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EU allows most UK meat exports
Date: 2007-10-05 00:00:00
The export of fresh beef and sheep meat would be allowed. The decision would be adopted formally from October 12 but would enter into force only if there were no...
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Golden lolliPOP Award
Date: 2007-10-05 00:00:00
This year 174 tenders vied in six categories. The Winners are: DisplaysBest design: Rauch Nativa plexi puld display – Unobi Design Communication Kft.Best technic: Djuice display – Colorpark Design...
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Polish fish meal is unsafe
Date: 2007-10-04 00:00:00
Tthe ban is to stay in force until Russian veterinarians investigation the Polish system of export controls. Russia has banned imports of fish meal, mainly used as fodder, mixing meat...
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Pubs step up pressure over supermarket alcohol
Date: 2007-10-04 00:00:00
Pub operators have stepped up the pressure on the Government to take action against supermarkets selling cheap booze. The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has written to ministers urging...
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A shipment of 47 tons of frozen sardines was rejected
Date: 2007-10-03 00:00:00
The sardines, imported from a Japanese trading company originally from the United States were infected with disease-inducing bacteria. The report said sample inspections showed the sardines were infected with listeria...
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Deal with POS
Date: 2007-10-03 00:00:00
A new website, megallitotabla.hu, started by Conint-Print. The site shows wide range of BTL tools. megallitotabla.hu can be a good start point for people interesting or working for BTL, retail...
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Bird flu in Russia
Date: 2007-10-03 00:00:00
More than 230,000 birds have been culled at a poultry farm in Russia's southern Krasnodar Territory. The lethal H5N1 virus was identified at the farm on 4th September. Following an...
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China has the third-largest economy
Date: 2007-10-03 00:00:00
Since 2002 China has advanced from the world's sixth-largest economy to No. 3, overtaking the U.K. and Germany and India and narrowing the gap with the world's two largest economies:...
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Politicians against throw-away bottles
Date: 2007-10-03 00:00:00
MDF, Hungarian party said the traders should take back every kind of bottles. According to partei's opinion extension of the deposit cost for throw-away bottles would help to increase the...
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7% decrease at the Confidence-index
Date: 2007-10-02 00:00:00
55% of managers expect domestic demand to remain unchanged and 27% expect decreasing demand. The monthly Ecostat Top-100 index, a gauge of confidence at Hungary's biggest hundred companies dropped to...
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Less ready meals in Britain
Date: 2007-10-02 00:00:00
According a survey despite time pressures, the majority of mothers are said to prefer to cook meals from scratch rather than open a jar or heat ready meals. The research,...
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HUF 12 million conraband
Date: 2007-10-01 00:00:00
Customs officers seized 31,000 cartons of cigarettes in a van. The worth of contraband cigarettes was 12 million forints, the products brought into the country from the Ukraine. The officers...
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Germans don't do shopping
Date: 2007-10-01 00:00:00
In Surprise Fall German retail sales fell unexpectedly in August, affected by the impact of higher oil prices and the credit-market turmoil. Sales, adjusted for inflation and seasonal swings, fell...
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One week for the entrepreneurs
Date: 2007-09-27 00:00:00
Free presentations and discourses about questions serve the Hungarian entrepreneurs from 27 September to 6 October, organised by Budapest Chamber of Industries. Days of the Chamber's program begins with the...
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Warm food voucher is popular
Date: 2007-09-27 00:00:00
According to GKI research company, in 2003 only 300,000, this year 570,000 employees get warm food vouchers. 58% of the competition sector's employees get cold food vouchers and 18% warm...
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Summer raid – HUF 500 million fine
Date: 2007-09-25 00:00:00
In the course of the 10 weeks control the inspectors spied at the Lake-Balaton, on the biggest events – as Sziget Festival and on the famous holiday places. Inspectors found...
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Milk producers make the pace
Date: 2007-09-25 00:00:00
Subsequent upon the price war there are empty shelves at the supermarkets milk sections. The processing industry and the exporters run against each other and jack up the price. There...
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New owner and developing at the Bertrans logistic park in Kecskemet
Date: 2007-09-25 00:00:00
Australia's Goodman Group buys logistics park in Hungary. Goodman, an integrated property group listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, has acquired the Kecskemét-based logistics park of Hungarian logistics service provider...
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Heineken introduces new light lager in Russia
Date: 2007-09-25 00:00:00
The new brand will be positioned in the premium class beer segment and will be supported by a wide promotion campaign across various mass media. Heineken has introduced a new...
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Ribena to go green
Date: 2007-09-25 00:00:00
The company said that it will become the first in UK's soft drinks industry to increase the recycled content of its ready-to-drink bottles from 40% to 100%. All Ribena bottles,...
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Substitutes stealing the show
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
As consumers are becoming increasingly health conscious and wary of sugar, sales of sweeteners are expanding. Canderel is not only a sweetener brand, but also a well known and diverse...
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Good days for palinka
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Palinka sales in the HoReCa sector grew by 10 per cent in terms of value in the June 2006–May 2007 period. Total palinka sales in the HoReCa sector exceeded HUF...
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Nestlé ice cream for children – a case study
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Only two out of the sixteen lectures presented at the Esomar conference held in Milan, in May dealt with experience accumulated in central or eastern Europe. This time, we will...
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Private labels on the offensive
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Retail sales of praline show dynamic growth. Sales have expanded by 10 per cent in the July 2006 – June 2007 period, exceeding HUF 15 billion, according to the Retail...
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Palinka popular among young people
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Palinka has become fashionable. It has recently become an extremely successful product compared to the past. However, only premium brands of very high quality are welcome in restaurants. – Restaurants...
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Domestic chains enjoying an advantage on the Chinese battlefield (part 2.)
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Why are Chinese retail chains successful in their battle against international chains? This was the question we discussed with Glen Murphy, director of the Chinese Nielsen subsidiary. The average income...
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Weakening „B” brands among pralines
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Preparations are on the way for the long praline season, which will reach its peak around Christmas. Private labels hold stronger positions than ever before, but premium products are also...
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Rising prices in the bakery industry
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Consumer prices in July were 8.4 per cent up compared to July 2006. According to a KSH report, food prices fell by 0.8 per cent compared to June. The prices...
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Mr. Cheng Yun from Wuhan
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
Mr. Cheng Yun is a typical representative of the dynamically expanding Chinese food business. He owns 200 food stores in and around one of the “second rate” cities, Wuhan which...
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From grandma’s best to Mexican cuisine
Date: 2007-09-24 08:00:00
The food industry has responded to our accelerated lifestyle with plenty of innovation. The assortment of instant food has expanded significantly. Instant food is a very comprehensive category. It includes...
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