News and articles
ALDI opened their 75th store in Hungary
Date: 2011-04-15 12:13:26
ALDI Hungary has opened two stores in April: this way, there are 75 ALDI-stores in the country. The 74th outlet opened its gates on 7th April in Budapest in the...
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Nestlé: 20.26 billion Swiss francs revenue in the first quarter
Date: 2011-04-15 12:10:39
The world's largest food company, the Swiss Nestle reported 20.26 billion Swiss francs revenue in the first quarter. This is 9.29 percent less, than the 22.34 billion of the first...
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Coordinated control before Easter
Date: 2011-04-15 12:09:35
The police, the tax office, the food safety and consumer protection authority possess the stores. They are looking for violators before Easter. The action focuses mainly on Budapest and Pest...
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U.S: consumer confidence increased again
Date: 2011-04-15 12:00:22
On the basis of the survey of Thomson Reuters / University of Michigan; consumer confidence in the U.S. began to rise in April after the 16-month nadir of late March....
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Pál Sárközy signed his autobiography in CBA Príma Corvin
Date: 2011-04-15 11:22:50
Pál Sárközy, father of French president Nicolas Sarkozy signed his freshly released autography Tant De Vi in the CBA Príma store located in Corvin Shopping Mall on Frriday 15th April...
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Diabette from Karamell
Date: 2011-04-15 10:36:50
Karamell-Snack Kft. is a Hungarian-owned company that employs 170 people. Their products are probably more well-known than the company itself: it is enough to mention Diabette diabetic sweets, Ame countline...
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Double gold medals for grapefruit vodka
Date: 2011-04-15 10:10:29
In 2011, for the third time since 2007, Finlandia Grapefruit won double gold medals and the title of the World's best tasting flavoured vodka at the San Francisco Worlds Spirits...
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Tesco is looking for new regional suppliers
Date: 2011-04-15 09:17:41
Tesco is about to move on to learn about even more Hungarian suppliers within the compass of their Regional Suppliers' Forum. The next forum will take place in Visegrád, on...
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MFB: weak private consumption holds back economic growth
Date: 2011-04-14 15:35:08
Private consumption is expected to hold back the economic growth in the first part of the year in Hungary, after the consumer confidence index, decreased from February to March in...
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The Ministry of Rural Development would introduce a product fee on meat products
Date: 2011-04-14 14:41:09
The Ministry of Rural Development intends to introduce a product fee on animal products, intending to replace the meat inspection and other official fees. The Ministry of Rural Development (VM)...
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Henkel takes over Purbond joint venture
Date: 2011-04-14 14:36:06
The Swiss-based Purbond AG is now owned 100 percent by Henkel. Initially established as a 50:50 joint venture with Collano AG, also based in Switzerland, Purbond is a leading global...
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Brand value can mean a considerable portion of the purchase price of the company
Date: 2011-04-14 13:20:48
Predictable taxes, measurable efficiency, up to an additional multiple access in case of acquisition, or significantly improved financial and investment opportunities. These are some important advantages, which in any case...
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Media Council develops a recommendation for product placements
Date: 2011-04-14 13:15:38
The new media law legalized product placement as a commercial communication. Since the beginning of the year, advertised products can legally appear in the programmes. The Media Council decided to...
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Debrecen-based Ave exports mineral water to China
Date: 2011-04-14 13:01:58
Debrecen-based Ave fulfills the first major Chinese market order of 300 thousand pieces of mineral water. The company received marketing approval for China in May 2010. A Chinese trader and...
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Danone increased its revenues by twenty percent in the first quarter of the year
Date: 2011-04-14 13:01:20
French Danone, the world's largest yogurt producer reported about better-than-expected first-quarter results on Thursday. The manufacturer of Activia, Actimel and a wide range of other products reached a turnover of...
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Luxury department store to be built on Andrássy Avenue
Date: 2011-04-14 13:00:35
The construction of the new luxury department store begins in April, under 19 Andrássy Avenue. According to the plans; the three-storey complex will houses, stores of 30 high-category brands plus...
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Tibi chocolate celebrates its 70th anniversary
Date: 2011-04-14 12:36:14
The most well-known brand of Bonbonetti Group, namely Tibi chocolate is celebrating its 70th birthday now. The celebration was linked to a factory-visit and a press-conference on 14th April, Tibor-day....
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MasterCard supports contactless payment
Date: 2011-04-14 12:20:10
MasterCard would make the PayPass (contactless payment technology) as the part of “everyday life” in Australia and in New Zealand in the next few years – notified the card company....
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New products at Szentkirályi
Date: 2011-04-14 12:08:54
Szentkirályi Mineral Water Ltd. launches a new product family this spring: they introduce the strawberry lemonade and the normal (lemon-based) lemonade and a new ice tea to the customers. This...
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Red Bull Music Academy 2011 moves to Madrid
Date: 2011-04-14 12:07:10
This year’s Red Bull Music Academy will be held in Madrid, following the news that recent events in Japan had caused in to pull out of its original Tokyo destination....
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Anuga 2011: Large number of registrations – from Germany and abroad
Date: 2011-04-14 10:20:11
All the signals are pointing to success for the coming Anuga, which will take place from 8th to 12th October 2011 in Cologne. All ten of the event's trade shows...
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Careful consumption dampens retail price increase
Date: 2011-04-13 16:13:47
The price increase of agricultural raw materials increased retail prices. According to the datas of the Central Statistical Office (KSH); the average consumer price of foods incresed by 8.6 percent,...
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The Meat Association expects a 15-20 percent price increase
Date: 2011-04-13 13:02:17
Meat prices may reach their peak by the end of the year. Specialists expect 15-20 percent price increase. According to the president of the Meat Association; a kilogram of live...
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We can not avoid the increase in egg prices
Date: 2011-04-13 12:43:00
Prices may increase dramatically not only because of the upcoming Easter. Due to a European Union regulation domestic producers still need to make investment of 40 billion this year.As the...
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More and more card readers
Date: 2011-04-13 12:38:40
Despite the adverse economic environment, the number of POS terminals significantly increased in commercial units in Hungary. According to the datas of the central bank, at the end of the...
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Euro zone’s industry incresed by 7.3 percent on an annual basis
Date: 2011-04-13 12:15:50
Euro zone’s industrial production increased less than expected in February, while in Germany continued to grow, and in other member countries turned into increase, but in Greece and Ireland declined...
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The agricultural strategy for the next ten years has been completed
Date: 2011-04-13 12:04:37
The debate linked to the ten-year plan of rural development has begun – the Ministry of Rural Development announced. The aim of the strategy, among other things, is to keep...
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Deichmann Shoes from the Europeum
Date: 2011-04-13 12:00:42
New plaza opens in Budapest on Thursday. Inter alia, a Deichmann business has also been opened in the 31 thousand square meters area of the Europeum Shopping Center. Deichmann Cipőkereskedelmi...
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Visa Europe's invest an annual 144 million to e-commerce
Date: 2011-04-13 11:54:53
Visa Europe annually invests 144.2 million dollars annually to mobile payments and e-commerce. Visa Europe is approximately in connection with 4,000 European banks, and the card company's logo can be...
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New EU-rule: no wine-delivery documents needed
Date: 2011-04-13 11:19:03
Within the framework of the new legistal norms of the EU, winegrowers face several new rules to make their life easier when it comes to administration. There are certain new...
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