Market News

Big trader or wholesaler?

The drastic reduction in the number of retail outlets we had expected a few years ago did not take place. Many retailers are gone, but many new ones have appeared....

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Bio in movement

Bio products are becoming more popular. Their number is growing not only in market places but stores as well. The proportion of bio products within total Hungarian food consumption is...

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Current figures about our FMCG market

Retail sales of food grew by 11 per cent in terms of value between April 2006 and March 2007. There was double digit growth in 22 categories, while there was...

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Courage

Fight for success is getting tougher. Retailers and manufactures are carpet bombing consumers with promotions. As a result, austerity measures have not quite had the effect in the FMCG market...

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Vegetables and fruits are the most popular bio foods

Vegetables and fruits are the most popular bio-foods, according to consumer research by Gfk. 42 per cent of the customers of bio-foods choose from the above two categories. Bio-bread is...

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Billions – on conditions

By signing the New Hungary Development Plan on 9. May, it was finally decided how much money will be available from the total of HUF 7,000 billion for development of...

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Food direct for woman

Slight lady smiles onto the consumer on the cereal's bag, yoghurt is filled in a bottle which forms the woman body, also the chocolate shows the cheesy woman body. Although...

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Bird flu infects two people in UK

Two people have been infected with the bird flu virus that has caused an outbreak on a farm in North Wales. A further nine people are currently experiencing flu-like symptoms...

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No deal in international coffee talks

Coffee processors and producers will have to wait another year for a new International Coffee Agreement after talks over the last week failed to make a breakthrough.   It means...

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Winter Invasion 2008 – focus on Budapest culture life

This year the event brought 25 500 extra guest nights to the Budapest hotels with the participation of 70 suppliers. Following the success of the first edition of the Budapest...

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Non-GMO driving Russian food price increase

New voluntary screening and voluntary 'No GMO!' labelling is driving up food prices in Moscow, according to reports. At present only foods sold in Russia that do contain genetically-modified organisms...

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Successful diet competition between companies

The target was not to hunger, but eating scienter and sporting regularly, and helping in it to each other at the workplace.  121 groups with 821 peoples enter for the...

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Ethnic foods gain ground

Growth in the retail ethnic foods in Europe is outpacing overall growth in the foods and drink sector, according to the report of Leatherhead Food International. The new report, called...

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(HU) Élelmiszerár-robbanás várható

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In contemp of descending real wages, the hungarian buy

While real wages dropped by 6.5% year on year in March, the volume of Hungary's retail sales fell by only 0.5% in the same month, according to preliminary calendar effect-adjusted...

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(HU) Plaza lesz a Garay piac helyén

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No higher excise tax

Members of the Parliament voted to send the plans back to its Economic Affairs Committee for further discussion. The move is another setback for the Commission in its attempt to...

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(HU) Magyarország lesz a nyugat kapuja

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CASH maintains pressure on UK soup formulators

Almost 50 per cent of commercial soups in the UK do not meet targets for salt levels, says a new report from the Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH)....

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Snack makers urged to target health nuts

Manufacturers of nut snacks could boost lacklustre sales by marketing the products from a health platform and being more vociferous in publicising the nutritional benefits of a diet rich in...

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Red pepper came from Serbia

In Hungary there is a weakening of seasonal paprika's crop land to 3-4,000 hectares. Formerly it was 10-14 hectares, but after the „004's pepper scandal, the processed pepper decline from...

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