Market News
HITA: Hungary is the most attractive investment destination in the region
Date: 2012-06-21 12:03:50
According to rankings, published in the 2012 May issue of the Site Selection magazine, Hungary is the most attractive investment destination in the Eastern European region. According to the North...
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EURO 2012 – So far, 200 thousand liters of beer was sold in the fan zone in Kiev
Date: 2012-06-21 12:01:18
The football fans drank 200 thousand liters of beer in the fan zone of Kiev, since the beginning of the Ukrainian-Polish Football European Championship. Eight kilometers of sausages were sold...
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The ratio of domestic food products decreased in the Slovak stores
Date: 2012-06-21 11:20:46
The ratio of domestic food products decreased to a record low level, to 46 percent, compared to last year's 50 percent in the Slovak stores –the Slovak Chamber of Food...
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Pálinka safe is planned to be established in Szabolcs
Date: 2012-06-21 10:00:36
The establishment of a museum pálinka safe is planned in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where the region's most successful distillates will be preserved for posterity. The development of the safe was offered...
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Heat – Increasing mineral water, beer and ice-cream sales
Date: 2012-06-20 13:15:50
Mineral water, beer and ice-cream retail sales are increasing during the heat. Fodor Attila, director of communications at CBA told MTI on Wednesday, that from Friday, the sales of summer...
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NÉBIH will be more stringent in the future
Date: 2012-06-20 12:55:15
The Parliament adopted the modification and its implementation of the Law on the prohibition of unfair distribution behavior, which will be in the national jurisdiction of the National Food Chain...
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EP’s Agricultural Committee was opposed to the ban on foie gras
Date: 2012-06-20 12:05:33
The European Parliament's Agriculture and Rural Development Committee accepted the 2012-2015 EU animal welfare strategy report, but rejected the proposal to ban foie gras – announced Glattfelder Béla MEP (Fidesz)...
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Combine harvesters started up in the heat
Date: 2012-06-20 12:02:53
The the winter barley harvest has been started in the country's hottest regions in Bács-Kiskun and Baranya counties. Accoring to the informations of the village farmers, the yield is ranges...
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Magazine: Children of the millennium are the customers of the future
Date: 2012-06-20 11:39:27
The Y generation – those born around the turn of the millennium – will soon dominate the world and retailers had better win this generation now – this was the...
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Mall developments continue rapidly
Date: 2012-06-20 11:25:26
The global shopping mall developments continue with a rapid pace. The expansion of the middle class and the merchants leads to unprecedented constructions and the opening of new centers, especially...
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The number of pigs would be doubled from 666 billion HUF in seven years
Date: 2012-06-19 13:32:48
According to the pork industry strategy of the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) a total of 666 billion HUF additional development resources would be needed beside the current funding level...
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VM: discriminatory pricing will be terminated
Date: 2012-06-19 13:30:48
According to the law amendment of the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) discriminatory pricing will be terminated in case of milk, carcass meat, poultry, vegetables and fruit products. The law...
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KSH: gross average wage was 219,400 HUF in the first four months of 2012
Date: 2012-06-19 12:10:57
The average wages in the private sector grew by 6.4 percent, and decreased by 2.3 percent in the budgetary field, which caused by the increase of public employment. In the...
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Grando.hu: Internet sales may grow despite the crisis
Date: 2012-06-18 13:45:50
Although retail sales in the EU Member States declined by 1.9 percent last year, due to the crisis, e-commerce grew by almost 10 percent in 2011 and a further increase...
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Watermelon crop can be similar to last year's
Date: 2012-06-18 12:36:24
Despite the stormy weather of the recent days, this year's watermelon yield can be similar to last year's – told Mártonffy Béla, Chairman of the the Hungarian Fruit and Vegetable...
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Cherry harvest has begun in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County: purchase price is high
Date: 2012-06-18 12:32:17
The cherry season has begun in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, with the highest purchase prices of the recent years – told Wachal Kálmán, leader of the Agricultural Board of the regional government...
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New officials at MMSZ
Date: 2012-06-18 12:00:42
The Hungarian Marketing Association (MMSZ) held its inaugural meeting in early June. One of the most important task was the election of the Vice-Presidents. Due to organizational changes the Vice-President...
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Carniolan sausages can be only Slovenian products
Date: 2012-06-18 11:58:45
Slovenia and Austria agreed in a gastronomic name dispute, and Carniolan sausages can be only Slovenian products – writes Delo daily newspaper of Ljubljana. According to the agreement Austria does...
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Magazine: Here in, here out!
Date: 2012-06-18 10:57:37
Drinkwel is a super-functional drink combines a high number of ingredients (vitamins, minerals, extract from liver-protecting plants, amino acid, etc.) that mitigate the negative effects of alcohol....
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The development momentum of the dairy sector may stop
Date: 2012-06-15 14:57:16
The high feed prices, the increase in production costs, the reduction in the price of milk, the lack of development resources may cause a slowdown in the development of the...
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Hungarian companies expect the dynamic expansion of e-commerce
Date: 2012-06-15 13:20:27
The Hungarian companies are expecting the dynamic growth of e-commerce and the online services market in the next five years – shows the online survey of RSM DTM Hungary Zrt....
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Wine management act to be changed
Date: 2012-06-15 13:10:17
The wine management act's amendment was submitted to the National Assembly by the government on Friday, in order to reduce the business costs and administration of the entrepreneur and to...
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A lack of domestic fruits
Date: 2012-06-15 13:00:58
Only the the earliest domestic summer fruits have appeared on the domestic market, therefore, the high prices can not be a major factor. According to Mártonffy Béla, President of FruitVeB...
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Fruit prices go down
Date: 2012-06-15 13:00:54
In April, the producer prices level of agricultural products decreased by 2.9 percent, compared to the prices of the previous year. The price of crop products fell by 8.7 percent,...
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Olcsóbbat.hu’s compilation from the most popular of summer products
Date: 2012-06-15 12:20:17
Digital cameras are still the most popular products among the online purchased products, but this year interest is smaller than last year, while twice as many clicks occurs on air-conditioners...
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Magazine: Future Store at FOODAPEST (part 3)
Date: 2012-06-15 11:17:35
‘We have reached the Unilever Dosmestos, Cif and Flóraszept chemical product section. We recommend Domestos General cleaner to those who like chlorine-free cleaning and disinfecting. For toilets DomestosDoublePower is the...
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U.S. retail sales decreasing
Date: 2012-06-15 10:40:28
According to the government’s datas, published on Wednesday, U.S. retail sales are decreasing for the second consecutive month in May. On a monthly basis, retail sales in May decreased by...
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Employers see the labor market situation unstable
Date: 2012-06-15 09:00:02
Employers in Hungary, see labor market situation precarious in the next quarter. 71 percent of them are not planning any redundancies nor recruitment by the end of September. According to...
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New regulations of the Hungarian Food Book published
Date: 2012-06-14 14:01:05
As we know, the new law concerning foodchains and authorities following the foodlaw of 2008/XLVI, puts a greater emphasis on the role of the Hungarian Food Book. It is not...
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Coface: less food firms can handle the burdens
Date: 2012-06-14 13:20:31
The number of insolvency proceedings increased by more than thirty percent in the first quarter of 2011 among the food companies, compared to the same period of last year, while...
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