News and articles
Hand hygiene during the holiday season
Date: 2013-12-17 11:30:20
The holidays are approaching and everyone is in aChristmas fever. The streets are full as well as the Christmas markets and shops. However, not only people are swarming everywhere, but...
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Seven thousand people were given food packages in the scope of the Food Avalanche initative
Date: 2013-12-17 11:22:03
More than 15 tons of persistent food products were distributed in the past weeks in the scope of the Food Avalanche program of the Hungarian Food Bank Association and Syngenta....
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Join us for a Bayern Gastrotour
Date: 2013-12-17 10:45:11
Coninvest Kft. and MVI is organizing a Bayern Gastrotour to get to know the specialities of the region. Entrance: 420 euros+VAT A detailed program can be downloaded here. Get more...
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Magazine: God giveth and God taketh away
Date: 2013-12-17 10:39:08
A coffeehouse in Bangkok opened with the name Starbung and consequently is being sued by Starbucks for 300,000 bahts (about HUF 2.1 million). The owner only reacted to the second...
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Anthony Bourdain received flowers, ate it – Video of the day
Date: 2013-12-17 10:29:25
At Noma, where Rene Redzepi changed gastronomy, Bourdain tried a dish consisting of coconut and a bouquet of flowers....
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Huge support for mangalitsa pig breeders
Date: 2013-12-17 10:09:18
The Ministry of Rural Development announced that their support the boost in the breeding of domestic mangalitsa pigs with 110 million HUF. There is a great potential to preserve the...
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GKI: An economic recovery plan for Hungary, versio
Date: 2013-12-17 10:03:13
This study is a summary of a research started in the summer of 2012 at GKI. You can download the summary of the research from here....
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The Nébih found only a few errors when checking the chocolates
Date: 2013-12-16 12:35:16
The National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) found problems at 3.5 percentage of the chocolates. The most common problem was the incorrect designation or expired date – Pleva György, leader...
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Traders cannot wait more to order the PC-based cash registers
Date: 2013-12-16 12:30:18
Only ten working days left to order the PC-based cash registers to comply with the regulations and to adjust to the online cash registers. The Minister of National Economy has...
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NGM : No final decision on the reverse VAT on sugar
Date: 2013-12-16 12:20:06
Final decision has not been born yet on the on the reverse VAT on sugar trade. The European Commission has decided only in the question of urgency, and not over...
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The Együtt PM is asking for an extension on penalties
Date: 2013-12-16 12:11:06
The representatives of the Együtt PM asks for a penalty moratorium for those, who cannot make the online cash regisster transition until 31 March 2014. According to the representatives of...
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Giant fish supply in METRO
Date: 2013-12-16 12:10:33
A nearly 100 kilogrammes of red tuna fish has arrived to the METRO of Budaörs. The fish arrived from Sri Lanka to Budaörs within just four days. The fish shipment...
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A renewed tradition: in the footseps of the good frankfurters
Date: 2013-12-16 12:00:17
The 2013 survey of Sága Foods Zrt. and Ipsos Zrt. show that we like to choose from several frankfurters, from specifically spiced flavors to natural flavors. On the basis of...
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Stella Artois: Christmas beer bears a special outfit
Date: 2013-12-16 11:58:16
The Superbrands Award winner Stella Artois – remarkably to the true Christmas beer – will be marketed in a special, unique packaging at the end of the year. The Stella...
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The HITA has closed a succesful year
Date: 2013-12-16 11:57:01
The HITA (National Foreign Trade Office), brought 133-fold of its annual budget to Hungary in investments. The HITA (National Foreign Trade Office) has an annual budget of 9 million euros....
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Magazine: MVI’s gala dinner 2013, III.
Date: 2013-12-16 11:25:41
MVI dedicates its 2013 gala dinner to the oeuvre of Károly Gundel. The event was held in Mezőkövesd’s Balneo Hotel Zsóri after the present issue of Trade magazine went to...
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Production has begun in the Lábatlan-based plant of Forest-Papír Ltd.
Date: 2013-12-16 11:20:08
In an investment supported from the New Széchenyi Plan, Forest-Papír Ltd. has set up a household hygienic paper processing plant in Lábatlan, from a budget of HUF 2.5 billion. The...
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China catching up when it comes to telecommunication
Date: 2013-12-16 11:01:31
The value of the Chinese brands continues to grow rapidly. The rankings are still dominated by state-owned companies, while private companies show a quick pick up – the report on...
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The Hungarian Commercial Roundtable starts its operation
Date: 2013-12-16 10:51:21
National Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers (VOSz) president Sándor Demján stated that government and business leaders must consider formulation a ten-year strategy for the trade sector, with particular emphasis on...
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Exciting beer, exciting experience
Date: 2013-12-16 10:32:38
Striatal dopamine (DA) is increased by virtually all drugs of abuse, including alcohol. However, drug-associated cues are also known to provoke striatal DA transmission- a phenomenon linked to the motivated...
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Consumer confidence index rises
Date: 2013-12-16 10:32:17
In the 3rd quarter of 2013 Nielsen measured 4 points higher consumer confidence index than in the 2nd quarter, the index reaching the biggest height since 2010 with 45 points...
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Hungarians’ grocery buying habits compared with the European average
Date: 2013-12-16 10:29:11
80 percent of Hungarian consumers changed their households’ buying habits if compared with 12 months before, in order to save money. This ratio is one of the highest in Europe...
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More and more people are giving luxury holidays for Christmas
Date: 2013-12-16 10:25:15
In recent years, the number of those who are giving luxury holidays for Christmas is steadily increasing: more and more people are giving redeemable weekend holiday experiences. In case of...
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A very fastfood from another future – Video of the day
Date: 2013-12-16 10:10:48
A Christchurch cafe is preparing to redefine fast food by firing hamburgers across the eatery at high speed. C1 Espresso owner Sam Crofskey shot a tube full of burgers from...
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Rise in household chemical and cosmetics product sales
Date: 2013-12-16 00:34:25
Retail sales of household chemicals and cosmetics valued at HUF 200 billion in January- August 2013. Value sales were up 1 percent from the same period a year before, but...
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Sparkling wine selection tailored to target groups’ needs
Date: 2013-12-15 10:44:10
METRO’s sparkling wine selection is extremely wide – we learn from communications manager Yvette Krubl. The most popular products at the moment are Törley, BB, Hungaria, Sovetskoye, Szent István, Asti...
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METRO starts the winter season with a dessert catalogue
Date: 2013-12-15 01:37:20
Pralines and bonbons form an integral part of METRO’s confectionery selection. Communications manager Yvette Krubl told our magazine that these products represent about 15 percent of their total chocolate sales....
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New luxury chocolate brand from Budapest: Ypsilon Artisan Chocolates
Date: 2013-12-15 01:34:28
Ypsilon Chocolates is an artisan chocolate manufacturer whose new product is the brilliant creation of chef Zsanett Ésik and chocolate master Csaba Kéninger: luxury-edition fruit bomb in a chocolate glass....
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Sales remained concentrated
Date: 2013-12-15 01:31:13
Between December 2012 and September 2013 praline sales amounted to HUF 12 billion, with value sales climbing 2 percent but volume sales falling 5 percent. Sales remained concentrated as 400m²...
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Strong and stable manufacturer brands
Date: 2013-12-14 02:02:18
Sales-wise shower gel is in the Top 10 of the 70 household chemical and cosmetics categories audited by Nielsen. Retail sales exceeded the HUF 8 billion level between January and...
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