News and articles
Growth in terms of both value and volume
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
The Nielsen Retail Index revealed that mineral water’s market position strengthened in retail: in April 2009-March 2010 value sales improved by 3 percent and neared HUF 47 billion, while Nielsen...
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Design and brand building the P&G way
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
The significance of in-store marketing keeps growing. According to a report by Nielsen, in-store tools are more influential in shaping awareness than television. So Phil Duncan, the head of P&G...
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New CEO at Cerbona
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
From 6 April, Gábor Gosztonyi is the new CEO of Székesfehérvár company, Cerbona Zrt. His predecessor, Tivadar István Szabó will remain a member of the Board of Directors. Gábor Gosztonyi...
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Fanta Bongo
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
This time the new, limited edition was inspired by South Africa....
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Rapid alerts
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
RASFF (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) operates in the member states of the EU. Through this system member states report to the European Commission if human health hazards...
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Industry in the EU shows signs of recovery
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Eurostat’s report indicates that in the last quarter of 2009 the economy of the eurozone was stagnating. However, the annual decline of 2.2 percent was bigger than expected. In January...
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This year’s mineral water season may bring elevated prices
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Last year mineral water sales were the only one to increase among high-volume non-alcoholic thirst quenchers: the category improved by nearly 5 percent, in a large part due to a...
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Category identifying placement
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Energy drink category is a dynamically expanding one, which has been growing by two-digit numbers for years. Balázs Ruip, Red Bull Hungária Kft.’s trade marketing manager told our magazine that...
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STI Packaging RO Srl officially opened its gates
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
On 15 April 2010, STI Group’s 13th plant was officially inaugurated in Cluj-Napoca (production already commenced in January). Dr. Tom Giessler, the group’s chief financial officer and a managing director...
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Joya Soy Drinks
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Besides Joya soy drinks, Real Nature Kft.’s product selection is now expanded with rice and oatmeal drinks....
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The source of fresh and safe products
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
József Surányi, the head of METRO’s quality assurance department says: – Our major goal is providing partners with quality, fresh products. Our customers can be sure that fresh food products...
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Variations on eco-bottle
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Andrew Kim, an 18-year old designer unveiled a new concept, which uses squared Coca-Cola bottles that can be folded when empty – they become up to two-thirds smaller than when...
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Puskás Öcsi is the face of Szentkirályi in Australia too
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
At the end of April, Szentkirályi launched its new advertising campaign that uses the image of Puskás Öcsi – not only in Hungary, but in Australia and the US as...
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They are the best in promotion
Date: 2010-05-20 08:00:00
Trade magazin, in cooperation with Nielsen and with support from POPAI Hungary and Trade Marketing Club organised its promotion competition. Manufacturers and promotion agencies competed in 5 categories (food, drink,...
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The first quarter of the European food retailing was successful
Date: 2010-05-20 00:01:40
The recovery from the crisis continued in the food retailing of the developed European countries: store turnover increased by 4, percent in value and 1 percent in volume, compared to...
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The foreign suppliers are cautious with the Hungarian firms
Date: 2010-05-20 00:01:35
According to the Atradius Credit insurance; the rate of late and non payments is the hihest ever in Western Europe in early 2010, so businesses increasingly turned to claim managers....
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Tesco recruits regional suppliers
Date: 2010-05-20 00:01:20
Tesco Global Stores Ltd. invites the local producers of Győr-Moson-Sopron, Zala, Vas and Veszprém counties to a supplier meeting. The Regional Supplier Forum, that will be held on the 3rd...
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One shopping center for nineteen thousand Pécs inhabitants
Date: 2010-05-20 00:01:00
Among the five big cities of Hungary (Debrecen, Győr, Miskolc, Pécs and Szeged), the highest number of shopping centers are in Pécs, the least in Debrecen, Miskolc, and (yet) in...
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Wal-Mart's first-quarter profit is a positive surprise
Date: 2010-05-20 00:00:40
The world's largest retail company, the Wal-Mart performed over the market expectations, primarily due to the good indicators of foreign sales, which offseted the weak domestic market performance. The company's...
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Goats and sheeps may escape from the electronic chip
Date: 2010-05-20 00:00:30
The European Parliament (EP), adopted the Hungarian amendment that the individual electronic identification (chip) should not be a mandatory in the cases of goats and sheeps under the age of...
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Consumer confidence is on its ten-month nadir in China
Date: 2010-05-20 00:00:20
In April consumer sentiment decreases for the second month, which can be associated with the government measures taken against economic overheating. China's consumer confidence index decreased by 1.3 points to...
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Flexibility remains the most important feature of the Cryovac ® BDF
Date: 2010-05-20 00:00:10
The new Cryovac ® BDF SOFT and Cryovac ® BDF Easy Opening solutions open up new horizons for product design, such as packaging and reducing costs. The new Cryovac ®...
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Several billion storm damages hit the agricultural sector
Date: 2010-05-19 00:01:45
The weekend rain caused several billion HUF damage to the country's agriculture. According to the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture, more than 150 thousand hectares are under water. After the near...
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Another gold medal for the Demeter Winery
Date: 2010-05-19 00:01:33
The Demeter Winery of Eger was highly competitive at the Bordeuax-based Challenge International du Vin competition this year. The winery’s Hanga 2009 wine received Gold medal at the prestigious wine...
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Kür Club: help to build up confidence
Date: 2010-05-19 00:01:20
The SMEs, that want more attention are in a very difficult situation. It is difficult to excel among the competitors, find new customers or even retain the old ones. The...
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Butter has been getting more expensive for weeks now
Date: 2010-05-19 00:01:11
The price of butter increases for weeks now at the international markets, in some places the price rises were about 30 percent. The global demand for butter increases at the...
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Tesco helps the victims of the flood in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county
Date: 2010-05-19 00:00:50
Several million HUF worth donations were allocated by Tesco for those who live in the North-Eastern region of Hungary. Tesco helps the families, who are in trouble, because of the...
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Quick Help from Borsodi to the municipalities that have difficulties
Date: 2010-05-19 00:00:40
In order to solve the catastrophic situation of the settlements of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, caused by the extreme weather, Borsodi Brewery Co. donated a 3 million HUF worth extraordinary donation. The...
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Tchibo gained Superbrands Award
Date: 2010-05-19 00:00:35
Tchibo, one of the leading distributors of the coffee market gained Superbrands Award . Superbrands The program is designed to raise awareness of the importance of the unity of brand,...
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New Turkey liver delicacies from Sága!
Date: 2010-05-19 00:00:30
The Sága in 2010 will use a new image. One of the important elements of the renewal is the new, more modern Sága logo. With the introduction of the new...
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