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Last Sardine Plant in Norway to Close Down
Date: 2008-01-29 00:00:00
A weak dollar exchange rate and lost earnings mean forced King Oscar to finish production. The plant produces more than seven million tins of sardines a year and more...
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Cartelism at plastic packiging plants
Date: 2008-01-28 00:00:00
The Hungarian Competition Authority spys by Linpac Plastic Hungária, Propack and Petruzalek Ltd., one Slovakian and an Austrian company is involved too. Accoriding to Hungarian Competition Authority the within named...
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Dannon to mystify with 'Probiotic' Bacteria in the US
Date: 2008-01-25 00:00:00
The American unit of French group Danone mounting a massive false advertising campaign to convince consumers to pay more for yogurt containing “probiotic” bacteria because of the products' health benefits....
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Coca-Cola Aims to Expand Tea, Looking at Acquisitions
Date: 2008-01-25 00:00:00
The company might buy or make an investment in Honest Beverages, a privately-held maker of Honest Tea. Tea is a priority area," Chief Executive Neville Isdell told Reuters on the...
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(HU) Többmilliós fogyasztóvédelmi büntetés a Norbi Updatenek
Date: 2008-01-24 00:00:00
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(HU) Édesszájú a magyar – tavaly 12 ezer tonna cukorka fogyott
Date: 2008-01-24 00:00:00
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Winter Fruit Festival at Europark
Date: 2008-01-24 00:00:00
The exhibition between 28 January – 10 February shows gigantic sculptures from fruits. The visitors can see the small Taj Mahal, imagened in fruit or a giant tea pot. After...
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Retail sales decreased 4.2% in November 2007
Date: 2008-01-24 00:00:00
Two prozent less food and 2-2.4% sales fall in hypers and other food stores. The retail sales has been falling since the beginning of the year 2007. The volume of...
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The boom in food prices could last longer
Date: 2008-01-23 00:00:00
The report, published by Bidwells Agribusiness, said it is impossible to know yet whether the agricultural market was facing a structural or a cyclical change. Instead of focusing on the...
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Instore TV- Right message on the right palace
Date: 2008-01-23 00:00:00
In the US there are more than 130,000 locations with over 500,000 digital screens. Broadcasters said these digital networks offer advertisers access to consumers at the point of purchase, measurability...
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(HU) Az eddiginél is szigorúbb fogyasztóvédelmi ellenőrzésekre lehet számítani
Date: 2008-01-22 00:00:00
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China's Retail Sales Of Consumer Goods Up 17%
Date: 2008-01-21 00:00:00
China's retail sales of consumer goods rose 17% to US$1.2 trillion in 2007 from a year ago, compared to a 13.7% increase in 2006. Meanwhile, official data revealed that prices...
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Gerbaud corner, healthy, new bread at UKBA
Date: 2008-01-18 00:00:00
15th International Trade Fair for Confectionery, Bakery and Gastronomy on 3-5 February 2008 at HUNGEXPO Budapest Fair Center. The nearly 12000 visitors proved that the trade is open for novelties,...
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Plastic Bag stop in Poland
Date: 2008-01-18 00:00:00
The Biedronka supermarket chain has announced that it is stopping the usage of plastic bags, and plans to eliminate them from its stores before end-2008. The Polish Environment Ministry approved...
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Rounding errors at 1-2 forint coins withdrawal
Date: 2008-01-17 00:00:00
Gyorgy Vamos, President of Hungarian Trade Association wrote a comment about the problems, that brings the 1-2 HUF coins withdrawal. The President said there are not exactly rules about the...
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Real wages decreased by 4.7%
Date: 2008-01-17 00:00:00
Average gross and net earnings by national concept rose by 8.3% and by 2.9% respectively compared to the same period of the previous year. 2 million 765 thousand persons were...
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From Januar all local business tax breaks and exemptions eliminated
Date: 2008-01-17 00:00:00
In its latest Tax and Legal Alert on Monday, PricewaterhouseCoopers detailed the implications. Due to the requirements of harmonizing Hungarian regulations with Community legislation, local business tax breaks and exemptions...
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Only one week to 5th Wine tourism Summit
Date: 2008-01-17 00:00:00
The visitors of the event on 24th January meet leader of 30-40 Hungarian winery in the House of Hungarian Wines. It is the 5th opportunity for wineries, wine houses and...
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Commission encourages development of 'innovative' foods
Date: 2008-01-16 00:00:00
The European novel food regulation could bring the waiting time from around three years to just one for the applicants. This proposal aims to create a more efficient and practical...
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Gherkins cured with mouse
Date: 2008-01-16 00:00:00
The Slovene Mercator retail chain has to recall jars of pickled gherkins made by Hungarian Parmen Ltd., because a jar containing mouse remains. Mercator started preparing the documentation for the...
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Daily 300,000 „Turo Rudis” by the time the Olympic Games
Date: 2008-01-15 00:00:00
In mid January EU-Milk Technologies Kft is to start up a Chinese production line. Within a year a combined Hungarian and Chinese company is expected to operate Rudis (a chocolate...
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(HU) Sikerrel debütáltak a magyar borok a Wine Profession kiállításon
Date: 2008-01-15 00:00:00
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(HU) Erősödnek a vegyiáru üzletek, de még mindig a hipereké a főszerep
Date: 2008-01-15 00:00:00
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In November 2007 the industrial gross output increased by 5.5%
Date: 2008-01-15 00:00:00
The volume of the production was higher by 8.2% in the first eleven months of 2007 than in the same period of the previous year. The industrial export sales grew...
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