News and articles
Groundbreaking alliance between Accor and Huazhu
Date: 2014-12-16 10:25:01
Accor (CAC 40 – AC.FR) and Huazhu Hotels Group (also known as China Lodging Group – Nasdaq: HTHT) today sealed an extensive and long-term alliance to create the most prominent...
Read more
Healt drops – fishoil
Date: 2014-12-16 10:16:42
Fish oil doesn't directly affect blood sugar levels. However, blood sugar, referred to as blood glucose, changes into other substances during the metabolic process, and the essential fatty acids in...
Read more
How to increase retail sales
Date: 2014-12-16 07:46:21
Hungarian consumer behaviour is changing and this influences the supply side: market players’ demands and tools related to supporting retail sales are changing. In order to stimulate sales efficiently they...
Read more
Ready, steady, go – Hungary! (Business Days 2014, Part 2)
Date: 2014-12-15 22:27:12
In Thursday’s first section the topic was the interrelation of agriculture, the food industry and retail. Zoltán Házi managing director of the Budapest Wholesale Market expressed his concerns about the...
Read more
Online retail to accelerate: we can expect 266 billion HUF turnover this year
Date: 2014-12-15 11:55:59
In 2014 the domestic e-retailers can be satisfied, as in previous years, the online retail market has increased significantly, which is expected to reach 266 billion HUF by the end...
Read more
The forecast of GKI Economic Research Co. for 2015
Date: 2014-12-15 11:50:10
Economic trends in 2014 seem to be somewhat better than expected in September in quantitative terms but they are not different in genuine qualitative ones. However, with intensifying global economic...
Read more
The parliament limited the tobacco purchases of the tobacco shops
Date: 2014-12-15 11:45:04
The National Assembly on Monday decided that the the tobacco shops can only buy tobacco products from state-owned suppliers, or from suppliers that are contracted with the state from September...
Read more
The NAK does not support the land tax
Date: 2014-12-15 11:30:58
The National Association of Agricultural Economics (NAK) does not agree with the taxation of land in any way. That decision was adopted unanimously by the National Chamber of the Bureau...
Read more
The worst honey crop of the past forty years in Békés county
Date: 2014-12-15 11:24:28
Due to the extremely bad weather, less than half of the average crop yield was harvested this year Haász Ferenc, president of the Békés County Beekeepers’ Association told MTI. Haász...
Read more
Tesco is preparing for Christmas in the spirit of quality
Date: 2014-12-15 11:22:27
In terms of Christmas dinner and gifts quality is becoming increasingly important in addition to the price. The customers are willing to pay even more for quality products. The Christmas...
Read more
The Szentkirályi is successful in Dubai
Date: 2014-12-15 11:20:49
The most recent report of the Zenith International – the world's leading service consulting of food and beverage firms – shows that global sales of premium water is growing every...
Read more
The nominees of the Winemaker of the Winemakers award have been disclosed
Date: 2014-12-15 11:17:31
The winemakers of the Tokaj-hegyalja wine region are representing themselves in the largest number on the nominee list of the Winemaker of the Winemakers award 2015, which was published on...
Read more
Danone Confirms Strategic Priorities and Strengthens Management Team
Date: 2014-12-15 11:16:07
Meeting on December 11, Danone’s Board of Directors chaired by Franck Riboud reviewed the company’s situation and prospects. Danone confirmed its 2014 targets including organic growth of over 4.5% and...
Read more
New livestock supplier system was handed over at the Hungerit Zrt.
Date: 2014-12-15 11:15:55
The new animal supplier system implemented with 1.7 billion HUF investment will improve the competitiveness of the poultry producerHungerit Zrt.. The new investment was handed over on Friday in Szentes....
Read more
The Pantry Shelf Program of the Magyar Turizmus (MT) Zrt. promotes Hungarian foods
Date: 2014-12-15 11:10:05
The Pantry Shelf program, which is the new program of the Magyar Turizmus (MT) Zrt. is promoting Hungarian food products in Hungary and abroad – was announced in a press...
Read more
Book about the traditional apple types of the Őrség and Göcsej
Date: 2014-12-15 11:10:02
The Göcsej Conservation Foundation published a book about the traditional apple types of the Őrség and Göcsej titled the Traditional Apple Species of the Őrség and Göcsej. The nearly 270-page...
Read more
Sole-Mizo’ plastic-cup product line updated
Date: 2014-12-15 10:36:39
Sole-Mizo is one of the biggest players in the sour cream and kefir market with its Mizo and Farmer products. These products are made in the company’s Szeged factory, which...
Read more
The spill-safe wine-glass – Video of the day
Date: 2014-12-15 10:22:04
We (designers Christopher Yamane and Matthew Johnson) are pleased to introduce ourselves, and to share our first product, stemless and spill-safe Saturn Wine Glasses. These spacey glasses are our reimagination...
Read more
What is nice is nice
Date: 2014-12-15 10:02:04
Tork recently put Xpressnap® on the market, a napkin dispenser that reduces napkin use by a quarter. With its award-wining design, the Xpressnap® Image Line is part of this product...
Read more
Magazine: CBA – responsible financial management and a new concept for Príma stores
Date: 2014-12-15 09:33:10
On 8 October CBA made two important announcements at the opening ceremony of Mágnáskert Deli, the 136th member of their Príma chain. Communications director Attila Fodor told in his speech...
Read more
Twenty SPAR partner stores opened in two years
Date: 2014-12-15 07:39:37
The first SPAR Partner store opened in September 2012 in Mór. On 9 October 2014 a new one opened in Tát and another on Szent László Road in Budapest, so...
Read more
Promotional traps, part 2: questions of responsibility
Date: 2014-12-14 05:39:42
One of the most debated sections of the new Civil Code is the following: if a head of company causes damage to a third party acting in the position of...
Read more
Magazine: This year’s Gundel Award winners
Date: 2014-12-12 13:02:16
On 23 September the winners of the 2014 Gundel Károly Award were announced in the Hungarian Museum of Trade and Tourism. The award was established by the Guild of Hungarian...
Read more
Chamber of Agriculture: an increase in the food chain management fee may displace the Hungarian suppliers
Date: 2014-12-12 12:00:59
The drastic increase of the food chain management fee can supersede the products of the Hungarian suppliers from the stores – according to the Association of the National Agricultural Economics...
Read more
Rules on food labeling to be stricter from Saturday
Date: 2014-12-12 11:55:11
The food labeling requirements will be strcter from Saturday stricter. The Regulation will enter into force on 12 December 2014. According to the regulation, the mandatory informations – such as...
Read more
KSH: consumer prices fell by 0.7 percent in November
Date: 2014-12-12 11:50:36
Consumer prices were on average 0.7 percent lower in Novembe than a year before, while compared to October fell by 0.4 percent – the Central Statistics Office (KSH) told. Compared...
Read more
Paper consumption can increase by 15 percent In December
Date: 2014-12-12 11:32:26
In the last month of the year, the average monthly 7.8 kilogrammes per capita paper consumption can increase by 10-15 percent to 9 kilogrammes, due to the intense holiday shopping...
Read more
