GVH: consumer affairs in focus
GVH: consumer affairs in focus
Date: 2013-01-01 13:23:16
The Competition Authority closed about 110 cases in 2012, and launched about the same number of legal proceedings. Consumer protection issues made up the majority of cases that were initiated...
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FrieslandCampina to close its factory in Debrecen
Date: 2013-01-01 13:22:36
The FrieslandCampina dairy company will close its plant in Debrecen from September 2013 but signed a memorandum of understanding with a possible purchaser, so it is possible that the factory...
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More than one million bottles of champagne and hundreds of tons of sausage in the Tesco
Date: 2013-01-01 13:15:17
More than a million bottles of champagne, kids champagne, sparkling wine, as well as 350 tons of bulk packs and 700,000 pre-packed sausages awaited the customers before New Year's Eve...
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The local government of Pápa increases the capital in the Pápai Hús 1913 Kft.
Date: 2013-01-01 13:12:41
The local government increases its current eight percent ownership to fifty percent in the Pápai Hús 1913 Kft. – the mayor of Pépa announced, who did not disclose the exact...
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Family-owned venison meat processing plant began operation in Nógrád
Date: 2013-01-01 13:10:54
A family-owned venison meat processing plant began operation in the village of Nógrád. The company is processing 15 to 20 wild animals per week – Villányi Péter, the owner of...
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The Balatoni Crown has lived up to the expectations
Date: 2013-01-01 13:03:43
The Balatoni Crown (Balatoni Korona) can be be used in 200 places. The local currency was introduced end of March this year – Leitold László, President and Chief Executive Officer...
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Hungarians spend a quarter more time with traveling at the end of 2012
Date: 2013-01-01 12:32:14
In the last month of 2012, Hungarians spend a quarter more time away from their homes, compared to 2011. In the Christmas and New Year’s Eve period the most popular...
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The deadline of the use of amounts on the Széchenyi Rest Cards was extended
Date: 2013-01-01 12:20:39
The government extended the deadline of the use of amounts on the Széchenyi Rest Cards until 31 May 2012 – the Ministry of National Economy (NGM) informed MTI on Saturday....
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The best videos of 2012, part I – Video of the day
Date: 2013-01-01 10:19:11
Our series Video of the day was launched last year, and we have a number of favoutite videos our reders liked the best. Here are some of these: Beer makes...
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Sales promotion in a cost-efficient way
Date: 2012-12-30 13:27:03
Nowadays, one of the key tasks of each marketing and trade marketing expert is sales promotion. Experts need to think in terms of complex promoting strategies, ones which are commensurate...
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Slightly improving economic expectations
Date: 2012-12-30 09:57:16
GKI-Erste economic confidence index adjusted for seasonal effects has been slightly improving since September. In December expectations have improved in the business sector for three consecutive months, whereas they have...
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MNB expects a 3.5 percent inflation and 0.5 percent economic growth for the next year
Date: 2012-12-20 12:58:20
According to MNB’s new inflation forecast, this year’s average inflation rate will be 5.7 percent. Next year it will be 3.5 percent and for 2014 a 3.2 percent is forecasted....
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The price is the most important aspect at shoes and dress
Date: 2012-12-20 12:40:20
When the Hungarian consumers choose to buy, most of them, (50 percent) considers price as the most important aspect at shoes and dress. 48 percent the Hungarian consumers considers the...
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Magazine: New directions in drink mixing
Date: 2012-12-20 12:17:54
Market research conducted by major international companies preceded the new trend of mixing spirits with wine. Beam mixed Courvoisier with Moscato and red wine to make the Gold and the...
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The Arzenál Network joins Reál again
Date: 2012-12-20 11:35:29
Under the recently concluded a strategic agreement, the Arzenál store network becomes part of the Reál network again from January 2013. After one year of independent operation, the entire Arzenál...
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In third of the test purchases problems were found during the Christmas shopping inspections
Date: 2012-12-20 11:32:45
Inspectors found problems one in three cases, during this year's pre-Christmas test purchases, while last year this rate was 55 percent – Fülöp Zsuzsanna, spokesperson of the National Consumer Protection...
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Bognár Lajos: Successful Fishery Operational Program
Date: 2012-12-20 11:30:52
The Fishery Operational Program’s (HOP) commitment level is more than 68 percent, therefore Bognár Lajos, Deputy Secretary of State, of the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) responsible for food chain...
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One in five people is low-paid in Hungary
Date: 2012-12-20 11:30:49
According to the datas of Eurostat, released on Thursday, the proportion of low-paid people was 17 percent in 2010 in the Member States of the EU 27. In Hungary, the...
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Czech Agrofert bought the agricultural product distibution network of IKR Zrt.
Date: 2012-12-20 11:10:35
The Czech Agrofert Holding bought the agricultural products distibution network of IKR – Agrofert announced in Prague on Thursday. The value of the transaction was not disclosed. The earnings received...
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Nébih warns to the dangers of surface-treated fruits
Date: 2012-12-20 11:05:48
A high attention should be paid when using the peel of citrus fruits, because surface treatment is carried out on fruits imported to Hungary from far away locations, so the...
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The EU would tighten the indication on infant formulas
Date: 2012-12-20 10:59:24
The European Parliament's Health and Food Safety Committee in agreement with the European Council, adopted the draft law under which they would tighten rules on indicating infant formulas and nutritional...
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BDO: lack of new hotel projects despite the favorable tourism datas
Date: 2012-12-20 10:55:39
Although the datas of the Central Statistics Office (KSH) show that during the first ten months an 8 percent increase occurred in the number of guest nights, while in the...
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Is there a problem with food vouchers?
Date: 2012-12-20 10:32:03
In essence, the Erzsébet- voucher will be the only meal voucher, after other issuers will not receive tax relief next year – Magyar Nemzet writes. The move is another blow...
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The best videos of 2012, part I – Video of the day
Date: 2012-12-20 10:11:31
Within the compass of our daily Video of the day series, we have introduced 200 videos to you, let's remember some of them. Here is a very amusing non-macho beer…...
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What is value and what is a clishé?
Date: 2012-12-20 10:03:29
THEY are two of the world’s most acclaimed chefs, each with a raft of awards, a constellation of stars and schools of kitchen alumni spreading their gospel. So when the...
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GfK: champagne market is dominated by New Year’s Eve
Date: 2012-12-19 12:34:03
In the last month of the year – mainly due to the popularity of New Year's Eve – frankfurter and champagne purchasings increase significantly: in both categories, the chains expect...
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Magazine: A haircut for special occasions every day
Date: 2012-12-19 12:03:10
When the cold weather comes, women start wearing caps, hats and hoods, which is a real nightmare for many of them as they might ruin their haircut. Obviously, in the...
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eNET – Telekom: Christmas shopping fever on the Web
Date: 2012-12-19 11:22:54
While the domestic retail is still struggling with the crisis, online merchants can not complain. In the past year, 1.6 million people bought online at least for once. The turnover...
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Ipsos: improving outlooks
Date: 2012-12-19 11:19:58
Half of the world's citizens (52 percent) do not mind, that the year 2012 ends, because it was a negative period in terms of their own and family’s lives. The...
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