News and articles
A Dutchman in Düsseldorf
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Frans W. H. Muller (37) graduated at the University of Rotterdam, also obtaining an MBA. He joined the Metro subsidiary in the Netherlands in 1997. In 2002, he was elected...
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Kis Tejes with big plans
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
A new dairy product appeared in October under the name “Kis Tejes”. The initial assortment of this brand owned by SENOBLE consists of 17 products in 6 categories, manufactured in...
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Coop Rally this year again
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
71 cars entered the third Coop Rally held this year. This race is an excellent tool for promoting excellent quality and safe Hungarian food. According to József Gráf, minister of...
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New financial director for Heineken
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Ákos Magyari was appointed the new financial director of Heineken Hungária Zrt. on 1. November. He had graduated at the Budapest University of Economics in 1995 and has worked for...
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Domestic market of jam expanding
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
According to data from the ConsumerScan of GfK Hungária, the jam market showed expansion in terms of both value and quantity in the first half of 2008. As a result...
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Purchasing power divided in the case of fruits and vegetables
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
A good assortment of fresh products is an especially important consideration for Hungarians in choosing a store. According to the Nielsen ShopperTrends survey, spending on fresh products grew substantially in...
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Difficult year for breweries
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Sales of bottled beer increased somewhat, while sales of draught beer dropped slightly last year. Demand for alcohol-free beer continued to shrink. The import of premium beers increased substantially. Members...
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HUNGAROPACK – for the 25th time
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
81 nominations have been submitted for the 25th HUNGAROPACK Packaging Competition by 40 organisations. The five nominations achieving the highest scores (awarded by a jury) have been awarded the HUNGAROPACK...
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Small stores and big chains in Italy
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Italy is one of the big European markets with 59 million consumers, there is only one Italian retailer (in 27th place) among the top 30 European retail enterprises. 77 percent...
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Kiss túróbonbon, kókuszos
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Cottage cheese dessert of medium fat content in protective gas packaging, made with coconut, filled with chocolate cream, dipped in chocolate and covered with peanut krokant....
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Clorox Color folteltávolító folyadék
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Clorox Color stain remover for coloured clothes. Owing to its unique formula, it can remove stains while leaving colours as they are....
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Third in the world
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Metro is the third largest retail company in the world after Wal-Mart and Carrefour, with 2,400 units world-wide in 31 countries and 270,000 employees....
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Perfume and music in gyms
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Mood Media has been contracted by Holmes Place International, an operator of premium category health clubs for providing background music in their entire chain. The agreement has been signed by...
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From one to two
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
The 100,000th Széchenyi card and the first Széchenyi card 2 were handed over ceremonially in Budapest, on 9. October. Among others, the event was attended by the minister of finance,...
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Bio sector expecting strong sales at the end of the year
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Organic and health food has appeared in hyper markets and supermarkets years ago. Today, organic food is found on the shelves in most stores and online sale are also growing....
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Frozen vegetables still „mono”
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Though sales of frozen vegetables expanded in terms of value last year, as a result of higher prices, sales in terms of quantity dropped somewhat. Sales of both mono and...
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Masculine beverage in Hungary
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Per capita beer consumption of 82 litres/year has been stable in Hungary for years. The world leader in per capita consumption is the Czech Republic where this figure is 160...
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Cost saving innovations in machinery
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Innovation in technology for the food industry has accelerated in recent years. Innovation is aimed primarily at reducing operating costs. Economy is a priority in both energy consumption and the...
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Take a look at Paris!
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
Hyper markets are undoubtedly a French invention. Carrefour has been the first to open a store of this type in a suburb of Paris. Let’s take a look at the...
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Bertolli Tejszínes paradicsomos tésztaszósz
Date: 2008-11-16 08:00:00
A new variant with sour cream and tomato has been added to the assortment of Bertolli pasta sauces sold in pouches....
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Wine from Lekkerlandnál
Date: 2008-11-14 00:00:00
As supplier of the gas station Lekkerland has to refresh its sortiment continously. In this retail chanel the specilities, the unique products are better to shop as on other markets....
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Tesco-IBUSZ Common Chirstmas Game
Date: 2008-11-14 00:00:00
The costumers, who buy something in value minium HUF 500 in the Tesco small shops, can take part at the competition, where the main prize is a travel from the...
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Jamie Oliver's products in Hungarian Spar units
Date: 2008-11-14 00:00:00
From today the famous chef's food and non food products are buyable in Interspar and Kaiser’s shops. Spar always combinates in its wide sortiment the high quality and the fastidiousness....
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Wal-Mart cut forecast
Date: 2008-11-14 00:00:00
No. 1 retailer reported third-quarter profit grow by 9.8%, but said a stronger dollar would squeeze its full-year profit. Wal-Mart logged operating income of $3.03 billion, or 77 cents a...
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GlaxoSmithKline Kft. is the best workplace in Hungary
Date: 2008-11-14 00:00:00
According to the common research of business daily Vilaggazdasag and Hewit „Best Workplace in Hungary” the employees of GSK (in the BEs category) and of Qunitiles Magyarorszag (in the SMEs...
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Special outdoor campagne for Twinnings
Date: 2008-11-14 00:00:00
According to mediainfo.hu a hughe coffee-cup drives trough Budapest. On the Podium car of Celcsoport Media stands a 2×2 m big Twinings tea-cup, rounded by real grass. Maresi Foodbroker Kft....
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Kraft Foods to close Brasso chocolate plant
Date: 2008-11-14 00:00:00
International giant Kraft Foods will shut down its chocolate factory in Romania and lay off its 440 employees next year, saying it can no longer expand at its current location....
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Two Spar supermarket in one week
Date: 2008-11-13 00:00:00
Last week in Pomaz opened a new Spar supermarket, this week the number of Spar units in Debrecen grow with a brand new supermarket in the mall, called Debrecen Fórum....
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