News and articles
Retail in a bad patch
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Retail sales continued to fall in August, in terms of volume. Sales turnover of retail stores was down by 4.2 percent in the first eight months of 2009 and by...
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Dán szalámi, Eredeti Magyar Paprikás szalámi/KAISER
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Popular Kaiser salamis are now available in the deli counter as well....
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From Hungarian salami to wild garlic
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
– This year’s Anuga showed that the food sector is capable of remaining stable even at the time of crisis, because people will always have to eat – Dierk Frauen,...
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Social responsibility awarded
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Coca-Cola HBC Magyarország Kft. won the Social Responsibility prize at the Figyelő Top 200 Gala on 16 October. This year there were 24 applications for the prize. On behalf of...
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Eckes-Granini’s management visited Hungary
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
SIÓ-ECKES Kft.’s headquarters in Siófok was the place where the shareholders, board members and executive directors of Eckes-Granini Group held their annual meeting. The aim of the visit was getting...
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The same number of people buy more baking products
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Certain product categories are able to improve sales even in a negative consumer atmosphere, because at the time of crisis people spend more time at home. In January-July 2009, we...
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Shrinking real wages
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
At enterprises employing a minimum of 5 people and at budgetary institutions, gross average wages were 1.3 percent higher and net average wages improved by 1.6 percent in the first...
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Xellent Swiss Vodka
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Xellent vodka is distilled in three phases in Willisau, Switzerland. Its basic ingredients are top-quality organic rye and Alpine glacier water of unparalleled purity....
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Tastes in the mirror
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Winning the trust of consumers is essential, because a certain part of the press projects a negative image of food products. A good example of this is influential German magazine...
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Tea pavilions and a giant cup in Budapest
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
The ambassador of tea, Stephen Twining visited Budapest on 7 November. From the second half of November, a Twinings car cruises the streets of Budapest to treat city dwellers with...
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Strawberry Puppy and Honey Bunny
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
We are in the middle of celebrating the 20th birthday of Hungary’s oldest discount chain. After the Korda-Balázs celebrity duo in 2008, this year the campaign is built around the...
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Orange took back the lead from peach
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Fruit juice sale are increasingly concentrated. The 401-2,500 m² channel improved its market share by 3 percentage points to 36 percent in October 2008-September 2009. In total, the market contracted...
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Foreign trade balance improving
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
In January-August 2009, the volume of foreign trade was 17 percent lower in export and 23 percent lower in import than one year earlier. KSH’s quick report also states that...
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Tibi narancsos-gyömbéres
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Once again, tibi surprises consumers with a new seasonal product: ginger-orange cream-filled milk chocolate....
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Milk procurement price: dream and reality
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
On Sunday evening 250 decision makers from the milk sector gathered to discuss how to cope with the market disturbances caused by over-production. Ake Hantoft, president of Arla told that...
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Café in a capsule
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Dolce Gusto has arrived to Hungary. The capsule coffee machine blends Krups technology with NESCAFÉ delight. Capsules are made from the finest ground and roasted Arabica coffee, fermented 1,000 and...
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Riceland’s prize game continues
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
As part of Riceland’s loyalty programme, from 1 July to 31 December the company had a prize game the first part of which is now over. One lucky buyer took...
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A bit of vitamin for consumers and turnover
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
The juice category will surely not sleep the winter over, since these vitamin-providing beverages is about to enter the high season. According to Nielsen’s data, juice sales in September 2009...
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Temporary halt among non-alcoholic cold beverages
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
In the first six months, 10 percent less non-alcoholic cold beverages were bought in Hungary, reveals a joint survey by GfK Hungária and Agrár Európa Tanácsadó Kft. The world market...
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dm chain develops steadily
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
In 2008/2009 dm realised a HUF 63.7 billion turnover in Hungary (up 5.46 percent) and opened its 250th shop in October. In September 2009, they started building a new central...
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Fruit adventure in kindergartens with SIÓ VitaTigris
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Think healthy! Foundation and SIÓ-ECKES Kft. launched a programme for the little ones. The programme itself fits into the daily skill-developing activities in kindergartens and teaches children about healthy eating...
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The new trend – as nature planned it: fruit juice not from concentrate
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
More and more people follow the new trend all over the world: they love fresh pressed fruit juices. These juices do not contain preservatives, taste enhancers or additives. But first...
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Austrians trust their good old brands
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
According to Nielsen Austria, retail turnover growth in food products is losing speed in Austria. Last year food sales augmented by 4.8 percent, largely due to increased prices, but in...
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Bref 3–Aktiv – WC-illatosító és légfrissítő egyben
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
The innovation is that the perfume emitted by the scent pearls in Bref 3-Aktiv’s third container is in harmony with the scent of the cleaner and air freshener in the...
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Róbert Emmer at Senoble
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
Róbert Emmer was appointed commercial director of Senoble Hungária Kft. in September. Previously he was domestic sales manager of Saga Foods for 9 years. He will be responsible for managing...
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Kambly celebrates its 100th birthday in Hungary
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
LifeBrands Kft. is introducing the Kambly biscuit family, market leader in Switzerland, in January 2010. Three generations of family expertise, state of the art technology and 1st-class Swiss ingredients guarantee...
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We remain loyal to fruit juices
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
The fruit juice market keeps shrinking, with the exception of 100% fruit juice’s volume sales, the segment’s market share improved by 2 percentage points in the first eight months of...
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Price/value ratio and the brand value of products and retail chains put in the limelight
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
According to David Calhoun, Nielsen’s president/CEO consumers are getting used to changes caused by the crisis. They worry less and try to accommodate to the new situation. Spending habits changed...
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Silan Perfume Essence öblítők – A luxus új illata
Date: 2009-12-03 08:00:00
New Silan Perfume Essence premium softeners are available in three exclusive long-lasting scents, all of them designed by leading perfume makers....
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