News and articles
Quota free Europe?
Date: 2012-05-08 14:10:25
This decade brings several novelties in the food production of the European Union. The new budget cycle, that will start in 2014 will bring several changes, the redistribution of the...
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GfK: The turnover of bakery products increase because of the price increases last year
Date: 2012-05-08 14:00:53
Due to the rise in prices, the turnover of bakery products have increased by about one tenth last year. According to the GfK market research institute, a Hungarian households typically...
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Analysts said that the weak Hungarian industrial production corresponds to the European trend
Date: 2012-05-08 13:50:06
According to analysts polled by MTI, the KSH data published in March about the weak industrial production corresponds to the European trend. The analysts expect 1.5 to 2.5 percent industrial...
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Effective action against dangerous products
Date: 2012-05-08 12:10:52
“Less dangerous product enter the EU market. But we must continue to work, so the construction of a permanent monitoring system will remain paramount importance” – said John Dalli Health...
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Large chains are targeting the music market
Date: 2012-05-08 12:10:10
The big chains are discovering newer and more and more surprising markets worldwide. It is not enough that we do the shopping in them (or via their webshop), some of...
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New Research Director at GfK
Date: 2012-05-08 12:09:10
A new research director arrived to GfK in early April. The new leader has a nearly 10 years of practical experience on the field of market research. Rádi Zsuzsanna joined...
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Medve Mesterfogás – A brand new product category from Pannontej
Date: 2012-05-08 12:08:15
Pannontej Zrt. is the popular leading manufacturer of cheese brands such as Medve, Pannónia, Tihany and Karaván cheese. The company's long-term success is the high-quality traditional market leader cheeses and...
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Chinese luxury brands are emerging
Date: 2012-05-08 12:00:14
On the dynamic growing Chinese luxury market, beside the big Western brands, Chinese brands will also have a growing role in the near future – predict the researchers of the...
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The new issue of Trade magazin is out now
Date: 2012-05-08 11:42:40
The new, May issue of Trade magazin is out now. You can read the articles online and also on your mobile device. Here you can go through the entire magazine...
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The pándi cherry and the kécskei rosepeach can be seen on stamps
Date: 2012-05-08 11:00:29
Two native fruits, the pándi cherry and the kécskei rosepeach can be seen on the newest stamp series of the Hungarian Post. On the 185 HUF denomination stamp the pándi...
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The National Wine Competition will be held in Zala county
Date: 2012-05-08 10:05:06
The 33rd National Wine Competition will be held in the Zala Wine Region, between May 15 and 16 – told the organizer, the National Council of Wine Communities (HNT) to...
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GfK: retail sales increased in Europe, declined in Hungary this year
Date: 2012-05-07 14:14:12
The GfK market research institute lists Ireland, Portugal, Spain Italy, and Hungary among those countries, where retail sales will reduce this year, because of the debt crisis and the austerity...
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Poultry Product Council: sell the eggs in one kilogram packages
Date: 2012-05-07 13:40:32
The Rural Development Ministry (VM) told [origo] that they support the idea, that in the future, eggs to be sold in kilograms not in pieces. The Poultry Council initiated in...
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A professional organization is forming in the domestic retail
Date: 2012-05-07 13:30:36
The creation of a professional organization containing primarily Hungarian-owned chains is on the agenda for months. According to the informations of Népszabadság, the two largest national chains, the CBA and...
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Government decision is under preparation in order to boost the food industry
Date: 2012-05-07 13:25:39
The range of food businesses, which requires state intervention should be assessed. Restructuring loan schemes should also be developed to reach recovery – can be read in the government's draft...
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Kraft Food and TerraCycle work together for sustainability
Date: 2012-05-07 12:20:51
Kraft Foods, the number one food and beverage company in North America, announced a new partnership with TerraCycle, an upstart upcycling company that takes packages and materials that are challenging...
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Henkel shows latest innovations at the Drupa 2012 fair
Date: 2012-05-07 11:43:45
Henkel will be showcasing its complete portfolio of products and technologies for the printing and packaging industries at Drupa 2012 from May 3 to 16 in Düsseldorf. The global leader...
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Program begins to collect chocolate packaging materials
Date: 2012-05-07 11:40:21
Kraft Foods Hungária Kft. the distributor of Milka launches a program to collect chocolate packaging materials for the first time in Hungary. In the scope of the action, called the...
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Online stores were forced to close in China
Date: 2012-05-07 11:20:30
Stores of nine online retailer's were closed down, because of corruption in China. The inspection of the Alibaba Group has found out, that the sellers bribed the employees of Taobao...
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Retail sales declined in the Czech Republic
Date: 2012-05-07 10:50:19
In March, retail sales fell by 0.3 percent in the Czech Republic, compared to the datas of the previous year – the Czech Statistical Office announced on Monday. In February,...
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Business sentiment in the euro area is on its 2.5 years nadir
Date: 2012-05-07 10:41:40
The business sentiment indicator fell to the two and a half year low point in the euro area in May – shows the data of the German Sentix economic research...
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A new era in employment
Date: 2012-05-06 20:09:35
The new Labour Law is to enter into force on 1 July 2012, making significant changes in the relationship between employers and employees. One of the changes is that in...
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Profi: improving the level of retail
Date: 2012-05-06 20:02:06
Profi Magyarország Zrt.’s owner is the Louis Delhaize Group. Profi appeared on the Hungarian market in 1989, establishing a food discount store chain from wholesale warehouses. Some of their units...
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Csemege-Match: quality groceries – comfortably
Date: 2012-05-06 19:59:47
Csemege-Match Kereskedelmi Zrt. is a member of the Louis Delhaize Group. Their Hungarian network consists of 113 stores with a floor space of 300-2,500m² and they have more than 2,000...
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Auchan: Hungarian products is the way to go
Date: 2012-05-06 19:46:58
French retail group Auchan opened its first Hungarian store in 1998 and currently has 12 units and 11 boutique rows, employing 5,600 people. Auchan Hungary’s turnover was HUF 230 billion...
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Lidl: more than 150 stores
Date: 2012-05-06 19:44:41
Lidl operates Europe’s biggest food discount store chain that is present in 27 countries. Lidl entered Hungary in 2004 with 12 stores and a logistics centre. Today they have 152...
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With two new central warehouses Reál plans expansion
Date: 2012-05-06 19:41:31
Reál’s turnover in 2011 was similar to their 2010 performance – the moderate growth was the result of inflation. At the end of the year Reál decided to build two...
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SPAR Hungary celebrated twenty years last year
Date: 2012-05-06 19:38:06
SPAR Hungary expanded further in 2011 and an important element of this expansion was the refurbishment of another 27 former Plus stores. Two new units also opened, one of them...
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CBA: Príma and Cent came to the rescue
Date: 2012-05-06 19:30:50
In 2011 the CBA network’s turnover was HUF 565 billion, surpassing the HUF 555 billion performance of 2010 despite the recession. CBA still has the most units among Hungarian chains,...
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dm-drogerie markt is in top form
Date: 2012-05-06 19:30:29
The first Hungarian dm store opened in Budapest in July 1993. Currently they have 256 units all over Hungary and employ 2,251 people. In the 2010/11 fiscal year dm’s turnover...
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