News and articles
Gold medal: Tchibo • Together for kindergartens!
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
In 2009 Tchibo celebrated its 60th birthday by a year-long marketing campaign. ‘Celebrate with us’ was accompanied with packaging retro mugs and metal coffee boxes with products, and a prize...
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Wine festival in Buda Castle
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
Buda Castle Wine Festival is organised by Hungarian Viti- and Viniculture Non-profit Kft. The 19-year-old event’s objective is to make people acquainted with the best Hungarian and foreign wines. Wine...
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Skills and thrills: METRO’s Customer Academy is about to open
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
Next to the Budaörs METRO store the chain’s Customer Academy will open in October. The Customer Academy’s head of department Piroska Balestra shared the details with readers of our magazine....
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Pricer shelf label in the Hungaricum Corner too
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
CBA and Szintézis Informatika proved that they not only lead the way in innovation (CBA was the first food store to use electronic shelf labels), but also in promoting Hungarian...
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Summer surprises from Henkel
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
This summer Henkel surprised consumers with several new products. Persil Fresh Pearls by Silan uses encapsulation technology; Tomi Orchidea & Ametiszt and Tomi Lótusz & Zafír are limited edition detergent...
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Fruit Logistica: Hungarians booked 200 m²
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
Fruit Logistica, the world’s biggest fruit-vegetable trade fair will take place on 9-11 February 2011. More than 2,300 exhibitors from 70 countries registered and Hungarian participants booked 200 m² to...
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Dr. Oetker Choco-Choco
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
Unique, creamily thick hot chocolate with mint, made from real dark chocolate and cocoa powder....
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Tamás Ács ask Péter Feiner
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
Question: ‘We keep facing changes every day: another crisis in the eurozone, plummeting sales, the landslide victory of a political party, the new government’s programme promising radical changes in priorities....
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Traditional shops increased their market share
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
According to the Nielsen Retail Index, 8 percent less salami and 4 percent less sausage was sold in value by retailers in January-April, in comparison with the same period in...
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Packaged expectations
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
According to data from the World Packaging Organisation (WPO), the global packaging material market represented a value of USD 564 billion in 2009, from which the consumer packaging market was...
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Hungarians economise on food, clothes and energy the most
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
This May Nielsen surveyed 27,000 Internet users in 48 countries. In Hungary 68 percent said they had changed their spending habits this spring, compared to the previous year; the international...
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József Bock is Royal Winemaker of the Year
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
József Bock won in the Royal Winemaker category of the Followers of Royal Cooks event in Nagyszakácsi. This is a special competition, where each of the six courses of last...
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Orbit White and Orbit Professional White
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
Products in the Orbit White and Orbit Professional White range now return to shelves in the cash register zone in new packaging....
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A strong forint lifted meat prices
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) continuously monitors and publishes world trends in poultry and meat products. Their last report reveals that the abattoir entry price of slaughter pig in...
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Long-established Hungarian meat brands stand firm
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
Although meat is one of the essential food products, the market was unable to evade the effects of economic recession. Zoltán Nagygyörgy, PICK Szeged Zrt.’s product manager told us that...
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HUNGAROPACK 2010 packaging competition
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
There were 56 entries from 28 companies at the 27th HUNGAROPACK Hungarian Packaging Competition. The jury evaluated 51 works in the consumer and collective packaging category and 5 in the...
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Washing in a café-like atmosphere
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
In cooperation by Henkel and Bosch, the first laundry-café opened in Munich. Wash&Coffee boasts a modern design and the staff consists of Henkel and Bosch experts, who offer help to...
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Lánchíd Club also urges companies to help flood victims
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
Members of Lánchíd Club also decided to help the victims of flood. Their donations were transported to Felsőzsolca by trucks offered by Lekkerland. The two trucks transported nearly 60 pallets...
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Warm weather brought elevated prices
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
Analysts were somewhat surprised by the moderate increase in inflation in June. According to KSH’s quick report, consumer prices climbed by 0.2 percent from May and were 5.3 percent higher...
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The average volume of cured products bought per household keeps shrinking
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
According to ConsumerScan data from GfK Hungária, 87 percent of households bought sausage or salami last year, 3 percent more than a year earlier. However, in the past couple of...
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The silent shop assistant
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
Trends in the packaging of daily goods are influenced by global processes in world society and economy, creating new opportunities and demand, but posing new challenges as well. Experts have...
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Road show popularising selective waste collection
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
Tesco and ÖKO-Pannon organised a road show to raise awareness of selective waste collection. Games, craft workshops and other fun events awaited children and adults in 5 towns. The events...
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First book published about displays
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
‘Inspire people to buy more!’ is the title of the first book about displays, published by Deutscher Fachverlag. The 300-page, English- and German-language work was introduced at the Deutscher Supermarktkongressen...
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Joya Finesse cooking cream
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
Joya Finesse vegetable-based cooking cream resembles cream, but its ingredients make it smoother and creamier....
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Emergency alert off
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. and Erste Bank, production will grow the most this year in those sectors which sell their products or services to foreign markets....
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Rice turnover concentrates and the 501-1,000-gram format is dominant
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
Retail sales of rice diminished by 2 percent in value and by 3 percent in volume in the April 2008-March 2009 period. According to the Nielsen Retail Index, the size...
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Ready to be transported and put on the shelf
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
Global trends influence the Hungarian collective packaging market. One of the current trends is using lighter cardboard products, especially on developed markets. In Europe demand is constantly growing for below...
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When irresistible flavours meet
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
After launching GURU, Pöttyös entered the market with yet another novelty this year: Pöttyös Pont2 with orange flavoured Szamos marzipan. The product is available from the end of June. István...
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Food policy summit at Grüne Woche in Berlin
Date: 2010-08-29 08:00:00
Berlin’s food fair Grüne Woche is increasingly important in the political aspects of organising the food market. For 21 January next year more than 50 countries will send their agriculture...
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