Events
Innovation, mobility, consumption
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
The increasing role of mobile technology, from production to sale, brings benefits and satisfaction to manufacturers, retailers and consumers. A growing number of mobile phones will be able to read...
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Coupons in catering
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
For a long time, Hungarian bar and restaurant owners could not imagine how coupon usage could be adapted to the attitude of the average Hungarian restaurant goer. In the age...
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Grill products have become less hypermarket-centred
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Despite the 3-percent decrease in grill sausage value sales by hypermarkets, 59 percent of sales was still realised in this retail channel. Volume sales plummeted by 17 percent and value...
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Invisible investigators
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Krisztina Szabad, the managing director of Archicom introduced their ‘Webeye’ system to the readers of Trade magazine: – A vehicle tracking device is part of the system. It is a...
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Already the new generation collects selectively
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
In the past two years, the proportion of 18-29-year old adults actively participating in selective waste collection grew from 35 to 50 percent – reports a survey by ÖKO-Pannon Nonprofit...
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Level of unemployment still growing
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
In the first quarter of 2010, KSH measured an 11.8-percent unemployment rate (2.1 percentage points higher than twelve months earlier), with 3,719,000 people being employed and 498,000 unemployed in the...
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We are less fervent grillers than we used to be
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
The current economic situation does not favour the organisation of open-air grill parties and this inevitably affected grill product sales. Zoltán Szántó, PICK Szeged Zrt.’s product manager says: – Because...
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For trusted products trusted methods are required
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
In the case of most products sold in stores, both seller and buyer know what happened to base materials until the product reached the table of the consumer. International standards...
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Donation in the value of several million Forints to flood victims
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Many FMCG companies offered donations to help the victims of extreme weather in northern Hungary. Tesco donated truckloads of water, milk, tea, antiseptics, blankets and baby food. Borsodi Brewery gave...
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A strong Forint helped meat import
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) continuously monitors and publishes world trends in poultry and fruit/vegetable products. Their last report reveals that in the first quarter beef prices continued to...
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We buy grill products several times a year
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
In 2009, 5 percent of Hungarian households bought some kind of grill sausage and 7 percent put grill spices in their baskets – reveals GfK Hungária’s ConsumerScan. On average, we...
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MÉTE helps young researchers
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
MÉTE (Hungarian Association of Food Science and Technology) organised a conference at Szeged University on 6 May, where 96 essays by 100 students from 5 universities were presented. The topic...
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Export and the industry are already expanding
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. and Erste Bank, industrial and foreign trade data indicated a moderate economic growth in early 2010. In several sectors – building and...
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Spice mixes are a better choice for brand building
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Many product groups capitalised on the fact that consumers are economising by not eating out. More cooking done at home should affect spice sales positively, but data by Nielsen indicate...
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Politicians promise more efficient consumer protection
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
We need to take consumer protection closer to the people – said MP László Koszorús at the annual meeting of the Hungarian Brand Association. The author of Fidesz’s consumer protection...
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Slower upturn expected in the eurozone
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
While in Ireland, Spain and Greece recession will not end in 2010, Canada, Australia and New Zealand got the A1 rating again, while the US earned an A2. In these...
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Small packaging units sell better
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Spice retail sales grew by 10 percent in February 2009-January 2010, compared with the previous twelve months. The annual market surpassed HUF 12 billion and Nielsen registered minus 2 percent...
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nterest for EuroShop does not slacken
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Six Hungarian companies will participate at next year’s EuroShop trade fair. The triannual event will be held on 26 February-2 March 2011 in Düsseldorf, where EuroConcept, EuroSales, EuroCIS and EuroExpo...
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Flower sale all around the year
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
These days not only specialised shops, but also general retail units sell garden products. We do not have precise data on Hungarian garden plant and hobby gardening sales, but it...
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Condiment brands are looking for new communication elements
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
On the stagnating condiment market the volume share of private labels has reached 38 percent, hypermarket strengthened its position among retail channels and the 301-500 g packaging size increased its...
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Why does UHT milk have a longer shelf life?
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Tetra Pak and GfK Hungária did joint research to point out misbeliefs concerning milk. At a press conference on 6 May they revealed that three out of four Hungarian consumers...
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Poverty and consumption: cheaper products are more popular than promotions
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
GfK Hungária carried out a survey on the consumption habits of more than 3 million Hungarians, who live below the poverty line. Despite being poor, these people spend significant amounts...
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A slight contraction on the condiment market
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Value sales in condiment retail only fell by 1 percent in April 2009-March 2010, in comparison with the same period a year earlier. According to the Nielsen Retail Index, the...
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Hungarian milk domestic sales declining
Date: 2010-06-17 00:03:12
The Hungarian dairy business mood reduces and the domestic sales also declining – states the most recent summary of the Milk Marketing Board, which was published on the occasion of...
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One-fifth of the companies feel the export boom
Date: 2010-06-17 00:02:38
According to the latest survey of Coface Hungary; in nearly half of the interviewed hundreds of Hungarian exporting companies, an over 5 percent export revenues reduction occured in 2009. 21...
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A proposal for “hamburger tax”
Date: 2010-06-17 00:02:35
The Strategic Alliance for the Hungarian Hospitals proposed a health action plan. The association's proposal also stipulates that health care contribution (10 HUF per unit) should be introduced on alcohol,...
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Best practices for self-regulation: the recent results of the beer industry
Date: 2010-06-17 00:02:34
A report entitled “Beer advertising with responsible self-regulation ” was issued by the Brewers Association Europe (BoE), which summarizes the European brewing industry self-regulatory practices. The Brewers Association Europe (BoE)...
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The Watermelon Association initiates the creating of a government fund
Date: 2010-06-17 00:02:21
The Hungarian Watermelon Association turns to the government for help. They want to achieve the creation of a government fund, that would pay the producers the price immediately, to avoid...
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The world price of coffee increased
Date: 2010-06-17 00:01:12
Within five days, the world price of coffee increased by 20 percent. The Arabica coffee rose onto its two-year peak, according to analysts; mainly due to speculation. The price of...
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Hungary is the seventh greenest among seventeen countries
Date: 2010-06-17 00:00:15
According to the survey of the National Geographic; the Indian, Brazilian and Chinese consumers are the greenest, while the consumption of the American, Canadian French and British citizens are considered...
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