News and articles
Frozen vegetables are better
Date: 2009-09-14 00:02:10
According to a new research; one can save more money and even live healthier, during the winter months, if eating frozen vegetables rather than choose from the frozen import goods....
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New Chief Executive Officer at Tesco Hungary
Date: 2009-09-14 00:02:00
Per Bank became the new Chief Executive Officer of Tesco-Global Zrt Department stores. The specialist was the managing director of Coop Denmark previously. Tesco operates more than 160 stores in...
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Grape harvest on Tokaj-Hegyalja
Date: 2009-09-14 00:01:30
The grape harvest on Tokaj-Hegyalja has been started with the harvest of the muscat grape, which is the earliest exposure grape. On the historic wine region, about 35 thousand tonnes...
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Unilever leads Dow Jones’ Sustainability Index this year also
Date: 2009-09-14 00:01:00
Unilever again earned the first place in the food category of the Dow Jones Sustainability index. The company leads Dow Jones’ Sustainability Index for 11th years now, without a break....
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Toxic antibiotic in the products of alba-Méz Ltd. and Klenácz apiary
Date: 2009-09-14 00:00:50
Cattle and pigs are often given the type of antibiotic, that was found by a German laboratory in honey sold in Hungarian shops. Bremen based Applica found trimetoprin and sulfodimetoxin...
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The soul of the chocolate
Date: 2009-09-14 00:00:30
The Belgian chocolate brand the Côte d'Or celebrating its 125th anniversary, saluted with a special exhibition for chocolate, between 11th and 13th September. The interactive exhibition called "The chocolate soul"...
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It will be hard to get support from the Ministry of Agriculture
Date: 2009-09-11 00:05:00
Next year state support for agriculture will decrease with 47 billion HUF and rural development will get 5 billion HUF less. All sources supplemented with EU aid will be less:...
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Alimentaria 2010
Date: 2009-09-11 00:04:15
Alimentaria is gaining importance outside Spain. For this reason the event has increased its budget for international promotion by 30 percent. Over 20 percent of the show’s 158,000 visitors come...
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The premium meat products represents the future
Date: 2009-09-11 00:04:00
Most of the Hungarian meat processing companies are almost in a hopeless position: the crisis has been further aggravated the condition of the already struggling under-resourced sector. The companies receive...
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Only drinks became more expensive
Date: 2009-09-11 00:02:55
According to Privátbankár.hu’s food basket prices have been decreasing for the third month, but drinks are getting more expensive. The September Privátbankár food basket survey shows, that prices were 0.2...
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Wine Festival in the Castle
Date: 2009-09-11 00:02:00
On 9th September at 2 pm, the organisation of the Magyar Szőlő- és Borkultúra Nonprofit Ltd., the Buda Castle Festival opened its doors. From the first day, thousands of visitors...
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Hungarian geese liver will be again on the shelves
Date: 2009-09-11 00:01:30
Although there is no agreement with the Négy Mancs animal rights organization, at the Hungerit Ltd. of Szentes the cut continues, such as last year, before the scandal. The majority...
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U.S. consumers still do not spend
Date: 2009-09-11 00:01:00
Not much more to reassure the U.S. economy is not in an encouraging postion.The most recent consumer credit datas shows a significant decline. After the 10.3 billion USD fall of...
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Univer mayonnaise remains the market leader
Date: 2009-09-11 00:00:55
The competition is getting sharper on the market of condiments, but the fully Hungarian-owned Univer still the market leader with a 43.7 percent market share. The company will held a...
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Meat can be brought to slaughterhouse without qualification
Date: 2009-09-11 00:00:30
The requisite amendment of the Ministry of Agriculture dismissed smaller slaughterhouses under the obligation of operating, if they obtain the meat from a livestock plant within 50 kilometres and market...
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Pick liver pâtés product family won Hungarian Product Grand Prix
Date: 2009-09-11 00:00:20
Hungarian Product Grand Prix trademark attests the continously controlled extremely high quality and reliability, among the products. With the 2009 year prizes, 208 applications of thousands of products won the...
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More than half of the firms gives fringe benefits
Date: 2009-09-10 00:04:55
Publicus Research asked the leaders of 500 domestic companies on the general impacts of the crisis, including the cafeteria and about the future of the fringe benefits after the introduction...
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The most effective Tetra Pak factory is in Budaörs
Date: 2009-09-10 00:03:50
Tetra Pak Group had a successful year worldwide in 2008. It increased its revenues by 5 percent compared to the previous year. The Budaörs factory is one of the most...
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Dairy producers can only receive help on national level
Date: 2009-09-10 00:03:20
Hungary will take all steps that the EU rules allow, to cure the problems of the dairy sector – said Gráf József Minister of Agriculture after failed to agree on...
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The foreign trade turnover between January and July 2009
Date: 2009-09-10 00:03:20
According to the estimations of the Central Statistical Office; Hungary’s export reached 1388 million HUF, while imports reached 1242 billion HUF. Calculated in euro, exports decresed 18, imports by 32...
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Tea can become more expensive in the next 12 months
Date: 2009-09-10 00:01:20
The lack of global tea stocks can be 10 percent higher than this year's level for the next year. It can cause a price increasing effect on the market. The...
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Subway develops despite of closures
Date: 2009-09-10 00:01:00
Subway closed five units this year in Hungary. The American restaurant chain mainly offering sandwiches, now operating with 16 units, as the propery of independent franchise partners. Turnover moderated as...
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Romanian retail trade fell in the last twelve months
Date: 2009-09-10 00:00:50
According to the Bucharest statistical office; because of the the drastic decline in demand, Romanian retail sales fell by nearly 14 percent in July, compared to the same period of...
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Keineken vs. Heineken
Date: 2009-09-10 00:00:30
Keineken brand means: Not Heineken. Keineken beer was launched by a Swiss brewery because they fed up that the local shops were flooded with the Dutch alcohol. Heineken is now...
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The triumph of supermarkets continued, lively shoppings decreased
Date: 2009-09-09 00:05:00
According to GfK Hungária’s first half-year report of 2009 on domestic retail; households purchased significantly lower quantity. Similar to last year, this year also the supermarket channel has reached the...
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The Chamber of Agriculture starts an offensive before the collapse of the grain market
Date: 2009-09-09 00:04:25
The Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture tries to draw the antention in letter of the High Commissioner for Agriculture of the EU, Gráf József, Minister of Agriculture and the largest advocacy...
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Hungarian mangalica pig is counterfeited in the Japanese market
Date: 2009-09-09 00:04:00
Kovács László, CEO of Pick Szeged Zrt reported told to agrarhaszon.hu that Japanese wholesalers are selling Hungarian mangalica meat at the Japanese market, at very low prices. The fake ’Hungarian’...
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Csányi Sándor and Slovakian Penta are also interested in Herz
Date: 2009-09-09 00:03:00
Both Csányi Sándor and Slovakian Penta would enter in the tender for the asset items of the Herz salami. Beside them, a group of German investors also appeared on the...
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One billion worth bottling plant in Badacsony
Date: 2009-09-09 00:02:15
Bazaltbor Badacsony Ltd. is building a wine bottling plant, with a capacity of 300 thousand bottles. Beside the new bottling plant, a new winery and a wine-hotel will be built,...
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The financing of the mall constructions was not profitable for the banks
Date: 2009-09-09 00:02:00
One of the largest mall in Germany, the 120 thousand square meters A10-Center in Berlin, reported bankrupcy. It is not yet locked up, even considering its expansion, but it is...
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