News and articles
Poultry product retail sales are highly concentrated
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
Nielsen Retail Index registered a 7-percent increase in poultry product sales in November 2008-October 2009. The annual market surpassed HUF 20 billion. Volume sales were up 5 percent and exceeded...
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Full wine cellars, protected pálinkas
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
Beer consumption was 6-7 percent lower in Hungary last year– the market continues to shrink. Domestic wine consumption is estimated to be 3 million hectolitres per year; wine cellars are...
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The Popai report
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
From September 2009, the new president of POPAI Hungary is Ágnes Csiby, the executive director of In-store Team Kft. POPAI United Kingdom has more than 300 members and it supports...
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Palette Color&Gloss tartós hajszínező
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
Ammonia-free hair colour cream – to cover the first grey hairs....
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Olive oil marketing the Italian way
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
The olive oil and wine producers of the Italian province of Imperia turn to the Hungarian, Czech and Polish markets for new sales opportunities. The chamber of commerce invited purchasers...
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SPAR keeps up the momentum
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
SPAR Magyarország transforms 70 stores this year. In self-service type stores they plan to expand the assortment, open exhibition bakeries, use modern bread stands and displays fruit and vegetables in...
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Special wine bottles from O-I
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
O-I, one of the world’s leading glass packaging producers participated with its own stand at the SIMEI trade fair in Milan, where they introduced their revolutionarily new wine bottles, which...
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Turkey sales plummeting
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
It seems that demand for cheaper poultry also started to shrink: last year poultry processing companies bought only 1 percent less chicken meet from breeders, but at a 6-percent lower...
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More wine, but less beer sold in the first nine months of 2009
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
According to GfK Hungária’s ConsumerScan, in the alcoholic beverages category households bought 6 percent less beer than in the same period of 2008, but as average prices were slightly up...
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Increasingly popular
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
In Hungary, olive oil retail sales grew by 3 percent in December 2008-November 2009, nearing HUF 2.5 billion. Volume sales were up by 4 percent; hypermarkets generated 45 percent of...
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Fa Active Pearls (deo spray, roll-on, stift)
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
Its formula contains heat-activated Deo Active pearls. Stress and movement release the active agents in the pearls, which provide extra protection....
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The new law’s executive office does not aim at maximising revenues
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
The Act on the prohibition of unfair market conduct by the suppliers of the food product life cycle entered into force on 1 January. On 10 December 2009, PricewaterhouseCoopers and...
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Bosnian winner at the Henkel Art.Award
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
At the Henkel Art.Award 2009, the EUR 7,000 main prize went to Mladen Miljanovic from Bosnia. Henkel CEE organised the competition for the eighth time, there were 840 entries from...
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Tastemakers – quality at Packforum
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
On 21-22 October, Packoforum hosted the Tastemakers event where 70 participants represented 45 food service companies from Europe, the United States and New Zealand. Presentations at the seminar shed light...
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Half a kilo of poultry products bought per purchase
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
Poultry products is the second biggest segment on the market of processed meat. GfK Hungária’s Consumer Scan reveals that in October 2008-September 2009 the segment shrank by a mere 2...
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Canned beer keeps conquering
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
Beer retail sales topped HUF 116 billion in December 2008-November 2009. Volume sales fell by 3 percent to 386 million litres – according to the Nielsen Retail Index. The average...
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Chewing gums in a hot spot
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
The area around cash desks is the best place for chewing gums. This healthy product is fast-moving and loyalty-building, therefore it is important to make the most popular varieties constantly...
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Gliss Kur Shea Kasmír hajápolók
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
The new Gliss Kur Shea Kasmír product family guarantees intensive care even for very dry hair....
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Modest growth may start in the summer of 2010
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. and Erste Bank, after a 6.5-percent economic decline in 2009 stagnation is expected for 2010. The Hungarian economy has probably hit the...
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Synergon becomes founding member of a cluster
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
On 1 December 2009, Synergon Rendszerintegrátor Kft. joined the Economy-driven Vocational and Development Cluster. The organisation is made up of 11 companies and its objective is to develop and utilise...
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Tesco organised a meeting for suppliers
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
On 19 November, Tesco organised a meeting for regional suppliers for the first time. The event was held in Debrecen with participants from 3 counties and focused on getting to...
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Two-digit decrease among frozen convenience foods and ready-made meals
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
ConsumerScan by GfK Hungária reveals that narrowing spending possibilities of households had a significant effect on convenience foods and ready-made meals as well. The market was expanding until 2007, when...
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Domestic products’ share shrinking among dairy products
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
Last year milk processing generated a gross production value of HUF 218 billion. Production cost was HUF 75-80/kg – rather competitive, if we consider that in the EU the average...
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With modern packaging against deterioration
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
According to the latest survey by USDA, 40 percent of food sold worldwide lands in the garbage can. 100 million tons of food decomposes every year in European waste disposal...
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Fonte Verde enyhén lúgos szénsavmentes ásványvíz, pH 7,4
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
Thanks to its natural mineral composition, FONTE VERDE is a still, slightly alkaline mineral water with a pH value of 7.4....
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Back to the future – Future store solutions at Praktiker
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
The masters course of POPAI Magyarország Association involved learning about the future store solutions at the Praktiker store in Vecsés, last autumn. Marketing director Péter Dömötör analyses the elements of...
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Caffé Perté entered the vending market
Date: 2010-02-14 08:00:00
Caffé Perté, one of the biggest café suppliers on the domestic market entered the market with professional hot drink vending machines. Commercial director Andrea Boda said that the term ‘premium’...
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