Company and Personal News
The competition authority punished L`Oreal to five million
Date: 2010-07-09 00:00:01
The competition authority punished L`Oreal to five million HUF, because the company could not prove the reality what was said in advertisements of three products. However, the Authority concludes that...
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Hungarian industry increased in May
Date: 2010-07-08 00:04:02
The preliminary datas suggest, that industrial production increased by 13.7 percent in May, compared to the same period of last year – reports Central Statistical Office (KSH). Production volume in...
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New opportunities for small farmers
Date: 2010-07-08 00:04:01
According to the Alliance for the Living Tisza Association; new opportunities came into force on the 5th of July for the small-scale producers. One of the most important amendment of...
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Food prices increase inflation
Date: 2010-07-08 00:02:55
The rising food prices due to the floods and bad weather, increase the inflation in Hungary. According to Palócz Éva, director of Kopint – Tárki; the grain yield loss can...
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Glattfelder: Milk supply should be regulated on European level
Date: 2010-07-08 00:01:25
According to Glattfelder Béla, European MP of Fidesz; the milk high-level working group's proposals do not solve the problems of the dairy farmers, and are contrary to the unified European...
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Eurozone increased in the first quarter
Date: 2010-07-08 00:01:02
Eurozone’s GDP growth in first three months of 2010 is 0.2 percent quarterly and 0.6 percent in an annual level comparison, prior to the preliminary datas. According to the revised...
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Infected pigs from the Netherlands
Date: 2010-07-08 00:00:55
The often illegally sold, uncontrolled imported, low priced pigs prices significantly deteriorate the situation of the domestic pig breeders. These kind of animals are easier to import from the Netherlands...
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Italian demonstrations for food security
Date: 2010-07-08 00:00:10
Farmers demonstrated yesterday in northern Italy for safer food. The reason of the demonstration was the blue Mozzarella. The German imported Pseudomonas bacteria infected mozzarella cheese found by food inspectors...
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TheEuropean Union thinking about licensing camel milk imports
Date: 2010-07-08 00:00:01
The milk supply may expand in the stores of the European Union Member States: the European Commission is considering the licensing of camel milk imports. "The camel milk is very...
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Focus on customer awareness
Date: 2010-07-07 00:03:55
In 2009, the daily consumer goods purchased by households remained stable in nominal terms, compared to 2008, but the volume narrowed. Among the commercial channels, the supermarket channel has reached...
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The meat guild listed the industry’s difficulties in a communication
Date: 2010-07-07 00:02:59
The unfavorable economic environment and the black trade hardens the situation of the meat industry the most. The sector would like to reach lower VAT, tighter market and unity. Every...
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More and more food consumed in China and Brazil
Date: 2010-07-07 00:02:39
While the Americans, the British and the French are spending less on food, in China and Brazil more and more food and drinks consumed – shows a British research. According...
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After pálinka, the wine and soda and the home made beer to come
Date: 2010-07-07 00:02:25
After the government announced the free fruit preparation, the wine and soda and home made beer makers feel, that they suffer unjustified discrimination. They would like to achive a reduction...
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Russia seeks self-sufficiency in chicken breeding
Date: 2010-07-07 00:00:38
A serious fall may occur in European chicken exports in a couple of years, if Russia succeeds in the development of its own chicken breeding. Consumption slightly increases in the...
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Mádi László became the President of the Hungarian Brewers Association
Date: 2010-07-07 00:00:09
Mádi László former MP of Fidesz fills the presidency of the Hungarian Brewers Association – reports the association. From July 2010 Mádi László will be the president of the association,...
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Greenpeace charge against global companies
Date: 2010-07-07 00:00:02
Greenpeace in its latest report condemns many global companies, because they used to buy paper products from a company, that destroys Indonesian forests. Walmart, Tesco, Carrefour, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Hewlett...
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Ability Park became Tesco’s ’Supported project of 2010’
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
As part of the ’Supported project of 2010’ programme, Tesco will organise a road show with Ability Park from September 2010 until June 2011. Ability Park’s main goal is to...
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Penta buys Kaiser Food
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Slovakian investors Penta are going to buy 97.3 percent of Kaiser Food Élelmiszeripari Kft. Penta already owns Debreceni Csoport Húsipari Kft., so the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has yet to...
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Innovation – the driving force behind growth
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
The need to raise consumers’ attention and keep it compels brand manufacturers to come out with new products regularly. Launching new products is usually accompanied with strong marketing campaigns. On...
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Prices of seasonal food products boosted inflation
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Compared with the previous month, the average consumer price increase was 0.9 percent in May 2010, but compared with May 2009 prices were up by 5.1 percent. KSH’s quick report...
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Completa’s prize game comes to an end
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Completa’s promotion campaign started on 1 March 2010. Participants had to collect 4 barcodes from products and send them to Completa before 30 April. The first 5,000 senders received Completa...
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From the forest to the kitchen
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Tetra Pak tries to call attention to the importance of environmentally conscious lifestyle. The company, which distributed 400 million carton boxes in Hungary last year, requires from its suppliers to...
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Desire materialised
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Market leader Pöttyös keeps pushing the boundaries of the Túró Rudi segment, appearing in shops with a successful new product every year. This year’s sensation is GURU, which rapidly conquered...
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Food product export reduced
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
According to KSH, in January-March 2010 the volume of export improved by 16 percent and that of export grew by 13 percent in comparison with the same period a year...
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Sodexo reacts to changing market expectations with a new name
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
2010 was the year of changes for Sodexo: changes that affected the whole sector made the company change its appearance and services portfolio. Sodexo Pass will be called Sodexo Motivation...
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Captain Pöttyös returns to the Children’s Island
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Captain Pöttyös will return to the T-Home Children’s Island on the Óbudai Island every weekend, for four weeks starting on 5 June. This series of exciting free programmes lines up...
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Marketing communication switches from Off to On mode
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
In the following you can learn what Tímea Mege, the marketing director of Rewart Kft. and Gábor Szigeti, the editor of budapestujsag.hu think about current trends in marketing communication.Tímea Mege:...
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It feels good to lead the way!
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
T-City, Magyar Telekom and Szolnok launched their joint innovation project one year ago. The latest project, in cooperation with Co-op Hungary, is called Future Store and it started at the...
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Henkel becomes a superbrand
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Four of Henkel Hungary’s brands earned the Superbrands qualification. A jury of independent experts chose the four brands from nearly 95,000 brands. Henkel Hungary also won a Business Superbrands award....
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Play with Detki!
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Detki’s first promotion game ended on 1 May 2010 when 10 weekends for 2 in Vienna were drawn. The biscuit company launched its new game straight away: its slogan is...
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