News and articles
A New York judge has decided that the mayor can not ban high-sugared drinks
Date: 2013-03-12 11:40:03
A judge struck down New York’s limits on large sugary drinks on Monday, one day before they were to take effect, in a significant blow to one of the most...
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Decline in retail sales is slowing down in Croatia
Date: 2013-03-12 11:35:56
In January 2013 the volume of retail sales fell by 5.3 percent in Croatia, compared to the previous year, which is less than the 6.1 percent decline of December –...
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Nike and Adidas are expanding in China
Date: 2013-03-12 11:00:21
Adidas and Nike are expanding in China this year. Both companies seek to slit a bigger slice from the 24 billion USD Chinese market with new market strategies. Nike, which...
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RAUCH Hungária is celebraing its 20th birthday
Date: 2013-03-12 10:39:50
RAUCH Hungária is celebrating its 20th anniverary this year. the international company has been present in Hungary since 1993, and they are one of the major companies using pure Hungarian...
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Henkel: Working together for sustainability
Date: 2013-03-12 10:35:47
Henkel is publishing its latest Sustainability Report today. The focus of this 22nd issue is on the implementation of the sustainability strategy that the company presented in 2012. At the...
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The CAP’s system will be more complex
Date: 2013-03-11 12:55:27
EU's new Common Agricultural Policy’s (CAP) system that will be introduced in 2014 will be more complex than now – Czerván György, Minister of State for the Rural Development Ministry...
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KSH: foreign trade balance was 318 million euros in January
Date: 2013-03-11 12:52:50
In January, exports grew by 4.3, imports increased by 5.2 percent calculated in euro, compared with a year earlier – the Central Statistics Office (KSH) announced on Monday on the...
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Food and beverages brands are the most mentioned on Twitter
Date: 2013-03-11 12:45:45
The food and beverages, clothing, and the retail sector generate the most direct mentions among Twitter users in the UK – the new study of BrandWatch Institue states. The survey...
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The Tokaj Trading House opened a representation in Tokyo
Date: 2013-03-11 12:45:09
The Tokaj Kereskedőház Zrt. (Tokaj Trading House Co.) opened a representation in Tokyo. The repesentation will serve the Hungarian national image as well. Several months of preparatory work preceded the...
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More than 18 thousand people were interested in Hungary's new gastronomic market
Date: 2013-03-11 12:40:36
Even in the last moments customers were standing in filled rows in front of the desk of the world sensational aurochs salami at the 5th Handicraft Hungarian Flavors Fair and...
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Chio Potato Date
Date: 2013-03-11 12:27:37
Chio requested the help and contribution of consumers in the selection of its new chips taste. Thus Chio’s flavor selection campaign was born, in which Mr. Potato is looking for...
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Nébih subtracted counterfeit Polish cheese from the markets
Date: 2013-03-11 11:51:26
As the result of several weeks of investigation, several tens of tons of fake cheese products were withdrawn from circulation by the staff of the National Food Chain Safety Office...
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Magazine: You Rang, M’Lord?
Date: 2013-03-11 11:38:33
Andaz 5th Avenue, a luxury hotel in the proximity of Central Park in New York offers a picnic butler service. Well-off couples or families that would like to relax or...
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The Árkád 2 shopping centre soon to be opened
Date: 2013-03-11 11:00:55
The Árkád 2 shopping centre opens its gates on 20 March 2at the Örs vezér square. The 20 thousand square meters Árkád 2 together with Árkád 1 will be the...
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Sándor's day Wine Muster in Tapolca
Date: 2013-03-11 10:58:14
The Balaton Wine Region’s most important professional meeting, the Wine Muster on Sándor's day will be held at the start of the spring. Vistors and professionals can becme aquanted with...
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Eighty billion pairs of chopsticks are consumed in China every year
Date: 2013-03-11 10:54:23
A leader of a northeast Chinese wood industrial company named disposable chopsticks as one of the causes of deforestations at the ongoing session of China's parliament: He claims that every...
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VM: seeds are strategic products
Date: 2013-03-08 12:30:39
The Hungarian seeds are strategic products. Production is implemented currently on 130 thousand hectares. The expansion of the production area is a national security interest – Szépe Ferenc, internationally renowned...
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Magazine: You don’t want to know that!
Date: 2013-03-08 11:53:14
The press didn’t really support NEBIH’s initiative for testing the lunch served in schools and kindergartens all over the country. Although nearly 30 percent of tested institutions scored better than...
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Ten percent of mobile users use their cell phone to compare product prices
Date: 2013-03-08 11:17:56
One in ten Hungarian mobile users also use their cell phone to compare the product prices of different products. In Hungary, most people search for informations on electronic goods for...
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The ROSSMANN is the fastest growing company in the sector
Date: 2013-03-08 11:10:47
The ROSSMANN Group with its turnover of 5.95 billion euros and with its 16.1 percent growth remained the drugstore markets’ most intensively growing company in 2012. The Hungarian results reflect...
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Small farmers destroy tens of thousands liters of milk
Date: 2013-03-08 11:04:08
Small farmers are forced to destroy tens of thousands liters of milk in Tolna countys since the beginning of the week. The processor does not take over the products due...
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Manage a Tesco store, and travel to London!
Date: 2013-03-08 11:01:11
Tesco’s international online business simulation competition will be held for the second time and will start on 18 March. In the scope of the competition, students can interactively gain an...
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The Budapest Pálinka Festival moves back to the city center
Date: 2013-03-08 11:00:47
2013 will be the year of cherry at the Budapesti Pálinkafesztivál (Budapest Pálinka Festival), where authentic Hungarian pálinkas and sour cherry fruit delicacies will play a special role. The culinary...
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Ericsson ConsumerLab: women precede men in smartphone use
Date: 2013-03-08 11:00:23
According to the research of Ericsson ConsumerLab, the growing popularity of smartphones is primarily due to women. Women use all the smartphone features more and more regularly than male users...
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“Observatory tour” for wine lovers in Eger
Date: 2013-03-08 10:55:25
Wine producers invite wine lovers to an “Observatory tour” on March 15 in Eger, as 20 local wineries will present their 2012 vintage Egri Csillag (Star of Eger) in the...
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Harlem Shake and the Michelin-star – Video of the day
Date: 2013-03-08 10:25:41
MINA (✩ Michelin) is a gourmet restaurant located in the heart of Bilbao. Only eight tables for 25-30 guests allow us to take care of the details…...
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Horsemeat scandal: new chapters in Romania
Date: 2013-03-08 09:28:29
The Romanian National Foodsafety Authority has published on its website: horsemeat has been found last week at the lake of Tarnica near Cluj. The meat is of 922 kilograms and...
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More than one billion international tourists in 2012
Date: 2013-03-08 08:30:23
The number of international tourists in 2012, despite the continuing economic uncertainty, increased by 3.8 percent to more than a billion – the Magyar Turizmus (MT) Zrt. announced. The MT...
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Television advertising revenues have fallen with 11 percent
Date: 2013-03-07 12:25:40
The TV market closed a difficult year in 2012 – shows the results of MEME. Television advertising spendings were below 50 billion HUF for the first time in 2012. The...
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Magazine: After the planning period comes hard work
Date: 2013-03-07 11:34:13
By the end of January every Hungarian county joined the Good Cafeteria programme which had started back in 2010. The programme’s objective is making public catering for children healthier. Those...
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