News and articles
New Special Palinka from Zwack House
Date: 2008-09-11 00:00:00
Costumers can taste the freshest Yellow Muscatel Palinka at this weekend on 17th Budapest International Wine Festival 2008. Next opportunity is in October at the Palinka and Sausage Festival in...
Read more
Carrefour to invest in Southern Russia
Date: 2008-09-11 00:00:00
According to local press reports, Carrefour plans to invest USD100 million in Russia's Krasnodar region over five years. The retailer will sign an investment agreement on the construction of hypermarkets...
Read more
HUF 5 million penalty for Rossmann
Date: 2008-09-10 00:00:00
According to the Hungarian Competition Authority the drogerie chain's parfume actions in 2007 September and December fobed the consumers. It was not the first case. In the first action Rossmann...
Read more
Lidl pays fine for the state and its employees
Date: 2008-09-10 00:00:00
According to Spigel news magazin he discount chain will pay around E0.6m-0.7m in Lower Saxony alone, through having to pay 60 to 70 fines of E10,000 each. Spring time Germany's...
Read more
GM soya bean – Yes for import but not for growing
Date: 2008-09-10 00:00:00
The European Commission authorised the import of a genetically modified strain of soybean for use in feed and food for 10 years. The European Union’s executive branch said the strain,...
Read more
Ghana wants to increase its cocoa growing by 30%
Date: 2008-09-10 00:00:00
Ghana's government has doubled its budgetary allocation for supplying fertliser to cocoa farmers for the 2008/09 crop starting this month, an official at the Cocobod cocoa regulator said. The world's...
Read more
Podravka Improved Results
Date: 2008-09-10 00:00:00
Croatia's top food group Podravka expects to show better results at the end of this year after a campaign to cut costs, the company's new CEO said. Podravka, which operates...
Read more
Hitachi fridge emits Vitamin C to keep frozen food fresh
Date: 2008-09-10 00:00:00
Hitachi sells a number of fridges on the Japanese market that lower the oxygen density via an integrated pump. Hitachi announced in Japan they will start selling the R-Y6000, a...
Read more
Cryovac® RS1500 – for cure-in-the-bag cheese
Date: 2008-09-09 00:00:00
Cryovac's new development is a high performance, high sealable, multilayer, shrink material with controlled permeability ideally suited for high gassing cheese packaging. Cryovac® RS1500 is especially designed to run on...
Read more
Auchan To Expand Store Network in Portugal
Date: 2008-09-09 00:00:00
The French hypermarket giant plans to open three new outlets in Portugal by the end of 2008, taking its store network to 22 outlets in the country. A report in...
Read more
In H1 supermarkets grow their marketshare
Date: 2008-09-09 00:00:00
According to GfK research there is a relative decreasing in the Hungarian retail market. The increase of FMCG products' sales (8%) was under the food inflation (12%) in the first...
Read more
British families are hard hit by food price rises
Date: 2008-09-09 00:00:00
Food inflation in the UK is nearly double the rate of most other developed nations. Prices have increased by 12.2 per cent over the last year, according to official Government...
Read more
78% of the export goes into the EU
Date: 2008-09-09 00:00:00
In July 2008, according to first estimates of Hungarian Central Statistic Office, exports amounted to HUF 1,433 billion (EUR 6,113 million), while the value of imports reached HUF 1,497 billion...
Read more
Honey replaces additives
Date: 2008-09-09 00:00:00
Antioxidant-rich honey may protect against spoilage in salad dressings, and naturally sweeten the condiment, researchers from Kraft Foods report. The researchers analysed various honey sources and investigated their potential as...
Read more
Nespresso Special Club Jinogalpa Coffee
Date: 2008-09-09 00:00:00
Named after the two main regions in the mountains of Nicaragua, Matagalpa and Jinotega, the 100% arabica coffee offers intensity and body with sweet, sandalwood aromas and a hint of...
Read more
Wine Feast starts soon in the capital
Date: 2008-09-08 00:00:00
17th Budapest International Wine Festival 2008 from 10. to 14. September in the Buda Castle and in Szentendre. Some program elements: Wine Exhibition and Fair, Wine Academy, Harvest Parade, Harvest...
Read more
VinAgora Award Gala at Millenáris Teátrum
Date: 2008-09-08 00:00:00
Traditional, international wine competition between 4-6 July in Balatonalmadi. The Award Gala take was on 5. September in Budapest. Hungarian wines won 4 champion medals. VinAgora International Wine Competition is...
Read more
The high agriculture production grow the GDP
Date: 2008-09-08 00:00:00
According to quarterly calculations gross domestic product of Hungary increased by 2.0 percent in the second quarter of 2008 (by both adjusted and non-adjusted for calendar effects), and by 1.9...
Read more
Olympics boosted Adidas's first-half sales in China by 60%
Date: 2008-09-08 00:00:00
Adidas will reach its target of “high single-digit'' sales growth and 15 percent earnings growth in 2008 said company's Chief Executive Officer Herbert Hainer. Adidas, based in Herzogenaurach, Germany, will...
Read more
Kraft to focus on 10 brand
Date: 2008-09-08 00:00:00
Kraft Foods Inc will focus on 10 countries and 10 brands to expand internationally, the unit outside the United States should produce more than $18 billion in sales in 2008....
Read more
OBI reposition campaign
Date: 2008-09-08 00:00:00
Costumers said OBI has a market oriented offer, consumer's friendly service kit and attractive prices. This spring OBI made an attitude research about itself and the whole DIY market in...
Read more
Stores opening
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
Tesco, Szolnok Nyitás: 27 June Chain: Tesco Store space: 1000 m2 SKU: 3–4000 Tesco, Sülysáp Nyitás: 27 June Chain: Tesco Store space: 1000 m2 SKU: 3–4000 Tesco, Dabas Nyitás: 11...
Read more
New sales director for LLP
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
Attila Biber was appointed the new sales director of LLP Budapest on 1. July. Previously, he had been a head of division with Microsoft Magyarország. His objective is to enhance...
Read more
Market share of private labels continues to rise
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
According to data from GfK Hungária ConsumerScan, both the quantity of pralines purchased by households and the amount spent increased in the first third of the year. As a result...
Read more
More paper products sold in the first third of the year
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
According to data from the ConsumerScan of Gfk Hungária, sales of toilet paper, paper tissue and paper towels were up in the first third of 2008, compared to the same...
Read more
Menacing shadows
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
According to a study prepared by experts of Kopint-Tárki Konjunktúrakutató Intézet Zrt. and AgrárEurópa Tanácsadó Kft about the current position of Hungarian agriculture and its future prospects, food prices are...
Read more
Cote d’Or citromos-gyömbéres étcsokoládé 150 g, Cote d’Or fügés-mandulás tejcsokoládé 150 g
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
Cote d’Or black chocolate with lemon and ginger and milk chocolate with fig and almond are irresistible new additions to the brand assortment....
Read more
Triple exhibition in Düsseldorf, with Hungarian companies
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
Traceability and wellness are the current trends among fresh product, as illustrated by the traditional Düsselforf exhibition of meat products, dairy products and frozen products. Most Hungarian exhibitors will come...
Read more
15 years of dm in Hungary
Date: 2008-09-05 08:00:00
drogerie markt celebrated the 15th anniversary of opening its first store in Hungary on 8. July. At present, the chain has 222 units and sells 10,000 products, including 1,400 private...
Read more
