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Easter ham traffic remained stable

Consumers continue to purchase Easter ham. Retail sales increased in value by 5 percent, in quantities by 1 percent last year in the March-April season, compared to the previous year's...

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Decreasing trade – increasing black economy

According to the Central Statistical Office; trade sales in January were less than a year earlier. Due to the decline last year, this reflects a very negative consumer market –...

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Decreasing expectations in wages

According to Workania.hu web job site; the expectations of job searchers fell to 166,700 HUF for an average wage in 2010, while in 2009, the expected to average wage was...

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The 102nd Social Store opened in Dombóvár

At the weekend the 102nd social store opened in Dombóvár. In the retail network – that was the initiative established by MAGOSZ – the fruits, vegetables basic foodstuffs of Hungarian...

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Last year a 30 percent decrease in sales of processed fruit occured

According to the president of the Hungarian Fruit and Vegetable Interprofessional Organisation and Marketing Council (FruitVeb) less fruit is expected this year than in 2009, although last year, the sector...

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The first self-service warehouse opened in Hungary

Nearly for 50 years, a large part of Americans do not store unnecessary stuff at home, rather in self-service stores. In the specially-built warehouses anyone can rent storage place. The...

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Environmental, economic and moral issues in Berlin

Besides the 400,000 visitors and 12,000 exhibitors, there was another record for the 75th Grüne Woche: agricultural politics was more important than ever before. The ministers of agriculture from 46...

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Ham sales remained stable at Easter

Consumers stick to their good old Easter ham: value sales were up by 5 percent, while volume sales grew by 1 percent in last March-April. 21 percent (3,000 tons) of...

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Retail still flying low

Retail sales continued to decline in November, according to KSH’s quick report. Volume sales of retail stores were down by 5 percent in the first eleven months of 2009 and...

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Popai Hungary

Enter the competition 11 February-7 May 2010 is the period assigned to enter the POPAI Awards UK&Ireland competition, in 18 categories. Results will be announced in July. GlobalShop 2010 On...

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Organic food products cope with the crisis rather well

Market researchers say that in most countries the crisis did not decrease the demand for organic products. However, Hungarian retailers say the growth has stopped. In Europe’s leading ‘organic states’...

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Less machine ham but more cooked-smoked ham sold in the first 11 months of 2009

According to GfK Hungária’s Consumer Scan survey, consumers bought 2 percent more cooked-smoked ham (not home-made), but 6 percent less machine ham in January-November 2009 than a year earlier. In...

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Import pig is still cheaper than domestic

The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) continuously monitors and publishes world trends in poultry and fruit/vegetable products. Their last report reveals that the production price of domestic pork fell by...

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An empire of the senses

By Digital POP we mean all those modern technology solutions which use some kind of device to influence the buying process. Trade magazin and Magyar Telekom and its now Origo-owned...

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Small spring cleaning

The months of crisis slowed down the growth of specialised cleaning products. According to Nóra Szőts, Unilever Magyarország Kft.’s category operations assistant manager, 2009 brought significant changes on the market....

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Energy drinks kept flying high last year

While value sales of the 90 food categories measured by Nielsen grew by 2 percent on average, energy drinks skyrocketed with 18 percent in December 2008-November 2009. The annual market...

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Foreign debt is shrinking

According to a forecast by GKI Gazdaságkutató Zrt. and Erste Bank, the Hungarian economy will stagnate in 2010. Depending on the economic policy of the next government, budget deficit will...

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POS-002

In January 2010 POS Media Europe’s offices, present in 7 countries, ran nearly 100 campaigns. After the Christmas rush companies took a break, preparing for the next campaign efforts. This...

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A walk in the future

Welcome to Future Store Innovations! With this initiative our objective was to present retail-use technological innovations at stand 211/C of Foodapest.. Please, follow me. As we approach the store’s entrance...

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Energy drinks are getting stronger in small shops too

Nielsen’s data indicate that the ‘crisis mood’ does not have an impact on energy drinks yet. The category changed significantly in the past 2-3 years, the dominance of premium brands...

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Hungary on top of the inflation list in December

In December 2009, in the EU-27 consumer prices were 1.4 percent higher on average, compared to prices in December 2008. The biggest increase was measured in Hungary (5.4 percent) and...

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FMCG-Ball

The second ball for the FMCG sector organised by Trade magazin and Lánchíd Klub was attended our guests on 27 February. We invite you to the third FMCG-Ball next year...

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Fruit Logistica: price war without winners

This year’s Fruit Logistica trade fair was held in Berlin, in the middle of February. German retail prices are going down, especially in the discount channel. There is a price...

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Plain sweet and household biscuit sales grew in volume as well

Sweet biscuit retail sales grew by 6 percent in terms of value, in December 2008-November 2009. Volume sales are stable at 25,000 tons, according to the Nielsen Retail Index. The...

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The crisis brought numerous bankruptcies

Earlier forecasts about an economic upturn in the second part of 2010 might turn out to be wrong and the situation is rather volatile – says the director of. Coface...

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A day of recreation

Despite the difficulties 2009 brought there were success stories in the FMCG sector. Karrier és Stílus Tanácsadó Kft. held a conference on 3 February, titled ‘The road to success’ to...

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Everything for the little ones

Despite the number of babies born decreasing, the selection of baby products is widening. Krisztina Antal, Nestlé Hungária Kft.’s trade marketing manager is of the opinion that young mothers do...

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Brand building is rewarding on the biscuit market

Sweet biscuits have been developing constantly in the past couple of years. This year growth stalled, but Nielsen’s data indicate that there is no need to panic. Private labels’ dominance...

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