Market News
Reduction of interest rates is expected
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
According to a forecast made jointly by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. with Erste Bank, the relatively favourable rate of growth of the first quarter of the year will be maintained for...
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Panorama of drinks before the heat
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
A warmer climate is not the only reason behind the expansion seen in the sales of alcohol-free beverages. More comprehensive brand strategies, deeper knowledge of consumers and innovation also make...
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Food offensive broken
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
The total volume of retail trade was practically the same in February 2007, as a year earlier. Revenues generated by retail trade in the first two months of 2007 totalled...
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Market of meat for the grill far from being saturated yet
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
The most seasonal meat product category, that of meat for grilling shows constant growth. Within this category, sausages are still the biggest segment, but marinade meat, Vienna sausages and other...
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Food above inflation
Date: 2007-05-30 08:00:00
The average rise in consumer prices was 0,5 per cent in April 2007, while price rises totalled 8,8 per cent for the previous year. According to a report by KSH,...
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Bird flu infects two people in UK
Date: 2007-05-30 00:00:00
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
Date: 2007-05-30 00:00:00
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
Date: 2007-05-30 00:00:00
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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Food direct for woman
Date: 2007-05-30 00:00:00
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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Non-GMO driving Russian food price increase
Date: 2007-05-29 00:00:00
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
Date: 2007-05-29 00:00:00
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
Date: 2007-05-29 00:00:00
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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In contemp of descending real wages, the hungarian buy
Date: 2007-05-25 00:00:00
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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No higher excise tax
Date: 2007-05-25 00:00:00
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) Fogyasztóvédelmi bizottság előtt az áruházláncok képviselői
Date: 2007-05-24 00:00:00
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CASH maintains pressure on UK soup formulators
Date: 2007-05-22 00:00:00
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
Date: 2007-05-22 00:00:00
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
Date: 2007-05-21 00:00:00
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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UK waste reduction guide designed to help industry
Date: 2007-05-21 00:00:00
A new UK guide designed to help retailers and processors cut down on packaging waste serves as an example for other EU companies. The guide, published this week by the...
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