News and articles
Tobacco acquisition has started
Date: 2012-09-18 12:27:38
The acquisition of this year’s grown Virginia tobaccos has started: the yield and the quality is lower than last year’s – said Bittner Imre, CEO of Universal Leaf Tobacco (ULT)...
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The Nébih tests the imported wine products
Date: 2012-09-18 12:25:54
The National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) tests the imported wine products especially from 17 September. The organization presents in its communication on Monday, that the volume of the grapes...
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The Czech methyl alcohol does not poisons in Hungary, but the NÉBIH controls increasingly
Date: 2012-09-18 12:11:51
The Czech authorities informed the Member States via the rapid alert system on feed and food safety (RASFF) that unknown toxic methyl alcohol alcoholic beverages have been marketed. The counterfeit...
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Hungaricum-promotion at the airport: Unicum-success at the terminal
Date: 2012-09-18 12:00:02
A special and unique action took place during the summer peak traffic at the airport. The traveling public could learn about a true Hungarian succesful product during the summer at...
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Magazine: Very cool ice cube history!
Date: 2012-09-18 11:18:55
First, there was the ice cube. Then came all sorts of other cold things to cool drinks with. There are products which chill without diluting drinks, but ice cubes in...
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A hundred-year-old brand in Hungary
Date: 2012-09-18 10:59:43
Even though the new Wick product family introduced by Teva Hungary Ltd. is new on the domestic market, it is a well-known and popular Procter&Gamble brand in the world. Millions...
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These awards are very valuable already!
Date: 2012-09-18 10:52:30
The fourth Budapest-based Főzdefeszt festival proved to be a great success, and visitors had plenty of fun there, too. Thousands of people were interested in the offer of the best...
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Coca-Cola Cup for High School students
Date: 2012-09-18 10:40:14
The organizers will launch Coca-Cola’s International Soccer in Hungary, from this school year. The professional domestic partner of the program that is succesful in Switzerland, Austria, Poland and Romania, is...
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Human Telex was included to the EFFIE shortlist with its Aranypéntek campaign
Date: 2012-09-18 10:40:12
After the recognition of the trade marketing profession, the Human Telex Advertising Agency is confident that its Aranyászok market turning campaign will be evaluated in terms of advertising effectiveness. The...
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Business sentiment improved in Europe's largest economy
Date: 2012-09-18 10:29:54
In September, business sentiment improved in Germany, after four months – shows the datas of the ZEW economic research institute, published on Tuesday. The next half-year expectations index has improved...
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The new dm shop has been opened in Veszprém
Date: 2012-09-18 10:25:39
The dm drugstore chain opened its new store in Veszprém on the 13th of September 2012. On the occasion of the opening, the consumers were awaited with 5x points for...
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Robot girls in a restaurant in Tokyo
Date: 2012-09-18 10:21:35
At a newly opened restaurant in Tokyo: 3.6-meter high robotic girls provide show for the visitors. “The foreign guests visiting the restaurant all say the same thing: crazy!” – Tokutake...
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Jana Green Tea Lemon
Date: 2012-09-18 00:23:38
Contains 30 percent less sugar, thanks to natural sweetener stevia. The 0.5-litre product is now available in sports cap version....
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VAT frauds of food costs 130 million HUF losses to the budget
Date: 2012-09-17 13:30:56
Experts estimates that VAT frauds on food costs more than hundred million HUF losses to the budget. According to the study, the solution would be VAT reduction or the introduction...
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Bakery products will be more expensive from October
Date: 2012-09-17 12:23:12
From the first day of September, the price of bakery products will rise by about 20 percent. The national chain of stores increase the price of bakery products from the...
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Magazine: One Drop Film Club
Date: 2012-09-17 12:03:30
Budapest café Sirály organised movie afternoons for three weeks. The series was christened One Drop Film Club and spectators were also offered free blood sugar tests if they consumed a...
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Billion HUF worth government subsidies for the builder of the citric acid plant in Szolnok
Date: 2012-09-17 12:00:22
According to the government decision, published in the most recent Magyar Közlöny, the Chinese-Hungarian BBCA Szolnok Biokémiai Zrt. will receive the state support which is necesarry for the building of...
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The Naponta Kft. buys the Székesfehérvár-based factory of the Cerbona Zrt.
Date: 2012-09-17 11:22:29
The Naponta Kft. buys the Székesfehérvár-based factory of the Cerbona Zrt.. The Naponta Kft. has signed an agreement with Agro Alba Zrt., the liquidator of Cerbona. According to the communication,...
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Food Avalanche in Kosd
Date: 2012-09-17 11:04:00
The joint municipal application of the Élelmiszerlavina (Food Avalanche) and the Syngenta Kft. was announced for the third time. This year 23 municipalities and foundations won in the application. The...
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The Far-East company will be denounced due to dubious origin foods
Date: 2012-09-17 10:58:06
The inspectors of the National Tax and Customs Office (NAV) and the National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) found several hundred kilograms of dubious origin food at a company on...
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Slovakia does not restrict the flow of spirits because of the methyl alcohol poisonings
Date: 2012-09-17 10:55:30
The situation is not dramatic, so no restrictions on alcohol marketing is needed in Slovakia – Zuzana Zvolenská Slovak health minister told on Monday in connection with the methyl alcohol...
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Autumn wine muster in the Dóm Square of Szeged
Date: 2012-09-17 10:27:24
From Wednesday an Autumn wine muster awaits the guests, where more than sixty winemakers will present their masterpieces for five days – Licsicsányi Ilona, organizer and managing director of the...
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Nestlé is a Good CSR member
Date: 2012-09-17 10:21:10
Nestle believes that for a business to be successful over the long-term it must create value for society alongside value for shareholders. The company calls this Creating Shared Value. Through...
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The capacity expansion exceeds the demand on the domestic hotel market
Date: 2012-09-17 10:20:41
The domestic hotel industry seems to ignore the economic crisis: The capacity expansion exceeding the demand for years. This will be resulted in modest profitability, low room rates and tragic...
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Bükfürdő is campaigning jointly with seven countries to popularize the Hungarian wines
Date: 2012-09-17 10:16:26
Bükfürdő launches a campaign jointly with seven countries to improve the promotion of the less-known Hungarian wines in Europe – Balogh Károly, president of the Bük, Bükfürdő Public Tourism Association...
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Fino-Food Kft is nominated for the European Business Awards
Date: 2012-09-17 09:31:57
Among several other Hungarian companies, Kaposvár based Fino-Food Ltd. has been nominated for the European Business Award in 2012, in the category of innovative solutions. The milk company is focusing...
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Magazine: Is Hungary’s packaging material production about to be drawn to a halt?
Date: 2012-09-14 16:44:19
According to a survey, in 2010 the world’s consumer packaging market was worth USD 395 billion. Calculating with a 3-percent annual growth rate (although from 2009 to 2010 the market...
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LMP: an explosion of food prices about to come
Date: 2012-09-14 16:36:35
Due to the drought of the past two years, food-prices are about to rise, and this phenomenon might even lead to an explosion of food-prices, LMP's spokeperson pointed out within...
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Protest for the meat factory of Kapuvár
Date: 2012-09-14 13:24:39
Around four-five hundred people have protested in front of the meat factory of Kapuvár, calling the government's attention to the factory's harrowing problems. This step is justified by the the...
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165 billion HUF was spent on private label foods
Date: 2012-09-14 12:50:55
The revenues of food retail chains from private label products increased in the first half of this year, compared to the same period of last year. With private label food...
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