News and articles
School milk program: the disadvantaged communities will receive higher support
Date: 2011-02-17 12:13:07
Changes occurred in the regulation of the school milk program: the school milk support is now more accurately reflects on the negative situation of a region – informs the Rural...
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Nestlé tripled its profits last year
Date: 2011-02-17 12:12:27
Nestlé tripled its profits in 2010 compared to a year earlier. According to the world's largest food company; 2011 will also be a very good year, despite the fact that...
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Tesco will compensate its drivers
Date: 2011-02-17 12:10:08
Tesco will compensate all of its 220 drivers, after the announcements of the past few days. However, the company's communication indicates that the monthly allowances of truck drivers employed by...
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Magyar Cukor Zrt. becomes self-sufficient from gas
Date: 2011-02-17 12:05:57
The Magyar Cukor Zrt. (Hungarian Sugar Co.) would provide energy to its Kaposvár-based factory with their three biogas producing equipment. The goal is to reach self-sufficiency by 2013. In Hungary’s...
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The best retail landlord
Date: 2011-02-17 11:58:04
Jones Lang LaSalle has won the best retail landlord of the Central and Eastern Europe region award, at the Europaproperty CEE Retail Real Estate Awards ceremony, that took part in...
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Most FMCG-ads come from the market of beverages
Date: 2011-02-17 11:10:05
Most papers and flyers with special offers are distributed by doiscont stores (359, in fact), in the scond place we have hypermarkets with a total of 298 special offer-papers. The...
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2000 companies on the list of those owe of the state hundreds of millions
Date: 2011-02-17 10:58:22
Since 2007, the Hungarian tax authority is required to publish the list companies that owe more than 100 million HUF to the tax authority for more than 180 days. In...
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New international Head of Communication at Etarget
Date: 2011-02-17 09:44:53
Pavol Magic has joined the team of Etarget in SEptember 2010, as the marketing and communication manager in charge of the Czech, Romanian, and Bulgarian market. He was appointed to...
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Hungary could provide 17 million people with food
Date: 2011-02-16 22:03:41
Hungary could provide at least 17 million people with food, since environmental factors and the high level of expertise offers a wide range of opportunities – this was the major...
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Hamburger tax to come
Date: 2011-02-16 17:00:30
The government introduces the “hamburger tax” – stressed Cséfalvay Zoltán Secretary of State of the Ministry of National Economy to Hír TV. He did not tell yet which products will...
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The increase in prices slowed in January
Date: 2011-02-16 12:57:50
After a long time, inflation caused a positive surprise, slowing down in January. Consumer prices were 4 percent higher, compared to the first month of 2010 – reports the Central...
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World Bank: global food prices threaten the political and social stability
Date: 2011-02-16 12:41:35
According to Robert Zoellick, leader of the World Bank; global food prices reached a “dangerous level” and this would complicate the already fragile political and social relations in the Middle...
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Flat PIT: need time to increase consumption
Date: 2011-02-16 12:40:44
Flat personal income tax (PIT) system can encourage consumption only in the medium and long terms – states RSM DTM Hungary. In the statement of the tax and business advisory...
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Three-storey shopping center will be opened on the Blaha Lujza Square
Date: 2011-02-16 12:10:46
The Europeum Shopping center with a 5300 square meters of rentable area opens in mid-April – said Lovro Adrienn, Hungarian Executive of the developer Ablon Group at a Wednesday press...
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U.S. retail sales growth expansion under expectations
Date: 2011-02-16 12:07:06
The U.S. retail sales growth showed a less than expected increase, mainly due to the declining demand for building materials and the weaker traffic of the restaurants beside the winter...
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Heineken performed well, the but not on the Hungarian Market
Date: 2011-02-16 12:05:32
The world's third-largest brewing group the Dutch Heineken, reported a 1.436 billion euros after-tax profit for the last year, 37 percent more than the 1.018 billion of 2009. The company’s...
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The recipe of Coca-Cola has been found?
Date: 2011-02-16 12:01:27
The editors of the ”This American Life” American radio program claim that they found the recipe of Coca-Cola, referring to a newspaper article, that was published in Atlanta in 1979...
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SIÓ works with Cluso
Date: 2011-02-16 11:14:45
After having closed last year's strategic section in the autumn, SIÓ-ECKES has launched a creative tender. THe competition had two turns with four agencies competing, and in the end, Cluso...
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New position at SIÓ-ECKES
Date: 2011-02-16 06:48:15
PR-consultant of Sió-Eckes György Nagy received new tasks starting from 1st February 2011, within the compass of a central, international project, directly assigned by Eckes-Granini Group. Besides being in charge...
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Győr Spring Festival launched again
Date: 2011-02-16 06:39:32
Every spring, there is a huge festival in Győr, called the Spring Festival of Győr. This event has been open to guests for 15 years. This year, the festival will...
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The Hungarian economy expanded by 1.2 percent last year
Date: 2011-02-15 16:54:19
Contrary to the preliminary estimate of the expected 1.7 to 1.8 percent, Hungarian economy expanded by 2 percent in the last three months of last year. The annual increase was...
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Problems were found at nearly half of the honey inspections
Date: 2011-02-15 16:45:13
In Hungary, the authorities found problems at nearly half of the honey inspections. The honeys containing antibiotics and the fake honeys are a serious problem. Only seventeen percent of the...
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A need for a 30 percent increase in pig consumer prices
Date: 2011-02-15 13:16:34
While in the past 5 years the combined average inflation exceeded 30 percent, the retail price of pork has increased just 10 percent. Now that feed-prices have seen a sudden...
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New CEO at Unilever Hungary
Date: 2011-02-15 13:13:49
Starting from the beginning of 2011, the new CEO of Unilever's Central-European group is Moti Keren. The new leader follows Herman Verstraeten in the velvet chair of the Budapest region....
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IT development goes on at Coop
Date: 2011-02-15 13:10:57
A new, reconstructed and improved Coop opened its gates to customers in Vatta, Hungary. The Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county based outlet is the 800. to join Coop's integrated IT-system. The process of...
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Increasing Danone profits rising prices
Date: 2011-02-15 12:26:31
Danone expects raw material price increases this year. The world's largest yogurt producer would like to offset the effect, with the reducing of costs and with the raising of consumer...
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Szentkirályi is still a market-leading mineral water
Date: 2011-02-15 12:26:02
Szentkirályi Mineral Water is still a market-leading berand, in spite of the decline experienced on the market. In spite of all obstacles, Szentkirályi realized a 5.35 billion HUF turnover last...
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FMCG round table discussion about up-to date legal issues
Date: 2011-02-15 12:05:55
PwC and Réti, Antall és Társai Ügyvédi Iroda Pricewaterhouse Coopers Legal is doing a round-table discussion for participants of the FMCG-sector on 22nd February 2011. The title of the event...
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The coffee market players prepare for price increase
Date: 2011-02-15 12:05:24
The largest German coffee roaster, the Tchibo wants to raise its prices by 50 cents in the end of February. This step would increase coffee prices with nearly ten percent....
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SPAR will not construct a new meat plant, because of the crisis-tax
Date: 2011-02-15 12:01:56
The building of the second meat plant was removed from the schedule, due to the introduction of the crisis-tax, though the plant of Bicske transports Hungarian pork to the Czech...
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