News and articles
The majority of the population expects a rise in prices
Date: 2011-02-08 18:44:12
As opposed to earlier increase, the Consumer Confidence Index fell by 18 points in the last quarter of 2010, similarly to the Consumer Expectation Index that plummeted by 34 points...
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Retail turnover may expand by two percent this year
Date: 2011-02-08 18:42:30
According to a forecast by GKI, the Hungarian economy is about to leave the crisis behind. Unfortunately, in order to formally meet the 2010-2011 budget deficit target Hungarian economic policy...
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Production expanded in the food industry too
Date: 2011-02-08 18:38:36
Compared with November 2009, industrial production rose by 15 percent in November 2010. Production was 11 percent higher in the first eleven months of 2010 than a year before. According...
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Employee training combined with job preservation at Cora
Date: 2011-02-08 18:33:46
In September 2010 Magyar Hipermarket Kft., the owner of Cora stores, started training programmes for employees in their Budakalász, Fót and Szeged stores. The programme is supported by the EU’s...
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Stable position in the middle rank
Date: 2011-02-08 18:12:20
In 2010 young Hungarians participated in EuroSkills (soon to merge with WorldSkills) competitions for the fourth time. The contest was held in Lisbon and we entered in 13 categories. Cook...
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More than two million card holders in the SuperShop Programme
Date: 2011-02-08 18:08:05
SuperShop Loyalty Programme is 10 years old and celebrates with more than 12 billion points and 2 million cards issued. We talked to managing director Norbert Hovanyecz. T. M.: –...
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Controlled quality in cooperation between SGS and Corvinus University
Date: 2011-02-08 18:06:05
Quality requirements that our partners have to meet are becoming more complex from day to day. To serve this demand, SGS Hungária Kft.’s consumer testing line offers a wide range...
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With passion for quality meals
Date: 2011-02-08 18:04:29
Market leading Pick Szeged Zrt. offers products made from quality base material to the lovers of Winter Salami and treats those who like salami, cold cut, ham, sausage, wiener, liver...
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Branded Goods Association: serving brands and quality for 15 years
Date: 2011-02-08 18:03:00
BGA’s 15th anniversary meeting took place in the famous Lotz room of the Párizsi Department Store on Andrássy Boulevard, on 15 December 2010. In his opening speech President Tamás Ács...
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Budapest Wholesale Market plans to offer more services
Date: 2011-02-08 18:01:23
CEO Zoltán Házi answered our questions. T. M: – What was 2010 like for Budapest Wholesale Market Zrt.? H. Z.: – We had a good year. We registered 645,000 entries...
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METRO Customer Academy was launched amid great interest
Date: 2011-02-08 17:59:04
2010 was a milestone in the life of METRO Hungary, as by opening their Customer Academy the retail chain now offers also professional knowledge and an opportunity for development to...
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Coop Group firmly walks on the designated path
Date: 2011-02-08 17:57:11
We evaluated the Coop Group’s successful year of 2010 with Co-op Hungary Zrt. CEO László Murányi and commercial director Péter Boros. • T.M.: – How do you evaluate 2010 from...
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Diversified cleaning product distribution across households
Date: 2011-02-08 17:54:06
In the first 10 months of 2010 83 percent of Hungarian families bought some kind of product from the household cleaning product category. However, the importance of individual segments showed...
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The position of chemical product stores became stronger
Date: 2011-02-08 17:52:17
In general we can say that the market of cleaning products contracted last January-October. The only exception was disposable paper towel, sales of which increased by 11 percent in terms...
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Branded rabbits and eggs dominate this year’s Easter too
Date: 2011-02-08 17:49:24
If we examine data by Nielsen, we can see that the market of Easter seasonal products does surprisingly well in terms of value. The economic crisis seems to discard low...
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The market expanded
Date: 2011-02-08 17:43:04
The latest trends in food consumption had a favourable effect on the frozen vegetable market. Nielsen measures turnover in four retail chains of key importance. In the October 2009-September 2010...
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(HU) Értékesebb a hazai élelmiszer – tanítani fogják a magyar ízeket
Date: 2011-02-08 17:40:19
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Rolling eggs
Date: 2011-02-08 17:36:13
The dioxin scandal in Germany upgraded Hungarian brands. This new food scare came in handy for Hungarian farmers and food processing companies as this is the umpteenth case that a...
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Industrial production unexpectedly declined
Date: 2011-02-08 13:17:16
Nearly a 12 percent drop occurred in the volume of the industrial production in December, compared to November. It was a negative surprise for the analysts. According to the Tuesday...
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The bakers of Somogy raises their prices: Bread price will increase above 300 HUF
Date: 2011-02-08 12:56:23
A kilogram of white bread may be more expensive than 300 HUF. The majority of the bakers of Somogy will raise their prices by 20-30 percent. During the summer harvest,...
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The more Hungarian suppliers the multis will use, the greater support they will receive
Date: 2011-02-08 12:54:37
The Ministry of National Economy breaks the typical practice of the previous governments, that supported several international companies on a much higher proportion compared to the average of the region...
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214 billion HUF of meat products: increase in value and quantity
Date: 2011-02-08 12:53:46
Retail sales of meat products increased by 3 percent in value, 4 percent in quantity last year, as compared to the previous year. The annual market size is about 214...
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Fornetti Pannon continues under the name Pek-Snack
Date: 2011-02-08 12:49:03
Galántai János, Chief Executive Officer of Fornetti Pannon Ltd. told that the Igal-based company from Somogy County changes its name to Pek-Snack and will further operate and develop its network...
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Be careful at price reductions
Date: 2011-02-08 12:16:17
The National Consumer Protection Authority raises consumer awareness of prudent behavior in case of price reductions. It can be observed that in this case, some traders use various tricks to...
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Wound up against the Traubi Zrt.
Date: 2011-02-08 12:15:03
The dispute, which lasts for more than one and a half decade may end after the court initiated liquidation proceeding against one of the companies using the name. The Traubisoda...
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YouTube has the largest mobile broadband traffic
Date: 2011-02-08 12:14:29
According to Allott Communications; YouTube led the total mobile data traffic in the second half of 2010. According to the recent global survey of mobile broadband traffic; in the second...
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Lidl catalogs on the net
Date: 2011-02-08 12:11:57
Lidl has introduced a novelty in Hungary: from this year, the catalogs of the discount chain are acvailable in online paged form. The current publications can be read on the...
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Russia exports caviar into the EU again
Date: 2011-02-08 12:10:56
Almost after a nine year break Russia exports caviar into the European Union again: the Russian fishery authorities allowed the export of 150 kilograms of black caviar. The initial volume...
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AVGHA is now equivalent of banks
Date: 2011-02-08 11:47:39
Starting from January this year, the Rural Credit Guarantee Foundation (AVHGA)is going to serve rural small-and medium-sized enterprises, as if it was a bank – Anikó Ulrich, Executive Director of...
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Wine fair: FLAVOURS and WINES 2011
Date: 2011-02-08 11:35:36
HUNGEXPO has rather strong reasons to shake up the winemarket with a new marketing forum. It takes place at the HUNGEXPO Budapesti Városközpont, on 18-20th November. The plan is to...
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