Hungarians purchasing less food and household chemical goods

According to the recent survey of GfK Hungaria Market Research Institute Hungarian household spent ess money on daily consumer goods during the first quarter of 2009 than a year earlier.

The decline is bigger among the processed foods, than basic foods, like the bakery, vegetables, fruit, flour and sugar. According to the Household panel survey of GfK Hungaria Market Research Institute, households spent 3,5 percent less money on daily consumer goods during the first quarter of 2009 than a year earlier. Hungarians purchased 6.5 percent less food and household chemical goods in March this year compared to a similar period of 2008. Similar tendencies registered in a number of European countries such as in France, the Netherlands and Germany. It is observed that people pays attention more on the promotions, being economical comes into view. To decreasing the costs people often purchases in discounts and buys own-product of retail chains.