Company and Personal News
Henkel: The crisis changes consumer behavior
Date: 2012-04-04 12:18:18
The crisis changes consumer behavior, while the economic constraints strengthens consumer awareness resulting in positive social consequences – stated Törőcsik Mária, Professor of the University of Pécs at the press...
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NFH: businesses can apply for consumer-friendly logo
Date: 2012-04-04 12:15:23
Those businesses, can apply for consumer-friendly logo, on which no complaints were sent to the National Consumer Protection Authority (NFH) – told Pintér István, the authority’s Director-General at a press...
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Finnish-Hungarian agreement to maintain the EU sugar quota
Date: 2012-04-04 12:12:38
The Hungarian and the Finnish Ministrer of Agriculture argued beside the maintenance of the EU sugar quotas on Tuesday's press conference following their discussions in Budapest in the Ministry of...
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CBA wants to be the market leader of the Hungarian food trade
Date: 2012-04-04 12:10:43
CBA is intended to be once again the market leader in the Hungarian food trade – pointed out Baldauf László, president of the commercial food chain on Wednesday, at a...
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Ipsos F&F: cosmetics using and holiday habits of the young people
Date: 2012-04-04 11:40:44
Toothpaste, shampoo, shower gel and deodorant can be classified among the basic hygiene and personal care products used by young adults. Men use shaving creams and aftershaves, while women use...
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Heineken Limited Edition Design Contest Picks the Winning Bottle
Date: 2012-04-04 11:28:59
The Heineken Limited Edition Design Contest had over 30,000 entries, yet the beer brand has finally chosen a design to commemorate the company's 140th year. For the contest, Heineken used...
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Stevia is the sweetest plant
Date: 2012-04-04 11:12:07
Stevia enjoys the distinction of being the sweetest plant on earth. In fact, raw stevia leaves are reportedly about 15 times more potent than table sugar, while stevia extracts have...
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The garlic-situation is getting difficult
Date: 2012-04-04 10:04:30
Following a deplorable decrease of a decade, the fields for garlic production in Hungary have finally seen a growth in 2011, and the crop was around 5300 tons. This definitely...
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Worsening economic forecasts cause uncertainty among European consumers
Date: 2012-04-03 14:24:41
New rescue packages, uncertainty about further developments in Greece, Italy and France and the prospects of poorer economic development in 2012 are all heightening the anxiety of European consumers. This...
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The hungaricum act builds the consumer community of national products
Date: 2012-04-03 13:56:24
The Hungarian legislation has arrived to a strategic milestone with the creation of the Hungaricum act. The Hungarian legislation is willing to ensure the protection of national values. The law...
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Ipsos: Shopping, financial transactions and job search on the net
Date: 2012-04-03 13:30:32
Six-tenth of the world's internet users collect information about the products they want to buy on the web, and almost half of them buys these products on the web. Six-tenth...
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Rain or more expenses
Date: 2012-04-03 13:00:44
If rain will not come, autumn sowings may be in critical situation, and the fate of spring seeds will be in a critical situation as well. According to meteorologists, weather...
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Technical breakthrough in the dairy industry
Date: 2012-04-03 12:58:44
The world's leading food processing and packaging system manufacturer, the Tetra Pak has announced a revolutionary innovation. The OneStep technology, debuted at the Anuga FoodTec exhibition decreases the milk processing...
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K&H SME confidence index: do the domestic enterprises passed the low point?
Date: 2012-04-03 12:55:41
After several years of nadir, the K&H SME confidence index increased. The K&H SME confidence index is indicating the one-year expectations of the domestic businesses. The K&H SME confidence index...
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Domestic strawberry and raspberry production may find momentum
Date: 2012-04-03 12:00:53
The Hungarian strawberry and raspberry growers, who are entitled to SAPS can receive an annual 391 thousand euros (about one hundred million HUF ) support from 2012. The new EU...
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A new Spar opens in the heart of the City
Date: 2012-04-03 11:56:29
The SPAR Magyarország Kft. opens its ninth City SPAR unit on 3 April 2012, in the center of Budapest under Károly boulevard 22-24. This is the second City SPAR opening...
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Body Shop beats in Budapest from today
Date: 2012-04-03 11:35:56
Body Shop’s exclusive national representation, the Avanzo Trade Ltd. opened its first brand store in Budapest today. The store can be found in the Arena Plaza. This is the first...
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Consumer spendings have increased in the world's largest economy
Date: 2012-04-03 11:22:41
The U.S. personal spendings grew by 0.8 percent in February, surpassing the expectations of a 0.6 percent increase. The January data was improved to 0.4 percent growth from 0.2 percent....
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Novelty from Haas Natural: Rákóczi cottage cheese pudding powder
Date: 2012-04-03 11:20:32
The Natural Haas product line expanded with a new product: with the Haas Natural Rákóczi cottage cheese pudding powder. The new, limited edition pudding The Natural Haas product line expanded...
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Molson Coors to acquire Cenral and Eastern European brewer StarBev
Date: 2012-04-03 11:16:07
Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE: TAP; TSX) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with StarBev L.P., owned by funds (“CVC Funds”) advised by CVC Capital Partners Limited...
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METRO joined to the Earth Hour initiative for the fifth time
Date: 2012-04-03 10:50:01
All illuminated signs of every METRO stores will be turned off in Hungary for an hour. The protection of the environment is important element of the operation of Metro. In...
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The sun protection of children is again in the center this year
Date: 2012-04-03 09:25:06
The dm drogerie markt re-organizes its “Children of the Sun” campaign based on an international initiative. This is the second year, when dm draws attention to the dangers of sun...
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OKSZ: We will spend during Easter despite the crisis
Date: 2012-04-02 13:10:41
This year, egg prices increase drastically, thus Easter holiday meals will cost more, but merchants expect that the Hungarian population will spend the same amount as last year. According to...
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KÉKI: High quality ham is expensive, but the cheaper is not bad either
Date: 2012-04-02 12:52:48
Hungarian housewives can definitely agree about one thing: they have received plenty of good ideas on how to buy the ideal ham for Easter. Never before did so many ham-tests...
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Russian supermarket chain buys two thousand tons of Hungarian apples
Date: 2012-04-02 12:50:55
The Russian Magnit supermarket chain buys two thousand tons of Hungarian apples as the first step. The shipping of the fruits has begun to Russia – informed the Ministry of...
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BMI on a record annual level
Date: 2012-04-02 12:20:57
The seasonally adjusted value of the Purchasing Manager Index (BMI) was 56.8 points in March, the highest of the last thirteen months. In addition, it is well above 50 points,...
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The Ministry of Rural Development's proposal on illegal land purchasing
Date: 2012-04-02 12:08:53
The government has adopted the Ministry of Rural Development's proposal on illegal land purchasing. The Minister of Rural Development promised swift and effective action regarding so-called pocket contracts. At the...
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The Government has adopted the National Rural Strategy
Date: 2012-04-02 12:00:14
“The Government is treating agriculture as an important spring-board”, stressed András Giró-Szász at the press conference at which he and Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas jointly announced that the...
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Changes in the pig holding rules
Date: 2012-04-02 11:33:51
The EU regulation that prohibits the sows to be kept in isolation – will enter into force in January 2013 – will only affect less than 50 affected pig farms...
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Tesco awaits its local suppliers
Date: 2012-04-02 11:15:52
Tesco organizes its sixth Regional Suppliers' Forum on 18 April in Szolnok. For the event the local producers of Nógrád, Heves, and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county are expected. In addition to local...
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