News and articles
The 25th OBI store was opened in Győr
Date: 2013-03-06 11:05:41
OBI opened its 25th store in Hungary. The DIY chain with the opening of its unit in Győr has arrived to a milestone: it has strenghtened its leadership on the...
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Praktiker would open ten new stores
Date: 2013-03-06 11:04:03
In the next three years Praktiker would continue its mini-store expansion in Transdanubian towns with a catchment area of thirty thousands inhabitants. The DIY chain renovated all of its department...
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Ball for the lovers of the Hungarian flavours
Date: 2013-03-06 11:02:49
At the first ever Ball of Hungarian Flavours specialties and high-level professional awards were waiting for the 250 elegant guest in the Royal Palace of Gödöllő. The visitors of the...
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(HU) Nem vonja ki az IKEA a mandulás csokitortát egyik országból sem
Date: 2013-03-06 11:00:47
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NIVEA: 15 minutes SPA break for the fresh and radiant face
Date: 2013-03-06 10:59:34
The fact that we carry out several tasks at the same time in our fast and more and more demanding world is not necessarily, it is a matter of choice....
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Szentkirályi, in cooperation with the Ministry of Rural Development
Date: 2013-03-06 10:45:52
The Ministry of Rural Development has signed a strategic agreement with Szentkirályi MineralWater Ltd., with which the ministry agrees that the company plays an important role in the food industry...
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K&H: cafeteria is still popular among the larger firms
Date: 2013-03-06 10:10:50
While fringe benefits are used in a decreasing extent among the smaller SMEs, fringe benefits still remain a popular form of compensation at the vast majority of large enterprises. Among...
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Government's strategic cooperation with Waberer's International
Date: 2013-03-06 09:00:21
The government will sign a strategic cooperation agreement with Hungarian logistics company Waberer's International, a resolution published in the fresh issue of official gazette Magyar Közlöny shows. The agreement will...
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Discounters have taken the leading position
Date: 2013-03-05 21:34:00
According to GfK Hungária’s Household Panel survey, in 2012 Hungarian families spent 2 percent more on household cleaners than in 2011. Despite the growth in value sales consumers rationalised their...
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Health and intimate hygiene
Date: 2013-03-05 21:24:58
Mariann Varga, brand manager with Alveola believes that if we want to be healthy, we have to keep our body clean – not forgetting about intimate hygiene either. The company’s...
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Manufacturer brands significantly increased their share from sales
Date: 2013-03-05 21:22:14
Energy and sports drinks sales have been growing fast for years, but last year brought an 8-percent decline in retail volume sales and a 2-percent drop in value sales (December...
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Energy drinks slowly leave the tutti-frutti flavour behind
Date: 2013-03-05 21:09:05
After the two-digit growth of previous years last year shocked the energy drink market with a one-digit sales drop. However, this decline could easily be forecasted after the details of...
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Reasonable changes in the fruit-vegetable sector
Date: 2013-03-05 21:03:40
The fruit and vegetable sector is becoming increasingly polarized: on the one hand the role of retail is more and more important in selling fruits and vegetables, and this requires...
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Even better price/value ratio squeezed out of those plastic bottles
Date: 2013-03-05 20:58:45
Due to the elevated packaging material and ingredient prices, to a certain extent wet condiment prices rose in the spring of 2012, which obviously led to a bit lower volume...
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Ministerial visit to the SPAR TANN meat plant
Date: 2013-03-05 20:55:35
On 5 February 2013 Minister of Rural Development Dr Sándor Fazekas paid a visit to the TANN meat plant. The minister and representatives of the press had a chance to...
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SPAR’s own meat processing plant is a guarantee for high quality
Date: 2013-03-05 20:52:45
SPAR Hungary was the first among retail chains – and is still the only one – to open its own meat processing plant in Bicske at the end of 2004....
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METRO prepares for Easter with new products and services
Date: 2013-03-05 20:48:30
For METRO the meat/meat product category has always been of great importance and in 2012 regional, homely flavours were in the limelight: in many stores local flavours have been added...
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Easter may also be a time of fasting on the ham market
Date: 2013-03-05 20:41:00
Elevated animal feed prices and the drop in the pig stock may put manufacturers in a difficult position and increase the consumer prices of meat products. This season yet another...
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Ethical advertising
Date: 2013-03-05 20:37:23
Act 48 of 2008 on the Basic Requirements and Certain Restrictions applying to Commercial Advertising Activities regulates and in theory prohibits advertisements targeting children that would be harmful to their...
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Recommended to young people too
Date: 2013-03-05 20:29:10
The Think Healthy Programme is a non-governmental initiative with the objective of creating a safe family and institutional environment for all children in Hungary, giving them the chance to develop...
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Milks in the stores are safe
Date: 2013-03-05 12:20:38
It is safe to consume milk products marketed in Hungary. The authorities have actually found products contaminated with aflatoxin, after the Hír TV revealed that aflatoxins were found at a...
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The good potato crop and low import price may bring price decrease for the autumn
Date: 2013-03-05 12:11:41
Due to last year's drought the domestic potato crop will not last much longer, but because of the structure of imports rise is not likely to continue in the retail...
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The Hungarian sugar industry should be revitalized, at least for self-support
Date: 2013-03-05 12:08:33
According to the Minister of Rural Development’s written response to questions from MPs, the establishment of new sugar factories can be considered in the next seven years. Due to the...
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Lidl wants to increase its Hungarian supplier rate to 60 percent
Date: 2013-03-05 11:40:55
Lidl wants to increase the Hungarian supplier rate to 60 percent from the current 54 percent until the end of 2014, in the scope of its; for the Hungarian suppliers...
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Magazine: With small steps
Date: 2013-03-05 11:09:13
Attila Suller, the customs and excise spokesperson of National Tax and Customs Office (NAV) told Trade magazine that NAV performed 612,283 excise-related inspections in Horeca units between 1 January 2010...
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Hungarian-Brazilian fishery agreement
Date: 2013-03-05 11:01:41
razil's Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Marcelo Crivella is on an official visit to Hungary at the invitation of Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas. At their meeting today, the...
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One can sign in to the MaReSz Day on discounted price until 8 March
Date: 2013-03-05 11:00:37
The Hungarian Association of Event Organizers and Sevice Providers are organizing the MaReSz Day for the third time now in the “Innovation in event organization” topic. Date:19 March 2013 (Tuesday)...
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The local market in Gyula to be renewed
Date: 2013-03-05 11:00:05
The local market will be renewed in Gyula. The construction works have been started on Monday and will be finished at the end of April – Görgényi Ernő (Fidesz) mayor...
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Religious-themed Easter eggs in the British stores this year
Date: 2013-03-05 10:59:11
Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and the Co-Op bowed to pressure after a three-year “pestering” campaign by figures including the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu. Dr Sentamu used his Easter...
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Varied results for Technical Consumer Goods market in 2012
Date: 2013-03-05 10:34:43
The overall Technical Consumer Goods (TCG) market in Western Europe achieved a sales volume of EUR 55.9 billion in Q4 2011. This corresponds to a decrease of 4.1% compared to...
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