Date: 2011-10-10 13:10:44
After the decrease in the exports and imports value of June and July, the August foreign trade turnover has shown a strong growth – announced the Central Statistical Office (KSH)...
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50 years old Auchan plants trees all across the country
Date: 2011-10-10 12:56:30
On the occasion of the Auchan Group's 50th anniversary 12 Hungarian Auchan stores planted a total of 600 native trees across the country for the benefit of nature and the...
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KSH: the growth rate of agricultural prices will moderate
Date: 2011-10-10 12:55:17
The agricultural producer price level in August 2011, was 12.4 percent higher than a year ago. The price of plant products and live animals and animal product prices increased by...
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FAO: we can expect big fluctuations in food prices
Date: 2011-10-10 12:40:31
According to the forecast of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); even larger fluctuations are expected in food prices in the forthcoming years. The typically high prices remain and...
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The Mobil Tárca Association has been formed
Date: 2011-10-10 12:38:19
The Magyar Telekom, the Telenor, the Vodafone, the MasterCard, the OTP Bank and the SuperShop have formed the Mobil Tárca Association. Their aim to introduce the mobile NFC (near field...
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The Trade Union of Meat Industry Workers warns for field loss meat of meat factories
Date: 2011-10-10 12:25:41
The further field loss of the meat plants with larger production capacity may result in significant job losses, and can affect the consumers badly – states the Trade Union of...
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Magazine: to what extent promotions influence where we go shopping?
Date: 2011-10-10 12:00:01
There is a constant and robust growth in the advertising activity of fresh meat and fruit-vegetable products in the leaflets of nationwide retail chains. While in 2009 6,667 ads appeared,...
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Sturgeons reaching Black sea
Date: 2011-10-10 11:17:44
“The species most in demand are also the ones that fetch the highest prices on the market. A kilo of farmed sturgeon costs €12-13, for example, and turbot roughly €9...
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Russia visits the Pálinka and Sausage Festival of Castle of Buda
Date: 2011-10-10 11:02:43
The finest selection of pálinkas, superb sausages and live music awaited the visitors at the Castle of Buda October 6-9. This year, the Palinka and Sausage Festival of Castle of...
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First Store of the Country competition is over
Date: 2011-10-10 10:18:00
In August, the Hungarian competition runnning under the title “Store of the Country” was launched by Árukereső.hu leading price comparison site, in order to organize a contests for the webstores,...
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Anuga in Cologne: Health, well-being and safety are the key words
Date: 2011-10-07 19:53:51
Anuga, the world's largest food trade fair this year has opened its gates on Saturday in Cologne. Until Wednesday, more than 6,600 exhibitors from 100 countries, including 31 Hungarian companies...
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MagyarBrands: TOP 2011 – full of surprises
Date: 2011-10-07 15:41:47
This is the second time this year that the list of leading Hungarian brands is being published by MagyarBrands. While the elite consisting of the classic brands is relatively stable...
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The range of chips-tax affected products may expand
Date: 2011-10-07 14:00:58
The government would extend the range of public health product fee on flavored beers, coffee and alcoholic beverages – shows the draft possessed by hvg.hu. In addition, the current tax...
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Pick is the best brand in the consumer category
Date: 2011-10-07 13:00:46
Among the business brands the Rába Automotive Holding, while in the consumer category, Pick is on the top of MagyarBrands' list. Among consumer brands, Pick is followed by Zwack Unicum,...
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Hungerit Zrt. has sued the Four Paws
Date: 2011-10-07 12:50:30
The Hungerit Zrt. appealed to the Municipal Court, against the Austrian and Hungarian Four Paws Foundation, and their president, due to violations in the company's right to good reputation told...
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The climate change can redraw the world's “wine map”
Date: 2011-10-07 12:49:38
Over the next three decades, wine production may be reduced into its half in Napa Valley, which is one of the largest wine region of the United States. According to...
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Magazine: Demand is shifting towards wet pet food
Date: 2011-10-07 12:16:02
In the past 12 months the pet food market contracted, albeit in the last six month the negative value sales trend slowed down – informs Adrienn Földi, MARS Hungary Kft.’s...
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Bokros Lajos stood beside for the privatization of the Hungarian sugar factories
Date: 2011-10-07 12:15:38
Bokros Lajos, Board member of the the former State Property Agency former Finance Minister stood in for the privatization of the Hungarian sugar factories on Friday in Budapest, in front...
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Recognition for Tesco
Date: 2011-10-07 12:10:30
The Carbon Disclosure Project ranked Tesco to the first place for the second time in 2011 on the list of companies, that fight against climate change. The company is fourth...
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Finance officers seized nearly one thousand liters of alcohol products
Date: 2011-10-07 12:08:22
Nearly one thousand liters of alcohol products were seized by finance officers at two properties of one owner in Mélykút, Bács-Kiskun County – told the Customs and Finance Directorate to...
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Coca-Cola car won by lucky customer
Date: 2011-10-07 11:33:18
Coca-Cola's 125 years anniversary has brought the happiness to all fans who won one of the 125 Coke-gifts a day. And the winner of the Coca-Cola custom designed MINI One...
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New flavour by Jim Beam
Date: 2011-10-07 10:02:27
September 23 saw the release of a new flavour by Jim Beam, called Red Stage. The blackcherry flavour consists of natural ingredients since cherry has been a significant part of...
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Unilever: Leading the way in sustainability
Date: 2011-10-07 09:50:40
Unilever has topped the Food Producers sector in the 2011 Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the 13th year running. Unilever once again leads the Food Producers sector with an overall...
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